Chapter 116: Earth-shaking (Part 2)
“3, 2, 1…1…1???”
"puff!"
After Gervis counted three ones, the open space finally responded. However, unlike the huge explosion that Gervis had imagined, the first simple grenade only made a puff sound after being ignited. It didn't even explode. Instead, a flame spurted out from the ground, accompanied by a huge smoke. The whole process lasted for about ten seconds before it finally ended.
“…”
Gervis was a little speechless. It seemed that the first suggestion of the grenade had failed. Judging from the fact that it burned for more than ten seconds, it should be caused by the black powder not being able to burn quickly. Because the mouth of the small jar was so small, even if it was not sealed, if the black powder suddenly exploded, it would definitely explode. It was just a matter of the size of the destructive force.
"Ahem...something might have gone wrong with the first one. You'll have to cover your ears for the second one later!"
Gervis had already taken his hands off his ears. Seeing his men looking at him one by one, he said something slightly awkwardly but did not bother to explain. He believed that as long as the second one succeeded, they would be shocked.
So Gervis picked up the second homemade grenade and pulled out the unexploded pottery jar. The pottery jar was still intact, but the surrounding area had been scorched black, and the air was filled with the smell of sulfur. Gervis didn't care about the tube and directly buried the second homemade bomb in the soil. Then he lit the fuse and quickly returned to the crowd with his fighting spirit like the first time. When everyone saw Gervis turned around and ran back, they immediately put their hands on their ears like last time.
"boom!"
This time Gervis didn't count, but when he returned to the crowd and turned around, the second homemade grenade exploded. Because it was buried underground, although it exploded, it was not very loud in this open wilderness.
Of course, for the people who had never seen explosives and firecrackers, this was enough to shock them. The timid ones even trembled. Looking at the small pit in the distance that was still emitting white smoke, the serfs were all stunned and didn't understand why the mud suddenly splashed over there and made a huge noise.
At this moment, Gervis had no time to care about what his subordinates thought. He was frowning. Although this grenade exploded, the effect was not ideal. This was the second homemade grenade. If the third one had no effect, it meant that Gervis would have to continue the experiment.
So Gervis immediately ran to the grass and picked up the third homemade grenade. In order to compare the power, this time Gervis dug a hole of the same size five meters away and put the last homemade grenade in it.
hiss……
After Gervis lit the fuse, he ran back quickly. When everyone saw Gervis coming back, they all raised their hands. However, because of the experience just now, some brave ones wanted to experience how loud it would be if they didn't cover their ears, so they just pretended to put their hands next to their ears. Anyway, the lord would not check.
Among all the people, Anna was the only one who trusted Gervis the most. She had a mysterious trust in Gervis, so she obediently followed Gervis' instructions and covered her ears tightly again.
Boom!
When Gervis ran back to his original place, covered his ears and stared at the direction of the third homemade grenade, an explosion was heard. However, this explosion was different from the second one. The sound and movement were like a bolt from the blue. The place where the third homemade grenade was buried was instantly blown up and the soil was splashed. Some small stones even flew not far from Gervis.
Plop~ plop~
Along with the sound of the explosion, more than a dozen people in the crowd sat down on the ground, and many others took a few steps back with their heads shrunk. They were obviously frightened by the scene and sound of the third homemade grenade explosion. Their legs were shaking. Even Laurie and the other two looked pale, stunned and confused.
The only ones who remained calm at the scene were Gervis and the maid Anna. At that moment, Anna was covering her ears, hiding behind Gervis, with her head sticking out to look ahead at the place where white smoke was still coming out.
She was not standing behind Gervis just now, but slightly to the side. After the explosion, although Anna covered her ears, the splashing of mud and the shaking of the earth at the moment of the explosion also frightened Anna, the little maid.
Gervis is now the person who makes Anna feel the safest, so subconsciously, Anna came behind Gervis, and even her arm slightly touched Gervis, but she didn't notice it.
"Hehe! I told you! You won't embarrass me, the lord, in front of your subordinates. It turns out the highlight is always left for the end! Haha!"
Looking at the embarrassed looks of the crowd, Gervis laughed out loud, especially the way the little maid Anna hid timidly behind him, which greatly satisfied Gervis' vanity.
"Okay, didn't I tell you to cover your ears? Look at how cowardly you are!"
These people were frightened by this earth-shattering scene. Gervis thought that it was time to give them a proper warning with words, and then they would believe in his words even more.
After Gervis finished speaking, everyone realized that they had embarrassed themselves in front of the lord, and they all lowered their heads in shame.
"Okay, come with me and take a look at that pit. This thing will become our weapon in the future."
"Yes, sir." When everyone answered Gervis, they lowered their heads and spoke in a very low voice, and each of them was still ashamed.
Led by Gervis, a group of people came to the third explosion pit, and saw that a large round hole had been blown out in the mud pit, with a diameter of nearly one meter. So everyone gasped after seeing it. With such a large pit, it would take an ordinary person a while to dig it out.
"Sir, you said this thing is... a weapon for us to use?"
Audry was the first to speak. He was the first to know that this was a weapon. Although he didn't understand how this small jar achieved this effect, when he thought about using it to deal with the enemy, he could imagine that there would be no need to fight in the future. He could just throw this thing at the enemy and the enemy would be pissed and shit in no time.
"Yes, I have this idea, but there are still many restrictions at present. It is still under trial. Don't take it for granted. Even if you have this thing, you will definitely not have many of it, so you should focus on close combat."
These three homemade grenades alone used up all the saltpeter that Gervis had boiled the first time. If all the saltpeter in Wall-E's mineral space was used to make homemade grenades, not much could be made. Besides, they were also preparing to equip everyone with muskets, so only a small number of these homemade grenades would be made and they could only be used in urgent situations.
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(End of this chapter)
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