The Threat from Abroad

What remained in the wake of the eerie gunfire was a heavy silence.

The T-34's armor had perfectly stopped even the 20mm autocannons that had literally ground enemies to pieces in Count Sarsen's domain, on the western plains, and off Belfort.

A mobile weapon impervious to infantry fire would become an object of terror on the front lines—a terror utterly unlike that of mere cavalry driven from the battlefield by firearms.

"Huh, it seems this will completely replace the existing cavalry."

"If even 20mm rounds can't get through, is there any infantry weapon of this era that can pierce this tank's armor?"

"Bolt-action rifles won't even be able to scratch it."

"Then all we need to worry about are mages."

Next, three fourth- and fifth-tier mages were brought in for the experiment.

The human cannons most commonly seen on the front lines. In the mages' hands, the most common fourth-tier offensive spell, Fireball, appeared.

Flames engulfed the tank, but even firepower capable of blowing away a house in a single blast and burning a sailing ship could not penetrate the T-34's armor...