Wearing black silk for a foreign woman

"If I perform well," Ranna replied. "If I don't have merit, Lord Linde won't make me a female knight."

"...Sister, can I try?" After a moment of silence, Hespan asked tentatively.

"You!?" Ran Na was stunned.

"Yes." Hespan put down the spoon and said seriously. "I also want to be Lord Linde's female knight."

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Ranna slammed the table and stood up. "War is not a joke!"

"Of course I know!" Hespan said unyieldingly. "But if you can do it, sister! Why can't I? I can ride a horse and use a sword too!"

"But you can't beat me!"

"That was in the past! Come and compete again if you can!"

In the past, after Ranna came back from secretly learning the knight's skills, she would teach them to her sister as if to show off. Then, over time, Hespan also learned a lot of combat skills.

Although not as good as her sister, Hespan can beat two or three men of the same age at the same time.

Looking at Hespan's excited eyes, Jannah saw that Hespan's motives were not pure. Being a female knight was not the point, the point was Lind's female knight.

"I can't make the decision. After all, I'm not a female knight yet, so I don't have the qualifications to recommend." Ranna picked up the cutlery again and continued to eat breakfast. "If you really want to, go find Lord Lind yourself."

"I know." Hespin turned his head away unconvinced. "I'll go by myself, old woman."

"You! I'm only two years older than you!"

"Yes! An old woman who is still unmarried at the age of seventeen!" Hespan choked back.

The breakfast was finished at the sister's and sister's house. After breakfast, Ranna prepared to go out.

"Where are you going, sister?" Hespan asked before Ranna left.

"To the blacksmith shop," replied Ranna.

"Why go to the blacksmith's shop? Is your family in need of iron tools?"

"I'll go get my armor and weapons." A proud smile appeared on Ranna's lips. "Lord Linde made it for me."

After adding one more sentence, the elder sister went out under her younger sister's shocked gaze, and heard her younger sister's shocked shouts behind her.

Although it’s a little inappropriate...Ranna showed a playful smile at the corner of her mouth.

Since it was Ranna who proposed the battle plan against Guiyang IX, and Ranna wanted to take this opportunity to gain military merit and have Linde appoint her as a female knight, Ranna took the initiative to propose to join the battle.

Linde also approved it and offered to make a set of armor for Ranna. This made Ranna flattered, because the knight's equipment was basically prepared by himself, and Ranna was even ready to take a kitchen knife to the battlefield.

Since Ranna was not a knight yet, Linde took the initiative to give her a set.

Today was the agreed time to pick up the goods, and Ranna was very excited. This was her first set of equipment, and it was not picked up or robbed, but her first set of equipment that truly belonged to her. Whether she could become a female knight in the future, this would be a huge fortune.

Walking towards the blacksmith shop with brisk steps, Ranna saw a group of people gathered near the blacksmith shop.

Chapter 395 Lord's Guard

Today was the day that Ranna had agreed to pick up her equipment. After breakfast, Ranna set off for the blacksmith shop, or steel factory, in New Dundalk.

Calling a blacksmith shop a steel plant is a bit strange no matter how you think about it, but the blacksmith shop in New Dundalk Territory is much larger than those in other places, at least much larger than any blacksmith shop Ranna has ever seen.

Generally speaking, there is a blacksmith shop in a village, and each blacksmith shop has one or two blacksmiths and a furnace. The scale is not large, and it can only meet the ironware needs of a village.

Of course, the size of New Dundalk Territory is definitely not as small as a village. The population has exceeded one thousand and is still increasing rapidly. The population has already caught up with some small cities. For a camp of this size, the size of the blacksmith shop is too small to meet the needs of the entire camp.

It takes a long time to make a set of knight armor. Even the most ordinary knight armor, not taking into account the smelting of raw materials, will take a month no matter how hard you try to rush the work, especially the polishing of various fine parts, such as finger joints. The top-level armor may even take a year to make.

As a result, only two weeks passed from placing the order to being notified of completion...

Is it really done?

If a blacksmith told her that a set of knight armor would only take two weeks to make in other places, she would definitely think that the blacksmith was a liar, but it was different here. Apart from other things, the magical cement made Ranna feel like it was magic.

Everything here made Ranna feel surprised, as if she had lived the past seventeen years in vain.

It was still early, but many people in the camp had already started working. The camp implemented a points system, and everyone was a serf when they first arrived. When they accumulated enough points, they could gain freedom and become freemen.

