Chapter 6 - Hextech Revolver

"Jayce! You are a blessing!"

Lilin stared at Jayce with fiery eyes.

Scalp tingling, Jayce backed away from Lilin, "You're not…uh…never mind. You've made a breakthrough?"

"Of course..." out of excitement Lilin almost blurted, but then he realized that he was not supposed to be this knowledgeable about Runic Magic. Realizing this, he immediately changed his mouth and said, "not."

Jayce raised his eyebrows and looked at Lilin in confusion.

"Actually, your drawings helped me avoid some detours. Combining these runes, I have some ideas but… I just have to verify my findings."

The procedure to making hextech gemstones is not simple. During the production process, magic must be continuously added into a unbroken hex crystal to engrave the runes.

Lilin's mere 50 mana is not enough to make a crystal, so the other method is to use fragmented or low purity hex crystals as the energy input, which is more finicky.

First, the runes need to be engraved on a coin-sized metal plate, then use the hex resonance device to etch the runes into the hex crystal through the resonance flow of energy to upgrade it to the hextech gemstone.

According to the mechanic system, although the hextech gemstone is not as good as an original hex crystal in terms of energy output, it's more stable, controllable, and, best of all, rechargeable.

Jayce also mentioned that a merchant in Zaun's black market can get a complete hex crystal.

In this case, there are enough materials for making gemstone, and the next thing to consider is the exoskeleton.

Lilin drooled.

But first, the hextech gemstone must be made as soon as possible.

I have to go to Zaun...

He thought to himself.

The Under City, where the Chem-baron rule, there are no laws, and the safety is extremely poor. The necessary self-defence measures must be prepared.

He glanced at the crystal shard in Jayce's instrument. "By the way, Jayce, where exactly did you buy this crystal shard in Zaun?"

"The lanes, I remember it was called Benzo's pawn shop? The undercity is quite confusing to navigate." Jayce was a little surprised, "Why?"

"It's for your... I mean, our research!" Lilin grabbed the crystal shard, "Let me study this thing further."

"Wait, I only have one. What am I going to research if you take it? Can't we do the experiment together?"

Jayce grabbed Lilin to get back the crystal shards. But Lilin nimbly avoided him, predicting Jayce's reaction in advance.

"Oh~~ We're brethren of the same house, are we not Jayce? Plus, I'll give you a complete piece when I make some progress."

Lilin smiled at Jayce, and ran out of the workshop.

"Wait! You cheeky bastard, my crystal shard..."

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In the end, Jayce, persuaded by Lilin, failed to get back his hex crystal shard.

To go to Zaun, I need a weapon. Lilin thought to himself. My frail mechanic physique will not stand up to the gangsters of Zaun.

So, he must get some tools.

Using the hex crystal shard, he salivated at the thought of the Hextech revolver, gunblade, rocket belt, and GLP-800 that appeared in the game.

Due to the instability of current hex crystals, none of these items have been invented.

After careful consideration, Lilin decided to use the crystal shard as the core to make a magic revolver with the simplest principles.

As an aristocratic family of craftsmen, the Kiramman family did not lack blueprints, and naturally there were no shortage of firearms and the like.

These days, in addition to prototyping the designs he brought, Lilin spends the rest of his free time learning a lot of mechanical knowledge with [HUD mode].

Correspondingly, his [basic mechanic manufacturing] skill was also upgraded to [proficient mechanic manufacturing], and the speed of manufacturing machinery was increased by about 50 percent.

Making the Hextech revolver will be the simplest out of the aforementioned weapons from the game. The only thing to is changing the physical bullets to energy bullets.

But the problem lies in the question… how to transform a kinetic weapon into an energy weapon.

It's not a problem that can be solved by replacing screw, but a complete redesign.

The energy tolerance of the pistol itself, the stability of the crystal fragment, and the overall safety of the finished product need to be considered comprehensively.

However, under the combination of [Proficient Mechanic Manufacturing] and [HUD mode] and the prompts of the system, these are completely out of the scope of consideration.

Lilin found all the production materials from the Kiramman warehouse, after everything was prepared, he started the work at hand.

Over several hours, Lilin exhausted and recovered several full bar's of mana in the production of the Hextech revolver.

Finally, when the Piltover Clocktower rang 12 times, a Hextech revolver with a caliber about the size of a thumb and a silver-white body was finally completed.

[Hextech Revolver (Quality: low): A weapon that combines technology and magic elements, with hextech gemstone (fragment) as the energy core, and can fire energy bullets]

[Combat Strength: 5]

[Ability effect]

[Passive - Damaged Core: The Power Supply Core can only provide three charges. ]

[Active - Energy Bullet: After a short charge of 1 second, an burst of energy is launched forward, causing damage to the target and generating a shock wave, causing area or effect damage within a 3 meters radius. The shockwave may cause a stunning effect]

A single bullet that can cc.

Lilin nodded.

It's a pity that a crystal shard can only be used three times, but it's enough.

He was just using it for self-defense, not to kill.

Even if someone does try to rob him, the gun will serve as a deterrent, he doesn't necessarily need to fire.

Like an old father seeing his own child, Lilin fondly caressed the pistol he made.

"The combat power of the system UI has been increased. I finally have a power level of over 10 000! milli-units."

He stood up shakily, picked up and one shot the cold cup of black coffee that had been brewed last night.

Instantly filled the entire mouth, the bitterness stimulated his nerves, and dispelled a lot of his sleepless night and the drowsy feeling of excessive consumption of mana.

"Tsk, this taste so bad."

Lilin secured the pistol to the waistband of his trousers, then pulled down the hem of his shirt to cover it. He check himself out, see anything out of the ordinary and nodded.

"Well, I can ensure my own safety by going to Zaun now." Lilin said contently, "The rest is the question of money..."

Yesterday, when Jayce came to ask for this crystal shard, he said that it cost 50 silver cogs to buy it, which is worth half a gold hex.

The price of Piltover is not cheap. One gold hex can be exchanged for 100 silver cogs or 10,000 bronze washers, which is only enough for an ordinary working-class citizen to live for about a month.

The compass repair shop where Lilin worked at before coming to Kiramman estate, paid even less to the apprentices. The daily salary was only a few dozen bronze washers, and he couldn't even afford the sweets baked by the roadside hawkers.

The pawn shop owner probably saw that Jayce was a new fish and made a killing of him.

The generic hex shard battery that can be bought on the market was worth 5 silver cogs...

Lilin took off the Kiramman clan uniform, and changed back to his old clothes.

Then he took out 50 silver cogs from the drawer and put it into his old satchel.

From Lilin's current outfit, no one would have noticed that he was carrying so much silver cogs in his satchel.

Jayce couldn't even buy a complete crystal, so Lilin had little hope in buying one himself, so he didn't bring gold hexes.

He wants to see if he could talk to the shop owner, to pay a certain deposit first to see if he can get the complete crystal in advance.

Piltover and Zaun seems to be calm at the moment, but there are a lot things brewing.

The sooner that he gets the complete crystal the better, so that there will be no delays and mishaps in making his Iron Man suit.

"That should be fine..."

It takes about half an hour to get down to Zaun's lanes by the bathysphere elevator.

If he finds "Benzo's Pawn Shop" without getting lost, it should not be a problem to get back to the Kiramman's estate before sunset.

Lilin opened the door of his room while planning in his head.

However, a slender figure at the door blocked his way, " Where are you going dressed like this?"