Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 298 Magic Revolver
"Magic... revolver?" Yurio repeated Harvey's words with a puzzled look, subconsciously looking at the rectangular wooden box in front of him.

Judging from the size of the container, it definitely didn't contain a modified version of the magic gun. Although Yurio himself hadn't used that thing many times, he knew very well that the entire gun was nearly one meter long, and the Sniper Type 2 with a longer range was over one meter and two hundred. Every time it was used, the disassembled buttstock, magazine and barrel needed to be reassembled.

Thinking of this, the Senior Superintendent eagerly opened the wooden box and stared blankly at the strangely shaped... pistol before him. Its trigger and barrel structure were very similar to those of the magic gun, only slightly smaller. However, the center of the gun, where the magazine should have been, was now protruding with a strange honeycomb-shaped device.

The "pistol" feels heavy in the hand, and the grip is obviously made of carefully polished wood. It is smooth and comfortable to the touch and fits the palm very well. Except for the grip, the entire gun body is made of metal. The honeycomb device in the middle and the surface of the barrel at the front are still engraved with countless tiny magic runes like the magic gun, combined with the original silver-white metallic luster, giving the whole weapon an indescribable mechanical beauty.

Yurio moved the "pistol" to the arm with the mechanical prosthesis, and was surprised to find that the metal prosthesis seemed to fit the "pistol" better than holding the weapon with his real limb.

He loved this weapon so much! He almost instantly couldn't let it go.

"Okay, forget about its appearance and structure. This is what I call a magic revolver... a lightweight weapon that can be fired with just one hand." Harvey stood up with a smile and took the revolver back from Yurio. "I'll teach you how to use it correctly, but you'll need to practice repeatedly to achieve accurate shooting and aiming..."

Watching the lord's somewhat clumsy movements, Yurio soon discovered that the operation of the revolver was almost exactly the same as that of the magic gun. The same method was to hold the muzzle horizontally and pull the trigger to complete continuous shooting. The only difference was that the bullets were not pre-pressed in the split magazine, but needed to be manually stuffed one by one into the honeycomb structure in the middle of the gun body.

It turns out that this honeycomb device is the magazine. The five holes on the honeycomb can be loaded with five rounds of ammunition at a time. This is probably why the lord calls it a "revolver."

"The design of this weapon is so exquisite, I have never seen anything like it..." Yurio opened his mouth, but didn't know how to describe this metal magic weapon that was cast almost as a whole.

Harvey chuckled and said, "Don't be too happy. This is still an unfinished version with flaws... There's a key technology that the military factory and alchemy laboratory haven't been able to master yet. If you weren't about to rush to Grizzlie Castle to set up a new police department, I wouldn't be so anxious to distribute it to you."

"Flawed? Unfinished?" Yurio carefully took the revolver and examined it again. "Sir, with all due respect, I can't see the flaw at all. Could it be that the magic ammunition has been weakened?"

"Ammunition isn't a problem, but the main issue is range. It's only less than a hundred meters, which means you have to get as close to the target as possible when you're firing."

Its shooting range is half that of the magic gun, which is the main design flaw that the magic revolver is currently facing. Due to its exquisite and short size, Harvey and Chris are unable to engrave too many magic runes on its gun body. They have to completely cancel the "amplification" and "compression" runes used on the original magic gun, and only retain the stabilizing effect brought by the "balance" rune. Therefore, it is completely unable to use the fixed magic bullets currently mass-produced by military factories like the magic gun, but needs to use pistol bullets with a smaller magic energy capacity.

Yurio couldn't understand the lord's profound magical theories, but he still said happily, "I think there's no problem at all. Just give me some time to train the police officers. A distance of one hundred meters is enough for us to quickly kill the enemy."

After all, no matter how brutal the criminals and thugs were, even when they were fighting face-to-face with the police, they could not withstand the steel fists and metal limbs modified on the bodies of the "RoboCops" who accounted for more than 30% of the police department. ...

Harvey then brought the senior superintendent to the small shooting range under the castle and had him stand thirty meters away from a human-shaped target. Following the previously taught one-handed gun-holding method, he slightly tilted his body to aim the pistol at the target and pulled the trigger.

The small magic revolver instantly lit up with a faint glow of runes. After a slight sound, the honeycomb magazine on the revolver automatically rotated one notch, revealing an empty bullet slot.

A few people came forward and found that the human-shaped target was intact...

"Tsk..." Harvey shook his head speechlessly, "Keep shooting."

Yurio's face flushed red, he took a deep breath and quickly fired the remaining four bullets. Finally, one bullet hit the target's leg, but it seemed that it was mostly luck.

Captain Tommy of the guards standing beside him finally couldn't help but burst out in laughter, but then he immediately covered his mouth to hold back his laughter, which made Yurio turn around and glare at him - what are you doing here, a idiot who has awakened the "Weakness Insight" skill, being so proud?
Harvey patted the young superintendent on the shoulder and soothed him, "Look, a pistol, due to its shorter barrel and smaller size, doesn't have the same range and accuracy as a magic rifle. Furthermore, the bullets are smaller than those in a rifle, so it's normal for them to miss the target... Therefore, you need more time and practice, otherwise this weapon won't be very effective."

Yurio stood there, ashamed and mortified, pondering for a few seconds before gritting his teeth and saying, "Sir, please give me a month... no, give me two weeks. I will have the police officers of the National Police Department familiarize themselves with and master this weapon as quickly as possible. I will definitely not let down the painstaking effort you and Mr. Chris put into its design and development!"

Harvey nodded. "I'll give you a note. Go find Chris and the director of the munitions factory and get ten magic revolvers and the ammunition you need for daily training..."

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Yurio hurried away, clutching Harvey's special approval slip as if it were a treasure. Tommy approached Harvey with a grin, "Sir, can our Royal Guards also be issued this weapon? In the event of an emergency or a surprise attack, this pistol would be much more useful than the magic gun on our backs... At least we can pull it out from our waists and fire at the enemy."

Harvey was stunned for a moment. He looked at the guards beside him who were drooling over the magic revolver. He imagined them strapping the guns to their waist pouches and suddenly slapped his forehead. "Oh no! I forgot to design a trigger safety for this thing. What if it accidentally goes off while it's on my waist..."

As he said this, he subconsciously looked between Tommy's legs, scaring his own captain of the guards so much that he subconsciously took a few steps back.

(End of this chapter)