Although they were serfs, they lived a very good life. They had enough food every day, and they could eat meat if they worked well. In Batoran, Ranna had never heard of any lord giving meat to his serfs.

As for centimeters, Ran Na was not very clear, after all, it was not good. I heard that although it had only been implemented for half a year, some people in the camp had already accumulated enough centimeters through military merit and became free citizens next month.

This place is pretty good, at least much better than Batoran.

Walking along the road towards the steel plant, even the road under your feet is different from the dusty dirt roads elsewhere. The road under Ranna's feet is made of something similar to stones. It is much smoother than a dirt road and not dusty.

After walking for a while, Ranna arrived at her destination, the New Dundalk Steel Plant, and saw a lot of people gathered there.

In addition to the steel plant, there are many other facilities here, such as the engineering department, cement plant and so on, so it is normal to have a lot of people, but today the situation is obviously different. Ranna saw a lot of beastmen, surrounding this place.

The new beastmen are a race that looks like the result of an incestuous union between humans and animals.

In other places, the relationship between beastmen and humans is undoubtedly mortal enemies, but here, they have become neighbors who get along well with each other. Ran Na also asked about the details and soon found out, because it was not a secret.

All the new beastmen are men of Baron Lind Hunt, the construction manager of the new Dundalk Territory.

In addition to being a baron of the Holy Empire, Lind also had another identity, the son of the Earth Mother Goddess. This surprised Ranna so much that she didn't know how to salute Lind for a long time.

The person I was loyal to was actually such a big shot? It seemed like there was no hope for my sister.

As an elder sister, Ranna could of course see her sister's little thoughts, but she also knew very well that her sister had little hope.

There are too many competitors.

The beastmen around the blacksmith shop were mainly pigs and wolves. Ranna knew that they were Lind's lord guards.

There were many beastmen in the camp, but most of them had a similar relationship with Linde as ordinary people and lords. There were only four tribes of beastmen, and the guards and lords had a similar relationship with Linde. In addition to the wolves and rabbits that had been seen, there were also pigs and sheep.

If we use an analogy with Batoran, then these four members of the Beastmen tribe are equivalent to the lord's militia? The four leaders are equivalent to the knights?

The lord's personal guards are here. Is there something important? Should I come back at another time?

Thinking of this, Ranna was about to turn around and leave, but before she could turn around, the chieftain of the pig beastmen, Faith, yelled at Ranna: "Stop! What are you doing!"

Faith's roar was like thunder, and everyone nearby was startled, and then continued to do what they were doing. Ranna was frightened by the sound and subconsciously shrank, then laughed dryly: "Nothing, nothing."

"Why are you here if you don't have anything to do?!" Faith strode over with eyes as big as copper bells, holding a huge battle axe in one hand.

A two-meter-tall, sturdy sow came over like a small mountain, with an expression that looked like it wanted to eat someone. Ran Na swallowed subconsciously.

"I... made an appointment with the blacksmith to come and pick up the custom-made armor." Looking up at the huge body that seemed like it could crush her to death if it fell down, Ran Na mustered up the courage to answer.

"Ah? To get something?" Faith frowned slightly, then waved her hand. "Come back in the afternoon. There's a confidential experiment going on inside."

"Oh, okay." Ran Na nodded quickly and prepared to leave.

"Wait!" Just as Ranna was about to leave, Faith called her. "Are you a human named Ranna?"

"It's me." Ranna nodded.

"Go in." After confirming Ranna's identity, Feisi's attitude immediately changed. "The Son of God has told you that you can go in."

"what?"

"Ah what! Come in quickly!"

At Faith's urging, Ranna walked in confused.

This was not the first time that Ranna had come into contact with Faith. The biggest impression she had of this sow was her attitude that could make a 180-degree turn at any time.

In one second she could be cursing in a voice as loud as thunder, and in the next second she could be shaking her plump buttocks towards Lind with a flattering look on her face. The speed of the switch was so fast that Ranna was stunned.

When she thought that she might work with her in the future, Ran Na had an indescribable weird feeling.

After crossing the blockade of the New Beastmen, Ranna continued walking towards the steel plant, and then saw a group of people in the open space outside the steel plant.

Baron Linde, Lady Ilufa, Miss Alisa, and two knights, all the important figures in the territory were there.

Baron Linde was holding a long object and aiming at Lady Ilufa.

