106 episodes – Bullet Gun (2)
It was strictly forbidden to shoot inside the Palace of Spring, where the royal family lived.
So, it was decided to fire the bullet gun at the magic demonstration room used by the Iron-Blood Magic Corps.
Iron-Blood Wizards did not use the magic demonstration hall very often except during training, so they could easily borrow it.
When the dummy doll, which was mainly used in the magic demonstration, stood in the middle, Maleus took out a bullet gun from the subspace pocket.
“Oh oh······.”
Rakan exclaimed slightly when he saw the shotgun.
The shape of the magic bullet is very similar to the shape of the gun seen in war movies.
However, the overall silhouette is similar, but the composition is completely different.
There were no bullets to fit in the magazine, no barrels with steel wires to fire the bullets from, no scales and no sights.
Fortunately, there were only cartridges and triggers with magic stones to replace the magazine.
Still, if you say this is a gun in the fantasy world, he just nodded his head and looked plausible.
“Before I explain this machine gun, let’s shoot it, shall we?”
Maleus rested his shoulders on the butt and put his eyes on the barrel.
Giing-
Then the mana stones in the magazine started to glow, and mana was sucked into the barrel.
A virtual sight is created to act as a scale and sight, and three blue mana circles are placed side by side on the barrel.
Maleus aimed at the dummy and placed his hand on the trigger.
Tung-!
As soon as the trigger was pulled, a magic bullet at three times the speed of sound flew towards the dummy doll.
The strength of the dummy doll was enough to withstand the 3rd circle Hughes Fireball.
However, the magic bullet, which reached three times the speed of sound, pierced the heart of the dummy doll and hit the outer wall of the magic demonstration hall.
The outer wall was enchanted with reinforcement magic, but if it was plain concrete, it was so loud that it was damaged.
Maleus looked at Tigris and grinned.
“What do you think? Pretty useful, isn’t it?”
Tigris had to nod his head.
Although it depends on how far apart the distance is, the speed of three times the speed of sound is not responsive to most knights.
Considering that such a weapon is held by ordinary soldiers, most knights will not be able to extract even a bone.
In addition, the dummy doll that can withstand the 3rd circle Hughes Fireball was neatly pierced.
With this level of penetration, it would not be possible to withstand it unless it was about the golden armor worn by golden knights.
“It takes a little time only for the initial operation, but once it is activated, continuous shooting is possible. The biggest advantage is that anyone can use it easily. Anyone who knows how to pull the trigger can use it without having to train for a long time like swordsmen or wizards.”
Tigris could get a rough idea of what kind of picture would be drawn if this was released on the actual battlefield.
Until the chimeras approach their allies, there is nothing ordinary soldiers can do except carry manastones to put in artifacts or repair castle walls.
However, the moment this shotgun is held in their hands, they can fight in the same position as ordinary wizards.
This was an innovative weapon that would change the game of war 180 degrees.
“Hmmmm…”
However, the Rain Rover continued to tilt his head and looked at the shotgun.
“Can I shoot a magpie?”
“Well? Yes. Here it is. How to use is simple. With your shoulders on the butt and the barrel and eyes aligned, the sight will come out.”
After explaining the simple operation method, Maleus handed the rifle to Rain Rover.
The Rain Rover did as Maleus instructed.
Giing-
I listened to the sound of a muzzle running and looked at it for a while as three concentric circles were drawn on the muzzle.
And the trigger was pulled in succession.
Tung-! Tung-! Tung-! Tung-! Tung-!
Tung-! Tung-! Tung-! Tung-!
When I pulled 9 times in a row, the magic stone in the cartridge lost its light and stopped working.
“Also······.”
Rain Rover nodded as if he knew this.
But there was nothing strange in the eyes of others.
“Princess. Is there any problem?”
“Ah, I took a little look at how this machine gun works.”
Rain Rover handed Maleus a shotgun and said.
“Did you make this by melting 3rd circle magic magically?”
“yes. you’re right”
“Ummm…”
Rain Rover seemed hesitant to say anything, but finally spoke up.
“First of all, does Maleus know that there is a problem with this machine gun?”
Everyone was startled by Rain Rover’s shocking words, but Maleus coughed and looked away.
