Iron Axe knew he was being supervised.
The hunters who participated in the test explosion that day were all moved into a two-story building near the castle. Looking out through the window, you can see a circle of stone walls, with guards guarding the entrance and exit.
He didn't care about it at all, and even felt that His Highness only sent two personal guards to act as guards, which was really prudent.
To this day, Iron Axe still has the roar of the test explosion that day - no weapon has ever given him such a strong shock. In the extreme south, he has seen orange fire erupting underground, which can continue to burn for decades; he has also seen fierce winds and huge waves that cover the sky and the sun in the endless cape... However, the power of the sky is unpredictable, and it is the land of the earth. The will of the mother or the sea god is the iron whip used by the gods to punish all living beings.
However, His Royal Highness, with his own power, stole the authority of the three gods and obtained the power of heavenly punishment—although it is still far from the real Heavenly Father Thunder, but that is not a realm that can be achieved by human beings.
If in Iron Sand City, the participants would usually have their tongues cut off if they were of any use. Of course, this is not the safest way, only the dead will keep the secret forever. As for aliens? They are blasphemy at first glance, and there will never be foreigners joining the core class of the Mojin clan.
The prince knew that he was half of alien blood, and still allowed him to witness the fire of punishment, and planned to let him be responsible for forming the Orion team. This kind of trust made the blood in Iron Axe's heart surge.
In Iron Sand City, he experienced countless betrayals and frame-ups, and fled to the southern border of Greycastle. The blood of the sand people and the people of the mainland also made him discriminated against. In the end, he came to Border Town in a disheartened way, planning to Relying on hunting for the rest of his life, he did not expect to be favored by His Royal Highness here.
He has no doubt that, with this new weapon, it must be His Royal Highness Roland Wimbledon who will win the king order.
Thinking of the opportunity to serve the future king, Iron Axe was very excited.
"Everyone, gather downstairs!"
Iron Axe heard the sound, looked around, and found that the person who came was Carter Lannis, the chief knight of the Fourth Prince.
He got dressed immediately, walked downstairs quickly, walked to Carter and stood at attention. He also participated in the training of the militia team, and knew that His Royal Highness likes a well-disciplined and uniform army. The other hunters were much slower, and it took the six people about half a quarter of an hour to line up.
"Old place, come with me," Carter didn't care much, and led a group of people out the door and went straight to the outside of the city wall.
It was still the site of the last test explosion, but this time the cordon was not raised.
In addition to Roland, there were four knights at the scene - they were all Carter's subordinates. Iron Axe noticed that His Royal Highness was fiddling with a peculiarly shaped metal long stick in his hand while explaining something to the knight.
Seeing Tie Axe and his party, Roland came forward to greet him, "How is it, are you still used to living in the new place?"
"Thank you, Your Highness, for your concern." Everyone bowed and saluted, saying that their new residence was very comfortable.
In fact, the newly moved house is much better than the old house before, Tie Axe thought, at least there will be no leakage of wind and rain, and the roof is not made of light-transmitting straw, but a neat tile.
"That's good," Roland nodded. "The current arrangement is for safety reasons. After the month of demons ends, you will be able to move back in. In addition, I have already distributed the first month's salary to your family. , and you can meet them once every weekend. Accompanied by guards, of course."
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness," the Orion said happily.
This really surprised Iron Axe a bit. Aside from the sand people's iron law, even the management of Greycastle's army should not be so lax. Could it be that this is because of His Highness's personal tolerance? He was vaguely worried that if he wanted to compete for the throne, he had to be ruthless - this, he had seen too much in Iron Sand City.
But when the Fourth Prince said that he would next test a new weapon based on gunpowder, Iron Axe immediately put those concerns behind him. He stared at the prince without blinking as he brought the two alien-shaped iron rods in front of the crowd.
"It's called a 'musket,'" Roland said, "and then I'll tell you how to use it. "
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It only took the iron axe half an hour to fully understand the use of the new weapon.
Pour the black powder that can attract the fire of God's punishment - that is, gunpowder into the barrel, insert a lead shot, stab it straight to the end with a clear rod, and then pour gunpowder into the rear medicine pool, aim at the target, and pull trigger.
Although he believes that he has always been gifted at killing, and can use swords, knives, hammers, axes, and spears proficiently, it is a skill that has been mastered after years of training and actual combat. Mastering a weapon within half an hour, this speed is probably only comparable to a hand crossbow.
The other musket was handed over to Carter.
The chief knight was equally interested in this novel weapon, and was reluctant to put it down when he picked it up.
After a few rounds of simulated operation, Roland let the two test fire with live ammunition to see the effect. The target had already been prepared, a half-body plate armor supported by wooden sticks was stood at a distance of about thirty feet (about 10 meters) by the other two knights.
Iron Axe and Carter took aim and pulled the trigger according to the shooting method dictated by the prince.
The loud noise when the first fire was fired shocked everyone present, including Iron Axe, but soon everyone's faces were filled with surprise.
A small hole appeared on the half-body plate armor that was the target. The lead shot cleanly penetrated the thickest part of the chest of the plate armor.
Before shooting, Iron Axe had carefully observed this armor. It was obviously not a low-quality item made by a handicraft workshop. The markings on the forging hammer and anvil on the neckline proved that it was a standard armor from the Greycastle Blacksmiths Guild. The thickest part is about half a finger, which is enough to resist the direct shot of the hand crossbow at close range. A heavy crossbow, warhammer, or halberd are wise choices to deal with this tin can.
In this comparison, the equally easy-to-operate musket is far superior to the hand crossbow, at least in power. And its reloading speed is comparable to that of a hand crossbow, and in terms of accuracy... a thirty-foot target doesn't mean much.
"Your Highness, the output of this thing..." Carter asked.
"There are only two of them at the moment. When the month of the demon is reached, at most two more will be produced."
Iron Axe was obviously relieved to see Carter. He could roughly guess what the opponent was thinking. If this kind of weapon was easy to manufacture, with just a few days of training, a large number of quick "fighters" with muskets could be trained. They are not limited to age, occupation, or even gender—even weak women can pose a huge threat to knights.
Although it is not as shocking as the Fire of Retribution, it is still a good weapon, Iron Axe thought, the huge power allows him to easily kill some large and thick-skinned evil beasts on the city wall. If he had owned a musket when he faced the mixed species back then, the ending might not have been so embarrassing.
At the scene, only Roland knew the true meaning of this weapon.
He personally opened the prelude to the hot weapon war.