One more month passed by, and at the back of the mansion on the training field, Ariadne, Alya, Edmund, Ethan, and Alon were stating on the shooting range that soldiers normally practice. Edmund was holding in his arms the new weapon he promised to Ariadne; it looked like a rifle but larger, with a longer and larger barrel.

Ethan looked at it with curiosity, but he couldn't believe how they were going to carry that thing. Edmund held it with just one hand but judging by his force, it needed a minimum of two people to carry it.

‘Welcome everyone to the test of our new weapon.’ Edmund was surprised by Ariadne’s fan close to his face.

‘I have no time for this peasant; go straight to the point.’ She started to fan herself.

‘Well… alright.’ He put the weapon in a trypod.

He adjusted it to face the targets at the distance, looked to the side on the ground and there was a blue crystalized case; it even shined a little. In one of its sides a wide t-shaped form, he unlocked the top of the weapon, opened up a lid, moved to the side of the weapon and saw the exact shape also in the vertical on it’s side. He put it in place, fitting it perfectly. He closed the lid and locked it in place.

‘How are we supposed to carry this thing around?’ Ethan looked at Edmund puzzled.

‘No, this is for the trucks; the crystals we got on that fortress raid was only enough for three of these and the ammunition.’ He stepped back and gestured to Ethan to go forward.

Ethan looked at Alon, who gave him a nod and he stood behind the weapon but it was strange that it didn’t have a trigger like a rifle so he looked around looking for it.

‘I’m sorry, Here at the back, use your two hands to aim like this.’ Edmund held the two vertical handles.

‘But how do i fire it?’ Ethan looked confused.

‘Now with your two thumbs, press it this here on the top; give it a light touch first.’ Again, he gave a step back and gestured to Ethan to go forward.

Ethan followed Edmund’s instructions and positioned himself, preparing to fire the new weapon. He was curious but nervous about how powerful this thing was. At the distance was a helmet and to its side a vest, the same ones every soldier in the duchess army used.

He gave it a light press and it fired once. The sound was loud but similar to the rifle; it was just stronger; the shot didn’t hit the target but a tree behind was shattered on it’s side. Ethan looked around him and everyone but for Edumond, the reaction was the same. Alya covered her ears but maintained her position by the duchess side.

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‘Now aim for the targets.’ Edmund patted Ethan’s shoulder

Ethan aimed to the helmet and shoot; it took four shots until he was able to hit it; the fault wasn’t on him, more like the unfamiliarity with the weapon; they didn’t see the magic barrier break because it simply passed through it and the helmet fell to the ground.

To hit the vest was easier and it took him only tree shots to hit the center of the vest, where the result was the same; it simply passed through it with no resistance what so ever. After that, Edmond patted Ethan on his shoulder again and let his hands off the weapon.

The white-haired young man ran to the objects and retrieved them so that the others could expect them. He could see the expression on their faces in complete disbelief just by the sound alone.

‘Look, it just passed thought it with no effort what so ever; it will kill a soldier in one shot, no problem.’ Edmund showed the objects to them.

‘If it does this to our soldiers armor, the Lavan soldiers might as well fight naked.’ Ariadne opens a wide grim.

‘Is powerful, but slow; even our normal rifles can do more damage if we have the numbers.’ Alon crossed his arms.

‘What? It will be on top of the trucks and Ethan here was using it the wrong way.’ He again pats the soldier's shoulder.

‘How come? I did like you told me to.’ Ethan looked at him confused.

‘Try hold the trigger and move it left to right.' Edmund smiled.

Ethan looked at the weapon and positioned himself again and instead of pressing, he held the trigger. The continuous sound of the shots coming from the weapon took everyone by surprise, but Ethan was exasperated, like he had all the power of the world on his hand. As he held it, he moved like Edmund asked from left to right.

They could see the continuous stream of blue beams cutting the air and the sound was like a rytm of death that was accompanied by the sound of whisles the projectiles made, just like the rifles.

Everyone was in complete shock by what just happened. Ariadne put her free hand on her forehead, looked at the sky and started to laugh out loud. Alya was taken back by this but what she just saw didn’t pass as reality yet; she had never seen such a display of magic. Alon instantly started to think about the possibilities of using such a thing for attack or defense.

‘I think you didn’t really see what is capable of; just look at the tree line in the back.’ Edmund pointed at trees.

Edmund patted Ethan again and made a gesture for all of them to follow him. He walked to the tree line with everyone closed behind him. As they came closer, the destruction was more visible; the trees were in bad shape; some were even almost falling over.

‘Peasant, you outdone yourself.’ Ariadne came closer to a tree and looked at the damage.

‘Ho, this is the first time you said something positive about me.’ Edmund smiled.

‘Don’t get full of yourself.’ She looked at him with the corner of her eye.

‘Ok… Ok…’ He took a step back.

‘Your highness, we can start preparing for the dungeon incursion, but we lack information about it, i really don’t want to send my men into the darkness.’ Alon put his hand on Ethan's shoulders.

Ethan smiled at his captain, feeling how he cared for him and everyone under his command; he was everyone's father in a way to everyone, and at the same time, now that he was going to have a child, going on a suicide mission was really bad luck.

‘Ethan here will have a child, so let’s think before doing anything, i hope Edmund has information about it as he talks so much about this dungeon.’ He pats Ethan’s back.

‘What? I thought i was your best friend; why didn’t tell me about this, Ethan?’ Edmund looked disappointed.

‘We barely talk to one another.’ Ethan looked at Edmund confused.

'Congratulations, corporal; you will be a great father, i know that your wife loves you very much.’ Ariadne gave a sweet smile.

He felt strangely calm as he looked at the duchess; it was like everything was going to be fine and suddenly he smiled at her and a sentiment of gratitude sparked within him; he had never felt like this before.