Mika took out the magic-guided rifle, inserted a blue crystal into the energy slot, and pressed down the lever to ensure the tightly sealed gears were perfectly closed to prevent the arcane energy reaction device inside from exploding.
Currently, the rifles on the market in the Western Continent are all bullpup designs. For stability, Mika laid prone on the wind-eroded rock and set up the rifle.
After carefully counting, the well-dressed geological survey team had four members, and the guard team had eight soldiers, all wearing high-mobility light armor and carrying a type of firearm Mika had never seen before.
Decades ago, the guns developed by the mages of the Tower Alliance had already reached, and even surpassed, mid-19th-century Earth standards.
Blueprints for automatic firearms had long been designed, but the craftsmanship and materials for the air chamber and recoil spring were problematic.
