Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 682 Repeating Shotgun

“This thing looks just like the bomb gun used by bloodline warriors…” Pierce approached the assembly table and carefully examined the unfinished weapon placed on it. “The whole weapon is a scaled-up version of the bomb gun. I can’t see any difference between the two.”

"Your Majesty... this weapon is a Type II bomb gun? And it requires two or three people to carry it to use?"

Harvey shook his head and smiled mysteriously, "It is indeed an enlarged and upgraded version of the bomb gun. Although its structure is roughly the same as the bomb gun, its power is incomparable... This thing can fire continuously!"

“Even… a shotgun?” Even Chris, who was in charge of manufacturing weapons for Harvey, looked puzzled and repeated the word Harvey had made up with some difficulty. “Your Majesty, when you gave me the blueprints, didn’t you say it was called a shotgun?”

Harvey coughed awkwardly twice and waved his hand, saying, "It doesn't matter, you can call it whatever you want. All you need to know is that it was specially designed to be used by Starfire Warriors."

Pierce then looked enlightened... No wonder he felt that this weapon was not suitable for ordinary soldiers. Even without holding it in his hand, its size and shape were more exaggerated than a portable artillery piece, and its weight was probably several times greater.

It seems to be a weapon tailor-made for giants who are over three meters tall.

Aside from the Starfire Warriors clad in their enchanted armor, there was indeed no one else in the Northern Army who could easily wield this special heavy individual weapon.

"So... the Starfire Warriors' fighting style is still to use these giant magical weapons to attack enemies? But why is Your Majesty still training them to learn close combat skills? Wouldn't it be more important for them to master shotgun aiming and shooting sooner?"

Harvey waved his hand and asked in return, "Do you all think that I trained and built this armored combat force because I see them as bloodline warriors equipped with demonized armor?"

Seeing Pierce, Chris, and the others nod in unison, he gave a helpless wry smile and began to patiently explain—

From the current battles with the Lizardmen, everyone, including Harvey, has discovered a problem: the Lizardmen possess extremely strong combat evolution and tactical imitation capabilities... When airship units appear, they quickly mimic black water nozzles as anti-aircraft measures on the surface of the floating islands.

When the Northern Army possesses long-range firepower suppression, they quickly evolve equivalent long-range weapons like jet worms to engage in a firefight with them from hundreds of meters away.

Even the Winged Ones, an all-around unit with great mobility and flexibility, only emerged from their race after their own side dispatched high-level mages who also possessed the ability to fly.

The majority of the soldiers in the Northern Army are ordinary people who are not capable of equivalent evolutionary abilities. This makes it difficult for ordinary soldiers to gain a significant advantage in a short period of time when facing the evolved lizardmen. Not to mention that they may develop even more bizarre and strange attack methods in the future.

Since we are already mentally prepared for a long struggle with these alien races, the best way to lay the foundation for potential predicaments in the future is to always be one step ahead in advancing our own weapons technology!

The Starfire Warriors, a special armored unit with the potential for upgrades and evolution, were the optimal solution Harvey could come up with. In a sense, they were indeed born from traditional bloodline warriors, possessing extremely high mobility, adaptability to all terrains, proficiency in individual combat, and a strong ability to conduct small-scale assaults—making them an all-around unit.

In addition to equipping them with repeating shotguns, a type of ranged weapon for individual soldiers, Harvey will also provide them with a set of magical melee weapons called "Chainsaw Swords," making them deadly weapons specifically designed to counter alien evolved units.

Pierce listened to Harvey's long and rambling speech, completely bewildered by this unheard-of "theory of troop evolution," and finally stammered, "Your Majesty... can the kingdom's current level of magical technology and weapon manufacturing technology really guarantee the smooth implementation of your amazing ideas?"

Chris chuckled, pointing to the black metal box next to the shotgun, and proudly boasted, "His Majesty's groundbreaking ideas have all been realized through the efforts of the Kingdom's alchemy laboratory. Although the chainsaw sword is still in the experimental development stage, the shotgun has already taken initial shape and is ready for actual combat... We have even developed the special magic explosive ammunition."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and lifted the ammunition box in front of him, revealing a row of bullets neatly stacked inside, gleaming with the luster of enchanted metal... which almost made Pierce drop his jaw in astonishment.

These aren't bullets at all! Each one is the size of a baby's fist, crystal clear like a magic stone, with a smooth, flowing surface... and even engraved with countless complex and obscure magical runes.

Pierce looked at it more and more and felt that something was wrong. He compared the size and structure of the shotgun and the magic explosive bullet, and said with doubt and surprise, "That's not right... Your Majesty, didn't you say that shotguns are heavy firepower weapons that can be fired continuously? But... but such a large magic explosive bullet, it seems that only one can be put into the magazine of a shotgun at a time. How can continuous firing be achieved?"

"Who told you that a bullet can only fire once?" Harvey casually picked up a bullet from the magazine and played with it in his hand, a smile appearing on his lips. "This is a mutated magic stone generated using the control core. It stores a very high concentration of pure magic energy. After being loaded into a shotgun, it can be repeatedly fired to release energy bullets until the compressed magic energy inside is completely exhausted."

"Then...what about its power?"

"The Starfire Warriors have not yet tested this weapon, but judging from the exponential magnitude of the energy, the magical fluctuations released by a single shot are almost the same as the explosion of a portable cannon's ammunition."

Pierston was horrified... If the test launch was successful, wouldn't the Starfire Warriors be practically mobile rapid-fire artillery turrets? No wonder they only needed to form small groups of two or three people to assemble, and they mainly relied on individual combat.

Thinking of the trainee Starfire Warriors selected from a large number of new recruits, who have already undergone nearly two months of high-intensity training, Pierce couldn't help but feel eager to try it out.

"Your Majesty... when will the Starfire Warriors be officially deployed to the battlefield? I can't wait to see them slaughter those despicable alien monsters like chickens and dogs!"

Harvey pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "No rush, give them a few more months... let them hone themselves to be even sharper, I'm also looking forward to it."

(End of this chapter)