by Cobyboy
"But aren't you a little over your head little brat? Ten people in attacking and defeating the entire Wolfenstein Kingdom... You're strong alright, but don't bite off more than you can chew either." The old chief replied in a pretty loud voice that could be heard by Feihren's group. Slight nods could be seen from a few among their number.
"Oh, and speaking of the Wolfenstein Kingdom, these bastards have been attacking us repeatedly. Luckily we had taken the initiative to put up our own defenses against them."
Old Mendi mentioned as he pointed out in the direction of the turrets and the smoke. There had been three consecutive attacks since they had established their new village here, according to the old chief. Luckily, this place is basically like a utopia for the dwarves! They are definitely unbeatable here as long as they have the resources to create weapons and objects that can defend them.
'Continuous sieges and attacks without them gaining anything?' Feihren thought to himself, as disappointment appeared on his face.
"They're just thinning themselves out…"
Chapter 30: Alternate Preparations
The 'sieging' of the Wolfenstein Kingdoms troops didn't seem to be a random skirmish. These people that attacked the village seem to have a strong intent to kill and destroy. Feihren keenly observed these people as they were trying to confront the non-living turrets as if they were some kind of giant monsters that were waiting to be slain.
"I don't think this is normal? What do you think, old chief?"
"Ah, I am not even bothering with these pesky meddlers at all anymore. It has been like what, the 4th time?"
"But, this behavior is seemingly too… irrational."
Feihren keenly observed the chaotic situation outside the village. These bastard soldiers just kept running straight towards the village and attacking the turrets like idiots! But as Feihren neared them, he observed that the aura they were exuding was somewhat familiar.
"Human, I can smell… Me? Those are definitely traces of my aura…" The Ancient Demon Lord within Feihren's Demonic Carbine spoke up as they were nearing the entrance of the dwarves' village.
"So you mean all of these people have your consciousness fragment? That doesn't seem too plausible, don't you think?
"Don't be silly, human. You do realize that I am not just a 'Demon Lord' by name or anything right? I am, in actuality, someone that ruled over demons for eons. I technically have the power to control over inferior creatures such as humans that were weak-willed. Remember what happened to the queen back then?"
"Ah, but controlling these many people with this kind of twisted goal? This just clarified my 'doubts' as to who really holds your [Demonic Essence]. But worry not, my plan to take it away from them is foolproof! It is totally foolproof I say." Feihren proudly said with eyes full of determination.
"In any case human, why are you taking so long to give me the third part of my consciousness? It would definitely make this 'body' even more powerful you know?" The Ancient Demon Lord inquired, as he was curious about why Feihren has been putting such 'important thing' on hiatus.
"That's the problem, you see. If I give you the third fragment of your consciousness, you'd be stronger. In fact, you would be so strong that I doubt the materials that I used for this weapon could even handle it. So I decided to do something a little bit different… But first, I'd want to test out how strong you really are."
The [Carbine of the Demonic Stallion] is something that Feihren created "accidentally," causing it to have no discernible stats that were similar to the weapons Feihren made in the past. Due to the lack of information, it was a unique exemption to Feihren's inventory that he himself was not sure how much damage this weapon could dish out.
Feihren aimed towards the soldiers from Wolfenstein kingdom, whom were still mindlessly attacking the turrets. Firing several shots, Feihren noticed something that was really weird with how this gun works…
"Base HP: 400 (-6,000)"
"Base HP: 400 (-4,000)"
"Base HP: 400 (-10)"
"Base HP: 400 (-400)"
"The damage is so… random?"
After attacking several enemies with more or less similar HP, Feihren had noticed a really conspicuous pattern, and it was that 'there is no pattern'. The black bullet would vary in size after every shot, randomly hitting different areas of the target. For Feihren, this was akin to a gun with really shitty recoil!
The first time that Feihren had used this gun was to topple a few trees or rocks here and there and he hadn't really noticed the randomness in the damage due to the system not counting the things he was attacking as 'enemies'. As for the highly inaccurate and random behavior, he not taken it into account for he had never fired it more than once in succession at any specific target.
Feihren's 'different' plan for the use of the third fragment would really come in handy this time. Equipping his subclass, [Firearms Engineer], he pulled out a few of those blueprints that he had received after the sudden 'blackout' back then.
Within those blueprints, Feihren took out a few [Special Part Blueprints] that were for attachments. He then made his way to the now fully furbished workshop. Old man Yeshua had directed him to this place. As Feihren's party had decided to rest in this village today. Old Mendi had warmly accepted and prepared their temporary housing.
In the workshop, Feihren had been thinking about the proper parts to fix the Demonic Carbine's issues. First, he definitely needed a muzzle break and a tactical shock in order to fix the issue of the massive recoil.
