Kiss of the Wind

Lizer's movements were as precise as a machine: his left hand steadied the Dark Magic Iron, while his right hand swung the hammer, each strike landing exactly on the spots marked by the Krypton Gold - [Analysis] system.

Whenever the sorcery hammer fell, the runes on its body would light up, converting his spiritual power into sorcery vibrations that seeped into the metal.

The gun barrel gradually took shape, its surface revealing fine, dense spiral rifling. This would allow the bullets to spin more steadily inside the barrel, increasing the range by twenty percent.

Running his hand over the barrel, he could feel the magic energy flowing inside, like a snake ready to strike.

[Focus on Mechanical Alchemy - Forging, crafting the cylinder]

Mechanical Alchemy Proficiency +1, Forging Proficiency +1

The cylinder was the core of a revolver, and Lizer crafted it with extra caution.

He used a sorcery chisel to finely polish the cylinder, ensuring that every bullet would align perfectly with the barrel.

He then reinforced the cylinder's axis with a "Sturdiness" alchemy rune, ensuring it wouldn't jam even after firing tens of thousands of times consecutively.

Once the cylinder was finished, he spun it in his hand, only to hear a soft "swish"...

As the cylinder spun, it stirred up a wisp of wind—that was the "Grease" rune acting as an "invisible lubricant."

Next came the engraving of runes.

Lizer chose the two most suitable ones:

"Hurricane"

This rune came from the "Storm Codex" of ancient wind sorcerers. Shaped like a cyan-blue cyclone, it would emit faint sounds of howling wind when engraved on the hammer.

The moment the firing pin struck the hammer, the rune would channel the surrounding wind elements, transforming into a small storm with 1.5 magic energy, violently pushing the hammer like countless invisible fists.

Meanwhile, the chamber structure of the firearm acted like a "storm funnel," compressing and amplifying this force until the explosive energy level of the wind reached 2.0.

It was like packing a storm into the gun chamber; every shot would carry a whistling sound that seemed to tear through the air.

Touching the rune on the hammer, Lizer could feel the wind flowing around his fingertips, as if saying, "I'm ready, let's go kill something."

"Grease"

This was an obscure rune recorded in old tomes.

The rune looked like flowing asphalt, emitting a dark green fluorescence. When engraved on the cylinder's axis, it exuded a very faint scent of moss.

Its effect was quite marvelous:

Normally, it formed a layer of "demonic grease" on the surface of the parts, making the cylinder spin without any friction and increasing the reload speed by thirty percent.

However, once exposed to high temperatures (such as the scorching heat of the barrel or an enemy's fire-attribute attack), this layer of grease would instantly ignite, turning into eerie green flames and surging its energy level from 1.0 to 1.5.

What was even more formidable was that these flames would not extinguish easily. They would stick to the enemy's skin and burn, impossible to put out even with sorcery water.

For a novice apprentice, this was simply a godly tool for sneaky attacks.

After engraving the runes, Lizer assembled all the parts.

His movements were slow, as if piecing together a work of art:

Screwing the barrel into the gun frame, mounting the cylinder onto the axis, and snapping the cylinder latch shut...

Every step had to be perfectly seamless, for even the slightest deviation would cause the rune's power to leak.

[Focus on Mechanical Alchemy - Assembly, completing Sorcery Revolver (Basic)]

Mechanical Alchemy Proficiency +3, Firearm Manufacturing Proficiency +2

This is your first true "Sorcery Firearm."

With a gun frame made of Dark Magic Iron and engraved with the "Hurricane" and "Grease" runes, its maximum energy level reached 5.75, while its actual operational energy level was 4.56.

Its explosive power was thirty percent higher than a standard Silver Lightning, and its reload speed was twenty-five percent faster.

Based on Lizer's calculations using mechanical alchemy theories:

This final wind-cyan revolver could deal 2.5 to 2.7 energy levels of damage using standard bullets.

Lizer named the first revolver he crafted "Wind's Kiss."

Like the kiss of the wind, unpredictable!

The weapon itself had reached the peak level of a beginner Zero-Circle tier.

Do not think that a 2.5 to 2.7 energy level damage was low; the initial energy level of a low-tier Zero-Circle sorcery Fire Arrow was only 2 magic energy.

But how many Fire Arrows could a beginner sorcerer actually cast?

Lizer calculated that this revolver could be fired 200 times consecutively, and after a few hours of recharging, it could be used continuously again.

Moreover, this was the damage energy level using standard bullets. What if he used specially crafted sorcery bullets?

As for sorcery bullets being expensive?

Lizer fully intended to burn money. By combining sorcery bullets with firearms, he aimed to achieve mid-tier striking power while still being at the beginner apprentice sorcerer stage.

Pay-to-win!

If you're going to pay to win, you might as well go all the way!

Therefore, after a moment of thought, he dove right back into mechanical alchemy research, preparing to forge a batch of exceptionally powerful bullets capable of adapting to various situations.

For example, if he encountered incredibly fast enemies, he could imbue the bullet heads with area-of-effect strikes.

If he faced enemies with high physical defense, he would enhance the armor-piercing capabilities of the bullets.

If he met an enemy with strong elemental defense, he would use a bullet that dealt damage of the opposing attribute.

