"I won't be surprised if one day I hear the news of your unexpected death, Labis."

Looking at the potholed ground in the alchemy workshop, which looked like it had been bombed by strategy, and white smoke, Rod couldn't help but sigh. But then again, Labis is getting better, looking at the tall blast barriers that have been erected around the compound——— well, at least she'll have a place to hide and not be killed instantly.

"This ......... Lord Rhodes..............."

Standing in front of Rod, Labis looked embarrassed, and at this moment the girl's white cheeks were full of dust, making her as dirty as a little cat. At the moment, Labis was still wearing the cloak that the girl had wrapped herself in like a dumpling when she first met her, but to Rod's surprise and admiration, after such a long time, hundreds (and possibly thousands or even thousands) of explosions, this cloak was still intact——— this could not be some kind of artifact.

"All in all, wipe your face."

Looking at the blackened Labis in front of him, Rhodes reluctantly took out a handkerchief from his arms, and then wiped Labis's cheeks to wipe off the dust on it. In any case, Labis is also considered his subordinate, and he is not ugly, so it is not a good habit to toss herself like this.

"You're a girl anyway, Labis, if you disfigure, you'll be in trouble."

“………… Ah, yes............ Adult ..............."

At this moment, Labis was motionless, just standing there dumbfounded. Just now, when Rhodes reached out to wipe her cheeks, the poor alchemy elf froze in place as if someone had cast a petrification spell, his face flushed, and Rhodes admired Labis's cramped and shy expression with interest, and then withdrew his hand. By the way, he also gently pinched the girl's smooth and soft cheeks.

"Alright, Labis, I remember you seemed to have something important to do with me, didn't you?"

"Ah, yes!"

Hearing this, Labis immediately reacted. She clapped her palms lightly, and then led Rod and Lijie to the platform next to her, only to see a strange thing placed on the platform, which immediately attracted the attention of the two.

"What is this? Labis? ”

Li Jie looked curiously at the object on the platform in front of her, and couldn't help asking. This thing looks like a staff, but unlike a normal staff, it is forged from metal all over its body, and it has a thick layer of armor attached to the head of the staff, and not only that. Rhodes also found the body of this staff also strange, generally the staff of the mage is made of a cylindrical wood, but the body of the staff in front of him is composed of two arc-shaped metal cylinders, forming a small circular passage inside.

It doesn't look like a staff, it's kind of like a miniature magic cannon or something.........

"This is the final gun that Miss Marlene brought before, I have improved it to a certain extent, and now it can barely achieve the effect originally booked............"

I see.

Hearing Labis's introduction, Rhodes remembered. After the end of the Civil War, he once asked Marlene about the manufacture of magic cannons. At that time, Marlene did say that her family was currently developing a miniature portable magic cannon like Rhodes said, although it had been successfully developed and had undergone actual combat training, but because the price was too expensive to mass-produce, it was abandoned by the family. Marlene did say that she would bring it to Labis and try to transform it. Let's see if we can reintegrate with the help of Berchems' strength. However, at that time, Rhodes didn't care about it, and just handed it over to Marlene to do, and then turned around and forgot about it. But this can't be blamed on Rhodes, after all, his most important problem at that time was facing the upcoming attack of the Night Nation, and it was normal for him not to think about such a trivial matter for a while.

"How's it going?"

Come to think of it. Rod suddenly became interested in the thing in front of him. Hearing Rod's inquiry, Labis suddenly became interested and began to talk about it.

"That's right, Miss Marlene is most distressed by the disproportionate input and output of the Spear of the End, and then I broke it down a little and checked it, only to find that the reason why this equipment requires a lot of consumption, the main reason is that the energy it emits is stored in a high-purity magic crystal, and after it is triggered, the power of the magic crystal will be transmitted and condensed through the magic array and then emitted. The biggest problem is that high-purity magic crystals are difficult to mine and expensive, which is the most important reason............"

Saying this, Labis suddenly became excited.

“……… So I reversed my mind a little, in fact, this equipment itself is still very good, but the problem is that the tall purity magic crystals are too rare, and the use time is too short, too wasteful. So I wanted to use ordinary magic crystals instead of magic energy, and then use mottled crystals to shoot! ”

"Mottled crystal!"

