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Chapter 208 - Silas Cousland

Soon a man wearing an eye patch over his left eye. He has brown-reddish hair with some gray strands in it. His right eye is yellow and he had quite a serious look on his face.

"Are those two the people you mentioned?" asks the man as the receptionist nods.

"Yes, they wanted to meet you," says the receptionist as the man didn't take a closer look and waves at them to follow him.

Vincent and Ciri follow him when he says, "Welcome to the Weapons Department. We develop here not only firearms but other weapons as well. I am Silas Cousland and I am in charge of the Firearms Department that is lead under the Weapons Department."

They passed some rooms where Vincent could see how they were working on some swords when they arrived at an office that had firearms hanging from the walls.

"So how can I help you?" asks Silas as he sat down behind his desk while offering Vincent and Ciri a seat when Vincent placed his musket on the desk.

Silas was fascinated to see a musket since they aren't been used for a long time. He takes it and begins inspects it.

"This one is quite old. I can see that it isn't one of the models that were used a hundred years ago. Where have you found it?" says Silas as he sees that the musket was in perfect condition and he could even read the inscription on the barrel.

"For my son," says Silas reading the inscription when he says, "by Eorlund Gray-Mane."

"It is quite an old family heirloom. But my wife told me that I need to change my musket to a more advanced weapon since they don't produce bullets for it any longer," says Vincent as Silas wasn't mentally there at the moment.

"I think he didn't hear you," says Ciri as she sees how hard Silas was thinking.

'Eorlund Gray-Mane is the name of a Legendary Blacksmith that was born in the Fourth Era and died in the Fifth Era. He only had two sons and a daughter. One of his sons was a Jarl and the other was a Smith as well,' thinks Silas when he put the musket down.

He walked out of the office leaving Vincent and Ciri behind as he grabbed a book that contained Eorlund's Biography written by a Famous Historian. He then returned back to the office while reading the book trying to find a clue why an Au-Ra could have such a weapon.

"Is there a problem?" asks Vincent seeing Silas read a book.

"I know that you are part of my family since one of my Ancestors was a Highwind but you shouldn't have stolen this Heirloom from the Gray-Mane Clan," says Silas angry as Vincent was confused for a moment.

"Stole it?" says Vincent confused as he suddenly began to laugh out loud because he suddenly realized something.

His relationship with Eorlund Gray-Mane could have been forgotten since centuries passed since Eorlund died and the Gray-Manes and Battle-Manes didn't tell their descendants that Vincent is part of their family.

"I think you have it wrong," says Vincent as he removed his helmet and Silas looked at him and dropped his book out of shock.

"I am Eorlund Gray-Mane's adoptive son," says Vincent as Silas suddenly wanted to kneel when Vincent stopped him and says, "That isn't needed. I am on a private matter here. And my friends and family never kneel to me."

"Ancestor," says Silas as he then looked at the musket and asks, "Is that the first musket ever created on Nirn?"

"It is," says Vincent as Silas gave it an even closer look.

"You said that you are here to replace it?" asks Silas as Vincent nods

"Yes, Anra recommended you since she said that you are the best Gunslinger in the family," says Vincent as he looked at the walls with all those firearms hanging from them.

"How about I show you the newer models which we are producing," says Silas putting the musket on the desk as Vincent picked the musket up from the desk.

Silas leads them to the lab in which they have the newer models and says, "I would recommend this one first. It is the Caliburn-067. A revolver that is easy to handle."

Vincent was holding the Caliburn which was completely raven black with a streak of blood red on each side running down the barrel which ended at the end of the handle.

"The bullets created for this gun defy logic as they can be infused with Magicka making them elemental bullets," says Silas as he took the Caliburn from Vincent and put six bullets that seemed too big for a revolver bullet into it.

Silas concentrates his Magicka in the Caliburn and shots at the dummy across the room making a bullet which was engulfed in fire hit it when Silas continued and a bullet engulfed in ice and another in lightning came out of the revolver surprising Vincent.

"So you can change it from bullet to bullet," says Vincent surprised as Silas nods.

