After giving the order, Koster turned and walked into the valley.
A short while later, he reached the valley and saw bodies strewn across the ground.
His soldiers had already begun scavenging the modern weapons from the Western soldiers.
One of them was brought to him.
The soldiers were studying the modern weapons too, but unfortunately, they couldn't figure out how they worked. They turned them this way and that, trying to find some clue!
Rat-a-tat-tat!
A burst of gunfire suddenly rang out.
A soldier had picked up a modern rifle and pulled the trigger. As the bullets fired, the recoil sent the muzzle skyward, and the impact knocked the soldier to the ground.
But his face lit up with delight. "I've got it! I know how this weapon works. You have to press here!"
As he spoke, the soldier picked up the rifle and pointed to the trigger.
The other soldiers began trying it too.
Rat-a-tat-tat!
Rat-a-tat-tat!
Gunfire erupted all around them.
Even so, they couldn't keep their weapons steady. The muzzles jerked up toward the sky, and one after another, they stumbled backward.
Some pulled the triggers without anything happening, clearly because the safety was still on.
Unfortunately, they didn't understand that and assumed the weapons were broken.
The weapon in Koster's hands was just as unresponsive. After pulling the trigger several times, he frowned and began examining it.
Yavin Kingdom's capital was called the City of God, because it was the headquarters of the Church!
At that moment, the old Pope was receiving a believer, a kingdom official who knelt respectfully before him.
"Your Excellency, what I said is true. His Majesty the King has already set out with the army. There really are enemies beyond the Storm Wall."
"I understand." The Pope frowned, then