Steel, Guns, and the Industrial Party that Traveled to Another World

After a while, Butler Philip led the two clergymen into the reception room.

He had already met Father Anderson, but Dean Leonard had no impression of him in his memory. He was an old man with a Mediterranean hairstyle, giving him a rather old-fashioned feel.

Paul smiled and asked: "Why did you two come to my place?"

"My lord, you dared to fight against the pirates and won the battle, protecting the Lamb of the Lord. We are here to express our gratitude to you."

"Haha, this is my duty, is that all?"

The two clergy looked at each other and seemed hesitant. In the end, it was the older Dean Leonard who spoke first: "Your Majesty, we are here to investigate a matter. Can we ask the housekeeper to avoid it?"

"Okay, what needs two clergy to come to investigate?" He waved his hand and asked Philip to leave the living room.

"As far as we know, you used something that looked like witchcraft in your battle with the pirates. Can you explain it to us?"

"Witchcraft? What witchcraft? I've never heard of it." Paul's head was full of questions.

"Lord Earl, it's the kind of thing that can explode or launch projectiles to cause death or injury."

"Oh, you mean the latest firearms equipped by our army."

"Can you show us this?"

He refused flatly: "No, this is a military secret. How can we let others look at it casually?"

Seeing the other party's refusal, Leonard's face gradually became serious: "Earl, it is the natural responsibility of our clergy to monitor signs of witchcraft activities in the parishes under our jurisdiction. I advise you to cooperate with us. If it is just ordinary weapons , we naturally I will clear your name. If you refuse to cooperate, it will not be good if the matter is brought to the Inquisition of the Archdiocese. This will not be good for anyone. You must also know the temper of those people. If they come down to investigate, It is very likely to harm innocent people.”

"Are you threatening a lord? That's unreasonable." Paul was quite upset that he would do this to me.

Father Anderson said with a worried look: "I hope you will forgive me. Although we are servants of God, we are also people under your rule. If we were not forced to do so by duty, we would not want to get into such a deadlock. The lord was killed by an evil wizard. There is a precedent for seducing and bringing disaster to the entire territory. When the time comes, it will not only harm you, but also innocent people. "

He was very worried that the young earl would fight with them to the death because of his youthful temperament, and it would be a bad thing if he attracted the people of the Inquisition.

Paul bit the root bitterly and struggled over and over again.

After the two sides were in a stalemate for a while, he finally compromised. The "Inquisition" the other party called was not a good thing. The Inquisition in the northern diocese of the Kingdom of Aldo was okay. For the sake of his own prestige, His Majesty the King was unlikely to let them go unscrupulously. Investigate the nobles under your command, but it would be hard to tell if you go all the way up to the Holy See headquarters.

"Well, in that case, I will show it to you to prove my innocence. But I would like to ask, if it is proved that my new weapon has nothing to do with black magic, are you willing to keep the specific details of the weapon secret for me? After all, this is a military secret and a weapon we use to deal with pirates."

"We swear in the name of God never to reveal it to anyone."

"Even His Majesty the Pope?"

Father Anderson was silent after hearing this, but Dean Leonard said after a slight hesitation: "Yes, even His Majesty the Pope. And if anyone asks about this in the future, we can still prove it for the Earl."

After hearing the teacher's promise, Father Anderson nodded.

So he called Philip and asked him to go to his study to get a matchlock pistol and two bottles of gunpowder for self-defense.

After Philip got it, Paul asked the two clergymen to follow him to the small garden outside the reception room to demonstrate to them, and asked the butler to inform the officers who were still meeting in the hall that there was no need to panic when they heard the gunshots.

He slowly loaded the ammunition, pointed the gun at a tree with both hands, and pulled the trigger under the watchful eyes of the two clergymen.

There was only a "bang" sound, the tree being targeted shook, and the birds above flew into the sky in panic.

Dean Leonard and Father Anderson clearly saw the bullet holes in the tree trunk, and they all took a deep breath. Such an object the size of a hand crossbow was so powerful.

Anderson looked at his teacher, and the old dean nodded: "I really didn't feel any abnormal fluctuations."

Anderson asked: "Can you give us this 'firearm' to take a closer look at?"

"Okay, here you go. This thing is called a musket, and the other one that can explode and hurt people is called a grenade. Both of them are based on this kind of powder that can burn violently." Paul shook another gunpowder bottle: "Grenade is too dangerous, so I won't demonstrate it to you."

Anderson took the pistol with both hands, took out a gray-white stone and touched it for a while.

"There is no abnormal reaction from the magic stone. Sir Earl, please forgive our offense." The two clergymen confirmed that the musket has nothing to do with witchcraft.

Anderson did not return the musket to Paul immediately. He turned over and over to observe this novel thing and marveled at it. The structure of the musket is very simple. Based on the Earl's operation just now, it is easy to deduce its working principle. The key lies in the magical powder that can burn violently. However, since it is said to be a military secret, it is not easy for him to continue to inquire. .

This one-handed musket was specially made for Paul. The carpenter spent a lot of effort to carve very exquisite patterns on the handle of the gun. Overall, it has great artistic value.

Leonard coughed: "Anderson, return it to the lord quickly."

"Oh, sorry. Was this invented by the lord? It's really exquisite." Anderson blushed and returned the pistol to the count while praising.

"Hehe, it was invented by me. However, we just agreed that the details of this weapon should not be revealed to others." The other party's praise offset some of Paul's unhappiness.

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"Of course, since the situation is clear, we will not continue to disturb the count." The two clergymen stood up and said goodbye.

But the lord suddenly said, "You two, don't leave in a hurry."

Leonard and Anderson heard something wrong in his tone, "Does the Earl have any other instructions?"

"How did you two know about this new weapon I invented? And how did you know that I used it in the battle with pirates?"

"This...this..." Father Anderson squeaked.

Paul's tone gradually became colder: "Should I report it to the Northern Diocese? For example, some people openly claim to be servants of God, but secretly do spy activities."

"It's unfair, Earl. This is your soldier in the confessional..."

Dean Leonard immediately shouted, "Anderson!!!"

Father Anderson immediately covered his mouth and said nothing.

Dean Leonard said with a little embarrassment: "I'm sorry, Lord Count, it is our duty to keep the confessor's information confidential. Please don't ask any more questions."

"Okay, let's just leave it at that." Paul agreed, but he didn't think it was possible.

"Then we'll leave first."

The two clergymen left in a hurry.

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