Elisa was a little shy about Lind naming the rifle after her, but she still agreed. After all, to some extent, it was a way of going down in history, especially after she had actually seen the power of the rifle.

The magic used was not complicated, it was just a line-level fiery ray, which basically any fire magician would be able to use. The difference from the magician's was that the magic power was provided by the shaloman stone in the buttstock.

After the magic rune was overloaded, the power of each blazing ray was between line-level and triangle-level magic. The sample was made, and then it was tested, and then there was the scene where Lind shot at Ilufa non-stop.

The final result surprised Ilufa very much.

Ilfa is a five-star magician, so it is natural that he can cast line-blocking magic, which is indeed the case, but then something unexpected happens.

As long as the magic runes are not overheated, Ilfa can easily block the single-shot attacks without any special concentration, but once it becomes continuous shooting, it will not work.

"Continuously attacking the same point in a short period of time caused my defensive magic to fluctuate, and then my defense was broken." Ilfa explained.

"Well, ma'am, what do you think of this weapon? Can it be mass-produced?"

"Of course." Ilufa immediately agreed to Linde's mass production plan.

Although the laws of the Holy Empire forbid the use of magical artifacts by civilians, it is fine as long as they are not discovered, and this has been broken since the furnace.

Afterwards, Lind asked the two knights if they wanted to try out its power, and the two knights shook their heads like rattles.

Ranna, who witnessed the whole process, opened her mouth wide enough to swallow a large sausage.

Chapter 397: The Female Knight's First Set of Armor

The trial of the new weapon was a great success, even exceeding original expectations. The weapon using line-level magic was able to penetrate the defensive magic of a five-star magician when fired continuously.

Although this was unexpected, Ilufa did not expect that the same position of the defensive magic in a short period of time, being attacked with high frequency, would produce such a large fluctuation in magic power, making the local magic power insufficient in a short period of time. If there were preparations in advance and targeted improvements to the defensive magic, the effect would be much worse.

In short, the new weapon plan was happily approved. The next step is to send the design drawings to the steel plant and corresponding departments to start mass production.

Lind's requirements were not high. He did not want to produce hundreds or thousands of rifles at once. He just wanted to produce dozens of them first to educate those knights that the times had changed.

Just after the trial meeting ended, Lind saw Ranna standing alone not far away, with her mouth wide open enough to hold a large sausage.

"Good morning, Miss Ranna." Lind greeted Ranna. "What's wrong with you? Did your jaw drop?"

Seeing Ranna's chin hanging open, Lind tentatively reached out his hand, ready to press Ranna's chin back in. After his hand touched her chin, Ranna reacted.

"No, no." He denied in a panic. "There's nothing wrong with my jaw. Thank you for your concern."

"Hehe." Linde smiled. "Are you scared?"

"Yes." Ran Na nodded, not denying her surprise at the weapon she had just seen. "A very powerful weapon."

"That's the Elisa rifle. We just successfully tested it and are preparing for mass production." Lind explained. "I plan to use it to deal with King Jiyang IX's troops."

"...Sir." After a slight hesitation, Ranna said respectfully. "This weapon is indeed very powerful, I can see that, but please don't underestimate the strength of the Holy Grail Knight."

"Don't worry, how could I underestimate the Holy Grail Knight." Lind nodded. Anyone here might underestimate the Holy Grail Knight, but he was the one who was least likely to underestimate the Holy Grail Knight.

"By the way, what are you doing here?" Linde frowned at Ranna, and before Ranna could answer, Linde suddenly remembered. "Ah~ I remember now, you are here to get your equipment, right?"

"Sir, you still remember it." Ran Na nodded excitedly.

"Of course I remember." Linde said as a matter of course, and added in his heart: After all, this is his first female knight.

"Come with me." Linde waved his hand. "I'll take you to pick up the goods."

Following behind Lind, Ranna was very excited. She was excited about getting her first set of armor, but also for other reasons.

He actually remembered the exact time...

Following Lind, the two came to the blacksmith shop, or the steel factory.

"Is Master Stanley here?" Lind shouted as he entered the steel mill.

"Yes, yes, yes! Of course I'm here!" Soon, Stanley, the director of the steel plant who looked a bit like a gorilla, came running over.

"My lord! I have sent your order! We will do our best to produce it! With the standardization and assembly line concepts you proposed! I promise! The weapons you want will be completed soon!" Stanley patted his chest and assured Lind.

