Chapter 90: Wanting to Have It Both Ways

Kamiyu obtained 10 kilograms of Magic Crystal Ore. With just 50 grams of Magic Crystal Ore, she could craft one Magic Bullet.

As she prepared to make Magic Bullets, a sudden idea struck her: could she use her Construction Sage Talent to craft them?

According to the description, Magic Bullets possessed characteristics of both a Skill and an item. The Skill trait allowed them to be used with any firearm regardless of caliber, while the item trait meant they could be crafted as long as materials were available.

“Hey, it actually works!” Kamiyu exclaimed in delight after placing the materials on the Construction Sage Interface. She discovered that as long as she had the materials, the Construction Sage could craft items.

However, Kamiyu soon faced a dilemma. She realized that both recipes from her Construction Sage Talent could be applied to crafting Magic Bullets, making it difficult to choose between them.

The 【Material Saving】 recipe required only one-third of the original materials to craft a Magic Bullet with equivalent attributes. In other words, 16.67 grams of Magic Crystal Ore could produce one Magic Bullet, meaning 10,000 grams could yield 600 Magic Bullets. The System even rounded it to a neat number for her.

On the other hand, the 【Triple Attribute】 recipe used the original amount of materials to craft a Magic Bullet with triple the attributes, effectively adding a permanent damage-boosting Buff to the Skill.

This was incredibly tempting. With the Thunderstorm Bullet’s special effect, hitting once would deal triple damage. The second effect of Thunderstorm Bullet, Frenzied Lightning Arrow, was even more exaggerated: five arcs of 300% damage would combine into a single lightning strike, dealing 1800% of the player’s Attack Power to the target upon hit—a full 18 times the damage. Combined with the triple damage from the recipe, it could be seen as six arcs merging into one.

It was simply too tempting. Kamiyu couldn’t resist the allure. She also had the triple damage effect from Headshot Strike. If everything stacked, it would result in 54 times the damage.

Fifty-four times the damage with a single shot! If she faced Bai Zhan again now, she was confident she could take down that show-off with just one bullet.

But as an adult, of course, she wanted it all—both the 【Material Saving】 recipe and the 【Triple Attribute】 recipe.

Kamiyu counted her existing stock. She already had 100 Magic Bullets, which were universal and not restricted to any specific branch of Magic Bullets.

She thought to herself, “Split it in half: 5,000 grams for the Material Saving recipe and 5,000 grams for the Triple Attribute recipe.”

She opened the Construction Sage Interface. “Select recipe 【Material Saving】, fill with 5,000 grams of Magic Crystal Ore.”

“Select recipe 【Triple Attribute】, fill with 5,000 grams of Magic Crystal Ore.”

“Click, construct.” Kamiyu even struck a pose, pointing one finger to the sky in excitement.

“What are you doing?” Jack asked curiously.

“Haha, getting stronger,” Kamiyu replied happily.

【Ding, obtained 300 Magic Bullets (Basic Attributes)】

【Ding, obtained 100 Magic Bullets (Triple Attributes)】

A flash of blue-white light later, the two types of Magic Bullets were neatly and orderly arranged in her Storage.

“Awesome,” Kamiyu clenched her fist.

Kamiyu did some calculations. “I currently have 400 rounds of basic attribute Magic Bullets and 100 rounds of Magic Bullets. The initial accumulation is complete. Now comes the real moment of slaughter.”

She casually used the materials she had just farmed to craft some Resistance Potions and tossed Jack a bag containing 50 bottles of Anti-Electricity Potion.

Jack wasn’t a complete newbie either. He said in surprise, “Resistance Potions, and Anti-Electricity Potions at that? These are quite expensive, aren’t they? You’re just giving them to me like this?”

“If I can give you Legendary Equipment, why would I care about these? Don’t hold back on the potions later. When the duration runs out, just drink another one. I’ve got plenty,” Kamiyu said with a generous air.

Jack nodded and chuckled softly.

Kamiyu was actually quite mischievous. She secretly wanted to electrocute Jack along with the enemies. This game had a friendly fire setting, so Mages usually asked the frontline Warriors to step aside when casting spells.

But Kamiyu didn’t have that intention. She thought it was too much trouble. Jack’s Defense Power was so high, and his Armor’s resistance was as high as 90%. He just needed to take a few Resistance Potions and Health Restoration Potions to tough it out.

Kamiyu’s “simple and unadorned” Playstyle was actually a very extravagant one—treating Potions like water, drinking them whenever she lost health, and drinking more when the resistance duration wore off.

She said, “Alright, the first level is cleared. We’re moving on to the second level. This time, there won’t be any blood for you to absorb.”

Kamiyu looked at the Instance Dungeon description on the Map. The second level was a Skeleton Formation, filled entirely with level 15 Skeleton Soldiers. There was no blood for Jack to Stack his 5x Defense.

The Instance Dungeon description on the Map was very detailed, clearly stating how many levels there were, what type of Monsters, their attributes, and their weaknesses.

“As expected of a major Guild. This saves us a lot of cumbersome trial-and-error time.”

Kamiyu thought to herself. She had originally assumed that Magic Crystal Ore production would be scarce and that she wouldn’t be able to use the Construction Sage’s Material Saving Recipe, so she had been hesitant to use Magic Bullets.

Now, farming these “Trash Mobs” had made her rich in one go. She could finally let loose and roam freely through this Instance Dungeon.

Kamiyu set aside her nervousness and strode forward with purpose. Even Jack had to catch up and say, “Hey, why are you walking so fast?”

“Keep up. We’re speed-running now. Make sure you perform well later. I’ll be shooting ‘vigorously.’ Don’t skimp on Health Restoration Potions or Resistance Potions. Take them when you need them. And don’t use Thorns Reflection—I’m afraid I might accidentally hurt you,” Kamiyu said hurriedly, rattling off a long list.

“You don’t need me to Protect you? I’m afraid you might mess up,” Jack said with slight concern.

On the Battlefield, arrogance was the greatest taboo. One had to remain calm at all times to survive. Looking at Kamiyu now, she seemed as impulsive as those high on drugs.

He thought to himself Silently, rather than trying to persuade others, it was better to focus on himself. If something really went wrong, he could save her then, and that would sober her up.

Jack decided to “teach Kamiyu a lesson” this way.

But Jack still wasn’t at ease. He quickly overtook Kamiyu, ensuring she remained under his Protection at all times.

Humming a little tune, the two continued deeper into the valley for about 500 or 600 meters.

Traces of a fight were discovered, and Jack made a gesture to halt their advance.

“Hey, what are you doing?” Kamiyu had been looking up at the sky, noticing something circling above, but the thick fog kept obscuring her view.

She hadn’t noticed the gesture and accidentally bumped into Jack’s back.

“Shh, the blood is fresh—someone has been here,” Jack said.

Kamiyu widened her eyes, growing tense. Someone had been here? Then wouldn’t my Magic Crystal Ore have been taken by someone else?