So, thanks to the leader's kindness, I gained seven or eight more skills...

No, it was seven or eight young women who came to me to learn the basics of cooking.

"Master, should we apply more pressure here?"

Su Su's melodious voice echoed in my ears.

"Yes, push harder!"

Without looking up, I casually said something, and then I heard a series of cracking sounds from my bones. After the soreness, I felt a great sense of comfort.

I was lying shirtless, sprawled out on the bed covered with thick cattail leaves. Su Su's delicate feet were on my back. She had just learned how to massage my back a few days ago, and her technique was almost as good as the masseuses at the foot massage parlor.

I have to say, this girl is truly gifted and intelligent; she really is worthy of being my good apprentice.

The other seven or eight interns who had just arrived were also busy. Under the guidance of another girl, they began to massage various acupoints on my body.

Their techniques and pressure varied at this moment. However, to make it easier for them to learn, I had Su Su circle the locations of some acupoints.

As for me, I can only suffer a little and continue to shine as teaching material for them to practice on.

After receiving a full-body acupressure massage from these young ladies, I felt my energy and spirit soar to new heights. The key point is that this whole session was incredibly comfortable for my body.

"Sir, sir, twenty repeating crossbows have been assembled. Would you like to take a look?"

At that moment, Dante excitedly ran in and said to me, "When I made the first repeating crossbow, I had already given Dante the relevant parts and manufacturing details."

The manufacturing process of the repeating crossbow is now entirely under Dante's command. His talent in this area is just like that of the chief, who loves blacksmithing; he learns very quickly, and his skills are naturally superb.

"Okay, let's go take a look."

I've been doing intensive training lately, mainly focusing on improving my hand-eye coordination.

I practiced using the same method I used to trick my apprentice. I put two three-lined serpents in a clay pot. At first, when I was practicing with just two, I didn't find it too difficult because my Eagle Eye skill also improved my reaction speed a lot.

But when I tried to practice further and get to three snakes, I felt something was wrong. No matter which angle or direction I approached from, it was no use. There was always one snake that would find an opportunity to bite me.

In just one morning, it left me with more than a dozen bite marks of varying sizes, making me wince in pain.

We arrived together at the assembly line where our tribesmen were assembling crossbows. Before me lay piles of parts scattered on the ground, arranged in a line.

This place is like an underground gun manufacturing workshop in Pakistan, where people are sitting or squatting on the ground, constantly adjusting the parts of crossbows.

Since these parts are not produced by precision machine tools, many of them still deviate from their actual dimensions, requiring manual polishing and fine-tuning with files.

A complete repeating crossbow is only finished when all the parts fit together perfectly and operate smoothly.

Because all the adjustments were done manually, the daily output was not high. These twenty finished crossbows were the result of several days of assembly by everyone.

I randomly picked one from the stacked crossbows, quickly disassembled the drum magazine, then put it back in and shook it to make sure there were no gaps that would cause the drum magazine to wobble before nodding.

We then went to the testing area to try out the repeating crossbows assembled by the tribe's craftsmen. Because the arrows were too powerful and difficult to remove from trees, I had the tribesmen build a sturdy straw mat fifty centimeters thick.

In the center of the straw mat, interlocking target rings were drawn with red ochre pigment. Using the traditional number of rings to test the accuracy and range of the repeating crossbow was the most appropriate method.

I distributed one of the repeating crossbows to both Su Su and Dante; they'd have to deal with these sooner or later.

Now we can let them get used to it first, and also take the opportunity to see how fast their hand speed has become.

Susu and Dante each took a repeating crossbow and, as I instructed, checked the drum magazine and other components to ensure they were functioning properly before firing.

This is an experience I almost learned at the cost of my life. I was nearly killed by a short-faced bear because a small branch got stuck near the firing hammer of my shotgun.

I will not allow my apprentice to repeat the same mistake. Caution is the best policy.

After checking and confirming that there were no problems, Dante was the first to appear.

Although Dante has been busy manufacturing the repeating crossbow these days, he hasn't had a chance to test-fire it yet, mainly because he's been too busy.

He held the newly made crossbow in his hand with excitement, and immediately held his breath and aimed at the bullseye twenty meters away using the tube on the crossbow.

As the sound of gears meshing rapidly rang out, I could see that Dante's right hand had already left afterimages.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."

Arrows rained down on the distant target like a storm, accompanied by the clattering of the crossbows.

Fifteen seconds! It was actually fifteen seconds!

I had already started counting in my head when Dante fired. From the moment he fired until the drum of forty rounds was empty, Dante was actually faster than me, taking only fifteen seconds!

Looking at the distribution of arrows on the target, they are mostly within the range of the ten-ring and seven-ring. The crossbow's accuracy is fine and fully meets the factory standards.

Next up is Su Su. She's just a woman, so I doubt her results will be as phenomenal as Dante's. Otherwise, I, as her teacher, would really lose face.

Susu stood at the spot where Dante had just test-fired the crossbow, holding the inspected one. Now that all the arrows had been removed from the target, I wanted to see just how well Susu had mastered the crossbow.

Su Su was decisive. After taking aim, her arm immediately transformed into a V8 engine. Something felt off about this. It felt like... even more perverted than Dante.

Twelve seconds! It was actually twelve seconds!

I:……

At this moment, all I want to say is, do you really want to play this kind of joke on your master? Don't I have any dignity?

Upon closer inspection, we discovered that the arrows were mostly distributed within the range of the tenth and eighth rings. Su Su had achieved a score even higher than Dante's using the consistency of her aim.

I take back my previous statement about being ignorant and naive; I must admit that I was careless and misjudged the situation.

My good apprentice is truly a woman who is just as capable as any man. To have such a good apprentice is like the King of Hell encountering a mass extinction—it's incredibly lucky.

Now I have these two top-tier assassin-level followers by my side. If I give each of them a repeating crossbow, they will be two human anti-aircraft guns within twenty meters. What kind of being can get close to me?

If one burst isn't enough to solve a problem, then use two more.