"Yes, we created them for mages after all. They are quite useful and the rounds are special as well since they aren't the normal size but the size of a rifle bullet. So if you hit someone with a round like that they will stay down," says Silas as he adds, "But you should double-tap just to make sure they really are dead."

"And Mages get those weapons?" asks Vincent as Silas sighs and shakes his head.

"No, they rather use their staffs instead of relying on our guns. The only one using guns between the mages would be the Arch-Mage of Winterhold. But she doesn't have the newest model yet.

She is also one of our sponsors seeing future in it except for the Imperial Family that is sponsoring us as well since the son of the Emperor is known for his Gunslinger skills," says Silas as Vincent was surprised to hear that.

"He doesn't look like it," says Vincent as Silas nods.

"That's what makes him dangerous for his enemies. If you can't read him correctly he could just blast a hole into your head," says Silas as Vincent smiled feeling excited, making his opinion over his great-grandchildren change.

"Then he might be a good emperor in the future," says Vincent as he took the Caliburn again and handles it trying it out when he asks, "Do you have a second one?"

"Of course," says Silas as he brought another one out before bringing a rifle and a shotgun out.

"Here we have the Oathkeeper-0124," says Silas giving Vincent a pump-action shotgun that can shot 12 bullets before it needs to be reloaded.

"And the Daywalker-0154," says Silas handing over a rifle that holds 50 bullets in its magazine which normally would make it an LMG but its design and rapid-fire made it more of an assault rifle.

"Then we have the Endbringer-057," says Silas pulling out a sniper out of its case.

"This monster can kill anything you want to kill from over 5km without trouble. Its force is so great that the bullet doesn't drop until it traveled the first 3km making it the best weapon we have ever created so far," says Silas as he then pulled a bullet of the Vanguard out and loads the sniper rifle.

He shots at the dummy and it only obliterated it while Silas flew some meters away from the recoil. He stood up and Vincent felt excited from seeing the advancement that was being made on firearms since he left.

"The only flaw of this monster is the recoil. No one was able to tame the beast yet," says Silas as he walked over.

"Can I customed them?" asks Vincent as Silas nods.

"Yes, Brylinda also has custom-made weapons," says Silas as Vincent smiles.

"Why do I not see a Gunblade?" asks Vincent as Silas looked at him confused when Vincent asks, "You never saw one?"

"No," says Silas as Vincent scratched his head.

"I should have left some schematics behind on them," says Vincent summoning his Gunblade which he showed to Silas who seemed to freak out a bit.

"A Gun and a Sword in one," says Silas as Vincent nods and takes out schematics of it.

"I want to see how far you can advance this weapon. I will also invest with some of my private funds in this department," says Vincent as he hands the schematics over to Silas as he picked up the monster.

"Can you change the color on one side white with a black Dragon on it while the other side is in the opposite color but with a white Dragoon on it. They should remind from where I came," says Vincent as the Dragon would represent Nidhogg and the Dragoon represents Haldrath.

"I can do that. It will take some time but you still haven't decided which ones you want," says Silas as Vincent smiles.

"I take every single one of those you showed me and two of the Caliburns. Can you engrave the Dragon and Dragoon and leave your name on every weapon. Also, I will need... What was the name again?" says Vincent thinking about the word he wanted to say.

"A multi-use belts, holsters, and the most important thing, bullets," says Silas as he places everything on the table.

"I want them all in black," says Vincent as Silas nods.

"No problem, I will prepare everything but are you sure about the Endbringer?" asks Silas as Vincent nods.

"I should be able to adapt to it. But keep me informed if newer versions come out," says Vincent as Silas notes the number down when they returned to Silas' office where Vincent put his helmet back on.

"It will take at least a month to prepare everything. Should I send it to Highwind City?" asks Silas as Vincent nods.

"Yes, we will be leaving then," says Vincent as Silas completed forgot about Ciri who was completely uninterested in guns as she loved her sword more than anything else.

"Right, let me help you out," says Silas as he guided them out.

Once outside Vincent opened a rift to Highwind City and they returned home when it was already dark.

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