He put the string under tension with his hands, a real medieval anti-knight crossbow requires a ratchet for that, or at least for you to put a foot in the end (they had a special attachment for that) and then pull it with 2 gloved hands and all your might.
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A good crossbow should have knocked the monitor right off the table. These things were invented to impale knights, after all.
yea seriosly, that was one shitty crossbow.
He put the string under tension with his hands, a real medieval anti-knight crossbow requires a ratchet for that, or at least for you to put a foot in the end (they had a special attachment for that) and then pull it with 2 gloved hands and all your might.
It's still a sturdy screen though.