44. Mithril Guns

3 days after Ben test his revolver, the new materials arrived. Ben wants to see Roubaul's mysterious friends but fails again. Those mysterious friends are his top list mystery that he wants to solve.

But Ben doesn't think much of it and focuses on his task. He check the material and it looks like metal, but it's very light for a metal. The ore's color is silver with black accents.

"That is mithril, the best metal that can flow ethernano better than any other metals. It is also light and strong," says Roubaul who suddenly appears behind Ben.

"Mithril? I've only heard of the name and never thought that it is real. It must be very rare and expensive," says Ben.

"It is rare, but not very rare. There are many more items or materials that are rarer than mithril. But among metals, it is the rarest to find. So it's very expensive."

"Oh." Ben grab an ore and inspect it.

"You don't want to ask the price?" asks Roubaul curiously.

"No, as long as my money is enough, then it's fine."

".... Ben-boy, I think you need to find a wife who can manage your money in the future," says Roubaul while shaking his head.

"I'll think about it," answers Ben nonchalantly.

Ben takes a piece of ore and tries to heat it with his power. Mithril's melting point is so high that his current highest temperature can't melt it. He can only heat it until it can be shaped with a hammer.

"This material is really good. I can't even melt it yet," says Ben.

"Yeah, that's why only a few people can process mithril. The heat and techniques that are needed to process mithril are not easy to master. It needs years of training and experience," says Roubaul.

"Then why did you want me to use mithril? I never even saw one before."

"Don't worry, who do you think I am? I won't order mithril if I don't know how to process it. Some people in our guild also can process mithril. We're just poor, so we can't afford to buy any mithril before," says Roubaul with a smug expression.

"You can be smug about the first one, but you should be embarrassed at the last one." Ben sweatdrop at Roubaul.

"*Cough* Anyway, you can leave the processing to us. I just need your help with the heat. No other fire that we produce can be as hot as your fire."

"Alright."

Some guild members then take the mithril ores to the workshop. Ben then gives the blueprints to Roubaul. There are 4 blueprints for Ben, Wendy, Bella, and Carla.

Ben's gun is a revolver with 8 elements of bullets. Wendy's gun is a basic-shaped pistol with wind element bullets. Carla wants a flintlock with wind element bullets like wendy. While Bella wants a Gatling gun, yeah Gatling gun.

Bella's Gatling gun is a small-sized Gatling gun that can be placed on her hand. Ben remembers that in the past, he saw a cartoon with a black cat that have a Gatling gun on his hand. He drew it for his amusement, but then Bella saw it and want it.

(Reference: Cyborg Kuro-chan)

Ben agreed to it after Bella keep pestering him all day & night. So Ben design the suitable Gatling gun for Bella's size. The element that she choose is light. She choose it because it sounds cool when Ben tried it with his prototype.

Ben & the other guild members then start to process the mithril. Ben is heating the mithril ores with his spells. Then the others process it to make the parts.

The crafting process using mithril is very long. Even after a day & night, they've just finished making some parts. If they don't have Ben to heat the mithril ores, it will take longer.

It is also because the guns' parts are small and intricate that they take longer to finish. Usually, mithril is used to make swords, spears, shields, armor, or other big-sized items. But these guys are small and need high detail & precision.

They finally finished all 4 guns in 2 weeks after working every day. Ben doesn't take a lone job again to finish his gun. But he still trains or hunts animals to keep his skills sharp.

After they finish their job, they just return to their home & sleep. They've spent a lot of energy for 2 weeks, so they need to sleep. They're not that excited to try the guns. They just want to sleep.

The next day, they finally have the energy to test the guns. Everyone is excited to see the result of their hard work. Ben takes the guns and then he tries them one by one.

*BANG BANG BANG BANG*

All 4 guns work perfectly like what they're hoping for. Ben then gives Wendy, Bella, & Carla their guns. They need to try it and get used to the guns.

The 3 of them have trained using guns in these 2 weeks using the prototype revolver. Ben taught them the techniques and gave them some tasks to finish. So at least, now they can use the guns, although they're not professional.

Wendy, Bella, & Carla start to shoot their gun at the target tree. They need some rounds to get used to the guns because they train using Ben's prototype. But then they start to get the feeling and their shots become better.

Ben tells them to keep shooting and count their shots. He wants to know the girls' gun's limit. Wendy's pistol could shot 553 bullets, Carla 547, but Bella only has 231 rounds.

"So few," complains Bella.

"No, I've designed your Gatling gun to have more bullets although the power of each bullet is lower. It has a high firing rate, so the bullets can't be too strong. I think you must've lost many counts because the Gatling gun shoot too fast." Ben says to Bella.

"Oh, okay," says Bella, accepting the explanation easily.

"Now you guys need to take care of your guns. It can save you in a dangerous situation when you can't use your magic. That's why I want you to train using your gun every day even if it's just a few shots," says Ben to the girls.

The girls nod to him and then they go to play. Ben himself wants to try his revolver too. But he won't shoot on a tree again. He will hunt animals using the revolver.

'It's been more than 2 years since I used a gun to fight. Let's get the feeling again so I won't fail when I use it in the future,' thinks Ben.

Ben goes to the forest to hunt animals. He shoots at almost every animal that he sees. He doesn't shoot unedible ones because he doesn't have a use for them. The ones that he shot are collected and he will bring them back for food. Ben never wastes what he hunts.

Ben has some difficulties at first shooting moving targets while he moves too. But he gets used to it fast and his shooting sense returns slowly.

After he finishes his hunt, Ben returns to the village. He gets many animals, big or small. He looks like carrying a car with all his preys on his head. But it doesn't matter, because tonight, they can have a feast.

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