Weapon selection(4)

"A Gun?"

All the students stood stupefied at my selection of main-weapon.

"Is he a retard?"

"What an attention seeker!"

Most of them were already looking at me with surprise when I said that I wanted to pick multiple main weapons but now that I chose a Mana powered gun, they were even more stupefied seeing my choice of main-weapons.

The sword and spear were pretty fine as they are one of the most common weapons of choice.

But my choice of gun is what surprised them the most.

Gun's were of course excellent weapons, but that was only for the ordinary people who couldn't wield mana.

Rather than traditional bullets, the guns in Freljord Academy used 'magic bullets', bullets containing compressed mana with the power to kill low-intermediate rank monsters.

In comparison, the training sword which is said to cost 20000 gilds could only kill low-rank monsters on average. So, the gun was a stronger weapon on its own.

But the students and strong people of the Mauryan, who could wield magic power didn't choose guns.

That was because unlike generic weapons which could be strengthened using mana, 'magic power' couldn't be applied to guns, so no matter how strong the user of a gun was, the weapon had a clear limit in potency.

In choosing a main weapon, the most important aspect was its origin.

The reason being that the weapons with deep history had a little chance of transcending into 'artifacts'.

As it is known, the weapons like sword, spear, saber, daggers, bow had a deep history and myth connected to them.

For example, the sword was a weapon of long and deep history. Naturally, many swords had descended from myths and legends.

Excalibur - the sword granted to the first saint by Goddess Aria, Muramasa - A sword that is said to be cursed by the monarch of hell, Twilight - the sword of first emperor of Mauryan that was forged with dragon materials, etc.

And leaving aside the known ones, many swords of legends remained undiscovered in 'Dungeons'.

Each of them was a priceless treasure. Of course, these treasures could only be used by those who were proficient with swords. Consequently, People chose more ancient weapons.

Even if they reached a bottleneck in their growth, a high grade weapon could help them break through.

So In such a scenario, my choice of taking a gun as one my main-weapons was indeed shocking for them.

But what they didn't know was that, I, Eren Pendragon, knew the secret location of a Gun artifact, which would change the idea that the whole world had about Guns.

It was found by a commoner in my past life and a native noble got hold of it somehow, the artifact was so strong that the noble who was just a 2-star mana user at that time was able to use it and fight against equal terms with a 5-star knight!

Anyway, that was something that I plan to obtain in the future, so I concentrated on the things at hand I turned to Professor Keating for finalizing my choice of weapons.

"Eren...are you sure want to pick a gun."

"Yes Professor, I am sure of my choices."

Professor Keating didn't look happy with my choice but he nodded with a slight frown.

"That's fine. Students can make their own choices at Freljord. Instructors won't interfere at all. But that also means the responsibility falls on students too."

Professor Keating moved on, but the whispering among students didn't stop. Whispers that should have been too quiet for me to hear, for some reason, I could hear them clearly.

"Gun? Is that guy insane?"

"Why did he even come to Freljord if he wants to be a mercenary?"

Before entering the Freljord Academy, the noble students would get a chance to try all sorts of weapons. It was to find the weapon that suited their talent. And as a noble even I was provided that chance, I remember choosing a sword as my main weapon after trying out different kinds weapons in my past life.

Anyway, talent was needed to use any kind of weapon but the degree was reduced considerably for the guns. You just had to put your finger on the trigger and pull.

Of course, if you want to hit the target, then your aim must also be just as good! Nevertheless, aiming can be learned and perfected through practice.

It was also one of the main reasons why I chose that.

"You can easily change the main weapon you chose today. And regardless of what you chose, you will go through the same training and tests. That means the weaknesses of a weapon will be yours to handle."

Professor Keating announced while looking my way.

The students were permitted to change their main weapons at period of time but the classes they would have to attend the classes same as other students and the time they spent on previous weapons would be a waste.

Professor Keating's words were especially directed at me as he expected me to leave out gun or change it in the near future.

But I doubted if that will happen.

"Now, Professor Joshua asked me to handle the matter regarding your dorms as he was busy with something."

Hearing to him, I was sure that it was more like Professor Kill Joy found it annoying to do it himself and pushed the work on Professor Keating.

"We'll assign you your rooms based on the grades of entrance exam and your personal belongings will be sent there."

Professor Keating spoke as he instructed his assistant to handover the keys.

And thus, the main weapon selection ended.

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