The cannon that Shel made seemed fine at first glance, but… it was so short! The magic cannons Ed and Vorgarag made before were much larger and robust. They relied heavily on arrays and needed the extra space.
The same should have in theory applied to this cannon, but the length was just too pitiful. It was worth noting that the length of a cannon's barrel could be correlated to velocity and range.
The current barrel length disqualified this option. Not to mention, it also looked a bit… It looked like Shel might have been fantasizing about something inappropriate while making it, given the two other attachments.
"Shel… What is this?" Ed asked somewhat exasperated. Was this his fault? Maybe he shouldn't have pushed the job onto a drunken orc.
"It's my masterpiece, I made it with you in mind!" Shel replied with a brilliant smile.
I did some more research on mortars, cannons, and gunpower than I think I needed to for this chapter. Most of it went unused. Was I secretly procrastinating? I like to think of it more as writing at my own pace.
Anyway, what will Ed's reveal cause? How will the orcs look at him henceforth? The butterfly of Ed's actions... How strongly will they flap their wings?
Ok, I don't actually think there is any reason to include the butterflies into this.
Thanks for reading~!