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Chapter 18 - Reverence

After buying the rest of the ingredients I needed like void salts and the like I could finally produce Thorium for the creation of my gun. While I could weave the Thorium into the shape and mechanisms of my gun with my creation skill I couldn't actually make it without the normal smelting process unlike how Mishia did it.

I couldn't mix the ingredients without a crucible and the help of an alchemy set after all my grapes of creation magic was sub par. The premise was that it used space magic to deconstruct the object down to the base atoms that form elements and weave them into the desired shape like how my blood magic works to create a weapon or object. The higher the mastery the more you can do with the magic. Eventually I would be able to mould and create elements but it could take a century or two of experimentation.

Using a mixture of monster blood and parts I mixed in magnesium copper iron and palladium until the vat almost overflowed and left it to heat and meld together while I used the void salts and flowers that I had gathered from the dungeon to create a base elixir before adding it to the vat in small quantities. Defying the laws of physics the liquid metal started to reduce in size as the impurities of the monster blood and parts were burnt. They were a catalyst for the reaction with the elixir. I then stuck my hand in the molten metal and poured all my mana reserves into the liquid metal until it began to shine purple and gold.

Finally, finally it was finished. Thorium wasn't hard to make and was one of the higher quality metals but the induced pain and mana exhaustion on top of it being hard to work with made its use not widespread.

I simply cut off the arm and burnt it so that I could use the Thorium that was coating it although I would have to drink a large quantity of blood to regenerate my limb I personally thought it was worth it. The metal looked like steel but it had a deep purple sheen with a mix of the colour of mana inputted giving it a deep blue glow.

I couldn't do much else until I recovered my mana reserves so that I could finally use my creation magic. The magazines were easy to create and so were the bullets since they didn't require gunpowder but the main gun along with the springs, rifling and other parts would take a lot out of me... But it would be worth it.

After a few hours I willed my mana into the vat of solid metal before imposing my 'will' upon it to create the gun and all of its parts. Sweat dripped from my nose as it ran down my face before creating a pool beneath me. I was almost finished I just needed to do the finishing touches before I applied the runes.

~Some time later~

Haah- finished.

A feeling of pure bliss enveloped me as I stroked the now rune covered piece of art right in front of me. It deserved a proper name instead of gun 3.0.

Maybe something based on how I felt or how others would feel as I welded it. Like a bolt of lightning the name hit me. Reverence. For foes and allies alike would revere this weapon and its user like a god!

Dropping my blood on the runes they disappeared to be replaced by the name of the weapon. I was truly happy with my handiwork. I miniaturised the runes for firing the bullets while adding a space rune to the magazines I had made so that they would have an endless supply of bullets that came straight out of my dimensional space. So what's the point of multiple magazines you ask? Ammo Types! Overpressured, FMJ, Explosive and every kind that I could think of including magic inscribed bullets! but that wasn't the only type of runes I added. I made the weapon basically have no recoiled with gravity magic and I even used my blood magic to create a rune so that only those with my blood can use it A.K.A a bound weapon that would only ever work for me.

Finally the crem de la crem was a non functioning rune that I needed to create some other things for but once it was working it would be magnificent and it would increase my power several fold. I just needed to create 'that' and 'them' before I could put it to use.

I wondered about other things I could create and I decided to just create a katana with steel that was super compacted in on itself to the point where even I could barely swing it around and on top I added a Gravity magic rune so I could increase the weight when swinging. This would work perfectly for the academy so I can keep my real weapons concealed. I also created a Cane made out of Thorium with the tip of the cane being spiced but flat at the bottom allowing me to support myself with it but I could still pierce something with it. The handle was a raven since they were my favourite bird and I used some runes to increase the strength and make it a formidable weapon. I had no clue how to use it but that was what the academy was for.

The short swords that I used in the exam had no use anymore after all I picked them up off a corps anyways so they didn't mean much.

It was finally time for some rest before I created a replacement for the status tablet. I would add more functions too if I could create the mana based adaptive AI that I wanted to create however I wasn't sure where to start with that even with all my knowledge in programming and mana application. I would have to brute force it but that's why it would take a few weeks to perfect it if my hunch was correct but first came the little steps and then who knows I could have something that no other person has in both worlds that I have been in. After all AI was in my old world but it was new and unpolished and I wanted to go further than just that.

I wanted to create something that has never been made but only seen in fiction and movies. I wouldn't stop until it was made.

But for now. I need to sleep. Even without the need to sleep due to my race and lack of need for stamina my mind could still be exhausted, especially after all the rune crafting I had to do due to the meticulous attention required . An hour of sleep would be all I needed and then I could continue creating other items.