“There’s something wrong with this kid…”
“If it’s not rude, can I tell you the problem I found? I think that’s how the magic bullet technology can be further developed.”
Maleus thought for a moment and then nodded.
“It was a time when we needed the wizard’s feedback, so please.”
Rain Rover immediately pointed out Maleus’ permission.
“First of all, the efficiency of using mana is really poor.”
Theoretically, the amount of mana required for each circle rises squarely.
Therefore, many wizards conduct research to minimize the use of mana for the efficiency of magic.
However, there was no such effort in this shotgun.
“The efficiency of using mana is really important. I think the manastones used in this shotgun are upper-middle-class manastones, but did you know that the price ranges from 1 to 2 silver coins per gram? However, when I calculated the amount of Manastone that goes into this cartridge, it seemed to be around 50g. That means I just burned 50 silver coins to 1 gold coin as a demonstration.”
Maleus scratched his beard as if the problem was revealed immediately.
“greatness! That’s something we’re working on too. It’s a bit economical, but isn’t it good enough for just one power?”
Maleus’ chronic problem erupted.
No, is it the Dwarves’ problem?
Maleus and Dwarves do not spare very wise and wise advice when talking about the world going on.
However, if only these weapons came out, they put all their efforts into creating the best masterpiece, putting aside the economic and efficiency issues.
For example, in order to make armor for Rakan, the already insufficient mithril was hammered and built.
With the amount of Mithril in Rakan’s armor, it was possible to make a sword that could arm 1,000 ordinary knights.
I clearly wrote down these problems in the directory, but it was not easy to fix that personality.
“It’s fine. Penetration is also great. However, the composition of the magic melted with magic technology is very intuitive. This is the second problem.”
Rain Rover said, pointing to his rifle.
“The three things that went into this magic are magic bullet, acceleration, and cohesion, right? You didn’t melt this into one magic circle, but you made mana appear sequentially as it passed through each circle momentarily, right?”
“yes. That’s right. This is a technique mainly used by Dwarves.”
“·········uhm. Obviously doing so will make your magic manifest quicker and easier. But there’s a reason most wizards don’t create magic that way. Could you please replace the Mana Stones?”
Maleus took out a cartridge containing magic stones from the subspace pocket.
Replacing the cartridges wasn’t too difficult.
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Just press the latch, take out the used cartridge, and put it back in and you’re done.“Now aim at the dummy again.”
Maleus aimed at the dummy doll as Rain Rover had said.
“Fire now.”
Giing-
Maleus pulled the trigger.
At the same time, a magic circle was drawn from Rain Rover’s hand.
“uh?”
One of the blue circles drawn on the muzzle flickered and disappeared, and the magic bullet flew so slowly that Rakan could see it, unlike before.
Tung-!
The magic bullet that flew from the bullet gun did not penetrate the body of the dummy doll, but shattered and disappeared.
The power was absurdly reduced.
“Do you think you know what I did now?”
The answer came from Rakan.
“You dispelled it.”
Techniques that have been combined with magic engineering techniques are, in the end, nothing more than expressing magic as engineering techniques.
That said, as long as the wizards understood the magic that made up this shotgun, it was possible to interfere as it is now.
“yes. Right. However, even this shotgun is structured in such a way that each circle is sequentially expressed as it passes through the body part. This is commonly referred to as parallelism, an old-fashioned magic created around 1,000 years ago when circle magic was at its peak.”
“…a thousand years ago old-fashioned magic.”
As Rain Rover continued to speak, Maleus lost his vitality, like a vampire sucking blood.
“This parallel magic structure is very simple and intuitive, but it has the disadvantage of being very vulnerable to external interference. Even if you touch only one of the three circles, the magic won’t work, or it will be difficult to expect the desired effect like just before.”
It seemed that Maleus’ Life Points were almost exhausted to respond to Rain Rover’s words, so Tigris asked instead.
“Is there another problem?”
Rain Rover nodded.
“This is the last one. This is in the same vein as before, but this magic trick is really just for firing magic bullets.”
“Can you tell me what exactly that means?”
“It means no security tricks. I think he did it on purpose, but why?”
Maleus was very depressed, unlike a few minutes ago.
