The New Civilization of Witches

Chapter 38 Era: Heat Weapons

Iron Axe was aware of the fact that they were now being watched.

The hunters who participated in the test explosion moved together to a two-story house near the castle.

through the window, he could see that the house was surrounded by a stone wall and guards were placed at the entrance.

He had no objections to these rules, and the fact that His Majesty had only sent two guards to watch over them showed that he trusted them.

Until now, Iron Axe had kept repeating the explosions and roaring inside his head until now, there had never been a weapon that could deliver such a powerful shock.

At the southern end of his homeland, he had seen how an orange fire erupted from the ground, and this fire could continue to burn for decades;

he had seen an endless storm with terrifying waves.How unexpected this power was, it was the will of Mother Earth or the sea god.

They were iron whips that disciplined all living things. But now, His Highness began to challenge the power of the gods,

gaining strength that was only visible during the punishment of heaven although when compared to the original lightning and thunder, the difference was still great;

reaching such a realm of strength was impossible for humans. In the Sand Country, anyone who would participate in such a demonstration or then use it would usually have their tongue cut off.

Of course, this is not the safest way to keep secrets. Only the dead can keep the secret from spreading.

As a stranger? They would only see him as blasphemer, and it was forever impossible for a foreign clan to break into the core hierarchy.

The prince knew that the Iron Axe was only of mixed blood, but he still allowed him to witness the curse of fire.

Moreover, he also let Iron Axe take charge of the formation of the hunting squadron.

The trust His Majesty had in him had been embedded deep within Iron Axe's heart.

During his time in the Sand Country, he had experienced countless betrayals from friends or family who framed him for their mistakes.

When he fled to the southern border of the Kingdom of Graycastle, he still had to suffer discrimination due to half the descendants of the Sand Nation and half of Graycastle.

He finally arrived at Border Town, discouraged. Here, he intended to rely on his hunting skills to spend the rest of his life in peace.

However, he never expected to meet His Highness, the Prince, here. And of all things, he never expected that the prince would even believe him.

He had no doubt that with this new weapon, the one who would win the battle for the throne was Roland Wimbledon.

When he thought about fighting for the future king and the promising opportunities he would get, Iron Axe became extremely excited.

"Everyone, come down to gather!"

When Iron Axe heard this shout, he took a quick look through the window and saw the head knight Roland Carter and the four other knights coming.

Iron Axe first finished dressing himself, then walked down the stairs to stand tall in front of Carter.

Since he had participated in the training of the militia, he knew that His Majesty preferred discipline, as he would adapt them to a uniform unity.

The other members of his hunting squad were much slower. It took about six to seven minutes before they lined up as a team.

"Everyone, follow me to the old place." Carter didn't really care about how the hunting force marched.

Instead, he headed straight for the city wall. It was still the same place as the explosion test. But this time, His Majesty did not set up a safe area.

Besides Roland, there were already four knights waiting for them – they were all Carter's subordinates.

Iron Axe noted that His Majesty started playing with an unusual shaped iron rod while explaining something to the knights.

When Roland saw the hunting squad, he came up to them and asked,

“How to stay in a new home? Are you used to that? ”

"Thank you for Your Majesty's concern." everyone bowed and declared that the new house was comfortable.

In fact, the new house they occupied was many times better than the old house. At least they have no air leakage, and the roof is also not made of translucent straw mats, but rather made of neat and neat tiles.

“It's good,” Roland nodded, pleased, pleased,

“Current settings are required for security reasons. But you only need to stay there until the end of the Demon Moon, then you will be able to return to your previous residence.

In addition, the salary for the first month has been paid to your family, and each weekend you will be allowed to see them in person. Of course, you will be accompanied by a guard. “

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty." Said the hunter squad cheerfully.

Could it be because of His Majesty's kindness? Iron Axe became somewhat worried,

if His Majesty wants to compete for the throne, he must be this ruthless he knows very well from his life in the Sand Nation.

However, when the 4th Prince started talking about the new weapon, based on the development of gunpowder, he forgot his worries.

The Iron Axe stared unblinkingly at the two iron rods the prince had placed in front of them.

"This weapon is called a 'weapon',"(gun) Roland said,

"Next, I'll tell you how to use it. “ …..

In the next half hour, they had to learn how to use a new weapon. Take the black powder that caused the explosion and fill it into the barrel of the gun.

Then, the lead ball is filled with poker into the barrel, directly to the tip. After that, they had to pour gunpowder into the ignition chamber, aim, then pull the trigger.

Iron Axe had considered himself a master of many weapons, whether it was a sword, blade, hammer, axe or spear.

He trained well with all of them, but he also needed years of training and combat skills to master them.

Learning how to use a new weapon in just thirty minutes, he was afraid that the speed to master this weapon could only be compared to an automatic arrow.

The other gun was handed over to Carter. The chief knight was also very interested in the novelty of this weapon, and he did not want to put it down.

After several rounds of simulation, Roland prepared two targets to let them see the power of the weapon.

The first target had wooden armor in front of his chest. The wooden armor was sustained by two knights standing at a distance of about thirty feet away.

The Prince leads Carter and Iron Axe through shooting techniques. Then, they aimed and pulled the trigger.

When they heard the loud sound of fire, dorr...

everyone present jumped in shock.

Iron Axe is no exception,

but soon only a surprise was left on everyone's faces. Looking at the target's wooden armor, they could see a small hole.

The main ball had cleanly penetrated the thickest part of the chest protector. Before shooting, Iron Axe had closely observed this armor.

It was definitely not an inferior product of a handicraft workshop built from bad materials. The hammer marks and anvil on the neck proved that this was the standard product of the Graycastle blacksmith.

The thickest part was half a finger thick and powerful enough that it could deflect attacks directly from arrows, fired at the closest distance.

To deal with this kind of armor, a heavy arrow or a war hammer would be a wise choice.

So comparing it to an automatic arrow, it is difficult to use that weapon, but the power of the gun is much better than an automatic arrow.

Moreover, the loading speed of the gun and the loading speed of the arrows were almost equivalent, as well,

so then…

looking at the target that was thirty feet away, Iron Axe could not see any problems.

"Your Majesty, how many weapons do we have like this?" ask Carter.

“Currently, only these two and up to the Moon Devil, we can only produce at most two more.”

Iron Axe could see that hearing this, Carter clearly felt relieved. He can guess Carter's mind.

If this weapon was easy to make, then with just a few days of training, everyone would be able to train a large number of 'express soldiers' who carried weapons onto the battlefield.

Then people of any age, with any strength and even any gender, even fragile women, could pose a significant threat to the knights.

Although the shock he got from this weapon was smaller than the curse of fire, it was still a powerful weapon.

Iron Axe thought, with this great power they could easily kill a large number of rough fleshy demonic beasts from above the wall.

Even if they were going to face a mixed species, with this firearm, perhaps the result would not be too embarrassing.

But the true meaning of such a weapon was clear to Roland. He personally opened the door to wartime with a hot gun.