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Chapter 38 Steam Powered Armor
  At the training ground of Brandlis Manor, a knight with rugged armor appeared here again after many years.

The Brandless family was still a typical knight family in Purficott's grandfather's generation. The children of the family became extraordinary knights through ancestral training methods, and then joined the army to fight for the lord and the empire, gaining merit and trophies.

Generations of ancestors have come here like this, although they don't even have a noble title, and the family's territory is only a small village.

The so-called ancestral training method of extraordinary knights is only enough to reach the level of a great knight, and the Brandless family has not produced a great knight for many generations before the old Baron Brandless.

Until Purficott's grandfather's generation, they just caught up with the industrial revolution triggered by the emergence of the steam engine. The material abundance brought about by the increase in productivity allowed the old Baron Brandlis not only to reach the level of a grand knight, but also to become a knight. The only one in the Brandless family for several generations to break through the shackles and become a knight of the Order.

As a result, the old Baron Brandlis came to prominence in the war between the Empire and France for world hegemony. He received the title of hereditary baron and earned a huge fiefdom for his family.

But that was the last glory of the age of chivalry. After the old Baron Brandlis retired from the army, the empire's military reforms began.

Although there are still a large number of knights in the army, the main forces in combat are already line infantry and artillery. Even the grassroots commanding officers have gradually begun to be replaced by non-commissioned officers trained in professional military schools, instead of being held by knights.

This is actually easy to understand. Noncommissioned officers trained by professional military academies are specifically targeted at grassroots combat command. There are only so many things to learn. They do not need to spend a lot of time learning etiquette and martial arts like knights.

The training content is small, and the cycle is naturally short. In addition, this kind of training does not have as high a threshold as a knight, so the number also goes up.

As a result, the proportion of traditional knights in the military system is getting smaller and smaller, causing many knight families to gradually abandon the traditional military route and switch to other fields, or to the new military system.

Originally, the old Baron Brandless was not a feudal old stubborn. As someone who had personally experienced the era of change brought about by the steam engine, he was actually an enlightened old man who was very willing to accept new things.

Just as a representative of the traditional knightly military knighthood, the old Baron Brandlis is largely regarded as one of the representatives of the traditional faction in the military.

Affected by this, although the old baron had no obsession with the family's children continuing the tradition, at least he still asked his two sons to join the army.

Yes, Purficott actually has an uncle. Her father is the eldest brother, and there are two brothers in the family.

However, Purficott's father did not choose the route planned by the old baron to attend military school, but rebelliously chose to study alchemy.

There were two sons in the family. Although the old baron was disappointed with Purfict's father's choice, he did not force it. It was enough for one of them to join the army.

So after attending his brother's wedding, Perficott's uncle joined the army and died on the battlefield without even seeing Perficott's face.

The old baron was deeply hit by this, and he was completely discouraged and depressed. The training ground of the Brandlis family has been unused since then.

To this day, after the old butler Foster broke through the shackles of the Grand Knight and became a Knight of the Order, he wore the steam armor made for him by Purficott to adapt to the new equipment here, which is considered to make this old training ground useful again. played a role.

"This armor is so powerful! My strength has been enhanced at least three times by wearing it!" Foster lifted up the stone pier used to exercise strength in the training ground with one hand, with an expression on his face. A hint of uncanny. The armor on his body is not a simple defensive armor, but a set of special alchemy equipment with the help of internal mechanical structure.

Relying on the special steam power source behind it, this armor can even be called a steam version of power armor.

The surface armor plate is a highly inclined arc-shaped armor made by Purficott using the nickel-chromium alloy she mixed with carburizing and hardening technology. The shapes of all armor plates have been subjected to precise mathematical calculations to ensure that the defense effectiveness is maximized.

The traditional internal structure uses hydraulic piston assist, which has an effect just like Foster experienced, which can amplify the user's power three to five times.

A total of two steam cores used by Purficott on the maid doll are mounted on this set of power armor, which can provide a power output of about 20 horsepower.

When equipped with an external high-pressure gas storage tank, this set of power armor can work for ten hours, and can also sustain for six hours in high-intensity battles.

Moreover, the external high-pressure gas storage tank is replaceable. As long as the gas is stored in advance, high-intensity continuous combat can be achieved.

Paired with Purficott's specially crafted chain sword and large-caliber automatic sniper rifle, this set of equipment is enough to make the knight rise again in this era.

Of course, regardless of the fact that this entire set was hand-made by the master of alchemy Perficott, the cost is so high that even with the blessing of the Philosopher's Stone, it is still an astronomical figure.

"Grandpa Afu, this armor is still in the testing stage. I need to make adjustments based on your feedback." Purficott looked at Foster's excitement and also had a smile on his face.

However, she still did not forget her main purpose. She pointed to the forest in the distance and said to Foster: "At present, there is no problem with the armor's transmission. We will make detailed fine-tuning later. Let's try this first. Gun.

It has a range of 800 meters and the recoil is a bit strong. It is recommended that you stand firm before shooting. "

After hearing what Purficott said, Foster did not show off. Instead, he opened the fixing pins of the armor's legs according to Purficott's request, and fixed his legs on the solid ground. With the assistance of the hydraulic transmission device of both arms, he set up the gun and aimed at the target in the forest in the distance.

The high-power optical sight made through alchemy installed on the gun makes the woodland one kilometer away seem to be close at hand. The specially designed front sight and ruler allow Foster to aim at the target easily.

After confirming that he was ready and letting Perfectcott retreat to a safe distance, Foster pulled the trigger.

"Bang!" After a loud noise, a big tree in the forest in the distance had its trunk blown off, and then fell down.

Even from a distance of nearly one kilometer, the fallen tree was very conspicuous.

(End of this chapter)