The small table was cluttered with scattered magical materials, and the modest inn room had been forcibly transformed into a makeshift magic workshop.
The girl sat at the table, the afternoon sunlight streaming through the window, casting a warm glow on her fair cheeks. Her silver hair, stripped of its disguise, reflected a dazzling light under the sun.
Her slender, pale hand gripped a small, sharp Inscription Knife, staring blankly at a piece of metal.
“Why aren’t you working? Weren’t you going to make a Magic Wand?”
The girl raised an eyebrow, glancing at the design blueprint lying beside her. It was a wand she had spent twenty minutes designing, covered with intricate Magic Circuits and Magic Runes marked in pen.
Inscription magic falls under General Magic, primarily used for crafting Magical Items. As a genius Mage, she naturally possessed this knowledge.
Designing a Magic Wand was not difficult for her, and crafting one by hand was just a matter of time.
“No, I’m thinking. The Magic Wand serves as a medium for spellcasting, increasing casting speed, reducing Magic Power consumption during spells, and enhancing the actual spell effect. Its ultimate purpose is to efficiently damage the target.”
Krexia put down the Inscription Knife and picked up the blueprint. Her wine-red eyes fixated on the various Magic Circuits on the page.
“The monsters in Mageling Forest mainly consist of Slimes, Goblins, Harpies, and various Treants. Most of them are below Tier 3, with very few Tier 4 or higher.”
“Magic Wands can indeed effectively harm monsters, but against these kinds of creatures, using a Magic Wand to amplify spell effects is somewhat overkill.”
“A Magic Wand’s lifespan is at most six months, sometimes only a month, and the cost is too high…”
Listening to Krexia’s rambling, Coutia was a bit confused.
Is it really necessary to consider so much just to kill a monster?
As a deity, she certainly never had to worry about costs.
“After all that, what are you trying to say?”
Krexia folded the blueprint and slipped it into her shirt pocket.
“I’m saying that a Magic Wand is a bit extravagant. Since I have the materials, I can make something else to hunt monsters.”
“Of course, part of the reason is that I didn’t buy enough materials.”
“…”
Krexia scratched her head awkwardly.
When purchasing the wooden shaft—the main body of the Magic Wand—she had bought cheaper, inferior wood to save money. Once she finished designing and began actual production, she realized the wand might not even withstand Tier 3 magic, and its lifespan was questionable.
This thing would be a bit useless if finished.
Fortunately, a good new idea had already popped into her head.
She took out a fresh sheet of paper and began drawing, following the thoughts in her mind.
Coutia looked over Krexia’s shoulder but grew increasingly puzzled.
With the faint rustling of paper, graceful lines emerged from her pen, intertwining and gradually forming the rough outline of an unfamiliar object.
But no matter how she looked at it, it didn’t resemble a Magic Wand at all.
Judging by the shape and parameters drawn by Krexia, the item was about two feet long, with a handle, and contained a Magic Core along with a series of designs never found on Magic Wands.
Its structure was even more complex. Near the top of the handle, there was a… Power Conversion Device?
Something she had never seen before.
“What are you making?”
“An idea. Don’t know if it’ll work.”
Coutia watched curiously but didn’t interrupt Krexia.
She wanted to see what this girl with all these strange ideas would come up with.
As time passed, more and more elements appeared on the blueprint. Sometimes Krexia paused to think, then sketched out a never-before-seen Magic Rune and Magic Circuit on a separate sheet and added it to the design.
The blueprint gradually became more refined.
Coutia slowly began to understand what was being designed.
Perhaps due to the shortage of wood, the blueprint used very little wood, mostly concentrated in the handle and the rear third.
The front was a hollow metal tube connected to some transmission devices, a Magic Power Source, and a large number of engraved Conversion Magic Runes, Propulsion Magic Runes, Attribute Conversion Magic Runes, and more.
The general function seemed to be to gather Magic Power, condense it into an oval-shaped Magic Bullet, then empower it through a miniature Magic Circle, and finally push it out via the numerous propulsion runes inscribed inside the metal tube.
The design wasn’t particularly exquisite, but for traditional Mages, this concept was revolutionary—so much so that some scholars in certain Schools would probably throw a fit.
“Hss… How did you come up with such a Magic Circuit?”
“Nothing special, just some things I saw in dreams. I think it should work, so I want to give it a try.”
Krexia drew the final stroke and admired the blueprint.
Others wouldn’t recognize what was on the paper, but she definitely did.
A Gunblade.
A Gunblade combining human-created Magic Runes, Inscription techniques, and magical craftsmanship—no need for gunpowder as a power source, no complex bullet manufacturing. All those troublesome elements were replaced by Inscription and Magic Rune technology.
Magic was truly a convenient thing.
Its damage might not be very impressive in this world. Compared to those who could wield Tier 7 or even Tier 8 magic, or the Heavenly Knights at the top of the Empire’s military strength, this weapon’s power would be negligible.
But for Krexia at her current level, this thing was definitely more practical than a Magic Wand.
Mostly because it was cheaper.
For Coutia, it was the same. To her, this device was far less effective than the faint aura of damage she could casually emit.
But what surprised her was how Krexia encountered almost no unsolvable problems during the design process. She even found time to design new Magic Circuits and Inscription methods to optimize the construction of this Magical Item.
She was truly a smart little girl.
With the design complete, production began.
Krexia picked up the Inscription Knife and started crafting step by step according to her blueprint.
With the aid of magic, the Inscription Knife was incredibly sharp. Her eyes flickered with an unusual red light, her face filled with seriousness and excitement.
Under her focused hands, the metal and materials were cut like tofu, easily shaped as she required, with her marks inscribed upon them.
As she worked without distraction, the pile of magical materials slowly took shape, aligning with the final product on the blueprint.
The entire room fell silent except for the faint hum of Magic Power vibrating through the Inscription Knife.