If he was planning to create gun attachments and not the gun itself, Feihren had a better subclass to use, the [Alpha Gunsmith]. Although it sounded more domineering, there wasn't very much difference between it and the [Firearms Engineer].
The [Alpha Gunsmith] was something that would definitely help you in terms of having a better chance with the RNG [1] as it gives the entire process a higher success rate. The higher your proficiency in this subclass, the easier it would be to make the attachments and parts, making sure you would have the most optimum result, in the most efficient way possible.
The [Firearms Engineer] on the other hand, is used for custom gun manufacturing and improvement. It gives the user the entirety of the knowledge needed for one to produce a gun out of the materials provided.
Feihren equipped the subclass [Alpha Gunsmith]. Unlike last time, he did not pass out. Instead, he felt that his muscles and bones felt really hot all of a sudden, but the feeling dispersed a few moments later. It would seem that the 'proficiency' part of being able to create amazing parts in one go would relate to one's body having the 'memory' to create it again and again, and not the brain having to think too much about it.
The items he created were the [Stallion Muzzle Break] & [Stallion Tactical Shock]. The attachments were finished in a single try! The usefulness of the subclass was evident by the results, as Feihren immediately proceeded to the next phase.
He had hypothesized that the gun's body was now in possession of two portions of consciousness, but with a singular entity, which was being held back by the extreme supply of life force surrounding the carbine itself. So what would happen if he were to create an attachment that was also strengthened by general exp before infusing it with the third fragment?
Feihren continued working within the workshop throughout the afternoon and ended up creating a third attachment, the [Tri-horn Stallion Spitfire Scope].
'Finally, he didn't succeed in a single try, but took almost 20 before this bad-boy finally showed up. Feihren had never made such a complicated scope in his life, which caused him to have the lowest proficiency in creating one.
After he got the shape down the way he wanted, Feihren infused the scope with his 'life-force' as the green light started to envelop it before it was absorbed. He immediately brought out the huge dark sprite that was floating within his inventory as he carefully placed it in the reticle. Immediately, Feihren attached the scope to the Demonic Carbine as to make it something that was "one" but not t
echnically "together."
"Human, what is this thing? Why do feel stronger… yet somehow still feel…weak? This is odd…"
The Ancient Demon Lord was shocked as to see that the third fragment had 'fused' with him, but the green force that was stopping him from getting out seemed to be even stronger now.
"Don't freak out, I made something to ensure that you won't go rogue even with you getting stronger," Feihren replied with a grin on his face.
"Why don't we test you out now?"
Feihren immediately went out the workshop, haphazardly using the scope as he peaked far and wide across the village. But to his surprise, something was functioning differently than he had anticipated as Feihren muttered…
"This isn't a scope… it's… X-ray vision?"
Feihren had beads of sweat appear on his forehead.
'Now this is what I call "Demonic"…'
[1] RNG- Random Number God, it is a reference to the chances one takes on luck
Chapter 31: Attack of a Titan!
Feihren hurriedly went back inside the workshop after he 'tested' the new addition to his Demonic Carbine. He was utterly shocked at how the [Tri-horn Stallion Spitfire Scope] ended up working. Immediately switching the blueprints, Feihren decided to do a little tweaking here and there to either change or reduce the effect of the X-ray vision. It isn't because it was particularly bad. In a sense, it may be somewhat 'useful'. But it would definitely not be of much help in combat. Heck, it would throw anyone off if they could see all their enemies naked.
The updated scope came out with a different name. It was now labeled as the [Eyes of the Demonic Stallion Scope].
Finally, it's finished. Unfortunately it was now late in the evening. Feihren dismissed the thought of trying out the scope and immediately slept on the floor of the workshop. He was used to sleeping even in the most uncomfortable place, so he did not bother returning to his lodgings, where the rest of his party was. Besides, the first thing he was planning to do the next day should also be done in the workshop.
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Feeling revitalized, Feihren woke up with an excited smile on his face.
One of the features of Gaia's Paradox was the choice to increase the durability and/or effectiveness of your weapons by [Smelting] lower grade items and improving the higher ones through [Refining].
It was a feature intended for items within Gaia's Paradox, but it seems that the ones in Nuwiell held the same tier and rarity scheme. The only real difference was that the items here were inferior based on their special effects at each tier in comparison with the types of equipment in the game. So it made sense that the items in this new world could be stored in the game inventory.
Logically, these items could also be used in [Smelting] and [Refining]. This was the reason why Feihren had bought massive amounts of low-grade items for the purpose of improving his custom weapons. He was hoping that he could get them to have improved or perfect durability.
...
Feihren went to the temporary lodgings of the 10-man party he brought with him. The carriage that they had brought with them ever since they left the Ranustin Kingdom was still there. Feihren then assembled them for a discussion.
