Exploring Technology in a Wizard World-Chapter 551 - 549: Hand Cannon Girl

"Tap, tap, tap..."

Richard walked up to the Black Shadow and bent down to check, finding a dead creature resembling a lizard. About one meter in length, its skin was a metallic greenish-blue hue. When he knocked on it with a finger, it felt metallic and hard, so hard that even the alloy bullets hadn’t completely shattered it, barely managing to keep the body intact.

However, a tough exterior didn’t mean the internal organs were invulnerable to blades and bullets, as the special attack mode of an air explosion could generate a powerful shockwave, exposing the lizard monster to significant pressure changes. Such pressure leaps, once they exceeded the lizard creature’s bodily tolerance and the tensile strength of the internal organs’ suspensory ligaments, could cause displacement, deformation, or even rupture of the organs.

At this point, it was evident that the lizard creature’s internal organs had suffered severe trauma; fresh blood laced with organ fragments was continuously streaming out of the corpse’s mouth—in other words, the lizard monster was literally shaken to death.

After the inspection, Richard had a grasp of the situation, and stood up, ready to continue exploring the underground space with Pandora.

Just then, a "swishing" sound arose incessantly, a dense and chaotic noise surrounding them from all sides.

Richard waved his hand and several light balls meant for illumination ascended, expanding the range of light. He could see that hundreds of meters away on the ground, many lizard monsters had gathered.

"Are they seeking revenge?" Richard’s eyes flashed, and the next moment, without wasting words, he took advantage of the moment before the multitude of lizard monsters launched their attack. Free Energy Elements surged from his body, and he slammed his palm onto the ground, quickly altering the terrain around him.

"Rustle, rustle, rustle!"

"Crash!"

Before their very eyes, a large amount of soil gathered, solidifying and rising underneath Richard’s feet, forming a sturdy base. Then, more soil rose along the edges of the base, stacking like bricks layer by layer until it became tall walls.

Once the soil at the top began to draw together, a rough fortress with shooting ports was completed. Although it looked unimpressive and was very small, barely enough space for Richard and Pandora to move around in, Richard was clear in his mind that the defensive power was definitely not a problem.

Most importantly, this was far more thorough than a simple Defensive Shield—while a Shield could only defend from one direction, they were now ensured safety in all directions.

Of course, if this were done during a Wizard’s battle, it would be a straight path to death. First, no Wizard would just watch a fortress being built without attacking. Second, even if it was built, Wizards had many ways to destroy it, albeit with some difficulty.

But it wasn’t the same against lizard monsters.

The lizard monsters might possess Wisdom, but it was evidently quite low. They had almost no reaction seeing the fortress being slowly constructed, continuing to gather hundreds of meters away. It wasn’t until they amassed to a certain limit that they surged towards the fortress like a tide.

Richard was not the least bit polite, extending the Magic Gun out of the shooting port and activating it with Free Energy Elements.

Six barrels spun rapidly, and the sound of explosions, "bang, bang, bang," resonated non-stop as dense masses of alloy bullets flew out, landing among the monsters, causing air explosions almost simultaneously. In a moment, a large number of lizard monsters fell.

Then, Richard swiveled the direction of the Magic Gun, clearing monsters in all other directions. After rotating once, aside from a large number of bodies, the lizard monsters hadn’t approached the fortress much at all.

The few that slipped through the cracks and got close to the fortress or those that jumped down from above the underground space to launch an "Air Strike" hardly damaged Richard’s newly established fortress. While they tried to scratch it with their sharp claws and teeth, Richard simply picked them off one by one with the Magic Gun.

The first wave of attacks, and the lizard monsters turned back fruitlessly.

But the remaining lizard monsters seemed to have no grasp of reality at all; the deaths of more of their kind only made them angrier. After a brief respite, they charged again relentlessly.

Richard, devoid of sympathy, clicked a new Shellless Magic Bullet drum into place, activated the Magic Gun, and began shooting at the group of lizard monsters.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!"

"Puff, puff, puff, puff, puff, puff!"

The lizard monsters fell like cut wheat, one batch after another toppled over.

And so, the second wave, the third wave... countless waves of lizard monster attacks were all repelled.

In the end, the lizard monsters, unable to breach the defenses despite their persistent assault, seemed to go mad. Their tongues flicked in and out of their mouths, emitting a snake-like hissing sound. After this continued for a while, suddenly, all the surviving lizard monsters rushed forward in an all-out attack, their numbers so great that they layered upon each other on the ground.

One could see the topmost lizards stepping on the middle ones as they ran, and the middle lizards stepping on the ones below. To Richard, this was no longer a horde of lizard monsters; it was an anthill.

In such a situation, even the medium-speed firing mode of the magic guns seemed insufficiently powerful. And using the high-speed firing mode for an extended period would cause irreversible damage to the firearms. Richard did not wish to destroy the magic guns he had worked so hard to craft just because of one expedition into the tomb.

So then...

"Bang, bang, bang!"

Richard, frowning, shot in medium-speed mode for a while, and seeing the dense mass of lizard monsters drawing closer to the bunker, he called out without looking back, "Pandora!"

"Ah!" Pandora responded quickly to Richard’s call, seemingly eager to try.

"Get ready!" said Richard.

With a light "click", Pandora replied, "Ready."

"Attack!"

"Got it!"

As the words fell, Richard slightly stepped aside to make way, and Pandora charged to the firing port, hefting the hefty hand cannon.

At this moment, Pandora’s little face was extremely serious as she swiftly aimed the hand cannon at the densest part of the lizard monster mass. The next moment, she took a deep breath, and a flash of excitement sparked in her eyes, she pressed the trigger of the hand cannon.

"Boom!"

Even Pandora couldn’t help but stagger under the massive recoil. Instantly, a cannon shell was fired from Pandora’s short, stout hand cannon.

A real cannon shell!

Richard’s shellless magic bullets were exceedingly small, allowing for many to be packed into a drum, enough for sustained firing.

But Pandora’s cannon shell was different, hefty as a lead ball, its size far exceeding hundreds to thousands of Richard’s magic bullets combined.

Such size dictated the need for more magic salt as a propellant, coupled with a specially made barrel; it was a steel monster crafted under the aesthetic of brute force. Apart from Pandora, it would indeed be difficult for anyone else to operate.

And the firepower of such a steel monster was naturally astonishing.

One could see the cannon shell shoot almost directly into the mass of lizard monsters, first flattening the bodies of the first few it contacted, then unleashing a terrifying air explosion. freēnovelkiss.com

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