"What is that?" Said Alex. "The Vanquish, Mr. Alex an ancient weapon made by your Precursor designed to take down the Apostles. It comes with a supplementary Revolver too called Miller." Said Pat as he grabs the weapon and hands it to Alex.
"I only heard these weapons from stories of the ancient past." Said Alex as he's astonished by the Vanquish's engravings on the wood with a rose, filled with prickly thorns. From handling it the carvings do help it grip better in Alex's hands. "Would you like to test it out?" Said Pat. "Yes, I would like to test this ancient piece of weaponry." Said Alex as Pat signals, Alex, to a range.
Pat and Alex arrive in the gun range where it seems to have been collecting dust from the looks of it but it seems like the facility is fully functional. "Here we go you can test it here." Said Pat. "I heard these weapons need some kind of ammunition. Do I need them here?" Said Alex as he gets familiar with the weapon.
"No need for ammunition Mr. Alex but it can take ammunition though you need special ones to use in this rifle. This is what they call a Lever-action rifle how you operate it is by cycling this lever under the trigger after you shoot you move this lever downwards to chamber another round then you can fire again. Do you get my instructions Mr. Alex?" Said Pat as he replies and prepares a target from a distance of 25 meters.
"I see so I just pull this lever down and it loads around then I pull the trigger and it will shoot?" Said Alex. "Yes, now let's try shooting a target from a distance, Mr. Alex. Now firstly you have to rest the buttstock to your shoulders to feel stable when handling the rifle. Now you can try to aim it by tilting your head a bit to the right and try to aim with one eye open similarly on how you use a Bow Mr. Alex." Said Pat as he shows Alex how to position himself on the rifle.
"Like this?" Said Alex. "Yes, now try zeroing to that target from 25 meters try to aim for the center mass as much as possible but hitting the head is more effective in taking down enemies though it is challenging." Said Pat.
"I'll try to aim at the head." Said Alex. "Okay, then good luck Mr. Alex." Said Pat as he stands back to observe Alex's aim. First shot in and Pat sees that he was a few millimeters off. "More towards to the left Mr. Alex." Said Pat as he looks at the target. Second shot in and it's within the margin of error. "That should be good. Anyways Mr. Alex you'd seem to be shaking a bit was it the recoil of the gun?" Said Pat.
"It seems so, I'm unfamiliar with these old weapons." Said Alex as he relaxes from shooting. "Here try adjusting your shoulders it should shoot smoothly also you can take as much as you can usually the rounds of this weapon will hurt like hell if you hit your target but if you want your target to be dead as quickly as you want I'll teach you a technique that has been a long gone move from the ancient times. A technique of rapidly firing rounds on these kinds of rifles." Said Pat as he grab his own rifle from the table to show that said technique.
He stands there steady and he begins shooting faster than Alex anticipated he slams the lever while keeping his index finger rested on the trigger firing as the lever retracts to prepare another shot the kid looks unfazed by the recoil. Alex was surprised and heard their voices saying 'It seems that kid never lost his edge' Said the Middle man.
"I see so that's the technique on firing quickly?" Said Alex. "Yep, but be warned use this if you know you can hit the target directly just shooting blindly won't do you good in battle. I do have here a device that helps you on aiming." Said Pat as he pulls out a Red-dot sight from a crate.
"It's a reliable way to aim with this red-dot sight. But I prefer you should master aiming without any assistance first then I'll install this to help you aim a bit easier there are other styles we can try later. You can practice as long as you can here take your time you have more than enough spare time to master it just trust your instincts and it'll help you take down those targets faster." Said Pat as he sits this one out as Alex takes his time to get used to aiming. After more than an hour of practicing Pat prepares Miller as his next step on learning ancient weaponry.
"Mr. Alex seems like you're getting hang of it. How about we practice with this gun?" Said Pat as he shows Alex, Miller a revolver that's paired with the Vanquish. "This is a weapon that's meant to be shot one handed right?" Said Alex as he was given the revolver and he feels the weight in front of it due to the big barrel weight on the front making it look aggressive and weighted to decrease recoil.
"Nice right? It's the same energy ammunition but I have special rounds that might help you in the battle. Though sadly its the only remaining ammunition for those guns. What I have here are 6 for Miller, and 12 for Vanquish." Said Pat. "Is it really okay for me to use these weapons in my quest?" Said Alex. "I mean it was designed specifically for your quest. I don't mind it neither is that Precursor of yours living in your head. You hear his voice to right?" Said Pat.
"Wait? You also have those voices?" Said Alex. "Let's just say I know things you might want to understand in the future." Said Pat as the two continues to practice Alex's aim and recoil control.