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"What is that?　Soldiers of the Reinisatz army are falling down. What is going on, Mr. Vargas?"

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"...... Let me check, Mistress Kiri. Ai said earlier that Barca's army used magic bullets. Does that mean that the soldiers of the Barka army are attacking with the tools in their hands?"

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"Well, wait a minute. If you zoom in a little more on the view you are looking at, you can see it. ...... that's right. It looks like he's holding something in his hand, Mr. Vargas.

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"Of course. So he's using a magic gun.

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"What's a magic gun, Mr. Vargas?"

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"Yes, the magic gun is a new weapon newly deployed in the Balkan army. There is a magical weapon called the rock crossbow staff that the general obtained in a deal with the Brillian mages, one of the great powers in the east. The magic gun is a modified version of it.

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"I've heard of a rock crossbow. That's it, isn't it? It's a staff-shaped magical weapon from the East that sends a big rock flying when you put magic power into it. You improved it, didn't you, Mr. Ars?　So it's a more powerful weapon than that rock crossbow staff."

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No, it is not. No, it is not. Rather, the magic gun is not as powerful as the rock crossbow. In that sense, I would say that it is not so much an improvement but rather a reduction in performance.

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"Yeah?　What do you mean?　Are you going out of your way to make and use a lower-performing one?"

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"That's not quite right either. It is true that the magic gun has less offensive power than the rock crossbow staff. But it is a weapon that has been improved in other ways.

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　The war has been going on for some time.

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　The Balkan vanguard forces have built a defensive wall using [Wall Construction], and are attacking the Reinzatz forces from the rear by throwing spears and stones.

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　On the other hand, the Reinisatz forces were trying to break through between the walls and were closing in on the Barka forces.

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　Normally, the damage would have been more extensive if they could get past the defensive wall.

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　However, according to Ai, most of the damage was inflicted on the Reinisatz forces.

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　I try to find out why.

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　And I came to a conclusion.

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　I was almost certain about the driving force of the Balkan army that was pushing back the Reinisatz army that was breaking through the wall.

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　It was about a magic weapon called a magic gun.

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　As I told Miss Kiri, the magic gun is a new type of weapon made by the general, and its origin is the rock crossbow staff that I obtained in the east.

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　The rock crossbow is a magical weapon that, when enchanted, shoots out a rock bigger than a man's head.

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　It is said that it is made by drawing a magic circle on a magic stone called a spirit stone.

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　Because of the large rocks that collide with it, its attack power is high.

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　On the other hand, the magic gun that the general made by improving the rock crossbow staff did not have such a high attack power.

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　It is a small stone that pops out when you put magic power into it.

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　Therefore, the damage to the human body is much less than that of the rock which comes out from the rock crossbow.

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　I have wondered about this too.

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　Why did they have to go to the trouble of creating something with less offensive power, or why did they officially adopt it as equipment for the Balkan army?

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　The general's answer to this question was very simple.

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　He said that the magic gun has more power of succession and annihilation than the rock crossbow staff.

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　The rock crossbow is a large rock to send a large rock flying, so it consumes a lot of magic power when used over and over again.

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　Of course, if you have a certain amount of magic like me and the general, it may not be such a big burden.

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　But other ordinary soldiers are different.

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　The Balkan army has adopted training to increase magical power as part of the training of its soldiers, but even so, ordinary soldiers have little magical power.

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　In order to make more stones fly even with such a small amount of magical power, the magic guns are designed to fire smaller stones.

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　However, it is not merely a matter of changing the size of the rocks to be sent flying.

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　Unlike the rocks fired by the rock crossbow, the rocks that come out of the magic gun are hardened bricks.

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　They are small but hard enough.

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　Moreover, it seems that the shape of the bricks has been designed so that they can be sent farther and farther away from the target with less blurring.

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　In other words, the magic gun is able to fire in rapid succession while reducing the consumption of magic power and yet maintaining the minimum attack power required for combat.

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　This continuous-firing function was good.

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　It is difficult to aim and shoot at a moving opponent in the middle of a battle.

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　It is more like a craftsmanship.

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　It is not so easy to shoot at a moving prey with a bow and arrow and not to miss the target.

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　However, it is a different story if you can shoot in rapid succession.

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　Not only you, but also your allies nearby can hold a magic gun and fire in rapid succession.

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　The magic bullets fired from the magic gun are not exactly aimed at the target.

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　They are aimed at the direction of the target you want to shoot at, and fired in a scattering manner toward the torso of the target, so that they can inflict damage on the opponent's army more efficiently.

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　In other words, the magic gun made by the general is not a one-shot attack like the rock crossbow staff, but a product completed with the idea of being able to make more devastating attacks with less magic power in a battle between armies.

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　Moreover, in order to further enhance the ability of succession, the magic power used in the magic gun can be taken in from the outside.

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　The magic gun has a place to insert a magic stone, and by inserting the stone, it is possible to obtain magic power not from the owner's magic power but from the magic stone and fire a magic bullet.

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　Of course, all members of the Barka army can already use Barka's magic.

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　This means that they can also use the magic of [generation of magic stones], which means that they have enough magic power in reserve in advance.

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"Well, does that mean that the Reinisatz troops who crossed the wall and approached Barka's army were attacked by the sweeping attack of magic bullets from their magic guns?　Ah, it's true. If you look closely, you can see that the soldiers of the Reinisatz army who have magic guns pointed at them by the Barka army are falling one after another. But the magic bullets are so fast that I can't see them at all. You can't avoid them.

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"Of course. And even though the attack power of the magic gun is inferior to that of the rock crossbow staff, bullets made of hardened bricks that are as hard as metal are flying at super-high speed. Not only ordinary soldiers, even knights might not be unscathed if they are hit by those attacks.

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"Oh, you are more aggressive than I thought, Mr. Vargas. I mean, does that mean that even an ordinary soldier can win against a knight?"

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"It's not a sure thing that you're going to win, but the chances of winning, considering your physical strength and the magic you've had so far, I think a magic gun is worth a lot of money."

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　I mean, is it really okay to be talking about this stuff on the radio after all this time?

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　I remember that this battle was the first time the magic gun was put into action.

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　I am not sure if it is appropriate to talk about such a new weapon on the radio, where I don't know who is listening.

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　However, according to the preliminary talk, the general did not set any particular restrictions on what we could talk about.

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　This means that I am allowed to talk about it.

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　No, rather, it might be better to convey the fear of Barca to the other nobles listening to this radio so that they will be afraid of Barca.

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　And so, while I ponder what the general is thinking and what he is aiming at, I continue my commentary on the developments on the battlefield, which continue to take new turns.

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