Adapting to the circumstances and exploiting the situation was the greatest characteristic of sorcery firearms.

Ultimately, through experimentation, Lizer utilized combinations of the five runes he had already learned to prepare six different types of bullets to handle various scenarios.

Lizer's laboratory was shrouded in a pale purple magic energy mist. Melted Dark Magic Iron boiled in a bronze crucible, fine arcs of electricity dancing across its liquid surface.

This was the first step in fusing metal with mystical power.

Wearing gloves embedded with moonstones, his fingertips glowing with a faint blue light, he used a rune pen to carve runes onto the surfaces of the cooling bullet heads.

Wherever the tip of the pen passed, ripples formed in the metal's texture, as if responding to some ancient calling.

The raw material for the "Radiance" rune bullet was sunstone soaked in morning dew for seven days. When ground into powder, it released a golden-red mist.

Lizer mixed the powder into the molten Dark Magic Iron and poured it into the bullet molds.

Once the metal solidified, he channeled his spiritual power into the pen's tip, carving intricate sun patterns onto the bullet surfaces.

Every stroke had to follow the crystal grains of the sunstone, like tracing the outline of the morning sun.

The moment the carving was finished, the bullet head emitted a fragmented light, as if the first ray of morning sunlight had been sealed within the metal.

When this bullet was fired, the magic energy of Wind's Kiss would resonate with the rune, transforming into a pure stream of light that carried an additional 1.15 magic energy of light-attribute damage.

When striking an undead, one could see their bodies melting away like snow under the sun, their souls letting out piercing spiritual shrieks as they burned.

That was light's instinctive strangulation of darkness; even the bones of negative energy creatures would turn to ash in the stream of light.

The shotgun shell's bullet head was a hollow structure wrapped in Dark Magic Iron, stuffed with powder ground from fire lizard scales mixed with sulfur and demonic fireweed sap.

The fire lizard scales came from caves deep within volcanoes. Every scale carried residual heat, giving off a pungent sulfur smell when ground.

Lizer packed the powder into the Dark Magic Iron casing and sealed it with wax.

This explosive did not require an open flame; it activated upon impact.

The instant the bullet hit its target, the mithril shell would crack open, and the fire lizard powder would instantly erupt into high-temperature flames, forming a fireball half a meter in diameter.

The tongues of fire would lick at the enemy's dodging trajectory as if they had a life of their own, trapping the thrashing target within.

Even demon spirits as fast as the wind would let out shrill screams within the fireball, their wings burned pitch-black, unable to fly ever again.

The core of the armor-piercing bullet was the Sharpness rune.

Before carving the rune, Lizer would coat the surface of the bullet with a layer of monster blood.

The blood, sourced from an unknown monster, would ripple with red waves when poured into molten star-meteor iron, dyeing the metal a dark red.

Once the bullet cooled, he used a runic pen to carve along the metal's grain. Every stroke had to be continuous, like drawing eyebrows on an infant.

The completed rune would absorb the monster's power, turning into dark gold lines.

When the bullet struck its target, the rune would release highly cutting magical energy, acting like an invisible blade to tear open a gap in the enemy's physical defenses.

Layered with the magical energy of the Wind's Kiss, this special bullet's massive 4.7-energy-level damage would penetrate directly through the defensive breach.

Against enemies wearing heavy armor or using Stone Skin spells, it was simply like a hot knife slicing through butter.

Even refined steel armor would deform under this kind of damage, and the flesh inside would be churned into a bloody pulp.

The warhead of the flame bullet was forged from a heat-resistant metal refined from volcanic rock. Before carving the Scorching rune, it had to be soaked in the magma of a volcanic crater for three days and three nights.

The extreme heat of the magma would form a charred black oxidation layer on the metal's surface, which perfectly locked in the rune's power.

Lizer used his spiritual power to control the tip of the pen, carving flame-like patterns onto the oxidation layer.

Every stroke had to avoid the flow direction of the magma, like drawing fissures on a volcano.

When fired, the rune would activate, causing the bullet's temperature to soar to 1200 degrees. The metal shell would glow red and bright, like a miniature soaring volcano.

Upon hitting the target, the Scorching rune would detonate, releasing a flow of high-temperature fire that would roast the enemy's skin until it sizzled.

Even ordinary people with low witchcraft resistance would instantly lose their ability to move under this damage, their very bones roasted crisp.

The core of the stun bullet was the feather of a Lightning Bird. The gray plumage had blue stripes and felt like electrified needles to the touch.

Lizer ground the feathers into powder, mixed it with silver dust, packed it into a hollow bullet, and sealed it with black magic iron.

While carving the Stun rune, he could feel the powder moving, as if something was struggling inside.

That was the soul fragment of the Lightning Bird, still retaining a trace of electrical power.

Upon impact, the soul fragment would activate, releasing a blue electromagnetic pulse.

This pulse caused no physical damage, but it would directly strike the enemy's brain.

It blurred their vision and filled their ears with a buzzing sound, leaving them unable to even stand steady.

Even high-tier wizard apprentices would briefly lose consciousness under this pulse, buying Lizer the opportunity for a fatal strike.

Lizer made ten of each type of runic bullet, storing them in a wooden box carved with vine patterns.