The three rockets Little Knife presented all had pronounced strengths and weaknesses, and the killing weapons the players displayed afterward each had their own merits, yielding nothing to his creations.
For instance, the player who came up after Little Knife brought out something vicious... a flamethrower.
His flamethrower consisted of a large steel tank fitted with a pressurizing lever, mounted on a two-wheeled handcart. Two people operated it together: one pushed the cart or pumped the lever, while the other held the nozzle.
The flamethrower had two firing modes: an atomized spray and a straight stream. The former reached five meters, covering a fan-shaped area ahead, while the latter fired in a straight line up to fifteen meters.
During the demonstration at the range, the scorching wave of fire from the atomized spray poured out like a fan-shaped waterfall, instantly engulfing every target within five meters.
The straw dummies and wooden targets warped and charred under the intense heat, bursting into flames within a second. Even the lamellar plates on the dummies glowed red and deformed, falling away as the cords holding them burned through.
A low murmur rose from the spectators. Some instinctively stepped back, as though they could feel the heat washing over them.
The player holding the nozzle switched to the straight-stream mode. Keeping his grip steady, he sent a straight dragon of fire roaring out, igniting a target fifteen meters away in the blink of an eye.
The python-like flame pierced the target with precision, even plowing a scorched furrow into the sand farther away. The concentration and penetrating power of the flames in this mode were astonishing. In actual combat, even enemies behind cover might not escape.
As for the Sword-and-Shield Fighters holding their shields?
If they ran too slowly, they would become roast suckling