Tranquility

[Name]: Delgor

[Age]: 234

[Health]: 6800/6800

[Mana]: 2123/2123

After I drew up a quick set of blueprints for Delgor, I waited for him to look over them. My lesser all seeing eye was activated after I stared at him for a while. But to think, for someone who doesn't look that old, he was over forty six times my own age. He had more health than me as well. But not by much. I really do not know what the Health standard really is in this world. I guess it varies between races.

"Hmmm… Some of these parts are... Well.... A bit tricky, but I do think I can do as is, but what is it?" Delgor asked.

"A sniper rifle. Although as it is now, it can not be used. I need a way to fire a projectile through it or some kind of magic. I was kind of hoping you might have an idea." I answered. I really did not know what to do. The whole idea of a sniper rifle was to fire a bullet at a target from a long distance and give the shooter a chance to escape after firing. But this was based on bullets, and since I did not know of any way to use magic at this time to make the rest of it work in a similar fashion, I was a bit lost. "I was thinking of somehow supercharging a dark bolt or something. And having it fire at a blazing speed at the target, but I do not know what to do for the penetration power. After all, a sniper rifle is supposed to kill your target from a far distance."

"Oh? Hmmm… How to supercharge it and have it then fire off a spell of your choosing, huh? What if we turned it into a wand." Delgor suggested causing me to tilt my head and look at him in confusion as I asked: "A wand?"

"Yeah, a wand is something that not only amplifies a mage's spells, but they can also have some added effects if we set in some runes. For your idea to work, maybe a bit of wind magic to accelerate a focused spell. The part here is kind of funny. Hey Brat, what is this part?" Delgor pointed to the blueprint.

"Rifling. It helps keep the projectile straight and increases accuracy and helps add some distance." I explained. A weapon could fire a bullet without it, but it would not be very accurate.

"I see…. The problem is even if we did get that to work, we would still run into a problem with the penetration. A dark bolt will not harm orcs. It is more of a scratch. But…." Delgor started drawing on the blueprint. After a few minutes, he smiled and said: "What do you think of this?"

I looked at the drawing which looked like a bullet, but it was twisted and had sharp teeth along the spiral edges. "This…. What would we do with this?" I asked. I had an idea, but it still would be hard without any combustion.

"Hehe… You see, if we combined two elements to give this spiral head a burst of energy behind it to carry it through the barrel while giving it a spin to make the spiral head rotate at high speed, we can then enchant it with your dark bolt and with both magic and metal combined it should blast through most armor. But to have to keep making spiral heads over and over and enchant them would become a pain." Delgor pursed his lips and looked at the blueprint while scratching his head.

"Is there a way to make it so that the spell itself can be used? Like, turn it into a ray or something. Like, focus the attack on a single point?" I asked. I mean, it was a world with magic, so if we could just kind of focus the power to a single point, it would allow me to use it as a kind of piercing ray that shot a strike of magic into the person like a laser or something along those lines.

"Hmmm… This may be possible. Let me create the parts, and then I will see what I can do for the last part. To do what you are asking will require more than just mana working in junction with a few runes. We are talking about many runes and even maybe a mini magic reactor. Brat, you really gave me something amazing. I think this will be my life's work after I am done with it! Hahaha!" Delgor seemed to have a fire lit under him. His eyes glowed with a newfound passion. "Hehe…. Hahahaha!"

"Damn it, old man, shut the hell up! Your sick laughing will scare my daughter!" My mother yelled out.

"Martha, how can I not be excited? I have never seen such an amazing weapon. I can just feel that this thing will be my apex. At any rate, Brat, you came here for a weapon, right? To hold you over? My guess is a bow?" Delgor asked after being calmed down by my mother's yell.

"A bow and dagger," I replied.

"Hehe, then I got the perfect weapon for you. Wait here." Delgor ran out back, causing all kinds of ruckus.

My mother came over and placed her hand on my head as she said: "I think you are in luck. If he went out back, then the weapon you will be getting is one of his best creations. But Bella, this weapon?"

"It's the kind of weapon I used in my past life, but it worked off combustion. It would fire a metal object called a bullet at the enemy. Depending where they were shot, they would die." I explained.

" I see. Well, combustion may be a good way to fire off a metal object like this, but I have a feeling this crazy old man will make you something even crazier." My mother seemed optimistic. I could only hope I could get my hands on a rifle once more. I would feel much safer. But I do wonder…. Can I assassinate a demon or angel? I guess I won't know until I gain enough strength to get to wherever they are located. But it does make me wonder if they can read my mind as well. Like do they know what I am thinking at this moment and time? If so, can they see me giving them the finger from the image in my mind?

Ten minutes later, Delgor came walking out of the back with a large chest in his arms, made his way over to me, and placed it down. "Brat, open it and see if it is to your liking."

I nodded and opened the wooden chest. Inside was a black bow with a pure white string. It makes me wonder if this man knew I was coming or not. Next to it was a faintly glowing black dagger with a blade so black that it would not even reflect the light that was being emitted from it.

I reached for the bow first. In the box, it looked much bigger than myself, but once it was in my hands and I lifted it into the air, it shrank down to a size more manageable for me. This kind of function surprised me, causing me to turn and look at Delgor, who smiled and said: "This was made with a special wood that can morph its shape to best fit its wielder. This is fine for a bow like this because the power it is able to dish out does not change even when smaller. But don't worry, I won't add such a function to your rifle. That rifling thing you explain would be all messed up if I did."

I nodded and held the bow in my hand, and pulled back the string. As I did, a white light began to form by my fingers, and I could feel some of my mana being sucked in by the bow, within seconds and a bit of my mana, a mana arrow formed in front of me. I did not release it but slowly let the string fall back into place, causing the mana arrow to disappear, and the mana used to flow back into me. "Not bad."

"You can also charge your shot. This bow comes with a skill of its own called Arrow Rain. You charge up the shot and shoot it into the air, and it will rain down in a wide area. The bow itself is called Tranquility. Both light and dark, just like you, Brat. I made this many years ago but never found a suitable person for it until now. So use it and give her a purpose." Delgor spoke with a bit of emotion in his voice.

"I will take good care of her, thank you," I replied as I took the harness that came with it to fasten the bow to my back and put it on. Only then did I place the bow on my back and then turned my attention to the dagger.