Chapter 396 New Weapon Trial

When Ranna saw her lord holding a long gun-shaped object in his hand and pointing it at her lord's lord, her heart skipped a beat.

Although it was the first time that Ranna saw this long object and didn't know what it was, she instinctively felt that it should be some kind of weapon.

A trigger device similar to that of a crossbow, a straight long iron pipe, some kind of long-range weapon?

Although she was an illiterate country girl who couldn't even write her own name properly, Ranna had a special talent for weapons. She could guess the purpose of the things in Lind's hands almost accurately just by looking at them.

What was going on now? Was his lord plotting a rebellion? Should he just pretend he saw nothing and leave?

Although she is a country girl, Ranna has a rich imagination.

Then, soon, Ranna's imagination ran out of room.

"Are you ready?" Lind aimed at Mrs. Ilufa.

"Ready."

"Do you need a countdown?"

"No need, just shoot at me." Ilfa crossed his arms, looking like he didn't care.

There was no tension in their conversation; it was just as intimate as usual. If someone didn't know their identities, they might have thought they were a mother and son.

Ranna had seen some nobles get along with each other, and there were very complicated etiquette throughout the process. When Linde and Ilufa got along, there was no such feeling.

In other words, Ranna could not sense any so-called aristocratic demeanor from the nobles here.

"Mom, let me do it." Just as Lind was about to pull the trigger, Alyssa, who was standing next to him, suddenly spoke up. "Let me take the blame."

"I appreciate your filial piety, but let mom do it. After all, she has more experience." Ilufa rejected her daughter's suggestion to take the shot for her.

"Madam, I'm about to cum," Lind warned.

"Well, come on, I'm ready." Ilufa waved his hand indifferently, signaling Linde to come quickly.

So Lind pulled the trigger, and a beam of light shot out from the iron pipe in his hand towards Mrs. Ilufa.

Even in the daytime, the rays were very conspicuous. The light went straight to Ilufa and was blocked by something like a translucent protective shield.

"Madam, how do you feel?" Linde asked Ilufa.

"Not bad." Illufa still waved his hand indifferently. "Go on, empty your bullets."

"Ma'am, if you can't stand it, just tell me." Lind nodded, then took aim and continued shooting.

Ten rays were fired in succession, all hitting the translucent protective shield beside Ilufa. There was a gap of about six seconds between each ray. It took about a minute to fire all ten rays.

After firing ten rounds, Lind opened the cover on the butt of the gun and took out a rectangular, steaming piece of salaman stone.

"Next is the continuous shooting mode." After replacing a new Salaman stone, Lind asked Ilufa. "Madam, are you really okay?"

"It's just line-level magic. Don't forget that I'm the former Saint of the God of Magic, a five-star magician!" Illufa said proudly, hands on hips, head held high. "Go ahead and shoot at me! I know my limits!"

"Okay, ma'am, please be careful." Lind raised his gun again and aimed at Ilufa.

"Madam! I'm going to shoot! This time it's continuous shooting!" Lind reminded before firing.

"Come on! I'm ready!" Ilfabi just became more serious, and the invisible protective shield around his body became slightly visible.

After getting his wife's consent, Lind pulled the trigger again, but this time the interval between each shot was very short and his fingers pulled the trigger continuously.

There were still ten beams, all hitting the protective shield around Ilfa, shooting as fast and as many times as possible.

Unlike the first time when he was at ease, this time Ilufa was obviously struggling, and all the beams hit almost the same position. When the eighth beam hit, a crack appeared on the shield in front of Ilufa, and then the ninth beam directly made a hole in the shield.

The reason why the tenth shot was not fired was not only because Lind stopped in time, but also because he could not catch it.

"It's so hot!" Lind threw the hot gun to the ground.

"Mom, are you okay?" Elisa ran to Ilufa and asked with concern.

"I'm fine." Illufa waved his hand. "It's just that the defensive magic was penetrated, and there was a slight backlash."

"It's just line-level magic, but it can actually penetrate the lady's magic defense!?" The knight Winter, who was watching, said in surprise.

"I'm surprised too." Illufa walked over and looked at the gun that fell to the ground. "Line-level magic can actually penetrate my defense."

What Lind and others were doing was experimenting with new weapons. The experimental weapon was the Elisa rifle, which was proposed by Lind, designed by Elisa, and manufactured by Linus.