The preparation took three days.

First, we needed to replenish the ammunition used during the underground expedition. Most of the bullets Lena and I had fired were standard lead rounds, but we had also used a significant amount of Marmaros rounds we had prepared in advance.

Thankfully, processing the material didn’t take too long.

“The underground was littered with beast corpses, after all. We needed to clear them out anyway,” Charlotte explained.

It seemed that when I destroyed the device, most of the controlled beasts had died on the spot. Even those that survived weren’t in any condition to attack anyone.

Soldiers spent entire days clearing out the carcasses.@@novelbin@@

“Normally, we’d need to refine Marmaros from the remains…”

But that wasn’t necessary. Just like in the original story, the mutated beasts’ bodies already contained lumps of Marmaros in their raw state—chunks big enough to be shaped and embedded at the tip of bullets.

“It’s truly remarkable. If we could only understand how this works, we’d love to try replicating the magic ourselves.”

Charlotte shared this information with me, her curiosity evident.

Of course, even if we tried to uncover the method, those who attempted it likely wouldn’t survive. Understanding it perfectly was an impossibility.

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