"Yes, I believe you, but don't force it. Safety comes first, and no safety accidents should happen." Linde reminded Stanley.

"Of course!" Stanley nodded repeatedly. "I promise you! There won't be any safety accidents!"

"Don't just talk about it, put it into action."

While Linde was talking to Stanley like a leader inspecting, Ranna was also curiously looking inside the steel plant. The structure here was completely different from other blacksmith shops.

First of all, the area is much larger than all the blacksmith shops he has seen before. There are several tower-shaped furnaces located in it, and there are clear magic runes on the furnaces.

The apprentices would pour the iron ore from the top of the blast furnace through the rack, and then manipulate the magic runes to start heating. The blast furnace seemed to be divided into several sections, each section had runes to heat separately, and then there was a separate feeding port.

At this moment, a blast furnace just opened its bottom outlet, and hot molten iron flowed out and into the mold.

This place is completely different from other places, Ranna confirmed again, especially the sacred magic that ordinary people in other places would almost never have the chance to see in their lifetime, but can be seen everywhere here.

Can the common people of the Holy Empire use magic? Ranna wondered in confusion.

Just as Ranna was observing the interior of the steel plant, Linde's voice pulled Ranna back.

"Stop looking around and take a look at your armor," Lind said to Ranna.

Ranna's attention was drawn back to the armor worn on the dummy, and she was unable to look away.

The mannequin is wearing a set of armor. Different from the common armor in color, the whole armor is blue and white, which makes it look more beautiful than the common armor.

The breastplate was slightly modified to fit Ranna's identity, with a thinner waist and a more prominent chest. Seeing this, Ranna subconsciously looked down at her own size, and it was indeed a little more prominent.

There are many other small changes, such as the skirt armor really feels like a skirt.

It's very beautiful and highlights the beauty of women more than ordinary armor.

But then Ranna frowned. Although some changes looked beautiful, they were not practical. For example, the curve of the chest had almost negligible buffering effect against heavy weapons, and some places that should have been covered with plate armor were not covered with plate armor.

"Try it on and try it on." Linde said with a smile.

"Yes." Ran Na felt a little disappointed. But since it was a gift from the lord, she had no right to be picky.

Soon, under Stanley's guidance, Ranna put on the armor, and then Ranna was shocked.

"My lord, this is..." Ranna looked at the runes on the armor and looked at Linde in shock.

"This is the magic rune I asked my wife to design for you." Linde smiled. "How is it? Are you satisfied?"

Satisfied? Is there any need to ask? How could I not be satisfied?

I thought I would be satisfied with a set of basic protective gear, but what I got was a set of magic armor enchanted with multiple magic runes! In Batoran, this is a luxury that only knights with territories can use! And it usually only has one or two magic runes.

Ranna immediately found five of them on this armor.

"I...I..." Ranna was so excited that tears were streaming down her face. "I'm sorry, I really don't know...how to...express my gratitude..."

“Just smile.”

Chapter 398 Linde's Little Desire

Ranna was very excited because of the equipment Lind gave her.

In this world, whether it is a vassal or a militia, all weapons and equipment for the lord to fight are provided by themselves. This is even more obvious in Batoran. Every peasant selected into the lord's militia will be burdened with a heavy debt at the beginning of service in order to buy the weapons and equipment given by the lord.

Fighting at one's own expense is the norm in this world. There are lords who will give equipment to their subordinates, but they are very rare. Originally, Ranna thought that Lind would give her only the most rudimentary armor, with only chest guards, arm armor and other necessary parts, but in the end, what he took out was a very precious enchanted armor.

"I really don't know...how to...express my gratitude..." Faced with such precious armor, Ranna was so excited that she almost forgot the words.

"Just smile." Linde said lightly.

Subconsciously, Ranna gave Lind a brilliant smile in return. Although it was not as good as a famous painting of a certain century, it was also very pleasing to the eye.

The smile of a beautiful big sister can really make people happy, not to mention that after Ran Na put it on, she looked even more heroic.

Compared to the armor, the sword was much simpler, just an ordinary knight's sword, without any special magic runes attached. Ranna had no complaints about this, after all, the armor alone was very precious.

Putting the sword on her waist, Ranna knelt down on one knee towards Linde with a determined look in her eyes. Even if she didn't have the status of a knight, Ranna would swear allegiance to Linde.

Ranna failed because she was held back by Lindra.

"I know what you want to do. If you want to be my knight, please remember the first rule." Lind looked into Ranna's eyes. "No kneeling."

