Work Prophet
Chapter 491 - 109 This also helps

Chapter 491: Chapter 109 This also helps

"Did you have a nightmare?"

"I just dreamed... someone was trying to kill me," Miss Rabbit said with lingering fear.

"Who?"

"A guy nicknamed the Earth Bear, he’s my opponent in the arena competition, but I have no way of dealing with him."

"I thought you had already gone to clarify the misunderstanding with His Majesty the Emperor."

"I did confess to him about the Dragon Slaying, saying it was everyone’s achievement and that I played more of the role of a commander."

"And then?"

"Then he seemed to misunderstand me even more, insisting that I was just displaying a knight’s modest virtues, and he praised me heavily. Oh yes, he also mentioned the fight I had with Hercules, saying something about the honor of the Empire needing me to defend it."

"I couldn’t persuade His Majesty, so through Geoff’s connection, I went to see the Second Prince Claudio to seek his help."

"The condition that Claudio gave me was to kill the Earth Bear at the arena competition, because the Earth Bear had killed one of his friends in a duel, and even hung the poor guy’s intestines on a tree, urinating on them and all."

"However, the reward Claudio offered was quite high, I must admit. It seems being his friend could be pretty good."

"You met with Geoff again?" Li Yu was surprised, "How much did you pay him to agree to take you to see the Second Prince?"

"Er, I didn’t spend a single silver coin, instead, he gave me seventy golden lions because the money was originally paid by the Second Prince. I even left him thirty golden lions, which was quite generous of me."

Ireya had a small triumphant look on her face as she said this, but it quickly vanished, and she made a gloomy face.

"But I have no use for this money now. It’s over, I’m definitely done for. The arena competition starts tomorrow, and that Golden Voice guy even made a poem about me having Poison Fog and the ability to control Thunder, and the whole city is talking about it."

"The other competitors probably all know how to deal with me now. I... I better go prepare my will," the girl said, as she was about to look for pen and paper.

But then she heard Li Yu say, "There’s no need for a will, is there?"

Miss Rabbit’s ears perked up immediately, and her eyes, which had been dim, lit up again, "Really? You still have a solution?"

"It never hurts to have multiple plans, and I did consider the possibility of you entering the final arena competition before coming to the Royal Capital."

"Do you mean to say, you’ve prepared a way for me to defeat the other competitors?" The girl’s heart raced, and if she had a smart bracelet to measure it, her heart rate would probably have soared above 190.

And Li Yu’s answer was straightforward, with just one word, "Hmm."

"Oh my gosh!" Overwhelmed with happiness, the Lady leaped up from the ground, her long ears quivering as if they had small motors attached.

What kind of divine being is Saturday?! She had believed in Pisya for so many years and Pisya never paid her any attention, yet Saturday and Merlin were even willing to alter the world’s rules for her.

Because aside from that possibility, Ireya really couldn’t think of how else she could defeat that group of strong and fierce men.

"Let’s go," said Li Yu, "we’ll meet Watt, he can solve the trouble you’re facing now."

Watt is Ge Lipeng’s current Christian name, which was given to him by Li Yu after seeking his opinion.

In another universe, James Watt created the first practical steam engine in 1776, propelling human civilization into the Steam Age. To honor this great inventor, the unit of power was also named the watt.

Ge Lipeng chose this baptismal name purely out of respect for his predecessor, not because he hoped to become as renowned as Watt, changing the course of world history.

However, whether by some stroke of fate, the things Ge Lipeng has created could indeed unveil a new era.

To enable Ireya, an almost untrained woman, to quickly possess the strength to defeat other opponents, besides the so-called ’instant skill transference’ found in martial arts novels, the first thing Li Yu thought of was naturally the gun.

Firearms usually have an overwhelming advantage when facing cold weapons.

In 1519, the Spanish explorer Hernan Cortes led an expedition of over six hundred men to the east coast of Mexico, and, after many setbacks, ultimately conquered the Aztec Empire with a population of over five million.

Similarly, in 1532, another Spanish explorer, Pizarro, led 168 men to invade and eventually subjugate the Inca Empire, which had a population of as many as six million people.

The brave and skilled Native Americans also performed poorly in the face of the colonizers’ firearms.

When Li Yu sought Ge Lipeng, the latter expressed his desire to make guns. However, the laws and regulations of the time did not allow Ge Lipeng to attempt this.

But after he was reincarnated on the Bratis Continent, such restrictions obviously no longer applied.

Thus, commissioned by Li Yu, Ge Lipeng started making guns.

According to Ge Lipeng, making guns was actually not difficult.

Of course, on the Bratis Continent, which only had a civilization comparable to medieval times, the technological challenges to create modern firearms like the AK, Thompson, Mosin-Nagant... were simply too numerous to resolve.

Additionally, the production of metallic cartridge ammunition was another problem.

Therefore, a more realistic choice was the flintlock gun.

"Guns, or cannons for that matter, are essentially about finding a suitable tube, igniting the gunpowder inside to generate kinetic energy, propelling the bullet in front and firing it out," Ge Lipeng explained.

"It does sound very simple," Li Yu said. "A tube plus a firing device."

"Correct, that’s a gun."

"Depending on the type of ignition, guns can be divided into fire gate guns, matchlock guns, flintlock guns, revolvers, and trigger guns, with modern firearms typically using mercury fulminate to ignite upon impact."

"The advantage being speed?"

"Yes, if you use a matchlock gun, you have to wait for the slow match to burn down to the powder pan, which usually takes some time. In comparison, a flintlock gun can be much faster, and on the battlefield, time is the decider of life and death."

When it came to discussing guns, Ge Lipeng seemed like a changed man, becoming much more talkative.

"The ignition of a flintlock gun only requires striking a fire scythe with flint to produce sparks. Both of these items are easy to obtain. What’s truly labor-intensive is the gun barrel."

"Firstly, the material used for a good gun barrel must be able to withstand the pressure generated by the explosion of gunpowder tens of thousands of times. Of course, if you do not plan to use it that often, you could relax those standards a bit. Then there’s also the matter of hardness; too soft or too hard won’t do."

"Gun barrels forged with current Bratis Continent technology contain many impurities and casting flaws. I could work on improving the quality of the steel, but there is actually an even easier way."