Kevin could only watch the flying bullet fragments hitting his body. He stepped back in fear, but soon found that his body was only slightly painful, without any new holes or even broken skin.

"If what Lydia put in just now was a special iron ball, you would be seriously injured now..." Philip looked at Kevin who was frightened to death with amusement. He was not surprised by this result.

Because this explosive projectile was created by him, and its power had been tested long ago, its power was roughly equivalent to that of a second-level spell - Exploding Fireball, which could barely break the [Mage Shield]. The remaining kinetic energy was not enough to harm the human body, so when Lydia took out this thing just now, he did not say anything to stop her.

Seeing that everyone on the field had an expression of laughter, Kevin felt a little embarrassed and couldn't help but glare at Lydia.

The half-orc girl stuck out her tongue and hid behind Lynn. She had just heard Professor Kevin describe the power of the musket so badly, so she wanted to demonstrate it to him.

After all, this musket was made by her own hands and is her proudest product.

Lin En on the side also said with a smile, "Professor Kevin, Lydia has already reminded you before. If you had been more careful, you wouldn't have gotten into such a mess."

Although the musket is powerful, it poses no threat to a three-ring wizard as long as he gets serious. This is mainly because Kevin underestimated the enemy.

Of course, Lydia had gone too far, and although he could guess that Lydia had already tested the power of the projectile, an attack that could break the [Mage Shield] was still quite dangerous, so he picked up his musket and knocked on the halfling girl's head a few times with the butt of the gun as a warning.

Lydia covered her head in pain, looking pitiful.

"By the way, Professor Kevin, how did it feel to face the musket just now?" Lynn asked curiously.

"It's amazing. An ordinary person who doesn't know magic can master it in just one hour and gain power that can threaten a formal wizard." Kevin's expression became very solemn. If the threat from the Holy See had not been imminent, he would have advised Lynn to classify the musket and the method of making it as top secret, or even destroy them.

Because before this, there was an unbridgeable gap between wizards who mastered magic and ordinary people, especially after becoming a second-ring wizard, who was able to learn the all-round protective magic of [Mage Shield].

Without the blessing of extraordinary powers, it is difficult for the opponent to break through the wizard's defense even if he has a bow, crossbow or a giant sword, but their magic can easily kill the enemy.

However, the emergence of the musket broke this convention, allowing a civilian who could not perform magic to initially possess the ability to threaten wizards.

However, Kevin saw the shortcomings at a glance, mainly that the loading time was too slow and the concealment was too poor. The sound of the musket firing could probably be heard from hundreds of meters away.

Moreover, without the use of special projectiles made with rune magic, it would take at least two or three shots to break the [Mage Shield].

Kevin expressed his feelings very seriously.

Lin En also nodded. He was well aware of the advantages and disadvantages of the flintlock rifle. However, he was a little surprised by the explosive projectile developed by Philip and others.

"How much does this kind of musket cost? How long does it take to make it?" Raphael asked hurriedly.

During the days he spent in Yieta Harbor, he had just completed an assessment of the internal combustion engine and submitted a report to Parliament, but he did not expect that Linn would give him a new surprise.

He saw the demonstration very clearly just now. This thing called a musket is not only incredibly powerful, enough to break armor, but it is also very easy to use and can easily form combat effectiveness. It can effectively make up for the dilemma of insufficient low-end combat effectiveness in the Wizarding Land.

This is also an issue that the parliament has been worried about.

According to the deduction of some great wizards, when a real large-scale battle breaks out, the Holy See may first send out a large number of low-quality serf soldiers, use divine magic to strengthen their will, charge in groups, and consume the magic power of the wizards. Then the elite forces composed of clergy, divine punishment troops, and griffin knights will be able to wait for the opportunity and decide the outcome in one battle.

There is no so-called army in the wizarding land, only some security teams responsible for maintaining order. Although recruitment and training have begun again, they do not hold much hope for this.

Because the temporarily recruited troops had no combat experience at all, it would be a good thing if they didn't suffer a crushing defeat in a real battle.

Someone even suggested sending those wizard apprentices to the battlefield. They didn't master much magic, but they could still deal with those serf soldiers. However, this idea was quickly refuted.

Even though these apprentices no longer have much potential, they were trained with great effort. It would be a pity to use them as cannon fodder.

The appearance of muskets now is very timely, which means that they can form a combat-capable team in a short period of time, and can also be used to deal with those low-level clergy if they are not prepared.

"It took us about ten days to make this musket according to the blueprint." Philip said thoughtfully.

"The biggest difficulty in making a flintlock rifle is the seamless barrel. I used magic to solve it, but it was not so easy for those craftsmen."

It's impossible to develop a corresponding alchemical array specifically for this gun barrel, right? "This can be solved by using an internal combustion engine, and then drilling a hole in a solid steel pipe." Lin En said, and then made a rough estimate and spoke again. "A workshop of 1,500 people should have no problem producing 500 muskets a month."

"How is this possible?" Philip was a little bit unbelievable.

Doesn't that mean that on average three people can make a musket in a month? "Of course it's possible. As long as we divide the work and standardize the process, nothing is impossible!" Lin En said firmly.

Nowadays, both the Sekas Empire and the craftsmen in the Land of Wizards still follow the traditional manufacturing method, that is, one craftsman makes a certain item alone. Compared with the modern division of labor, the efficiency is much lower...

(End of this chapter)