CHAPTER 489: CHAPTER 224: ACCOMPANIED FIRE SUPPORT SYSTEM

Galo recommended a battle pet, and it’s actually a black panther?

This really took Lin Rui by surprise; he thought it would be something like a white tiger or golden lion, a heavy unit.

Regardless, the heavy units of the territory usually match the temperament of heavy units like lions and tigers.

In fact, in this world, many family crests are golden lions.

And what can a black panther do? Ride a female elf?

Aside from the light and supple elves, Lin Rui really can’t think of anyone who would make a perfect match with the black panther. A light and agile leopard can cooperate with elves to dash and leap through the forest, but on a formal battlefield where heavy units crash into each other, carrying delicate elves, Lin Rui is doubtful if they can overpower goblins riding wolves.

The goblin and elf scenarios, isn’t it just like this?

Burton said in a loud voice, "Lord, you were led astray by the griffins. Black panthers are not for riding, otherwise, Galo wouldn’t have needed to discuss modifications with me."

"Hmm? They’re not mounts?" Lin Rui asked curiously, "Could it be a battle pet for protecting archers?"

Even if it were for protection... Lin Rui still doesn’t think much of black panthers. For protection, wouldn’t a massive war tiger that can stand in front of the archers be more fitting? And if the war tiger could be equipped with heavy armor, that would be perfect.

Galo shook his head and replied calmly, "It’s also not a battle pet for protection. If [Heroic Faith] becomes widespread, territorial archers’ close combat isn’t likely weaker than the enemy’s, so setting battle pets as protectors is a waste of strength. In my hometown, the vast majority of archers don’t set battle pets as protectors. Archers should focus on output, and battle pets are primarily used to enhance their own output capabilities."

Lin Rui nodded, thinking it made a lot of sense; truly a historically significant and powerful force. They have a very insightful understanding of ranged output, especially army ranged output. Archers, unless they’re competing one-on-one in an arena, do not need protectors to draw hostility. In the army, thousands upon thousands of archers form a military formation, with dense melee soldiers in front, countless army formations left and right; who can threaten their safety?

If there truly is an army threatening their safety, relying on just one or two cats probably won’t stop the massive enemy forces.

Galo further explained, "If it’s about enhancing output, in our hometown, there is a porcupine that can follow soldiers, shooting poison arrows, and we also have eagles that shoot poisonous feathers and lightning. These types of battle pets don’t seem to be present in the territory."

Lin Rui’s eyes instantly lit up, feeling a sudden enlightenment!

What Galo was looking for wasn’t a mount, but a unit that could accompany archers to provide accompanying fire support, like porcupines, thunderbirds, and even the [Lion Scorpion Roar Type II] war machines.

Burton also explained, "Galo wants me to create a shooting device that can be mounted on the back of the black panther like the Lion Scorpion Roar Type II, to rain firepower and enhance the archers’ output capabilities."

No wonder Galo sought out Burton within the clan. If completed, wouldn’t it be a Sky-roaring Type accompanying war machine?

Lin Rui curiously asked, "Then why choose a black panther to carry this device?"

The leopard’s torso isn’t as strong as the lion’s or tiger’s; while lions and tigers might bear a heavy cannon, it can only bear a launcher.

Galo explained, "It’s mainly because leopards generally have better all-terrain capabilities, more reliable than lions and tigers. Additionally, the rapid-launch device fits well with territorial traits, able to stack attack speed; output may not be weaker than cannons. Most importantly, the black panther clan typically possesses stealth traits, and some more powerful leopards can even help nearby allies conceal themselves, which is very suitable for territorial soldiers."

With this explanation, Lin Rui had to agree that black panthers are indeed more fitting for territorial traits than lions and tigers.

The features of territorial ranged output are particularly prominent; they’re just a few: one Spiritual Energy Missile, two ultra-long range, three attack speed stacking.

With these trait augmentations, if archers enter stealth mode, opponents on the battlefield would only see a barrage flying in from ultra-long distances, unable to find any trace of the archers.

For ranged shooters, the trait to stealthily output absolutely surpasses a massive battle pet.

Putting troops into stealth mode, this world truly excels at it.

After all, treachery is the ability many forces worship the most. The night goblins, Ratmen, etc., all have units capable of stealthing entire squads.

Even the Lawful Faction has specialized magic researching stealth, along with Stealth Battle Banners, which when applied to archers, can also allow troops to enter stealth shooting mode, thus protecting elite crossbow guard units.

Lin Rui looked at Burton and asked, "So the battle pet you designed is the stealth-capable black panther that can carry a remote launcher, providing accompanying fire support? How’s the development going?"

"Lord, please wait a moment," Burton said before turning to the workbench and bringing over a black metal launcher.

"Lord, this is a piece of equipment I occasionally crafted, the XT-15 high-speed vibranium launcher."

Apparently, this weapon satisfies Burton greatly, so although the territory had no use for it before, he didn’t redo it but kept it as part of his collection.

Thus, he fondly stroked the icy black barrel of the launcher, proudly saying, "Allow me to introduce this high-speed firepower suppression system to you; its full name is XT-15 high-speed vibranium missile launcher, capable of firing 15*1.5 cm vibranium tail fin stabilized metal missiles, with an initial speed of 12 Mach, and can even lock onto griffins in high-speed flight."