Fabian brought a bow and arrow, but the first arrow missed the target, and he made a big red face. After that, two arrows missed the target in a row, and everyone saw that there was something wrong with his state today, and they persuaded him not to care, just rest and rest.

Graves was a little fond of the musket, and he continued to shoot until the chamber of the gun was overheated before stopping, and excitedly analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of this weapon to Jacques and Alfred: "To be honest, I think this thing is quite practical, and the lethality caused is not low, if you don't wear armor, it has a lot of lethality to the awakened, and it can hurt the plasticizer, the key is that you don't need source energy at all, even ordinary people can use it." ”

Natasha added, "We tried it just now, and my ice shield can't penetrate it. ”

Graves smiled, "Miss Natasha is already at the peak of the Awakened, and your ice shield can't even penetrate the artillery." But how long can your ice shield last if twenty people attack from multiple angles in a row? If you don't have a musket, I think you can easily defeat twenty ordinary people by yourself. But twenty ordinary people with muskets, if well commanded and far enough, may be able to defeat you. ”

Jacques retorted: "No, Natasha will win, she already knows the shortcomings of this weapon, the interval between shots is too long, the range of attacks is narrow. Dodge more at first, protect yourself with an ice shield, and accelerate closer after the first round of shots. Once you're close, keep moving and use instant ice picks and water balloons to tackle each other.

Transcendents react much faster than ordinary people, and once they get close, they can win. But if you take it by surprise, or even sneak attack, the advantage of those who use muskets is obvious.

However, the Stuarts are so good that making this thing, along with artillery, can change the way warfare is fought. ”

Alfred said: "I also discussed the use of muskets with Graves, and I think that increasing the speed of the projectile can increase the power, and maybe it is not impossible to increase it to be able to inflict fatal damage on the plasticizer.

The direction of improvement is to allow the explosive power of gunpowder to be completely released from the muzzle direction, improving the airtightness of the combustion chamber. Allows the musket to withstand more powerful reloads.

If it is assisted by the Source Energy Formation, it may be easier to achieve, and I plan to study it with Graves in the near future. ”

"Looking forward to your research, maybe we can hunt with muskets in the future. Jacques laughed.

Marianne said: "By the way, when it comes to hunting, it's about to be spring hunting, and I want to invite you to participate in this year's spring hunt, and Graves is also going, he is old enough to participate in socializing." ”

Jacques asked Marianne, "Is there a group blind date in high society in Yorktown?" It seems that Lily and I don't need to participate, we don't need to go on a blind date." ”

Marianne knew that it was of little use to ask Jacques, so she turned her head to look at Lily with a pleading look and said, "Lily...... Go with me, and let it be a distraction. ”

Lily was softly whispered by Marianne and agreed, saying, "Okay, I'll go with you to have fun, but the others will have to be persuaded by yourself." ”

The others didn't really need to be persuaded at all, Jacques must have accompanied Lily, Fabian and Natasha were very excited when they heard that they were going to go on a spring hunt, and they had already begun to plan what to wear, what to use, and what supplies to prepare. And Alyssa and Emma agreed without much opinion, completely unaware that Marianne was already thinking about how to use the young talents she knew to tie them up in Yorktown, it was rare that the house was so lively, did they really have to go their separate ways in the summer?

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The day of the spring hunt is two weeks away, and from the point of view of the arrangement, it is a large-scale blind date field trip.

Almost all the young people of the upper class of Yorktown will participate, and needless to say, a big family like the Eighteen Trading Houses will naturally arrange for young children of social age to participate, and even if the young descendants are engaged and married, they will also join the spring hunt to facilitate the expansion of their peers' contacts.

The largest number of them are the children of large farmers and ranchers in the surrounding towns and countryside of the Pan-York City area, and even as far away as the Athabbas ranchers, who are far more desperate than the city dwellers because of their scattered residences.

In addition, many outstanding young men will also be invited to join, such as young officers of the Legion and young deacons of the merchant houses. and the children of the imperial nobles who came to the New World to try their luck, most of them had no inheritance rights, and the treatment of the nobility could only be maintained for two generations, but good education and nobility also made them a high-quality choice in the marriage market.

The mercenaries were probably the least popular, but Marianne had the right to invite her friends to participate, and the organizers had no objection.

Due to the ongoing rebellion in the north, this year's spring hunt chose the Crescent Moon Lake area in the upper reaches of the Leichardt River, more than 600 miles west of Yorktown.

Forced to attend, Graves characterized the spring hunt as a twelve-day dance and picnic.

During the day, the young men would go out hunting, and the girls would gather in groups to gather berries that sprouted in the spring or go fishing. When the hunters return, the organizer will select the best prey of the day, and the hunters will choose the girl they like and dedicate the prey to her.

Of course, other prey can also be given, but the best prey is more noticeable.

After that, there was a bonfire dance party with dinner and a noisy night, and no one cared who drilled into whose tent in the middle of the night, or who didn't return to the tent with whom.

In this respect, the New World is still much more open than the Empire.

Once Graves accepted that he had to participate in the Spring Hunt, he began to prepare his tools. Marianne is very satisfied with the current situation, as long as Jacques participates, her brother's safety is guaranteed, and all that remains is how to help Alyssa and Emma, who are in the dark, find suitable partners and tie them to the New World.

To participate in the spring hunt, you need to leave a day in advance, and each participant needs to make their own way to the camp that has been built on the shores of Lake Crescent. Although Jacques had to arrange his own carriage and horses for paying the fee of two hundred silver coins, he could only complain and stuff his equipment into the trunk of the carriage.

Gabo, the butler, had already arranged the vehicles and guards in advance, and the convoy of six carriages was about to leave, but he didn't wait for Graves.

Marianne was so angry that she arranged for people to look for him, and she searched through the manor and didn't find his shadow, could it be that this guy escaped from the battle?

When Marianne was ready to mobilize people to conduct a city-wide search, there was a commotion around her, and many people looked up at the sky.

Marianne also looked up at everyone's gaze, only to see an airship slowly drifting towards West's Manor, okay, there would be no one else on the airship except for Graves.

The airship landed, and sure enough, it was Graves, and it turned out that this guy was going to drive the airship to participate in the spring hunt.

This new airship is much larger than the prototype given to the Lake God, the load capacity has been greatly increased, and the consumption of the Source Stone Formation by all the boarding boats of the Orange Cat Mercenary Group is very small, and the downward gravity is almost canceled out by the light gas in the huge hull.

Marianne decisively arranged for all the members of the regiment to board the airship, as for the guards, let them take the carriage to the camp slowly to meet, and Pittinger also went with the guards, Marianne helped this subordinate also pay the fee for participating in the spring hunt, let him try his luck.

Graves had more than 100 hours of flying experience with Jacques and Marianne, and the new airship had been improved so much that when it was confirmed that he was going to participate in the spring hunt, he couldn't wait to fly the airship to hunt.

Air supremacy, it's exciting to think about!

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