Ethan thought that the steam technology of the Western Continent was a good direction.
The Artisan Association's research had come to a halt, and he gradually realized that aiming to skip directly from the steam age into the electricity age was somewhat too ambitious. The craftsmen could only manage hand-cranked generators, and the electricity produced was extremely unstable, a difference attributable to the inherent disparities between electrical elements.
He shared the blueprints for the electromagnetic crossbow with the association, yet the craftsmen's replicated product was unsatisfactory.
To ensure the arrows didn't shatter during flight, the craftsmen used conductive metal for the arrow shafts, which directly caused the price of arrows to increase by several times. The Elemental Shapers they hired could only simulate the magical propulsion of electricity, which fell far short of genuine force and penetration, let alone matching the original electromagnetic cannon.