"I'll be taking the carriage from you now. So your job in dealing with that is done. I'll be busy the entire morning in the workshop. But by the afternoon, I want you all to meet me near the entrance stairs of the mining pit. Were gonna have a team-building exercise."
'Team-building exercise?' Everyone in the party was doubtful about his true goal in getting them there, but none had voiced out their opinion at the moment.
"If there is nothing else, I'll be going now." Feihren immediately left after he had given his instructions. The party then prepared themselves for the upcoming 'team-building exercise'.
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Under the scorching heat of the afternoon sun, Feihren's party had assembled at the staircase entrance to the mining pit. They arrived earlier than what was planned, but to their surprise, Feihren was already there with a disappointed look on his face.
Feihren had been successful in acquiring perfect durability for his custom-grade [Agile Angel Hand Cannon], which was his pistol of choice. It was proficient in packing ridiculous damage into a single round. But while this was technically a good thing, the problem was… he used up all of the 700+ lower tier items just to achieve this! It would take roughly 200,000 gold coins or around 2 precious gems for him to upgrade a single handgun.
He had no problem acquiring the gems due to him having the treasure trove of a mining pit, but trading too many of these gems would fluctuate their price, and would cause high suspicion from the trade market. Feihren did not want to cause any more trouble for the dwarves. If only he had a way to use his in-game currency…
[9,500,000 Platinum Tokens], Gaia's Paradox in-game currency. Feihren currently has a lot of it, almost maxed out even. The maximum number of the currency one player could obtain was 10 million, but before transmigrating to this new world, Feihren had spent half a million for 'The Eye' event.
He was still thinking about how he could use this currency, but that was not the point of him bringing these people into the mining pit. He was trying to solve one of the greatest problems he was facing in this world, his limited supply of ammunition.
The 10-man party approached Feihren, who was in a solemn mood, but their arrival suddenly brought a smile to Feihren's face. Seeing this, the party sighed in relief. 'It seems that he is fine'.
"Sir Feihren, you seem early? What are we doing during this 'Team-building Exercise'?"
"Ah yes, I was early because I had to ask for permission from the dwarven chief for me to have exclusive use of the entire mining pit for this afternoon. Now here's the task, you have to find all these things within the pit. I will be dividing you into 2 teams of 5. Find as much of the items listed as you can and meet me within the lodging quarters in the evening. Aside from this being a good way to improve teamwork, I'll be rewarding the winning team alright? Get started."
Feihren had instructed the party with complete details before he left. Naturally, these lists were items that are needed for the production of ammunition. This world does not have a clear name for things such as Potassium Nitrate (KNO3) and Sulfur, but the dwarves already had a crude formula for gun powder and a list of what these ingredients look like. Naturally, Feihren had only placed the description of these materials on the list so that it would be easier for the party to find.
Feihren then proceeded to head out of the town, towards the Wolfenstein Kingdom.
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'Equip'>>>'[Titan Cronus Heavy Gunner Armor]'>>>'Activate: Titan's Slate Mode'
A loud buzzing sound zipped through the eastern woodlands as a mirage-like image of a floating board arrived where Coboro Village used to stand. It didn't even take an hour before Feihren reached his destination.
Feihren's plan was to scout out the entrance where they would begin their 'assault'. It seems that a few guards are now posted along the eastern walls, and the wall itself had increased in height! Because of his current vantage point, he could clearly see the crop fields from before were now huge encampments. The ground where the village used to stand was now an enormous building with a gigantic flag bearing the insignia of the Wolfenstein Kingdom.
"Huh, a military base? Well, they did put the place to good use as far as I can see."
Feihren began to ponder his next plan of action. The Wolfenstein kingdom having a stronghold instead of leaving the eastern district alone was outside Feihren's expectations. Although this did not fluster him, he was still hoping that his 'Grand Assault Plan' would be executed flawlessly.
"This stronghold... I can't take care of this myself, can I?" Feihren pondered to himself.
"Of course you can! You have me!" A reply that was a bit unexpected startled Feihren. He now remembered that he hadn't tested out the new scope he had added, or the new attachments effect on the carbine itself. A grin appeared on Feihren's face as he replied to the
Ancient Demon Lord, "There's no harm in trying."
Aiming down through the newly attached scope, Feihren was startled by what he was seeing. An effect similar to the previous 'x-ray vision' was still there, but it did not make the enemy butt-naked. Instead, he could see the vitals of his enemies! Red glowing marks appeared on the 'weak spots' of these people as the flow of their life force could clearly be seen!
"I can clearly see their weaknesses? Is that what those red marks mean?" Feihren thought to himself as he checked the remaining general exp he has. It was roughly good enough for 3 shots. "Then I have to hit those with the highest level to earn enough general exp to fire some more..."
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