Chapter 96: 15-year-old Inglis and Hyrule Menaces' Escorting Directive (4)
「Ooohh!? Isn’t that girl tremendous for a Squire student…!?」 「That speaks why she’s summoned here!」 「Sh-, she’s just like Yua…! It feels like I’m seeing another Yua…!?」
All the upperclassmen raised their voices in astonishment.
「「「And she’s unbelievably cute…!!!」」」
While it was totally not important, they said it in perfect unison.
「It’s no time for something that stupid! All third-years, respond to attack immediately! It doesn’t matter how hard that Runeless kicked them, physical attacks won’t kill a Magic Stone Beast!」
Silva readied his Artifact whilst giving out orders. The Artifact he wielded was a peculiar weapon with a long barrel—a rifle. Apparently, it was originally developed as an anti-personnel armament on the Highland. While it was rare to see such an article down on the Midland, Inglis had seen one of such in her hometown Ymir. Marquis Wilford was in possession of one.
A rifle Artifact was rare as rifles were hardly used on Midland. Even if such Artifacts were bestowed, there was still the factor of unfamiliarity towards such a sophisticated weapon that would shun its user.
Silva with his rainbow-colored Rune should be able to wield any kind of Artifact he wanted. The reason he purposely used a rifle must be because it possessed some excellent Gift. The rifle’s barrels were riddled with some red patterns, indicating that it had a fire attribute.
For now, let’s see what he’s got. But, before that—