I Made Scientific Magic

  Chapter 218 Industrialization of Magic (for subscription)

  The sudden burst of projectiles was obviously beyond Kevin's expectations. Even with his excellent dynamic vision, he could clearly see the rain of bullets coming from flying. At such a short distance, it was already too late to react.

He could only watch the flying projectile fragments hit his body, and Kevin backed away in fright, but soon found that his body only felt a slight pain, and there were not many holes, not even skin. break.

   "If Lydia just put in a special iron pellet, you would have been seriously injured by now..." Philip looked at the frightened Kevin amusedly, and was not surprised by this result.

Because this explosive projectile was written by him, and its power has been tested a long time ago. Its power is roughly equivalent to that of the second-ring spell - Explosive Fireball, which can break through the [Mage Shield], and the remaining kinetic energy is not enough. It hurt the human body, so when Lydia took out this thing just now, he didn't say anything to stop it.

  Seeing that everyone on the field had uncontrollably funny expressions, Kevin couldn't hold back his face, so he couldn't help but glared at Lydia.

  The halfling girl stuck out her tongue and hid behind Lynn. She just wanted to demonstrate the power of the musket after seeing Professor Kevin say so badly.

   After all, she made this musket by herself, and it is the product she is most proud of.

   Lynn on the side also said amusedly. "Professor Kevin, Lydia has reminded you before that if you pay attention, you won't be in such a mess."

  Although the power of the musket is good, as long as a three-ring wizard is serious, it will not constitute a deterrent at all, mainly because Kevin is too underestimating the enemy.

Of course, Lydia also went too far. Although he could guess that Lydia had tested the power of the projectile, it was still dangerous to break through the [Mage Shield] attack, so he picked up the musket and used it He knocked on the halfling girl's head a few times as a warning.

   Lydia covered her head in pain, looking pitiful.

   "By the way, how did it feel to face the musket just now, Professor Kevin?" Lynn asked curiously.

"It's very powerful. It only takes an hour for an ordinary person who doesn't know magic to master it and gain the power that threatens official wizards." Kevin's expression became very serious. If it wasn't for the threat of the Holy See, he would Lynn would certainly be advised to keep the musket and how to make it top secret, or even destroy it.

  Because before this, there was an insurmountable gap between wizards who mastered magic and civilians, especially after becoming a second-ring wizard, they were able to learn the all-round protection magic of [Mage Shield].

   Without the blessing of extraordinary power, even if the opponent holds a crossbow or a giant sword, it is difficult to break through the wizard's protection, but their magic can easily kill the enemy.

  The appearance of muskets broke this convention, allowing a commoner who does not know magic to initially have the ability to threaten wizards.

  However, Kevin can also see the shortcomings at a glance. The main reasons are that the reloading is too slow and the concealment is too poor. The sound of musket shooting can be heard hundreds of meters away.

   And special projectiles made without rune magic need at least two or three shots to break through the [Mage Shield].

  Kevin expressed his feelings very solemnly.

  Lin En also nodded. He is naturally well aware of the advantages and disadvantages of the flintlock gun. On the contrary, it was the explosive projectile developed by Philip and others that surprised him.

  It seems that magical transformation of muskets may also be a good route. Since there are bursts, there may not be bullets such as freezing and lightning.

   "What is the cost of this musket? How long will it take to make it?" Raphael hurriedly asked.

  During the days he was staying in the port of Iyeta, he had just finished evaluating the internal combustion engine and submitted a report to the parliament. Unexpectedly, Lynn gave him a new surprise.

He saw clearly from the demonstration just now that this kind of musket is not only powerful enough to break through armor, but also very easy to use, it can easily form combat power, and can effectively make up for the lack of low-end combat power in the wizarding land .

  This is what Parliament has been worrying about.

According to the deduction of some great wizards, when there is a real large-scale battle, the Holy See may first send a large number of low-quality serf soldiers, use magic to strengthen their will, charge in groups, consume the magic power of the wizards, and those who are led by the clergy , God's Punishment Army, and Griffon Knights form an elite team that can wait for work at ease, and the outcome will be determined in one battle.

   And there is no so-called army in the wizarding land, only some security teams responsible for maintaining order. Although recruitment and training have resumed now, they don't have much hope for it.

  Because the temporarily recruited army has no combat experience at all, it's good if they don't fight for thousands of miles.

   So much so that some people suggested whether to let those wizard apprentices go to the battlefield. They don't have much magic, but it is still no problem to deal with those serf soldiers, but this was quickly refuted because they were completely bruised.

  Although these apprentices no longer have much potential, they were cultivated through hard work, and it would be a pity to waste them as cannon fodder.

   Now is the time for muskets to appear, which means that they can pull up a team capable of fighting in a short period of time, and if they are not prepared, they can also be used to deal with those low-level clergymen.

   "It took us more than ten days to make this musket according to the drawings." Philip said in a deep voice.

   "The biggest difficulty in making a flintlock gun is the seamless barrel. I used magic to solve it, but it is not so easy for those craftsmen."

   Can't develop a corresponding alchemy formation specifically for this gun barrel?

   "This can be solved with an internal combustion engine, and then just turn a hole in a solid steel pipe." Lynn said, and after a rough estimate, he spoke again. "It shouldn't be a problem for a workshop with 1,500 people to produce 500 muskets a month."

   "How is this possible?" Philip couldn't believe it.

   Doesn't that mean that an average of three people can make a musket in a month?

   "Of course it is possible. As long as the division of labor is carried out and the process is standardized, nothing is impossible!" Lynn said firmly.

Nowadays, whether it is the Segas Empire or the craftsmen in the land of wizards, they still follow the traditional manufacturing method, that is, one craftsman makes a certain item alone. Compared with the modern division of labor, the efficiency is much lower Already...

  (end of this chapter)