Ranna looked at Lind in confusion.

"If you don't understand, remember it first." Linde chuckled. "You should go back first. In a few days, I will need you to fight for me."

"I swear on my life!"

"Don't die so easily. You're more useful alive than dead." Lind said half-jokingly.

After getting her own equipment, Ranna walked back with a brisk pace. Originally, wearing armor was not suitable for daily activities, as it consumed too much physical strength, but the armor on Ranna was not too burdensome, and Ranna instinctively wanted to wear it to show off, so she put it on directly.

Along the way, many people stopped to look at Ranna after seeing her. Female knights were already very rare, let alone a female knight wearing such improved and beautiful armor.

The heroic female knight walked on the way back, feeling the attention of the people around her, and Ranna was very satisfied. At this moment, the elder sister and the younger sister had an emotional resonance.

If I could truly become his female knight, would the distance between us be shortened and no longer as unreachable as it is now?

But there seemed to be too many competitors. Not to mention the beastman chieftains, the fox shaman claimed to be a concubine when they first met, and there were many potential rivals among humans.

For example, the eldest lady, the secretary, even the lady, and the one-eyed nun, their eyes didn't look right...

"Sister, come back...Wow! Sister! Where did you get this armor? It's so beautiful!" After returning home, Hespan saw her sister's appearance and exclaimed reflexively.

"This is a gift from my lord." Ranna held her head high with a look of pride on her face.

"The lord gave you such a beautiful armor!?" Hespan's eyes were full of stars. "Is Lord Lind so generous!? I want to go too!"

"Stop right there! Don't disturb the adults!" Ran Na showed her elder sister's authority.

When Ranna left, Linde stood at the gate of the steel plant, looking at Ranna's back as she walked away, his face filled with a happy smile as if his dream had come true.

Finally, finally, one of my hobbies has come true, a female knight.

There is no possibility of reproducing black silk in a short period of time, so Lind can only settle for the next best thing and try to reproduce some relatively easy-to-reproduce attributes, such as the female knight.

Then Ranna came to the door herself.

There were already female knights in this world, but they were rare. Although there were female knights, they were far from what Lind wanted, especially the armor.

In this world, there is no difference between the armor of female knights and that of male knights. At most, the style of the skirt armor has been modified to be slightly more suitable for women, which is not what Lind wants.

In Lind's opinion, Ranna perfectly meets all the characteristics that a female knight should have. She has a heroic appearance, clean and neat skills, and a good background. The only thing missing is armor and equipment.

Therefore, when designing armor for Ranna, Lind began to play. Of course, it is impossible to be so exaggerated as a bikini armor, but it is necessary to be slim. In order to achieve his goal, Lind also pestered Ilufa to enchant specifically, with the purpose of reproducing the image of the female knight in his mind.

Then Lind succeeded.

I wonder what expression Rana would have if she knew that the magic runes on her armor were just for the lord to satisfy his own inner desires.

"Master." Just as Linde saw Ranna off and returned to her residence, Efit came over and reported the news to Linde. "Another hundred refugees were brought back."

"Oh? Another hundred people?" Linde raised his eyebrows. "Let me think, with these hundred people...there are no more serfs around Jiyang IX, right?"

"You are right, sir." Efit said respectfully.

"Well, let the steel mill and the engineering department hurry up to produce weapons. We need to prepare for the final stage!"

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Since losing all their ships, the immigrant team of King Jiyang IX in the territory of Vicro has been shrouded in despair.

In order to prevent the grain from being stolen by "lazy and greedy" serfs, Jiyang IX ordered that most of the grain be stored on the ship before the warehouse was built, and only a small portion be taken down.

Now, all four ships, including the grain ship, were lost, and due to insufficient food, Guillon IX quickly adopted the standard practice of the Bartolan Knights.

Expel the subjects.

The reason for the expulsion was very high-sounding. These lazy subjects did not fulfill their obligations to the lord, which was to pay taxes. Therefore, they had no obligation to protect them and allowed them to live in their territory. They completely ignored the fact that these people had been promised tax exemption in the first year and food would be provided.

"Sir, the last one hundred untouchables have left." A knight reported the situation to King Jiyang IX.

"Yes." Inside the tent, Jiyang IX nodded. "How long can our food last?"

"Five days at most, my Lord."

"Okay then." Jiyang IX stood up. "Pass my order! Get ready to go!!"

Chapter 399: The Knights Go Out

"The last of the untouchables have left?"

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