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"If you trust me, please entrust me with the duties of refereeing and ensuring the safety of the match."

"No problem, after all, Lyon, you are the kingdom's most loyal knight. This little thing is no problem."

The guards behind Norris clicked their tongues in dissatisfaction after seeing how Leon had so easily handed over the most important task, but then said nothing more.

"Lucasion, send a company of robots over." Leon said softly after pressing his earpiece. Norris showed a hint of interest after hearing the word 'robot' in the familiar.

Rumors are circulating in the kingdom that Leon not only possesses the powerful lost item 'Bartona,' but also a formidable familiar 'Robot.' It seems he'll be gaining quite an experience this time.

Da da da!

Several heavy thuds came from the woods behind them. Norris and his group turned their gazes in that direction and then swallowed hard in unison.

"Is this... really a familiar?"

Looking at the heavily armed robot in front of him, Norris looked at Leon in disbelief, then became suspicious after seeing the fleeting displeasure in his eyes.

Are these familiars just for show, and not as powerful as we thought?

"Master, the Ninth Guard Company has assembled."

After the robot came over and reported to Lyon, it quietly returned to the group. Its scarlet electronic eyes made the former soldiers of the Principality of Vanos, who knew its strength, stand up straight and try to show their weakness as much as possible.

They originally had a total of 1,843 soldiers, but now only 1,636 remain. The reason for this is the guard robots in front of them.

"Leon, I've never seen those rifles in your familiars' hands before?" Norris asked, after ruling out the man-portable missiles on the robot's back. He then looked at the high-energy rifle, which was the most likely weapon.

"A high-energy rifle, with a rate of fire of up to a thousand rounds per minute."

Lyon's somewhat casual answer made Norris feel a little scared, and that terrifying thought resurfaced in his mind.

"Can your factory also produce this?"

"No. Our factory can only build airships and mechs right now, but so far we've only sold three mechs (one for two friends and one as a favor from our own family)."

The high-energy rifle production line is currently at the base, so what Leon said is correct. As for airships, they can't be considered warships unless they're equipped with weapons, so that's also fine.

It seems I was overthinking it.

Norris nodded after hearing Lyon's satisfactory answer, while reminding himself not to doubt the kingdom's youngest, most loyal, and most powerful knight.

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Volume 2 School Life: Chapter 79 It's normal for a lord like me to make some weapons!

On the territory.

Kuraris pouted as she looked at Leon, who hadn't returned yet, and gazed somewhat annoyed in the direction of the factory.

"Hey, Ange. How about we go to the factory together to look for Lyon?"

"Go find Leon?" Angelica put down the spellbook in her hand, her eyes filled with longing, as she stopped Kuraris from speaking.

"Yeah. It's been so long since I've seen Leon. I miss him."

Kuraris stood up from her chair, walked over to Olivia, and squatted down in front of her, flashing her hands in Olivia's earnest eyes.

"Livia, what do you think?"

"No, I think it's better not to. Leon probably has something important to deal with right now. Although I miss him, I can't bother him right now, even if he doesn't mind us." Olivia closed the spellbook and stretched slightly, her shapely figure causing the silk fabric binding her to deform.

"Hmm~, then there's no other way. I'd really like to see what Leon is doing right now?"

Seeing that Olivia was also not very supportive of going to see Leon, Kuraris went to the bench in the pavilion, sat down, and then idly swung her bare feet, gently brushing them against the flower bushes below.

"Master is currently engaged in a competition with Norris's subordinates; you can broadcast it over."

Lucasion, his eyes flashing red, appeared in the center of the pavilion. As he spoke, he showed the scene of the competition that was taking place in the factory.

Olivia and the other two huddled together watching the projection screen. After searching for a while, they quickly spotted Leon. His slightly dusty body stood out from the red and swollen faces of the guards around him.

"Lucasion, is Lyon alright?"

"Master's body is very healthy, and thanks to the enhanced body after being injected with the strengthening drug, Master defeated his opponent in a rather cheating manner."

Luciano bluntly revealed that Leon's body had been injected with enhancement drugs.

The enhancement serum was the first biological experiment conducted after Leon and Lucaccion discussed it, with the goal of creating a drug that could unleash the full potential of humanity, similar to the Super Soldier Serum. Currently, the research institute has achieved an increase in strength of nearly 20%.

