Quicker than a laser

In the lawman’s rough hand was a weapon that was exceedingly hard to come by, graceful
and fierce and glittering in the sunlight—a sol gun. Amplifying the power
of natural light, the gun could channel it into a fifty-million-degree beam
that could go through three feet of titanium in a thousandth of a second.

Unlike laser blasters or photon cannons, which were rendered useless if
their ultra-compact nuclear power sources were destroyed, the sol gun only
needed a piece of resilient photosensitive film to keep it running
indefinitely. Thirty minutes of exposure on a sunny day or six hours on a
rainy one was enough to keep the beam charged for over two hundred
hours. Even D wouldn’t fare very well if shot through the heart with that,
never mind what would happen if it was fired at his head . . .

The sheriff quickly put some distance between D and himself. “See, I’ve
heard that the Vampire Hunter D has a sword that’s quicker than a laser
beam,” he explained. “Move along, now.”

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