Fermi's leather boots tread on the bluestone pavement of the town in the morning.

The sound of heavy, neat footsteps passed on either side of him, and the solemn procession carried a chilling breeze.

The early morning fog wafts through the town, and the locals hide in their houses, snooping out with fear and curiosity. Home Sweet Home is an island that, with the constant sea breeze, makes it much wetter than Villefranche.

"This town has a population of more than 3,000 people, and less than 1,700 people can wield magic muskets."

"So little?"

Nearly half of the elderly and children ......

"A lot of them are boys who haven't reached adulthood because ......," Jack didn't say all.

Remembering the information about the "Sweet Family", Fermi came to Lady Ollocke: "Lady Ollocke, please allocate a vacant land for us to camp and train the militia, and then send the mayor to follow us." ”

The haggard Lady Orok looked for Annam: "Your lord ......"

"Lord Annan will not interfere."

As a big customer who bought a hundred magic cannons and a thousand magic muskets, as well as Annan's ...... Suitor, Fermi was polite to Lady Ollock, and then followed Mayor Mare to mark an area outside the town.

As the townsfolk learned that they were reinforcements from Madame Oloch, they were curious to look at these elite soldiers......

Because Karl, the captain of the town guard as an elite warrior, saw that they were just ordinary people.

"Lady Oloke, ...... they," Karl, the captain of the town guard, couldn't help but ask.

"I trust them, Carl." Mrs. Ollock was still reminiscing about Annan's beauty.

Fermi asked the mayor to hire workers to set up camp, and Karl, the captain of the town guard, led him to the highest point on the island to observe the terrain.

The "Sweet Home" is the ordinary terrain of the island: a long coastline that rises higher the further you go in the center. The town sits on a low hill to the northwest, and on the headland to the west sits the castle of Lady Oloke. The cliff is covered with craggy reefs, so you don't have to worry about enemy landings.

To the east was the gold mines, further east was a vast forest, and the harbor was to the south of the town, the only place in the whole "Sweet Home" suitable for ships to land, and from where the enemy would only come.

It has always been the prestige of Lady Oro and the town guards who guard this island of more than ten square kilometers.

Fermi figured out how to set up the defensive line and returned to the town, armed around the port and the town. The magic cannons are all set up in the harbor.

Karl, the captain of the town guard, thought that some should be left in town, though he didn't recognize the use of these grotesque-looking, heavy magic items with no magic fluctuations......

"Magic artillery responds to threats from the sea, and we deal with the enemy who lands." Fermi replied.

Next, he gave the task of patrolling and observing the movements of the enemy to Karl, the captain of the town guard.

The weakness of the musketeers was the access to information and the limited abilities of ordinary people, and the advantage was defensive warfare. As long as the battle line and depth are long enough, they can solve dozens of times their own enemies...... For example, at the beginning, the two musket teams used the depth of more than ten miles to consume a wave of rats.

Karl, the captain of the town guard, was reluctant, he didn't think that a group of ordinary people could be of any use...... But at the behest of Mrs. Oloch, she had no choice but to do so.

Their enemies are the "Black Jewel Pirates", and their leader is a Master Warrior.

It seems ridiculous that a Master Warrior would trouble a Master Mage, but Lady Olake says that there are traces of other pirates behind the Black Jewel Pirates.

They are like a pack of hyenas trying to nibble on a piece of meat and another piece of meat in a sweet home...... until it is devoured.

Fermi and Jack recruited fifteen hundred men out of the 1,700 men who could wield magic muskets. They were not taught queues or obedience, only how to use magic muskets.

They didn't have much time, and on the third day, Karl, the captain of the town guard, said that the Black Jewel Pirates had made a move.

The townsfolk reluctantly taught them how to use magic muskets.

"What's your name?" Fermi picked a boy with the best performance.

"Andy! My lord! The freckled boy cleverly learned to be a musketeer and stood straight. But because of his emaciation, he looks like a monkey.

Andy, an ordinary man who stood in the middle of the city and shouted his name, at least three or four people looked this way.

But it's a little worse than Jack.

The advent of the Magic Image caused a wave of Jacks in the area of influence. The newborn baby is called Jack, the unnamed child is called Jack, and the guy who picks up the girl in the tavern is also called Jack.

"You're very good, do you have a problem with letting you lead a team of 100?"

Andy, whose father is a miner, exclaimed, "No! My lord! ”

Karl, the captain of the town guard in the distance, frowned.

What are they doing...... Let a boy who can't even hold a big sword do it...... Sir?

The Black Jewel pirates were getting closer, and the night before, Fermi and Jack had held a party at the camp.

"We are Hellfire! Inflict hellish flames on your enemies! ”

The reveling musketeers talk about the past, such as the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of nezumi by themselves, and their brave and fearless city lords.

The militiamen believed it and expressed longing, and the town guards disdained that they were bragging.

The next day, they came to the harbor in a thin sea fog. Mrs. Ollock also came to watch.

Standing in the front row of the militia, the thin but resolute Andy makes Mrs. Olalocke's eyes shine. She didn't know there was such a handsome boy in town......

When the silhouettes of the three pirate ships loomed on the sea, the Hellfire soldiers dispersed, took control of 100 magic cannons, and waited for the three pirate ships to approach.

When the three ships came within 300 meters, Fermi ordered: "Gather the largest one first." ”

They haven't tried to hit a sea ship yet, so they don't know how effective it will be......

Jack raised the battle flag, and the musketeers lit the fuse at the same time.

Bang ——!

Endless flames mixed with blazing gunpowder smoke rushed into the sky, and the distant flagship was attacked like a storm in an instant, and it was riddled with holes.

The pirates screamed and jumped from the ship that was dismembering.

Karl, the captain of the town guard, stood there stupidly, and Lady Ollok was excited: "This ...... The power is almost equivalent to that of the Eight Rings spell...... It's a magic prop invented by Mr. Annan! ”

Magic cannons equipped with improved magic gunpowder are already more powerful than fireballs.

The salvo of the magic cannon apparently overflowed damage, and Jack had the magic cannon disperse its fire, aiming at the two remaining pirate ships that were turning.

Bang ——!

In the second salvo, the two pirate ships splashed sawdust, and seawater poured into the cabin through the holes and began to capsize.

Two salvos, three pirate ships sank, and magic artillery proved itself.

Next, the Hellfire soldiers led the militia to the shoreline and easily harvested the pirates who had soaked in the sea and had never seen a magic musket at all.

And as long as the news doesn't spread, the second wave of pirates and the third wave of pirates will have the same result after encountering the magic artillery.

The "Sweet Home" defense battle was victorious in the first battle.

(End of chapter)