His physical strength was already quite high after being tempered by magic and trained for many years. After increasing by 20%, it far surpassed those soldiers and was even comparable to that old guy Norris.

In the scene, Leon and his group arrived at the firing range under the escort of robots.

"Leon, where did you get all these rifles?" Norris looked at the neatly arranged ordinary rifles on the table and quickly picked them up to inspect them.

A series of smooth movements were presented to the audience through the performance of her hands, which could not help but inspire admiration.

"These rifles are in very poor condition. Could they have been taken from those air pirates?"

"Yes. I encountered some air pirates while adventuring when I had nothing else to do, so I took them down." Leon said it casually, but Norris and his group knew exactly what it was like to fight cunning air pirates.

They will try to occupy the top of the warships and then use all sorts of vicious methods, including but not limited to taking prisoners. So if you have a soft heart, you'll end up giving them your head.

"Senior Norris, if you have no questions, let's begin. We lost the one-on-one duel earlier, but things might change next."

"Hahaha. Leon, don't underestimate my soldiers. If they're good at fighting, they're good at target practice too."

"Okay, let's get started then."

Lyon also started the target practice competition without any hesitation.

clap clap clap!

The sound of old-fashioned rifles rang out, and target reports came one after another from the robot's mouth. Norris's gaze toward his soldiers turned grim.

Of the sixteen shooting groups, only seven beat Lyon's team; the rest lost. He himself was among the five who beat Lyon's team.

These former Duchy of Vanos would have undoubtedly lost to Norris and his group without a problem if they had used standard Kingdom rifles. However, using the rifling-less rifles from the air pirates, the situation reversed. This was because Lyon had specifically emphasized in the theoretical lessons how to handle such situations when developing the training plan.

"If you guys lose the 400-meter steeplechase, you'll be in big trouble when we get back." Norris said this to the soldiers behind him before walking straight towards the 400-meter steeplechase track.

The 400-meter obstacle course consists of eight obstacles: slalom course, trench, low wall, high platform jump, ladder, balance beam, high wall, and low stake net. Taking into account that the average physical fitness level in this world is higher than that in China, Lyon has increased the difficulty of each obstacle to maximize training effectiveness.

"Gulav, go up and give a demonstration."

"Yes, patriarch." After saying this, Gulav walked to the starting point. After adjusting his body, he waved to the crowd and began his demonstration. Each item was performed very smoothly, in an effort to make it easy for people to remember.

After being demonstrated three times, the competition immediately began.

Lyon, as the host nation, was unsurprisingly the first team to take the field.

Snapped!

The gunshot rang out, and Leon immediately started running...

"One minute and seventeen and a half seconds."

"Master, you've improved by one second compared to last time. You're still a bit short of breaking the record of 1 minute and 8.63 seconds."

The robot's electronic voice came through, and after waving his hand, Leon gave up his seat to Norris, showing no interest whatsoever in the records the robot was talking about.

Although he is better than most people because of Lucasion's support, it does not mean that he is good at everything.

"One minute, twenty-three seconds."

Norris's performance in his first 400-meter steeplechase was remarkable, perfectly demonstrating what it means to be a true veteran.

"Senior Norris, you are truly amazing!"

Norris simply waved his hand at Leon's praise, indicating that it was nothing to worry about, and then began to carefully observe the 400-meter obstacle course. Then, that terrifying thought surged into his mind once again.

The 400-meter steeplechase race ended quickly, and Norris's doubts were quickly put aside. Because after the race, something else concerned him even more—they had lost!

"Captain...we..."

The soldiers, led by Lacey, had their heads down, completely devoid of the arrogance they displayed before the competition began.

"Alright, Lacey. Since you lost the competition, go back and train extra. You're all veterans, don't slack off just because you're far from the border with me."

Norris looked at the dejected Lacey and the others, and although he was angry inside, he did not show it. Instead, he comforted them.

On the territory, the three women excitedly embraced each other after watching Lyon's side defeat Norris's forces.

"Great, Lyon won! I was so nervous watching them compete."

"I was just thinking about how to comfort Leon if he lost."

"Angie, of course you'll use your perky belly to comfort him. Leon is such a lewd slut, he'll definitely get excited as soon as you go over and rub his back. Then you can help Leon practice a bit..."

