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Chapter 1661, Page 294: Recruitment Poster
Outsiders didn't know what Frank and Little Smo had talked about; they only knew that after he returned to the legion, he started making big moves again.

The Magic Firearm has been updated to the point where it is now considered to be the second and a half generation. Compared to the first generation, the second generation changed from using gunpowder to bullets, which increased stability and rifling. The extra half is that some structures, such as the stock, were changed to wood to reduce the weight of the gun.

However, it still hasn't gotten rid of the drawback of having to reload after every shot. On the battlefield, no one will wait for you to slowly reload. This is also why the more Hellfires there are, the stronger they become: half as many people means half as much firepower.

The blacksmith shop concocted another magic musket, known as the second generation: the magic-loaded musket.

The appearance is not much different from the Magic Firearm, except that there is a magazine with five bullets in front of the trigger, and the firepower is the same.

Logically, with no changes and increased firepower, the soldiers should have been happy. In fact, the soldiers who received it all looked disgusted.

Aside from reasons like developing an emotional attachment to the gun, the biggest reason is its astonishingly high rate of jamming. On average, it jams once every two rounds of firing. It's okay in normal times, but if it jams on the battlefield, it's a real disaster. It's better to fire one shot and reload one bullet.

Frank's major move was to equip the Hellfire soldiers with the magic-loading muskets, which Annan had chosen and which were considered the second-generation branch of magic muskets.

"Being backward is the original sin. All of Hellfire's problems stem from insufficient firepower. Instead of increasing training to become a professional but not solving the firepower problem, we should start from the root."

"The magic-loaded musket has a 10% jamming rate per 100 rounds because gunpowder residue remains in the chamber after firing, which can jam new rounds. Therefore, the bolt needs to be pulled back to clear the jamming manually, but the overall rate of fire is still faster than manual reloading."

"Moreover, as it is used, these shortcomings will be discovered and corrected, and even if the strength is reduced, it will only be temporary."

Seeing is believing, Frank conducted a comparative experiment.

Both the magic musket and the magic reload musket fire 100 rounds each, with accuracy disregarded and only firing rate considered.

The final result was that the latter jammed 8 times, but it was still 15% faster than manual reloading. Excluding factors such as proficiency and luck, the overall speed was still improved by 10%.

This time, the soldiers had no more questions and no longer used "gun spirit" as an excuse. They obediently equipped themselves and began a new round of "cultivating gun spirit."

According to the soldiers' logic, since the biggest problem with magic-loaded muskets is their jamming rate, they can reduce the jamming rate by increasing the affinity with the gun spirit.

Although it was supposed to be a dual-commander system, Frank had actually taken over all of the legion's political affairs. When this was presented to Fermi, he simply said, "Do as the political commissar says."

With Frank sharing the political affairs, Fermi could devote himself wholeheartedly to the military.

Military ranks and the modified Hellfire uniforms were also issued.

Annan's original idea was that the initial rank of soldiers would be uniformly sergeant, the captain would be sergeant major, the centurion and chiliarch would be lieutenant and lieutenant major respectively, and Fermi and Frank would start as field officers.

After all, officers and soldiers are different. Officers have fewer opportunities to fight and are mostly focused on command. It would be unfair to put them on the same starting line as soldiers.

But Fermi rejected this idea. He believed that ranks should be treated equally, and that officers, who could be promoted through command, already had a greater advantage than soldiers.

The excuse was reasonable, but Annan couldn't help but feel that Fermi wanted to enjoy the process of advancing from scratch.

In recent days, Hellfire has undergone tremendous changes, both in appearance and internally.

If they were to return to the scene from ten days ago when they confronted the Red-Eyed Clan, they would only perform even better.

But according to Frank, these weren't actually the political commissar's responsibilities. It was just that Hellfire had always lacked scientific and effective management, and he applied the knowledge he had learned at the military academy to the legion.

The changes made by Hellfire made the two neighboring legions envious. They didn't dare to approach Olmedo for fear of being scolded, so they approached Annan to express their desire to become political commissars as well.

"You don't need to go to the front lines, so what do you need?"

The Ranger Legion excels at guerrilla warfare, as for the Royal Guard Legion… what kingdom would send its Royal Guard to the front lines for bloody battles? “You’re giving all the good stuff to the Hellfire, you’re so biased, you might as well just abolish us!” Two legion commanders, who usually commanded respect in front of their soldiers, started throwing a tantrum.

Annan had no choice but to say, "If you want them, go to the military academy and choose for yourselves!"

"Go and go!"

Although they were all leftovers from Hellfire, they were all graduates of military academies, so their basic skills were there.

Moreover, their plan was to send the recruited political commissar to Frank's side for training.

……

Although Fermi's proposal to expand the army was rejected, his ideas were endorsed by Annan.

There's a group of professionals outside who're clamoring to fight the ratmen. There aren't any bad guys who want to fight the ratmen, so it would be a shame not to recruit them... Since the Hellfire isn't needed for the time being, let's incorporate them into the external support legion.

Whether it ends up in the Hellfire bowl or the foreign aid legion's bowl, it's still a piece of meat in your own bowl.

Just as the new issue of "Voice of Freedom" was released, Annan inserted his recruitment notice into "Voice of Freedom" and, taking advantage of the ongoing discussions about the war in the far north, recruited soldiers on a large scale.

Are you still struggling to find a way to hunt rats?

Are you still confused because you want to give but have no goal?

Are you still saddened by the unattainable dream of getting closer to Annam?

Do you still feel powerless to fight for justice and order and quell chaos?

[Now's the time! Join the foreign aid force, fight the chaotic forces to the death, dedicate yourself to your ideals, and get up close and personal with Annan!]

The recruitment poster features Kofi Annan in a formal suit, his gaze resolute, pointing forward, with the caption: "I need you!"

……

The lustful demon walked out of the theater with unsteady steps.

Her exhaustion wasn't physical, but mental—anyone who watched eight magical videos in a row, with Annan's face appearing on the screen in various guises, would experience the same mental fatigue.

Back at the embassy, ​​Lust Demon fell asleep immediately and then had a dream.

The last time she had a dream was sixty years ago.

In her dream, she regained her original appearance and embraced Anan at the top of the mage tower. Suddenly, a horde of rats rushed out of the forbidden forest. She kissed Anan goodbye, flew away on a broomstick, and led three hundred mages in a final battle against the ratmen.

Soldiers around him fell one after another, and the lust demon gradually weakened and escaped, but was cursed by the ratmen and turned into an ugly vampire rat. He was then discovered by humans and captured and imprisoned in the dungeon.

With great difficulty, she dug a tunnel to escape the dungeon, hiding in the shadows during the day and venturing out at night to hunt ratmen. But she was eventually discovered by the ratmen, fought a bloody battle, and finally fell amidst the ruins.

At that moment, a man who looked like Annam appeared, gently picked her up, pointed to the treetops in the distance and said, "It doesn't hurt, your butt is on the tree."

(End of this chapter)