High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 664: Chapter 12 Colt Python_1

”Wow! A Colt Python!”

”This is a classic charm gun, but if I remember correctly, the Colt Company stopped mass-producing it a hundred years ago due to its complicated manufacturing process... Is this a customized one?”

Standing nearby, Doctor Du Zemu, with his eyes wide open, looked at the wooden box in Zheng Qing’s arms and asked with interest.

”Not a special order, this kind of charm gun is still being sold by the Colt Company.” The witch denied Doctor Du Zemu’s speculation and added, ”But they rarely sell it openly anymore.”

”What’s the difference between that and a customized one...” Doctor Du Zemu shrugged. While he was talking, his hand wasn’t idle. Instead, he was stirring an eyeball-soaking solution with a thin glass rod. The glass rod clinked with the glass cup, creating a clear and pleasant sound. The eyeball full of bloodshot veins was bobbing up and down in the solution, enjoying a magical spa.

”Charm Gun?” Zheng Qing, who was watching the box in his arms attentitvely — even though it wasn’t the first time he had seen Doctor Du Zemu washing eyeballs, the young wizard still found it hard to accept, so he just ignored it — but he was interested in the term that the doctor had just mentioned: ”Is this a gun used by wizards?”

”To be precise, it’s a gun used by the Fu Masters.” Jiang Yu corrected with a smile on her face nearby: ”I remember you used a slingshot to shoot Fu Bullets in the rookie game, right...”

”Yes!” Upon hearing the witch’s words, the young scholarship student instantly felt a sense of recognition, and immediately explained with excitement: ”I encountered a wild demon during the night patrol at Lin Zhong Lake. I always felt that the attack range of the talismans alone was a bit short... So I came up with a method. I set up a delayed-trigger spell in the talisman. In this way, the attack range could be increased several times with the help of a slingshot!”

”Typical of a Jiuyou Academy scholarship student, being able to make such interesting improvements in his freshman year.” Doctor Du Zemu said with praise: ”I remember in my freshman year I loved messing around with the blood of demons with different attributes in the lab... Of course, this might have something to do with the different study atmospheres of the two academies...”

”Indeed, it’s very impressive.” The witch also praised.

”Doctor helped me a lot with the improvements.” Listening to their compliments, Zheng Qing’s cheeks flushed slightly, and he couldn’t help but explain: ” ...I mean Xiao Xiao, his nickname at our academy is ’Doctor’.”

He said the last sentence to Doctor Du Zemu.

”Ah, I’ve heard of that name.” Doctor Du Zemu took his eyeball out of the eye wash, held it under the light to check, and said cheerfully: ”You guys have praised him many times before... As I recall, you said he memorized the entire ’Wizard’s Encyclopedia’...”

”Not only the ’Great Encyclopedia’,” Zheng Qing muttered, ”I suspect he has also memorized the ’Wizard’s Code’.”

”Tsk,” Doctor Du Zemu sighed, stuffing his wet eyeball back into his socket: ”Young people these days...”

Zheng Qing gently lifted the revolver out of the box.

The gun body is about six inches long. The blued gun surface has a slight deep blue with a hint of purple, which looks very beautiful. Complicated runes the size of rice grains are engraved in the ribs of the gun body, and several layers of array are stacked in the walnut grip with finger grooves using a special technique. Holding it in your hand makes you feel very secure.

”You just said this is a handgun used by Fu Masters?” Zheng Qing looked up reluctantly at Jiang Yu.

Before the witch could answer, Doctor Du Zemu cut in: ”You wouldn’t think you were the first wizard to think of long-range attacks with talisman, would you...? The earliest wizards put talisman on arrows for long-distance throwing. But many wizards are not good archers, so this method did not become widely popular.”

”Not until alchemy gradually developed, in the thirteenth century, wizards began to use charm guns. Of course, the structure of the charm gun at that time was quite simple, it just used the principle of pneumatic magic to spew the Fu Bullet out...”

”But why have I rarely seen wizards using charm guns?” Zheng Qing couldn’t help but interrupt Doctor Du Zemu’s explanation, and he was grateful that he wasn’t blinded by the witch’s compliment a few minutes ago — he was about to reveal his plan to apply for a patent for using a slingshot to shoot Fu Bullets.

Several weeks ago, after completing the relevant experiments, he had discussed patent applications with Xiao Xiao. But due to a string of things that followed — such as Su Daxu’s visit and the school’s hunting party, etc. — the young scholarship student temporarily shelved the idea, planning to handle it when he had more free time.

Now, hearing Doctor Du Zemu mention that wizards began to use related technology thousands of years ago, Zheng Qing couldn’t help but feel embarrassed — luckily, he didn’t eagerly apply for the patent at Danghag. Otherwise, wouldn’t he have done something stupid like inventing a circle and applying for a patent for it as a wheel!

With these thoughts in mind, Zheng Qing suppressed the embarrassment in his heart and continued to ask: ”Even on the hunting ground, I rarely see anyone using a charm gun ... By logic, a charm gun has huge advantages over a law book, doesn’t it?!”

Doctor Du Zemu and Jiang Yu looked at each other.

”Not every spell is suitable for making talismans,” the Doctor explained: ”Many minor spells are too troublesome to make into talismans, and it’s difficult to fully and accurately present large-scale spell talismans.”

”More importantly,” the witch interjected: ”Because law books are cheap!”

”Take this revolver for example,” she stuck two fingers into Zheng Qing’s box and picked up a Fu Bullet, holding it up to Zheng Qing’s face and saying, ”Not to mention its cost. Just to fill this gun you need six Fu Bullets, each Fu Bullet contains a main effect talisman, an excitation talisman, and a control talisman. The minimum requirement for each talisman is a standard talisman. That is to say, every time you pull the trigger, you’re releasing three standard talismans. Pull the trigger six times, and you’ll fire eighteen standard talismans.”

”No one can afford this plaything for the noble gentry.” Doctor Du Zemu added resentfully from the side: ”What is being shot out are not spells, but gold beans!”

Zheng Qing suddenly understood.

”That’s why I said this is a gun for Fu Masters.” The witch caught on with a smile, turned over a small booklet from the bottom of the box, fluttered it, and said: ”The Colt Company has included the method of making Fu Bullets in their package. As the most outstanding Fu Master among the students of Jiuyou Academy, you should easily learn to make your bullets — this is all covered by patent authorization and made for others, the charm gun would be a luxury item. But for you, it should be a good addition.”