Oh no! After I Reincarnated, My Moms Became Son-cons! - Volume 6 - Chapter 40

Chapter 40

“Your highness… I don’t want to use this type of weapon……”

“You’ll be fine . Just give it a try……”

Lucia looked at the rifle in my hand with displeasure . Her eyes were filled to the brim with displeasure like I asked her to look at something I shouldn’t have . I really want for Lucia to use one of them because guns are superior killing weapons compared to bows and arrows . Well, to be fair, that’s not quite one-hundred percent true yet, but it definitely will be in the future .

I know the reason why elves aren’t willing to use guns . These things will destroy forests and it’s also the weapon that killed countless elves ten years ago . This sort of weapon was a curse from the standpoint of elves .

However, I feel that Lucia needs this sort of thing now because she’s just an ordinary elf now . Lucia’s skills with a sword are considered intermediate level . Lucia isn’t bad, but the people around her are monsters so it makes it look like all her efforts were worthless .

However, she is actually a fair bit superior to normal troops and even the imperial guards . Most importantly, Lucia now no longer has the buffs provided by the wind elves . Lucia is truly very weak in her current state, hence why she needs a weapon .

“Didn’t you leave a gun with me before…? I just hung it up . I never used it . Your highness, that gun seems different to other guns . ” Lucia then looked at me and asked: “Is that gun somehow different?”

“Uhm, that’s right . I made that gun specifically for you . You can use that gun, right?”

I suddenly remembered it . I would’ve totally forgotten about that gun if Lucia didn’t mention it . I made an air-gun specifically for Lucia . My idea was great at the time . It was intended for Lucia to control the wind and then fire bullets from the gun, but Lucia can’t do that anymore .

“Why?”

Lucia looked at me with a hint of excitement and said, “If you made it specifically for me, I must use it! So what exactly is the function of that gun, your highness?”

“That gun isn’t fired using gun powder . ” I took the barrel where the bullet travels down out . I then showed Lucia the bullet inside and added, “Rifles use to require a place for storing gun powder . When gun powder passes through it and makes contact, it explodes and fires the bullet . The same applies now except that the position of the gun powder has been changed . Your gun doesn’t have gun powder . It uses air-pressure to fire bullets . The reasons guns are a weapon that destroys your forest is precisely because of the burning of gun powder . If they were wind-powered instead of being powered by gun powder, you would be able to use it, right?”

Lucia fell silent for a while . She then nodded and replied: “I can use a gun that isn’t powered by gun powder . However, your highness, I can no longer use wind magic though . It’s not that I totally can’t, but I will need a very long time to gather enough of the element…… So, I think it’s better that I don’t use it……”

“Ah… true……”

Indeed, Lucia basically has no combat power now . Nier is the one that can protect me normally, but as I said, there shouldn’t be anyone on the elven side who wants to harm me so I don’t need to be worried about elven magic . And thus, I won’t need anyone who knows magic to protect me .

Further, I have the protection of the demi-god Vyvyan . I don’t think there will be any issues with the elven side .

“I’ve completed the two-hundred rifles you asked for . ”

The red-haired lady appeared behind us and patted me firmly on my shoulder . She then looked at the humanoid target in front that was swaying . She said, “Not bad your majesty . If that’s what you managed to hit, your marksmanship is great . Uhm, uhm, you need to have the skills to protect yourself as the prince too!”

I smiled helplessly . My marksmanship isn’t bad under these circumstances, but once I’m in a pinch, I’m not all that . I remember I emptied my bullets to kill just three people when I was assassinated . I still don’t have the psychological capability to fire stably in the midst of intense fights .

I don’t even fire guns after all . I can only shoot calmly in games . Most of my shooting skills were acquired from FPS games……

“Not bad . This rifle is very ideal . ” I put the barrel back into the gun then aimed at the target and emptied all the bullets on it, making the target sway . It could fire rapidly and the firepower wasn’t bad . To compensate for the lethal power of these rifles which is a minor con of them, I asked Mommy-Vyvyan to pour the magic from the magic potions elves make into three pools . I then soaked the bullets we produced in the magic, so that the bullets would be imbued with mana . Explosion, ignite and vicious venom were completed in a moment . And then we have the grand-daddies of bullets .

I’m sure that even Earth Dragons will have to run from the onslaught of repeated-firing guns . They might not get killed, but anyone would be scared by something raining bullets intensely like a fire-breathing dragon . I have every reason to call my cavalry unit the Dragon Rider Unit because while they’re rampaging on the dragons, the guns will be firing like a fire-breathing dragon .

I must admit that they’re not great at shooting while riding horses . But as soldiers tasked with controlling the enemy lines with repeated-firing rifles, they don’t need to be super-accurate marksmen . They just need to scatter the enemies then dismount and engage .

I looked outside . Two hundred people were orderly training their sword skills under Nier’s instructions . The one that really resembled a girl, that soldier… what was his name again…? Whatever, was training with the men too… . Wait . He is a guy… . . His white-feminine face with a serious expression shone with radiance under the light . His crystal-like drops of sweat made him look heroic . His movements weren’t very similar to Nier’s . Watching him, I almost wondered why a woman was in my guard unit .

He’s dressed in a guy’s clothing, has the vocal tone of a guy and isn’t deliberately copying female mannerisms, so why do I keep thinking he’s a girl……? That’s too freaking scary . If Nier wasn’t aware he was a guy, she would never allow a woman in my guard unit .

I don’t think Lucia would either……

This young man’s loyalty is definitely true because I saved him, which is also why he’s the team captain . These men were gathered from all different teams previously, so their skills and qualities were completely different . However, through the regulations I put down and Nier’s demonic training, the group was now orderly and executed every order without fail . Not only was their marksmanship superb, their sword skills were gradually improving under Nier’s tutelage . I believe that this team will soon be my team I’m proud of .

They should be a team that is no less than the Valkyries or imperial guards .

This is my city, and this is my guard-unit . I’ve been here for almost a month and have finally settled old accounts and whatnot . My guard-unit is steadily improving as well . Now I need to resolve the most severe problem next . I must resolve this before spring arrives .

And that is, I must enable my people to grow crops that can be traded……