When those things that are enough to pry the cornerstone of the times appear, only a few people can realize its significance at the first time.
So it wasn't until Gao Wen said "one hundred and six second-level transcendents" that Amber, Jenny, and Rebecca suddenly realized what the ugly gauntlets meant.
There are not no props or equipment that can release magic in this world. Those magicians are always used to carrying some life-saving or auxiliary magic props with them, such as various amulets that can release protective spells, or rings that release quick-attack spells and Magic books, but most of these props have two characteristics: first, they can only be used by "transcendents" who have magical powers, and second, they are so expensive that even some small nobles are discouraged.
A magic ring that can release secondary offensive spells is worth half a year's income for a knight in the Holy Spirit Plains, because the ring is made of fine gold and mithril, and requires a noble mage to infuse and quench it himself. It can only be used after refining.
But the most expensive part of the thermal energy ray gun is the quartz pillar that is the focusing crystal, which is worth less than half a silver coin. Now that there are cheap crystal mines in Tanzania Town, the price has to go down.
And what labor is needed to manufacture such a set of thermal energy ray guns? In addition to the initial design of the rune and the manufacture of the prototype substrate, the participation of mages and rune masters is required. After the finalization of the plan, it only needs a bunch of rumbling machine tools, and a few are responsible for filling the grooves of the magic circle with magic materials and performing post-processing. It is only assembled by skilled workers. Although its volume is much larger than those exquisite and luxurious magic rings and magic amulets, it will have a crushing quantity.
And the requirements for using this thing are even lower, even ordinary people with a little training can use it without the need for well-trained professional soldiers.
After thinking about this, Jenny looked at the heat ray gun no longer only with pride and joy, but with a little anxiety mixed in it.
This is the first time she has participated in "Cecil's unique inventions and creations". She doesn't know what this weapon will bring to the world, and she dare not think about it.
"Master Zu, are you going to distribute this thing to every soldier?" Rebecca is a girl with a strong ability to accept, she quickly realized, and looked at Gawain with sparkling eyes, "The soldiers With this thing... Do you still need to practice sword kung fu?"
Gao Wenwen wanted to say that after the appearance of long-range hot weapons, the era of swords, guns, swords and halberds has entered the countdown to the end, but he soon realized that this is a world with various extraordinary powers. The so-called boundary between cold weapons and hot weapons is at After the extraordinary power intervened, it became blurred, so the words were changed at the last moment: "Conventional weapons are still to be retained, and the mass production of magic-infused swords and armor is the next step. But in my conception, the thermal energy ray gun It will be the soldiers' main means of attack, and the sword will gradually recede as their secondary weapon."
Rebecca gestured happily: "You can equip the thermal energy ray gun on the left arm, and then use the sword in the right hand as usual. When the enemy is far away, use the scorching ray to hit the enemy, and when the enemy is close, draw the sword and chop... the ray gun The outer shell can be thicker, so that it can be used to block in melee combat!"
Gao Wen thought about it for a while, and suddenly felt that Rebecca's idea was quite interesting, but there was one thing he didn't understand: as a mage, why did this girl think of this melee theory at the first time
But in any case, Cecil's combat style seems to be really turned upside down, but I don't know if the two knights, Byron and Philip, can quickly adapt to this change...
However, if a weapon is to be put into practical use, it cannot just rely on prototype verification, especially for something like a heat ray gun, even for Gao Wen, it is a brand new thing. He just successfully fired the first shot, and it must be guaranteed that it can To perform stably on the battlefield, it takes more than one shot.
Gawain put away this set of prototype gauntlets, and looked at the people present: "It needs more tests. We will start tomorrow morning, on the test field in the northeast of the test site."
The test site in the northeast is the large wasteland near the river beach. Since the explosion of the Rebecca crystal was tested there before, that area has been designated as a formal military test area, and the subsequent crystallization grenade is also carried out there. test. In fact, Gao Wen really couldn't hold back the urge to try it now, and really wanted to find a place to mess around right away, but night is really not a good time for this kind of test , so all tests have to wait until the next day.
Early the next morning, Gao Wen got up early.
Compared with the situation where only a few people were present when the first shot was fired last night, today's official test was extraordinarily formal and serious. Rebecca told Hetty about the heat ray gun, and Hetty immediately called Byron and The two military chiefs, Philip, also selected 20 stable and reliable soldiers from the combat corps to guard nearby to prevent unrelated people from approaching. At the same time, she also ordered people to set up markers of different distances on the test ground. Target to test the range, accuracy and other parameters of the weapon, and finally, she also called Druid Pittman to deal with emergency medical treatment in case the weapon accidentally injured someone.
From this arrangement, Gao Wen can clearly confirm one thing:
This granddaughter is gradually learning the "scientific and systematic" thinking he taught her...
At the beginning, Gao Wen planned to still manipulate it himself, but after Amber babald in his ear for ten minutes, he decided to give her this chance.
Of course, this decision wasn't all because Amber baba looked so annoying, the more important reason was that this guy had actually used the Hidden Arrow as a stalker, and it wasn't bad at all. With a certain amount of experience, the manipulator must be her.
Seeing Amber put the heat ray gun on her arm, and at the same time seem to be professionally adjusting the strap to ensure stability, Rebecca, who failed to grab the opportunity to control it, couldn't help but muttered sourly: "Take it easy, don't Hitting yourself with this thing is more calm than Xiujian!"