"Hey, Kula, shut up right now!"

Angelica blushed immediately after recalling the time the four of them spent together in the hot spring. She got up and chased after Kuraris, while Olivia breathed a slight sigh of relief and opened her spellbook.

…………

After the competition, Augustus again took the initiative to persuade Leon to take Norris to the factory, wanting to try to sell Norris the export version of the mech that the factory had just modified.

“Commander Norris, this blue mech is one that our factory recently modified. The price is the same as the Kingdom’s ordinary mechs, but it is much faster in terms of maneuverability. As for the weapons, we can customize them.” Augustus said, handing some data about the mech to Lacey, who was standing next to Norris.

A towering blue humanoid mech, over ten meters tall, stood quietly inside the factory.

[As expected, this kid is still thinking of making gold coins from me. But seeing how interesting his training was today, I guess I'll take a look.]

"Can I take a test drive?"

“Of course, our factory has set up an experimental field on the floating island,” Augustus said proudly.

Aside from those belonging to the kingdom, the Kingdom of Holfalt has no more than three factories capable of manufacturing mechs and possessing corresponding testing facilities. Because building a dedicated testing facility is extremely expensive, Augustus and his group only discussed its construction after sales of airships and trucks had improved.

After changing his clothes, Norris sat in the cockpit of the mech, his gaze remaining fixed on the moment the chest compartment closed.

After the mech tests concluded, Norris again proactively asked Augusto to introduce some of the factory's products. He then saw a series of low-tech military products such as light machine guns, rockets, and mortars, and placed an order with mixed feelings.

After touring the entire factory and its products, it was lunchtime. Norris didn't hesitate to sample the factory's food, sitting among the factory workers with Lyon.

Most of the factory workers were rescued by Lyon from the air pirates, with only a small number being commoners from the surrounding noble territories, and they were responsible for simple tasks.

"Leon, give me a straight answer. What exactly are you building these weapons for? Some of the cannons your factories produce are just as powerful as the main guns of the kingdom's warships."

Norris took a bite of food and spoke hesitantly, a hint of fear in his eyes. He had initially considered Leon to be the kingdom's most loyal knight, but after seeing the weapons, he quickly began to doubt this man of loyalty.

“Senior Norris, I am a border lord and an adventurer. It is perfectly reasonable for me to produce these weapons to protect my life and property, as well as to prevent air pirate attacks. Besides, I have obtained Lord Milianu's approval for all of this.”

Lyon vaguely remembered that it took a lot of persuasion to get this approval from Milenneu.

"I understand," Norris replied simply, then fell silent.

[There's definitely something fishy about Lyon. As for getting the Queen's permission, that's probably true. Otherwise, those nobles wouldn't dare come to make purchases. But...]

"Senior Norris, are most of the soldiers on your warship from your territory?"

"Well, what's wrong?"

"Senior Norris, the kingdom stipulates that the maximum age for officers to serve as captains is sixty-five. Have you thought about what will happen to them in the future?"

!!!

Upon hearing Lyon's words, Norris immediately became alert, and his gaze toward Lyon turned hostile.

"You little brat, Lyon, you're actually trying to take advantage of Lacey and the others. No way, absolutely not!"

Seeing the captain's resolute face, Lacey's eyes couldn't help but flicker.

[Captain, I'll definitely train twice as hard when we get back!]

"...Unless you trade Dunbar for it, it's absolutely impossible!"

In an instant, Lacey's excitement cooled down, and Dunbar, standing next to her, couldn't hold back and spat out his food.

puff!

"You better eat properly, or you'll be in big trouble when you get back." After scolding Dunbar, Leon turned his gaze to the smiling Norris and began to think.

"It's not impossible to hand Dunbar over to you, or even for the factory to upgrade your warship for free. As long as..."

The conversation abruptly stopped, and a conflicted expression appeared on Lyon's face. He seemed quite troubled, and after hesitating for a while, he lowered his head and began to eat absentmindedly.

Norris felt extremely uncomfortable watching this scene, as if he were being tickled.

“Leon, you better hurry up and say it. Stop dawdling! Although my influence in the military has diminished, I can still get those old fogies to buy from your factory. Even if they don’t want to, I can pay for it myself.”

Norris naturally assumed that Lyon's predicament stemmed from the factory's inability to find a good market for its manufactured weapons.