Chapter 216: Tech Musket and Magic Projectile (Subscription Requested)
"Yes, it's fast."
Lynn rubbed Lydia's head in encouragement, then reached out and took the beautifully crafted musket and examined it carefully.
The nature that he asked Lydia and others to research and make was a flintlock pistol!
Compared with earlier assault rifles and arquebuses, flintlock pistols have the advantages of fast rate of fire, light weight, small caliber, short barrel and low recoil, and reduce the inability to shoot due to rain and moisture.
It was already a very complete type of musket, which had been popular since it was invented by a watchmaker at the beginning of the 16th century, and was gradually replaced in the 19th century.
As for the more advanced firing pistol, it's not that it can't be made, but the ammunition of that thing needs to be reloaded with primer, and with Iyeta's current level of magic industry, it is not suitable for mass production.
And the flintlock pistol only needs lead bullet to fire, and the cost is also very low!
"Dean Lynn, what is this, some new alchemy apparatus?" Dennis asked in surprise, he didn't feel any traces of magic on it.
"No, it's a technological artifact that hasn't been magically modified." Lynn said expectantly. "Let's go, let's try its power!"
Led by Lynn, the group soon reached the training ground, and the rows of wooden dummies used to train magic in front of them were the best targets.
"I'm coming, I'm coming!" Lydia said excitedly that she had experimented with this musket several times since it was made, and she was already very proficient.
And this musket is also special, it is smaller than the one marked on the drawing, just so that a halfling like her can also use it.
Lynn shook his head, handed the musket to the guards on duty, and asked. "Have you shot an arrow before?"
"Lord Dean?" The guard was both excited and frightened, holding this delicate musket and not being able to say all the excitement, but he still stumbled and was able to accurately shoot at the target within 100 meters.
"Then you can give it a try, the way to operate it is very simple!" Lynn smiled and showed him a demonstration, almost by hand.
There is no difficulty in using a flintlock pistol, as long as a person with a normal IQ learns it with a little effort, and he will soon be able to master it preliminarily, so that he can load, aim and fire.
Because he was too nervous, the guard had to learn for more than an hour before he could barely master the method of use, and then he began to operate with great difficulty, pressing the projectile into the chamber with a wooden hammer, raising the gun, and aiming at the wooden dummy not far ahead.
Everyone in the room stared with interest at the musket in the guard's hand, and wondered why Lynn would let someone who had no contact with him do the demonstration.
Dennis and the others looked pensive.
"Watch out for recoil!" Lynn reminded him.
The guard was stunned for a moment, and then became even more nervous, what is this recoil?
But he soon realized that the moment he pulled the trigger, a huge thrust emerged from the chamber of the gun, almost knocking him over.
Bang –
At the same time, a violent roar like thunder sounded in the training ground, accompanied by a puff of smoke coming out of the musket, and the internally loaded projectiles sped away at a breakneck speed......
Although there was a slight deviation due to the unaccustomed recoil, it still hit the target accurately.
The top half of the wooden dummy was blasted open almost the next moment the gunshots rang out......
"So fast!" Dennis couldn't help but speak, and with his excellent eyesight and mental reflexes, he could clearly see the projectile coming out of the chamber of the gun, and almost instantly hit the target forty meters away.
The power is also particularly amazing, you must know that the materials of these targets are all idiosyncratic, not ordinary wood materials, but they are still penetrated so easily.
The guard froze even further, unable to believe that he had done it.
Kevin and the others were even more vaguely worried about whether such a weapon would pose a threat to wizards.
After all, an ordinary person who doesn't know magic can initially master it after an hour of study, which makes them a little worried.
Thinking of this, Kevin volunteered to stand up and bless himself with a two-ring spell [Mage Shield], intending to use it as a target to personally test the power of the musket.
"Lord Kevin......" The guard looked at Kevin in front of him, holding the musket in his hand, his legs were trembling, and he didn't dare to shoot at all.
"Don't talk nonsense, give it a try, the weapon in your hand won't hurt me." Kevin said impatiently, standing fifty meters away.
Under the constant urging of everyone, the guards swallowed with difficulty, hesitated for more than ten seconds, and did not move, and finally Lydia snatched the musket.
"I'd better come!" Lydia skillfully cleaned the chamber of the gun, and then wickedly pulled out a special projectile from her pocket and asked.
"Professor Kevin, can I give it a try with this projectile?"
"Of course." Kevin nodded casually.
Lydia, who received an affirmative answer, happily stuffed the special projectile into the chamber of the gun, paused again before shooting, and reminded embarrassedly. "You'd better be careful, Professor Kevin!"
Kevin waved his hand impatiently.
Lydia took a deep breath and pulled the flint clamp open before she began to aim, and about three seconds later, pulled the trigger on Kevin.
Bang - the sound of thunder sounded again.
Although his mouth is full of indifference, Kevin's eyes have already turned into griffin-like eagle eyes, which are the shaping magic - [Dynamic Vision].
Only when he really faced the muzzle of the gun did he feel how fast the projectile was, and the moment the gun rang out, the attack had already arrived in front of him.
Spanning a distance of fifty meters in just 0.2 seconds!
The lead bullet, which had an initial velocity of two hundred and fifty meters per second, quickly collided with the [Mage Shield], and a trace of crack quickly appeared on the shield, but Kevin breathed a sigh of relief, because the projectile quickly disintegrated.
However, with such a close proximity, Kevin quickly noticed the runes engraved on the surface of the projectile.
This is...... Burst?
Kevin's attainments in alchemy are limited, but he still recognizes it at a glance, this is the burst rune!
Immediately after, the projectile exploded straight away, and the disintegrating fragments scattered in all directions, turning into a denser rain of bullets, hitting the [Mage Shield], and in less than 0.5 seconds, the solid magic barrier was pierced in an instant......