Chapter 3 - Florida Man Claimed He Became a Mage After Disposing of His Gun Collection. Neighbors Raised Pitchforks and AK47s.

Since the main quest was disabled at the moment, Felix checked the daily quest next. Then, he was stunned.

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**Daily Quest** *(Complete one of these objectives to receive a reward.)*

- Increase mana by 10.

- Create one firearm of any type using your system feature "Arsenal of Freedom" (Locked).

- Create 100 cartridges of any type using your system feature "Arsenal of Freedom" (Locked).

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"Arsenal of Freedom?" Felix was confused as he couldn't find the system feature on his screen. "What is that, Jessica?"

Felix rolled his eyes. "And how much mana do I need to reach that?"

"That's impossible, isn't it?!"

"…"

Felix had a headache. He couldn't imagine how he would procure enough junk or useless items to make mana. Out of ideas, he put the quest matter to the back of his mind and checked the inventory system.

Inventory, dimensional storage, space container—these concepts, inspired by the fourth-dimensional bag of an OG cat-without-ears from the future, were trendy long before RPG games, isekai novels, and TikTok even existed. He wondered what kind of perks this inventory could give him.

The menu showed 10 empty square boxes. Felix pressed the question mark at the top right corner to see some explanations. Betraying his expectations, Jessica was the one explaining.

"…Is that all?"

This irked Felix. He had 10 inventory slots, but they seemed limited.

"Can I store multiple items in the same boxes?"

In short, stored items could stack, but Felix couldn't store different objects with different names in the same slot.

"What's the limit and size of each inventory slot?"

Felix understood everything. He pursed his lips and looked at the ammunition crates in the underground storage. Picking his favorite choice, Felix deposited 9mm cartridges into the inventory first.

His family had collected many 9mm ammo for the past decade as they were easy to find in every gun store. In the room, Felix had 50 boxes, each containing 50 cartridges - A total of 2,500 rounds!

50 boxes of ammunition entered inventory slot number 1 with ease. An icon of the containers appeared along with a large number "50" at the bottom right corner.

"Very neat. I thought you would only restrict me to 99 rounds."

"…I see."

Felix could see ways to exploit the system. He grinned and stored more guns and ammunition.

His first choice was a Beretta 92fs. It fired like a .357 magnum and sometimes hurt his hands, which made him fall in love with the brand and the series. Thus, he stored three pistols of the same model in inventory slot number 2.

The next chosen one was the expensive FN SCAR 16s, which his father had secretly spent some of his savings to get. Felix remembered the day his mother found out and almost pawned it to get the money back.

Looking at the pristine, fully optioned sophisticated rifle brought back memories. Felix wiped his tears as he missed his parents.

"This will be our family's heirloom from now on. Dad, Mom, please look after me."

While muttering, Felix played with the bolt handle and the empty magazine, enjoying the sound and the weight of the weapon. To him, the noise was akin to a hymn of God.

After placing the rifle in the 3rd slot, Felix tossed 50 boxes of NATO ammo (5.56X45mm), each containing 20 rounds, into the 4th slot. However, Felix was not satisfied.

For a Florida man like Felix, 1,000 rounds of ammo could deplete as quickly as one masturbation session. Thus, Felix looked for alternatives in case he got into a dicey situation in the future. He glanced at a bulky shotgun on the rack and picked it up.

A gun enthusiast's controversial toy, the IWI Tavor TS12 was a bullpup, thick-stocked shotgun, that looked straight out of sci-fi movies. It had a rotating magazine, capable of storing 15 + 1 cartridges (5 in each tube magazine and one in the chamber).

The downside of this weapon was the requirement for ammunition. It demanded high-velocity and 12GA rounds, which limited the options for this gun. Still, Felix loved it because of its gimmick. 

After throwing 20 boxes of slug rounds inside his inventory slot, Felix scanned the remaining storage room.

Aside from the three weapons Felix had stored, the others were either old or rusty as nobody had maintained these guns for a long time. Moreover, Felix had already emptied all the ammunition here.

Since Felix had no use for these guns, he wondered if he should pawn them or sell them to get some pocket money to buy more shells. He looked at Jessica, who was also inspecting some abandoned handguns on the racks and the floor.

"Should I sell those?" Felix asked.

"…If you say so."

Although unwilling, Felix converted the rest of the unusable guns into mana.

*DING*

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Five minutes later, nothing remained in Felix's secret chamber. He smiled and admired his status screen.

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Name: Felix Ariel 

Bloodline: [Unknown] 

Element Affinity: Fire, Metal, Void 

Level: 1 

Energy: 0/22 

Mana: 22.15 

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The daily quest was completed!