Hearing this, Lijie exclaimed in surprise, while Rod raised his eyebrows with some curiosity. Of course, he knows what the mottled crystal is, the so-called mottled crystal, in fact, is a magic crystal containing impurities, this kind of magic crystal is generally located in the outermost layer of the crystal mine, itself mixed with all kinds of power, because it is too chaotic, so no one will use this magic crystal at all. Otherwise, any act of infusing it with mana will cause the mottled crystal to explode. So no one will use these waste mines at all. Of course, it's cheap............ It doesn't get much cheaper than it.

"But............... Labis, mottled crystals explode when eroded by magic. ”

Lijie obviously understands this truth too, after all, they are all spellcasters, and she still knows a lot about magic items.

"Of course, so I improved it a little."

Hearing Lijie's inquiry, Labis showed a smug and proud smile, an expression that was difficult to see in her, who was introverted and shy by nature. Ratis then lowered her body and pulled a cone-shaped metal object from beneath the platform.

"Look!"

“………… This is............ What the? ”

Li Jie stared blankly at the cone-shaped object in front of her, which was about ten centimeters long, and saw that it was wrapped in a layer of brass. Inside, you can see the magic crystal, and it is obvious that this should be the mottled crystal in Labis's mouth. And Rod twitched out of the corner of his eye, this thing......... It's so familiar.

"I've researched and realized that bombardment with pure magical energy is a waste, as this weapon doesn't assist the caster in all sorts of spell casting, like a staff. It's just pure condensation of energy to bomb, that is, it's actually meant to destroy and explode. So I improved on this, I made an activation circle made of small mana crystals at the top of this metal shell, and when this thing was shot out of the cannon and hit the target, this small mana crystal would be activated, generating energy, and then infusing this energy into the mottled crystal. Then the mottled crystal can explode instantly! It's no less powerful than a direct energy bombardment, and I can absolutely guarantee that! ”

yes, I'm sure you're definitely legendary in this regard.

Looking at the potholed bombing site in front of him, Rod complained in his heart, but soon, Rod frowned.

"Is this thing safe?"

"This ..............."

Hearing this, Labis, who was still elated just now, suddenly showed a sad expression.

“……… Frankly, Lord Rhodes. This issue has not been solved yet, and I am looking for a suitable solution. Because the most important thing is the distance between the trigger circle and the mottled crystal inside. If it's an ordinary magic crystal, stability is not a problem, but the mottled crystal is too sensitive to the magic of the outside world............... I've tried all kinds of magic crystals, high-purity magic crystals are not necessary, but other grades of magic crystals can meet the requirements, only mottled crystals are troublesome........."

“………………”

Hear Labis talking. Rhodes fell into deep thought, and he frowned as he looked at the Spear of the End in front of him. As a time-traveler, Rhodes certainly knew what the significance of this kind of transformation invention would be, not to mention on Earth. Even in the game, a modified skill, or even a modified guide, as long as it can bring enough benefits, it will not take long for it to spread to the entire player base immediately. He could understand that Labis's motivation for choosing the mottled crystal was to reduce costs, which was Marlene's biggest headache at the beginning, so it naturally became a priority for Labis. But now.....................

"Labis."

"Yes, Lord Rhodes."

Hearing Rhodes call her name, Labis looked up at Rhodes with some curiosity.

"How many people know about the transformation plan of the Spear of the End?"

"This............ Although Miss Marlene said that it was a discarded product, it was also the magic equipment of the Shania family, so it was not easy to talk about it casually. So I basically did it myself, and of course, I asked others to do some of the raw material supply work. ”

"Do they know about your renovation plan?"

"Well, most of the assistants who followed me know a little bit about it, and Christie has a lot of advice."

Even Christie knows what to do?

Rod helplessly reached out and pressed his forehead, Labis was really a pure scholar, and it seemed that he really couldn't expect her to know much about this kind of military secrecy. Sara is much better than her in this regard............ It's a pity that Sara's domain is different from Labis, otherwise Rhodes really wants to get Lhasa to be Labis's deputy, so that she can tell her not to go too far. Although Labis did not reveal the details of the technique, the Transformation of the Spear of the End itself should be absolutely secret, and as a result, even Christie knew about it?

Rhodes certainly doesn't think Christie will divulge secrets, but the problem is that the more people who know about this kind of thing, the more dangerous it becomes. Obviously, Labis didn't know much about it.

It seems that it is time to change that.

Thinking of this, Rhodes frowned, what Labis has always done is to make low-level magic equipment and configure potions, so it doesn't matter if it is kept secret or not. But an item as dangerous as the Gun of the End is a different story.

It seems that it is time to raise the level of secrecy here.

Thinking of this, Rod secretly made up his mind. (To be continued......)