Chapter 71: Questioning

The Northern Liao’s light arrow measured three chi in length and weighed one catty. Its conical arrowhead was fused seamlessly with the shaft. The heavy arrow measured four chi in length and weighed ten catties. It featured a triangular-bladed tip with serrated edges. The armor-piercing heavy arrow also boasted a triangular-bladed tip, but without serrations. It weighed fifteen catties. Finally, the swift-wind arrow—the only mystic artifact in their entire arsenal, and each scout cavalryman carried only one—could fly for five hundred zhang once loosed. Beyond that range, its destructive power equaled that of an armor-piercing heavy arrow.

An ordinary Liao cavalryman possessed just enough mystic power to activate the swift-wind arrow one time. That was why a pocket of mystic energy was usually sealed within the arrow beforehand. When it was time, they could simply activate the arrow and loose it immediately.

By the Palace of Absolute Beginning’s standard, the swift-wind arrow was just a crudely-made, one-time-use mystic artifact. However, this weapon gave every Liao cavalryman the ability to unleash an attack that was equal to that of a mystic artifact.

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