I, a mercenary, became a beautiful silver-haired boy

Walking out of the blacksmith shop and towards the open space in the distance, the blacksmith would occasionally want to try out the feel of his own weapons, so he needed a spacious space and a dummy to test the knife.

This open space was used to test the sword, and now it was just right for Elena to use it to test the gun.

There was a dummy placed on the open space, with dense sword marks all over the dummy. It can be seen that the dummy has been chopped by many swords.

Touching the grip of the musket in his hand, it was made of the leather of the fire bull, and the grip was quite comfortable.

With a strong bend and a crisp "click" sound, the musket was folded into two halves, revealing a space that was not particularly spacious, which was used to load the magic core.

There was a special hammer at the back, which was used to knock the magic core out and then use magic power to interfere with the magic core to detonate it. This was the principle of this special musket.

Aiming was not a problem, there was a special mechanical sight to assist aiming, but I didn't know how it felt to shoot.

"Let's get started."

Melissa stood aside and looked at him coldly, as if she had no great interest in the novel weapon she had made.

After all, her concept was still stuck on ordinary blades. As a forger, she was more interested in swords.

Only people like Elena who came from another world, and who were former mercenaries, had a natural yearning for this kind of firearm.

Standing in an open space ten meters away from the dummy, although he expected the range of this prototype to be far, this distance was already his minimum expectation.

He held the gun with one hand and stretched out his arm, aiming at the dummy's head with his index finger on the trigger, exerting a little force but not pressing it down.

To be honest, Elena was indeed very excited but more nervous. After all, this was a prototype and there was no way to guarantee its practicality. It was not appropriate to let an "ordinary person" like Melissa test it.

Without hesitating for too long, Elena quickly pulled the trigger.

Boom!

A loud bang was heard directly. Unlike the expected explosion of fire, the whole musket exploded on the spot in Elena's hand.

The magic core was not fired at all, but exploded directly in the barrel. To put it simply, it exploded.

The violent explosion happened almost in front of Elena. The broken fragments of the musket passed through Elena's face, and his white face was directly blown up by the impact of the explosion.

Only Elena, as a half-dragon with white dragon blood, had a tougher skin than it looked and felt. Otherwise, he would have been disfigured by such an explosion.

"Elena!"

The sudden explosion scared Melissa. She was a little dazed and ran over with a nervous look on her face.

The right hand holding Elena's gun was blown into a bloody mess by the explosion just now. It was heartbreaking to look at it.

The face was scratched blood red, and there were even steel fragments embedded in the face. If it pierced into the eyes, there would be a risk of blindness.

Melissa was so scared that she hurriedly dragged Elena back to the blacksmith shop, all the way to the lounge, and took out emergency medical supplies from the cabinet next to her.

She wiped Elena's wound with alcohol and potion, and her movements were gentle for fear of hurting Elena again.

But facing the stimulation of alcohol and the pain of the wound itself, Elena didn't even say a word.

She lowered her head and looked a little depressed, as if she was upset about the failure of the weapon she designed.

"Sorry... I should have tested it myself. This is my disqualification as a forger. I was really stupid to give you a weapon that can't be used and will harm the owner."

Looking at Elena's appearance, even Melissa, who was usually a little cold, showed a particularly apologetic expression, and she talked more and touched Elena's wound with great distress.

If Elena was disfigured because of this, to be honest, Melissa would not forgive herself.

"It's okay. I designed this weapon. I didn't think it would work at once. It's not your fault, sister Melissa. I was too impatient and didn't have enough knowledge. I don't even know why the explosion happened."

After hearing Melissa's apologetic voice, Elena slowly raised her head and comforted Melissa, who was also a little disappointed.

He really didn't blame Melissa. In fact, the fault was more on Elena. The unreasonable design led to this failure.

Melissa was not familiar with this kind of sophisticated dwarf-like technology, so it was normal that she couldn't see the defects in the drawings.

"The case is too fragile. The explosion is undoubtedly because the case can't withstand the explosion inside. To solve this problem is very simple. Abandoning steel and replacing it with a harder material can solve it."

While treating Elena's woundAs he explained, the problem was still obvious.

I had never seen a magic core explosion before, so I didn't know the power of the explosion. It was normal to choose steel that was commonly used but of average hardness.

Now that I see it, if I want to withstand this level of explosion, I'm afraid I have to use mithril as the main material.

If the explosion is even more powerful, maybe I have to use some more precious ores. It all depends on Elaina's own needs.

"But it didn't explode after a while after it was fired, or after the second impact, as I imagined. It exploded inside the gun on the spot. Even if I changed the material that can withstand the explosion, it would be useless. It can't be used as a long-range attack weapon."

After listening to Melissa's explanation, Elaina still said a little depressed that there were still many problems, and the biggest problem was how to prolong the explosion time.

Otherwise, it would explode as soon as the trigger was pulled. Unless you put the barrel in someone's mouth, don't think about using it as a weapon.

"I think you used magic when you caused the explosion. The detonation of the magic core should be related to the output of magic. If you want to change the output of magic, you have to use the alchemy of magic. The magic arrays made by alchemists can change the operation of magic. There should be a means to delay the injection time of magic, or to explode magic after hitting an object."

Melissa touched her chin and said so. She occasionally saw her father forging some special magic weapons.

Among them, the knowledge of alchemy is needed to engrave various magic circuits on the sword itself, or to engrave various magic arrays to achieve the highest effect.

"Is that so? Sister Melissa, do you know any alchemists? How much do you need to pay them to work?"

Sensing the signs of the matter being resolved, Elena regained his spirits. Although he didn't really want to convey his ideas to more people, he could only seek help from others now.

Melissa shook her head. Her connections were not that wide, and alchemists were rare. It was not easy to meet one.

It was said that alchemy was difficult to learn, and there were very few inheritances. There were not many magicians who could become masters.