Chapter 123. Patchwork (3)
"W-what is that?"
The gathered humans murmured.
"Isn't that a crossbow...?"
"What kind of crossbow is that big?! It's ten times larger than a ballista!"
"Who's going to pull that?"
"It won't reach all the way here... right?"
Though it was hundreds of meters away, some humans instinctively stepped back.
Next to them, the green-robed man explained to me in a smooth, polite tone, "That is the Messenger of Grassmere. A violent envoy for those who refuse to listen to words. To explain more precisely, it's a machine..."
That was when it happened.
[Engineering Lv. 3!]
[Activating Machine Analysis automatically!]
A massive machine appeared atop the fortress wall. I could see the structure and the operating principle at a glance.