CHAPTER 41: GENIUS WORK

"Don’t let my looks fool you—I’m a genuine mage apprentice!"

Destructive Fist Eddie widened his eyes, showing off the Magic Net Ring on his finger, then quickly prayed, inputting magic power to activate the Magic Net Ring. "See? I can activate the Magic Net!"

"Hiss—" Heddy didn’t hide her sharp intake of breath: "Too bad I didn’t get to meet you earlier. If I could have met you back then, that mission would definitely have been completed faster."

"Mission? What?" Destructive Fist Eddie was somewhat confused.

"No, nothing." Heddy shook her head slightly: "Since you already have a Magic Net Ring, what brings you to my shop?"

Facing this perfect customer she’d once missed, Heddy’s emotions were a bit down for a moment, until he stated his purpose: "I heard your magic bombs here are the most authentic and strongest!"

"Whether they’re the strongest, I don’t know, but all the magic bombs here are gifts from God, different from other places." Heddy excitedly pulled out a box. "But I’d recommend you buy our new product instead. Trust me, this is the equipment that suits you best!"

"Just 30 gold shields, first come first served!"

The box opened.

A bracer-type ray gun sat inside.

The bracer-type ray gun was similar to Spider-Man’s web shooters, fixed to the wrist. You just needed to input magic power to fire rays. Compared to the traditional ray gun, it was obviously more suitable for this burly man.

Looking at his outfit, he should be an adventurer type.

Probably studied magic for a few years early on but switched to knight or swordsman professions due to low magical talent. Such people weren’t uncommon.

Heddy immediately thought of many scenarios where he could use it.

"Bracer-type ray gun? What’s this? I need life-saving equipment!"

"This is life-saving equipment!" Heddy quickly explained all the information about the bracer-type ray gun.

"You’re saying I just need a tiny bit of magic power to trigger this thing and it’ll fire ray attacks? And I get to choose what kind of ray?"

Destructive Fist Eddie was somewhat bewildered.

"Yes. Searing rays, freezing rays, corrosive rays... almost all the low-level ray magic you can think of. And one energy storage rune module can fire ten times—change it out in one second and you get another ten shots!"

Heddy’s endless chatter gave Destructive Fist Eddie an idea: "Alright, I’ll take it! Thirty gold shields, right?"

"Yes, bracer-type ray gun for thirty gold shields." After the transaction was complete, just as Destructive Fist Eddie was about to leave, Heddy’s voice rang out again: "Aren’t you going to get some ray modules? In some scenarios, a single ray type won’t work well! One spell ray module is just 10 gold shields!"

Destructive Fist Eddie was tempted.

After purchasing several modules, Heddy’s voice rang out again: "Don’t you want to get some extra energy storage modules? Charging isn’t convenient when exploring in the wild, and during fights, one extra ray often means one extra life."

Destructive Fist Eddie was tempted.

After purchasing several energy storage modules, before Heddy’s voice could ring out again, he suddenly stopped and turned around: "You sure there’s nothing else to recommend?"

"If you’d like, you could buy some magic bombs too." Heddy smiled and started showing off the different types of magic bombs.

After who knows how long, when Destructive Fist Eddie left the shop, his expression was somewhat strange. Just as his teammates were about to ask, he said somewhat helplessly: "Maybe after this job’s done, we’ll need to do one more!"

Dawn Royal Palace.

Hand of the King Berion was frowning as he looked at the Magic Net in his hands.

Just then, there was a knock at the door.

"Come in!" Berion looked at the person entering, displeasure flickering in his eyes.

The western border garrison general had just sent a message through the Magic Net about some movements from the Teylir Emirates, forcing him to focus almost all his energy on this matter. He didn’t want to think about other things.

The Teylir Emirates was located northwest of the kingdom.

It was a united kingdom jointly established by western continental humans, orcs, and half-orcs. The kingdom was organized in tribal forms internally but had established a council at the royal court to jointly govern the territory.

Any movement from these muscle-brained guys would give the Kingdom of Dawn major headaches.

"Sir, the new products from Lady Heddy the Coffin-Carrying’s shop are still weapons." The attendant had already sensed Berion’s displeasure and quickly set out the ray guns.

Looking at the items placed on the table before him, Berion’s eyes were full of surprise: "You’re saying these are new Magic Conductor creations sold by Lady Heddy’s shop?"

"Yes, Lord Berion. These two devices and these... accessories are the new merchandise from Lady Heddy the Coffin-Carrying’s shop."

A servant bowed and quickly explained: "Lady Heddy says these two devices are called ’ray guns’ and can release over a dozen different ray magics like searing rays, corrosive rays, bright light rays, etc. The biggest difference from magic bombs is they use something called ’modular’ construction... I have some understanding of this term, you can see these ’accessories’..."

As Berion listened to the servant’s endless explanation, his expression grew increasingly serious, even gradually filled with amazement and joy.

The term "modular" was quite obscure, but when combined with the objects before him, it became easy to understand. The ray gun was divided into three parts: main body, energy storage magic module, and spell model module. Combining these three parts allowed usage.

Moreover, these three modules could be combined at will. Whatever spell model you used determined what ray you fired. After depleting energy storage, swap in an energy module and you could count again and fire anew.

"Genius! Genius work!" Berion looked at everything and couldn’t help muttering: "Compared to magic bombs, this Magic Conductor is more suitable for precision work. No, this is like an enhanced magic archer! An archer who can infinitely shoot magic rays!"

As a border duke who had overseen multiple wars, he quickly realized the ray gun’s important role.

He immediately couldn’t help opening the Magic Encyclopedia to see if there were related construction methods online, but sadly, not even entries existed.

Helplessly, he could only summon the two giants again.

If they could produce large quantities of ray guns, he’d have confidence in victory even against the Teylir Emirates.

They spent the entire night together studying this new Magic Conductor, dark circles somehow spreading to their cheeks.

Even with legendary strength, quickly reverse-engineering ray guns wasn’t easy.

Just as they were discussing intensely, footsteps suddenly sounded outside: "Lord Berion, Viscount Roster has arrived. Do you want to see him now?"

"Viscount Roster?" Berion was obviously stunned, but soon recalled recent documents: "Tell Viscount Roster I’m tied up with something here. Please ask him to wait in the reception hall for a moment!"

"Understood." The attendant nodded slightly and was about to leave when he seemed to remember something: "Sir, should Viscount Roster’s samples be moved to a more secure area? We can’t be sure if magic bombs produced by Roster territory are safe and reliable!"

???

Magic bombs?!

Everyone present was stunned.

The two legendary magicians immediately focused their gazes on the Hand of the King.

Weren’t they supposed to be responsible for magic bomb production through their magical organizations?! Why were there outsiders involved?!

And just a mere viscount?!

How much did this look down on them?

But Berion was also completely baffled: "You’re saying Viscount Roster brought magic bombs produced by his territory?"