"I won't bother you," Hu Po gritted her teeth at Rebecca, "When I was practicing Hidden Arrow, I had to hang an iron lump on my wrist, and that thing was heavier than this!"
After showing off, the half-elf thief also finished adjusting the equipment. She nodded to Hetty who was in charge of recording, and then raised her hand to aim at the first target in the distance.
The rune trigger was pulled by the metal wire, and the magic power in the magic power capacitor was instantly transformed into the energy of the scorching ray array. With a soft sound, the scorching beam instantly hit the No. 1 target tens of meters away.
The wooden target covered with leather armor was directly pierced.
Hetty quickly recorded the number, and then Amber began to aim at the second target...
"The effective range is only between 200 meters and 300 meters, which is lower than the standard scorching rays, and also lower than the theoretical value of the array substrate." After some tests, Hetty brought the record to Gawain. , "The reason may be that the adjustment of the quartz pillar is not in place, or the efficiency of the magic guide between the scorching ray rune substrate and the magic capacitor is not good, these can be improved from the process; there is another problem is the accuracy, the range of 50 meters is accurate The accuracy can still be seen, but after 50 meters, the accuracy drops sharply, and after 100 meters, even people like Hu Po, who has half the blood of the elves and has practiced the sleeve arrow, have a 3/4 miss rate. Putting the data on the average soldier ... would definitely be worse."
Rebecca scratched her hair, and said frankly: "But you are still more accurate than your aunt... It hurts!"
Watching the silly roe deer being pulled by Hetty's ears, Gawain's expression remained unchanged: "Accuracy is actually a matter of processing technology. The assembly of Nicholas eggs is very precise, but the scorching ray board is handmade by Rebecca and the others, because they just want to To verify whether the newly designed rune group can be used, so I didn't make too much effort when selecting the quartz pillar."
Then, he glanced at the gauntlet on Huber's hand again: "And it still lacks a sight. A simple aiming structure can be installed between the ray launch port and the middle of the gauntlet, which should greatly improve the accuracy."
Gao Wen explained the concept of the so-called sight, and Amber's eyes lit up immediately: "Oh! This is a good thing! This will make it easier for soldiers to train this!"
Although the issue of accuracy was being discussed, in fact the accuracy of the thermal energy ray gun had exceeded Gao Wen's expectations.
Originally, in his opinion, such a long-range weapon with a shape that is not easy to aim and does not even have a basic sight can have an accurate distance of more than ten meters is quite good, but the reality is beyond his expectations.
On the one hand, this is because the thermal energy ray gun is not a live ammunition weapon, and its working process hardly involves mechanical movement, so it has almost no recoil force, and there is no need to worry about problems affecting accuracy such as barrel shake and receiver instability. Accuracy only needs a steady hand. On the other hand, people in this world are different from people on earth in terms of physical fitness and talent.
Amber's half-elven blood allows her to use various long-range weapons more proficiently by nature, and even ordinary people without elf blood are better than earthlings in terms of physical parameters (think about those nobles The average life expectancy of more than a hundred years, and the group of "ordinary soldiers" who can charge in heavy armor and carry giant swords), these advantages may still exist when using long-range weapons. Of course, this last point needs to be done by ordinary soldiers Can only be determined after testing.
On the other side, Rebecca had already started to grin her teeth at Hetty's hands: "Are you really not coming to save me?!"
Gawain looked at the girl who had been taught a lesson for being upright, dumbfounded, and rescued her, then nodded to Amber: "Continue to test, this time to see the impact of continuous shooting on performance."
Continuous shooting is a relatively long test process, Gawain did not continue to stare, but walked towards the two knights Philip and Byron standing aside.
The two Mr. Cavaliers looked at the testing field intently, and the expressions on their faces were obviously a bit complicated.
"What are you thinking about?" Gao Wen came to them and asked calmly.
"This is really an incredible weapon," Byron's tone was filled with admiration, "It's incredible... that magic can be released in this way, both the source of magic power and the control of magic power are completed by the weapon itself, and the user's Talent has nothing to do with it, the person who manipulates it just needs to be able to pull the rune trigger..."
"It's not just admiration, is it?" Gao Wen glanced at him with a half-smile.
"...Indeed," Byron looked at Gao Wen and finally nodded as if admitting, "I'm still a little bit lost."
"oh?"
"Back then, it took me two years to learn breath protection, and then another three years to learn danger perception, and that was just a two-level knight skill," Byron shook his head, "Now, a man who has been training for a few days Recruits can easily release a searing ray."
Philip also sighed softly, and said with emotion: "I am faster than you. I have used these two skills for half a year."
Byron: "...can you express something else?"
"As I said, times are about to change," Gao Wen interrupted the crosstalk duo, "This change is inevitable, and you must accept it."
Byron was stunned, and looked towards the testing ground with a wry smile: "One day, will that thing release a finger of death?"
Gao Wen was silent for a moment: "Maybe."
"... Then it seems that the day when the city of a thousand towers will collapse is not far away."
On the other side, Amber moved her arm that was a little tired from lifting it for a long time, then raised the heat ray gun again, and pulled the rune trigger.
There seemed to be a slight heat generation at the front of the ray gun, but this time no beam was emitted.
"Old Zongzi! This thing can't be used anymore!"
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