Chapter 48

|3rd POV|

"Ohhh! How was it created?! Can it change into another form?! What kind of ammo it uses?!"

Ruby looks at the gun Professor Harold Mulberry brings into the class. Today is Ruby's favourite as today is the day where she can do weapon crafting and test new weapons. The box of weapons on his hands is the weapon that Ozpin wants him to try.

In his opinion, it was a beautiful weapon that could move mankind forward. A weapon that did not use dust? That is a breakthrough that Harold never thought would be happening.

Dust is always the most important thing in this world, just behind the food. It was the one generating energy, it was the one that protected them, and it was the one that made the world move.

Harold has yet to confirm it, but a rumour is coming from the north saying there is a shield technology that does not use dust or aura to power it up.

He really wanted to ask Ozpin about it, but the Headmaster did not want to tell him where all of this technology was coming from.

"Alright people! We have a new batch of weapons given to us by the Headmaster. Please come forward, examine the weapon and tell me what makes this weapon different from your regular weapon."

Like any other day, Ruby Rose is the first to come forward and look at the weapon with a sparkle in her eyes.

Harold waits for a minute before suddenly Jaune Arc, someone he did not expect, raises his hand.

"This weapon did not use dust as its ammo."

Harold smiles a little and can see the other students look at him as if he is stupid. The only people who did not look at him with that can expression are Ruby Rose, Yang Xiao Long, and the rest of his teammates.

"What Jaune Arc tells you is correct." Harold picked up the submachine gun. "This submachine gun did not use dust as ammo. Young Jaune, can you tell me how you know about this?"

Jaune looks at his professor and says,

"Because my weapon has the same function, sir. My weapon did not use any dust but used compressed energy just like this weapon."

"Pardon me?"

Harold looked at his student.

"Does it use the same compressed energy?"

"Yes. Can I show you?"

"Of course."

Jaune nods his head, takes out his sword, and increases its range. Jaune points at the glowing energy around his weapon and says,

"This is compressed energy. This energy is the same thing inside the magazine, compressed energy. However, unlike mine, the energy inside the magazine is in a state of stagnation. This state will change when a trigger is pressed. The compressed energy will then be launched out of the muzzle in the form of an energy bullet. It is not as powerful as a plasma ammo but it was good enough to kill most Grimm."

Harold looked at his student with a shocked expression. He never thought that Jaune Arc would have this much knowledge of a long-range weapon. He always thought he used a sword because he did not know much about guns, but it looked like it was not the case.

However, there is one thing that he is really curious about.

"You are very knowledgeable in this technology, Jaune. Do you by any chance know about the person creating this technology?"

Jaune looks at Ren and Nora, who shrugs, not really caring about it.

"Yes. I know who is the one creating these weapons."

"Really?!" Harold looks at Jaune with a sparkle in his eyes. "Can you tell me who?"

"Well, the one creating these weapons is Nora and Ren's brother, Angelo de la Luna."

"The White Wolf?!"

"Yes."

Harold looks at Ren and Nora, who are nodding their heads in confirmation.

"Wait! Are your weapons also created by him?"

"Not really. He did not create my weapon, he only upgraded it. The same with Nora and Ren."

"Yes! He makes Maghnild even more awesome!"

Nora shouts with a grin on her face. Her Marghnild gets even more boom-boom, and she loves it.

"I see. Do you think you can introduce him to me? I'm a weapon smith, you see, and after seeing his work, I cannot help but want to learn under him."

Nora thinks about it for a few seconds before shaking her head.

"I don't think you can do that, prof. Brother is currently busy at the moment with all the Grimm running around the kingdom. The last time we call him, he is on the frontier helping the civilians against a horde of Grimm."

"That is… true."

Harold knows about this. He has already joined an expedition with the upper-class students around the frontier. He knows that Grimm's activity has increased in the past week, and not many people know why.

After thinking about it, he just connected the dots as the reason why Ozpin decided to give him these weapons. The Headmaster wants to test the newly mass-produced weapon as a weapon to fight against the Grimm that is soon coming.

It is not the first time that a massive horde of Grimm is coming to Beacon Academy, and the next one will not be the last one.

However, unlike in the past, Beacon academy is in dire need of dust and other defensive weapons like turrets or mecha. He knows that they need a lot of it. A bunch of dust-free weapons is good, but it was not enough.

With the Grimm getting even more aggressive, Harold knows that they will not last longer than a few more weeks.

He shakes his head, looks at his student and says,

"Alright! The reason why I brought this gun is to test it."

"Woooo!"

Harold smiles a little when he hears Ruby shouting in excitement. He did not know how they could defeat another massive Grimm horde, but for now, he will teach the next generation hunter so they can protect the weak.