Re:Zero - Starting a Different World Industry

Chapter 15 Lyon seems to have grasped the future

"Your Majesty the Duke!"

With the arrival of Lyon.

Everyone immediately saluted Lyon, even though Lyon repeatedly emphasized that there was no need to salute him during training.

As a good young person in the new era.

Lyon originally planned to abolish this cumbersome etiquette, but after thinking about his current strength, he realized that he was not enough to challenge the current social system.

So Lyon has simplified its etiquette for now.

This is all Lyon can do for now.

"Thank you for your hard work, soldiers. How was the training?"

Leon asked.

"It's not hard. Reporting to the Duke, we are currently training our ability to fight in low-temperature snow environments."

Reinhardt, who had been promoted to leader, replied.

Reinhardt is a talent discovered by Lyon.

He was originally a centurion of the Holy Knights. During the Fifth Western Expedition, he could not stand the violence committed by a noble against civilians, so he was framed by the nobles and exiled to the Territory of Sin.

It was Ryan, the head of the Crime Territory, who told Lyon about this person after seeing that he was planning to build an army.

Because in Ryan's eyes, if a lord does not attach importance to the army, then even if Reinhardt is recruited, it will not have any effect.

"Yes, that's right. This is Princess Leia from the Forest Elf Kingdom. She wants to learn about our Mauser rifles."

Leon spoke.

In this world, Kar98k is still called this name, because Leon feels that he has borrowed things from his predecessors, so he can't change their names, right?

So the weapons that Leon moved over still had their original names.

Reinhardt was stunned when he heard Leon say that a princess was interested in their weapons.

After all, in Reinhardt's eyes, the princess would never be interested in the weapons of inferior people like them.

Lyon looked at Reinhardt who was a little out of control, coughed twice, and then took a Mauser rifle from a soldier.

Then ask the soldier to go to the warehouse to get some bullets.

Soon the soldiers arrived with the quartermaster.

The quartermaster took the lead and ran over carrying a box of ammunition.

"Your Majesty the Duke!"

Looking at the panting quartermaster, Lyon didn't say anything, but nodded to express his affirmation of the quartermaster's work.

At present, the government personnel are basically the same as before. The military logistics positions are basically recommended by Ryan.

The quartermaster's ability was just mediocre, but fortunately he was serious about his work, so Leon didn't say anything.

But Lyon has reached the limit of his tolerance for those government parasites.

When the winter of divine punishment is over, it will be the time for the Sin Lord to be reborn from the ashes!

Lyon took out a cardboard box from the ammunition box, tore it open and poured out a large number of yellow bullets.

Seeing this, the quartermaster immediately picked up the clip beside him and helped Lyon load the bullets.

Leon was a little confused when he saw this, but he still acquiesced to his behavior.

Although I hate trying to please others, it feels really good to be liked by others...

So Leon planned to talk to the quartermaster before leaving and ask him to spend more time on his work.

After a while, more than a dozen clips were installed, and Lyon also put five bullets in.

Pull the bolt and load the gun in one go.

"My dear princess, please be careful, this is not a fire stick."

Leon said, and then raised his gun and aimed at the target a hundred meters away.

"boom!"

A loud noise was heard, and then wood chips flew from the target a hundred meters away.

"Is this a ranged weapon like the bow and arrow?"

Leia said thoughtfully that this distance could be reached by a bow and arrow.

"Ranged weapons?"

Leon was a little surprised, because in his eyes, a gun is just a gun, there is no difference in distance.

"That's right..."

"Wouldn't a crossbow be more convenient? A bow and arrow can hit the target at a distance of 100 meters, right?"

Leia said that because the main weapon of the elves is the bow and arrow, every elf is a master of bows and arrows.

No magic is needed within a hundred meters, and you can almost shoot blindfolded, and every arrow will hit the target.

Within 300 meters, you can also use magic to empower bows and arrows to hit targets.

Moreover, the weapon in Leon's hand made a loud noise, but the bow and arrow did not, so Leia was not optimistic about the Mauser rifle.

Lyon didn't say anything, because just like the Ming Dynasty's muskets, many people at that time felt that they were not as useful as bows and arrows.

So Leon understood Leia's thoughts.

He raised the gun again and aimed at the target 500 meters away.

"boom!"

The bullet went through the target again, shocking Leia.

Because this is five hundred meters!

And Leia watched Leon stuff that little thing in, and Leia was sure that there was no fluctuation of magic power!

A weapon that can be used by an ordinary person, and can reach distances that many magical weapons cannot reach!

Lyon looked at the shocked Leia and felt himself laughing till he was numb.

Leon I have grasped the future!

"Your Highness, 500 meters is not the maximum range of this weapon."

Leon decided to give Leia another little shock.

"Sir Leon? What did you say? Can you hit farther?"

Leia's breathing became a little rapid.

"Yes, a sharpshooter can use it to hit a target at 800 meters."

Lyon said.

To be honest, Lyon was already very satisfied with his ability to hit the 500-meter target, because at 500 meters, the size of a target was as small as a dot.

Although the Kar98k is rated to hit 2000 targets, its actual effective range is only about 800 meters.

After hearing Leon say that this weapon could hit 800 meters, Leia's eyes became hot as she looked at Leon.

"I want it! I want it! Give it to me!"

Leia grabbed Leon's collar and spoke excitedly.

"Your Highness, calm down and pay attention. You are a noble princess."

Leon said a little scared.

"Calm down? How do you want me to calm down? Give it to me now! I want it!"

Leia no longer cared about losing her composure, she seemed to have seen the revival of the kingdom.

The biggest disadvantage of the forest elves compared to the other six elves is their disadvantage in numbers.

Currently, the forest elves have a population of only 300 million.

The army only numbered 20,000, and most of them were low-level magicians.

The army's combat effectiveness is generally low.

In recent years, the territory of the forest elves has been gradually eroded by the Demon Empire in the north and the Flower Elf Kingdom in the west.

Leia came out this time to seek opportunities for the Forest Elf Kingdom.

Leia, who had returned empty-handed from the Holy Empire, thought that being trapped in the Territory of Sin because of divine punishment was a bad thing.

But now it doesn't seem to be a bad thing.

"No problem, Your Highness, but this is our life-saving weapon, and it's a bit expensive."

Leon said without blushing.

"Expensive? How expensive can it be?"

Leia said.

"One gold coin for a handful, thirty bullets for free, and ten bullets for one silver coin."

Leon said through gritted teeth.

In fact, the cost of a Mauser rifle is about 2.5 silver coins.

The cost of a bullet is about two copper coins.

The bullets increased fivefold, the Mauser rifles increased 40fold.

So Leon felt a little nervous, but Leia's next words silenced Leon.

"Too cheap!"