Although the fact that the Burning Legion had grasped the biochemical modification technology gave us a lot of pressure, it wasn't like we didn't have any good news at all.
To be more precise, a piece of news that should have been bad news had been turned into good news due to the appearance of a certain key item. Are you feeling dizzy yet?
This was what Pandora told me on the way back while we were resting on the transport ship.
When Sicarro organized and analyzed the data collected from the soldiers under his command, he came up with a delightful conclusion. Pandora told me this news immediately.
We have a special weapon that can deal at least double damage to mutated demons!
Mystical Iron Ammunition!
I was stunned when I first heard this term. Mystical Iron? What's that? It sounded very familiar, as if he had heard of it somewhere before.
Looking at my confused expression, even Sandora couldn't help but hold her forehead and sigh. She couldn't help but sigh at how she found such a good person. "I say, Ah Jun, can you occasionally pay more attention to such important information? Mystical Iron, isn't that the metal that we discovered by chance when we went to another world that can restrain the power of the Abyss? We even got Bubble to leave behind a Mother Nest to help the otherworld people nurture esper warriors in exchange for a stable supply of Mystical Iron. Now, you … Oh my god, why haven't you remembered it yet … "
Looking at Sandora, who had already started to grab her blonde hair and headbutt me without caring about her image, I felt embarrassed to continue teasing her. Thus, I pulled the young lady who was already going crazy into my arms and smiled. "Alright, alright, I was just teasing you. I remembered it long ago. There's also that Central Esper Bureau, but I really didn't think about it just now …"
Looking at Sandora leaning in my arms with a blissful expression, Pandora couldn't help but sneak glances at us. Her seemingly empty gray eyes and usually expressionless face actually revealed a faint look of envy.
If it was Little Bubble, she would have waved her little hands and rushed forward to hug me. However, it was a pity that Pandora couldn't do such an action. This lass clearly had the appearance of a young loli, but she always maintained an incomparably serious look. Only when the few of us were together would she occasionally act coquettishly in her own way. However, when there was someone else present, she would definitely keep a straight face and not smile. Now … I looked at the two guards at the door who had serious expressions on their faces and tensed bodies, and then at the little loli who clearly wanted to come forward and act coquettishly but pretended to be a mature and steady adult. I suddenly felt that this lass was really interesting …
Thinking until here, I couldn't help but rub Pandora's head. If I hugged her like a child in front of her subordinates, this lass would definitely throw a tantrum, so I could only settle for the next best thing and rub her head. Although the two guards at the door seemed to have serious expressions on their faces, they immediately turned their faces to the side, as though they were seriously on guard to see if there were any enemies nearby. Yup, they knew how to behave.
Although Pandora usually didn't like to be treated like a child, I was clearly an exception. Thus, even though rubbing the head was an intimate way to treat a child, Pandora immediately revealed an expression of enjoyment. At the same time, she didn't forget to immediately sneak a glance to see if anyone was paying attention to this side. When she discovered that the two guards weren't looking here, she obviously let out a sigh of relief.
"Is the effect of that Arcane Iron bullet really that good?"
