Black Sail

Mika took out the magic-guided rifle, inserted a blue crystal into the energy slot, and pressed down the lever to ensure the tightly sealed gears were perfectly closed to prevent the arcane energy reaction device inside from exploding.

Currently, the rifles on the market in the Western Continent are all bullpup designs. For stability, Mika laid prone on the wind-eroded rock and set up the rifle.

After carefully counting, the well-dressed geological survey team had four members, and the guard team had eight soldiers, all wearing high-mobility light armor and carrying a type of firearm Mika had never seen before.

Decades ago, the guns developed by the mages of the Tower Alliance had already reached, and even surpassed, mid-19th-century Earth standards.

Blueprints for automatic firearms had long been designed, but the craftsmanship and materials for the air chamber and recoil spring were problematic.

Because the Magic Energy Industry was extremely powerful, automatic firearms were somewhat outdated. These inventions, which could incite rebellion among ordinary people, were naturally shelved.

Until the military factory in the Imperial City New Industrial Zone, where the lathe and parts machining technology matured, making the production of automatic rifles possible.

However, the decision of the Alan Royal Court was to introduce them into the army but not to mass-produce them, to avoid overproduction.

The Alan Army already held enormous advantages, with magic-guided heavy firepower weapons far surpassing the inventions of Akasa’s guests or Lagrange’s team.

In name, Lagrange and his team were Akasa’s guests and were under Akasa’s command.

There was no need for weapons that could turn the tide in urban warfare for civilians. If such firepower were massively deployed and replicated, the biggest beneficiaries would be the mudlegs.