The major countries of the Old Continent all had gun bans!
Only soldiers, detectives, nobles, and certain people with special status could obtain gun permits and openly possess firearms.
That was why the adventurers Charlotte had recruited used cold weapons when surrounding the seven detectives of the Fiery Steed Detective Agency. Low-level adventurers could not obtain gun permits, and acquiring firearms was extremely difficult.
Charlotte had only been the Lucavaro District City Patrol Commander for a few days and had not yet had time to apply to the Central Government Office Military Logistics Department for equipment. The hundred-odd veteran City Patrol soldiers who had come with Dobbin were all equipped with rapiers and short guns, but the adventurers had no firearms.
Fortunately, a gun permit was not a separate document. It was issued as an attachment along with City Patrol papers; for detectives, it was issued with their detective credentials. The newly hired adventurers under his command could legally possess guns.
Charlotte led his team to Victory Bridge by the Lucavaro River.
It was also a bridge connecting the Upper Seven Districts and the Outer Fifteen Districts.
Victory Bridge itself was a small fortress, capable of sealing off passage during wartime.
They waited for several hours, until nearly afternoon, before a convoy arrived from Picardy District on the opposite side.
As City Patrol soldiers, they naturally split into two teams and guarded both sides of the convoy.
Charlotte followed the procession on foot. He had gone out the night before without his Alchemy Staff, Alchemy Pistol, or Magnum Hand Shuttle. The Vampire Hand Axe was hidden beneath his coat, and with both hands empty, he felt rather free and at ease.
The heart of the convoy was naturally Grand Duke Ferdinand's coffin, but a young nobleman in his thirties at