"It's surprisingly good." Sandora extended her hand and took out an extra-large gray bullet from her personal space. "Although we haven't analyzed the composition of the Arcane Iron that has the special ability to suppress the power of the Abyss, it is still very easy to use the purified Arcane Iron to create bullets. The surface of this bullet is coated with a very thin layer of Arcane Iron. Originally, the Burning Legion and our fallen relatives using the power of the Abyss to carry out biochemical modifications on demons was definitely a piece of bad news that gave us a headache. However … they definitely didn't expect that there would be something in this world that could suppress the power of the Abyss. After strengthening, the demon's skin, which can resist armor-piercing bullets, has no resistance at all against this kind of low-tech bullet. The Arcane Iron bullet that is fired at the lowest initial speed can practically pierce through those demons who think that they are invulnerable …"
"In other words, the threat of the strengthened demons has been eliminated?" Of course, I was overjoyed when I heard this good news. Although we had eliminated fifty strengthened demons today, this didn't mean that we had any advantage over the Burning Legion. There were three reasons. First, those demons that we had eliminated were obviously the first generation of experimental products. According to the description of the demon squad leader, the modifications they had received were still rather crude and primitive. These fellows' strength couldn't compare to a truly perfect mutated demon at all. According to Sandora's analysis, if this type of modification was successful, an ordinary soldier of the Burning Legion could possibly have the same combat strength as an ordinary Schilling soldier. In that case, our absolute advantage would have been lost, and we would only be left with the technological advantage of long-range weapons. Secondly, the demons that we had encountered were obviously small fries with no tactical skills. This might be related to the fact that they were still unfamiliar with their new powers. This could be seen from the fact that when they were attacked, they only relied on their powerful physical bodies to forcefully resist the attacks instead of using ingenious and rapid changes in formation to defend and counterattack. If we had faced fifty standard, well-trained raid teams with melee and ranged attacks, tanks, and healers … Cough, cough, please don't pay too much attention to this subtle slip of the tongue. What I meant was that even if the fifty demons that we had encountered today had slightly better military training and more diverse combat abilities, with their physical bodies that could withstand the barrage of machine guns, we definitely wouldn't have been able to win so easily. Thirdly, and also the most important point, our military strength is at an absolute disadvantage.
That's right, the Schilling Main Engine technology is very overpowered, and the Super Dimensional Garrison technology also allows our basic military strength to be quite impressive. However, no matter how many troops there are, there is still a limit. No matter how overpowered the Schilling Main Engine is, it still requires time for construction and development. Even if the 12 Bubble Main Engines were to work day and night, it would still be impossible for us to catch up to the Burning Legion's military strength in a short period of time. Although, due to some unknown reasons, the Burning Legion has yet to show any signs of a large-scale descent, I have a feeling that the demons' arrival is not far away. We definitely don't have the time to develop so many troops.
In summary, even though we easily eliminated 50 mutated demons today, in reality, compared to the Burning Legion, our overall strength is at a complete disadvantage …
However, the successful development of the Mysterious Iron Weapon has brought me an unexpected piece of good news. It seems that our greatest danger, the mutated demons, isn't that scary.
However, as if she was purposely praising the Mysterious Iron Bullet for a long time, Sandora told me a rather shocking truth, "The situation isn't as optimistic as you think …"
"The Mysterious Iron Bullet can indeed restrain the Abyss energy on the mutated demons, but its restraining ability is only reflected in the suppression of Abyss energy. In other parameters, such as the bullet's kinetic energy, hardness, penetrating power, and so on, the Mysterious Iron Bullet doesn't have any outstanding aspects. In fact, due to the conflict between Mysterious Iron and several other alloys, the hardness of the bullet is even inferior to that of a normal bullet. In other words, if the enemy is a powerful demon, the power of this bullet is even inferior to a titanium alloy Saab bullet. Moreover, even if the mutated demons' full power is reflected in the Abyss energy, Mysterious Iron isn't omnipotent. Even if it is a natural enemy, its restraining ability has its limits. I roughly calculated, a bullet with Mysterious Iron coating can at most suppress this scale of Abyss energy …"
As Sandora spoke, she stretched out her right hand and lightly flicked out a small black spark — it wasn't much bigger than Little Bubble's canine teeth.
"It's equivalent to the Abyss energy of the half-finished mutated demons that we met today. As the Abyss energy increases, the Mysterious Iron Bullet's restraining ability will become weaker and weaker until it becomes completely ineffective … Right, don't think about using Mysterious Iron to increase the power of the bullet. First of all, we don't have that much Mysterious Iron resources. Even if we did, this method would be useless because the range of effect of the bullet and Abyss energy is actually limited to the surface of the bullet … Eh, Ah Jun, what's wrong?"
… It's nothing. It's just that when a certain someone was about to ask why they didn't make the bullet pure Mysterious Iron, our Queen predicted that her lover might ask a stupid question in advance and took precautions against it. As a result, a certain someone developed a huge sense of inferiority in terms of intelligence …
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