“If you put in a security trick, you won’t be able to speak. And the shotgun was overloaded so much that it could heat up and ruin the interior. So I took it off.”
“As expected, even considering the parallel magic structure, the formula for each circle was too simple.”
“Kuhm!”
Teho, who was watching quietly, opened his mouth.
“Can you explain what the security trick is?”
Rain Rover thought for a moment and then opened his mouth.
“Um… So, it’s a technique that allows magic to be activated without being disturbed by external factors. Sir Tigris, would you mind walking in the direction of the dummy doll?”
Tigris walked towards the dummy doll as Rain Rover had said.
When Tigris passed the Rain Rover, the Rain Rover pushed hard towards Tigris.
“···········?”
But rather, the Rain Rover was pushed back as a reaction.
“Huh?!”
Tigris grabbed Rain Rover’s waist and lifted him up.
“······thanks. Sir Tigris.”
Rain Rover’s face instantly heated up.
Rain Rover coughed and continued explaining.
“greatness! I wasn’t expecting something like this in the first place, but I’ll have to explain it again. You can think of the battle between wizards as winning or losing depending on who dispels the opponent’s magic first.”
Rain Rover slowly walked towards the dummy doll.
“Suppose I am a magician and it triggers when I walk up to a dummy doll. But if Lord Tigris grabs me in the middle and doesn’t let me go, the magic won’t work, right? So wizards use a lot of different methods to formulate security tricks.”
The Rain Rover walked in a variety of ways.
I walked in a zigzag, or walked and then turned back.
“There is a way to complicate the magic trick, there is a way to fake it as if it would manifest another magic, and there is a way to prevent it from interfering unless it has a set mana wave pattern.”
Rain Rover said, pointing to his rifle.
“However, there is no such security technique in that shotgun. Of course, there is no problem if we simply look at the expression of magic, but if there is at least one 2nd circle mage on the other side, all the bullet guns will work.”
Maleus trembled as if in shock.
“Is it that much?”
“yes. Right. By the way, did I mention that all tech weapons in the volcanic zone are expressed in this parallel structure?”
“······Yes. That’s right.”
“Hmm… If you’re an archmage like Pelen, you can make all the tech weapons all by yourself.”
Rain Rover’s words were shocking.
Not all of the weapons and defenses protecting the volcanic area are made with magic technology, but they are being replaced with weapons and defense facilities that incorporate magic technology.
In fact, after 7 years, all defenses except for the relics were going to be replaced with magic weapons.
‘······Maybe Rota and Arphem’s family are aiming for this?’
If all defense facilities were to be changed to magic engineering facilities, they would suffer without even using their hands.
It was because of the ‘lunar eclipse knights’ and ‘black reapers’ that the dwarves were destroyed, but not even those evil spirit chimeras, but an Archmage like Felen would be destroyed…
Maleus felt as if the hairs all over his body were protruding.
‘We lived like frogs in a well.’
300 years is quite a long time.
During that time, they were stuck in a volcanic zone, cut off all contact with other races, and only researched their favorite magic engineering, so this unexpected problem occurred.
As Maleus staggered in shock, the Rain Rover hurriedly began praising the shotgun.
“But there are also advantages. Artifacts are usually recognized by high-level wizards before they even activate, right? But this shotgun was engineered so I didn’t even know what magic it was until I fired it.”
“So it’s not that he’s a poor guy who can only shoot one shot and not the next…”
“It might be a little difficult for wizards, but it might be pretty good against normal monsters. Of course, we need to improve the mana efficiency issue, but it is definitely worth researching.”
Maleus woke up with a dry washcloth and opened his mouth.
“I think I now understand why the Bullet Gun didn’t appear in Sir Tigris’s regression. If it had been useful, it would have been seen often on the battlefield.”
Then I saw that
This shotgun was definitely a revolutionary weapon.
If all the soldiers had these weapons, it would not have been so easy to be pushed out by the Chimeras.
Tigris made the proposal cautiously.
“Why don’t we study this shotgun together in Trinity’s workshop? It looks like you need the advice of wizards.”
Maleus nodded.
“Even if I break all the heads of the volcanic bastards, I’ll do my best to convince them.”
Maleus’ eyes blazed like an active volcano.