Chapter 237 Mark’s Weapon Designs
As he went to the dining room and Alina served him the food, he couldn't help but sigh once again, feeling loneliness without Song Yue.
Alina, who felt like her master is sad, accompanied him and tried to engage him in a conversation regarding the things that happened in the Lunaris City.
Mark felt a lot better after sharing the things with her. The fact that Alina never going to betray eased him a lot as he revealed important secrets like the contents of the quests or his future plans, etc…
After a while, as Alina went to the kitchen to clean up all the dishes, Mark went back to his room and sat up on the bed.
"System, Open Quest List."
"Hmm, selling 10000 firearms has a long way to go. Breaking through to rank 6 was put aside for a while. That leaves designing ten types of weapons. I have five designs ready with me already. After all, Chimera SMG is a modified version of Tigon-3. So, I just need to design tigon-3 too. That means I would need another five.
As for side quests, earning 1 million gold coins from here on will take a while. Opening 10 branches can be done but selling atleast 1000 weapons at every branch will take time. The last quest has 500k credits to be spent to acquire the Amulet of Diyu and form a contract with demons.
I have spent more than 125k credits but to spend other 375k credits means spending 1.75 million gold coins. Hmm, maybe, I should venture into the Bloodhill forest and kill some 7-circle beasts or a beast king to earn that amount.
Hmm, it is best if I can awaken the second spirit path and get a teleportation skill. The other quests will become easier.
As for those two emergency quests, I still have to wait for the peak potion. Hopefully, I acquire it during the next draw.
Anyway, let's do things one after another."
He then spread a sheet of paper and started to draw new designs.
"I need to add a few weapons to the Tigon series. Let's see what type of ammo is available for me at the moment."
9mm; R.I.P – 9mm; 7.9mm; 12 gauge shotgun ammo; 0.50 BMG (12.7mmx99mm); 0.50 caliber (12.7mmx108mm); 0.204 caliber; 40mm grenade; 110 mm HEAT warhead; 7.62mm; 155 mm HEAT; 6.5mmx48mm; 0.450 caliber; 0.243 caliber (6x52mm); 5.56x45mm;
Looking at the list, Mark first thought of a sniper rifle with a longer range than the ones in his arsenal.
In his past life, he designed a couple of sniper rifles with more than 3 km range for the Mafia gang that kidnapped him but they never went into mass production due to high costs and no buyers for the gang.
Mark picked up one of them and decided to add it as Tigon-6. If everything goes as he wants, this sniper rifle that shoots a 0.50 BMG will be able to reach 5.3 kilometers. However, its effective range will be more important though. As long as it ends above 3 kilometers range, he will be satisfied.
Mark's seventh design was Tigon-2's modification. Tigon-2 is a revolver that shoots shotgun shells. He changed the size of the cylinder, replacing the shotgun shells with 40mm grenades. He named it Tigon 2A.
Mark's eighth design was Tigon-1's modification. Tigon 1 is a machine pistol, that works similar to that of a submachine gun with a front magazine. But this design will have three barrels of equal length, using the principle of a Gatling-style gun for a high RPM. Hence, he named it Tigon 1A.
The ninth design is a short-range Rocket launcher. It is named Tigon-7. The weapon's design is a simple, smoothbore, aluminum tube, layered with fiberglass on the outside. The most difficult part of creating this weapon is the solid propellant motor that powers up the rocket. Since he was alone, it will be a time-consuming task.
Because he cannot stay more than 30 minutes in the factory, he has to build the motor in the outside world and brings it to his Factory, letting the assistant robot finish the rest.
As for the final design, Mark decided to make it big. Tigon-8 will be a Howitzer built-in artillery style as it is simpler compared to a vehicle type. He can then install a couple of these on his Destroyers to increase their firepower.
"Okay, designs are ready but I'm still in need of materials. Just that Chimera SGM had consumed a lot of materials from the ones provided by the system as a part of the beginner package.
I need to wait for the news from Zheng Ha. Until then, this will be on hold." Mark stored the sheets of paper in his inventory and went back to his bed.
A mentally tired Mark fell asleep quickly and woke up at around 6 o'clock in the evening. He opened the business as usual. With no customer visiting the store, he continued to work on his creation of those time-consuming 9mm bullets one by one.
At around 7:35 in the evening, a couple entered the store, buying a single-shot pistol and ten bullets. As they left, Mark remembered Song Yue once again, specifically their first meeting. He missed her presence more than ever. "I wonder whether Song Yun had forgiven her. Well, she was his only daughter. So, he must welcome her, or else, he will only regret it later on."
Another half an hour passed with no customers. Mark decided to close down the store.
After having dinner, he went back to his room. Not getting any sleep, he became focused on creating 9mm bullets nonstop.
Time passed away. Midnight arrived.
<strong>*Ding! You created a 9mm bullet.</strong>
After continuously clicking 2500 times, even his arms started to pain and he became tired physically this time. Mark lies down on the bed and closes his eyes, trying to sleep.
As if the whole world decided to not let him sleep, the notification bell sound made him open his eyes. And when he saw the screen, his eyes widened in shock.
<strong>*Ding! You received an Emergency Quest, Save Song Yue.</strong>
"Song Yue?" He immediately sat on the bed and opened the quest.
<strong>Quest: Save Song Yue</strong>
Description: The Elders of the Song Clan are not happy with Song Yue's return. They plan to kill her and make it appear like a suicide. Save her and take her under your protection.
Reward: Song Yue affinity level +3
Accept?
"Killing her?" Mark's gaze turned cold as soon as he read the description. Neither was he wondering why the system wants to protect her when she could no longer purchase without losing the backing of her family nor does he care about what exclusive weapons will be unlocked this time.
There's only one thing that is in his mind. It is to save her.
He clicked on accept right away.
<strong>*Ding! Do you wish to be teleported to the quest location, right away?</strong>
"Yes"
<strong>*Ding! You can only bring either Alina or Allen with you? Choose the Android.</strong>
Usually, he would get the opportunity to bring them both but Mark doesn't have the time to question the system.
"Allen," He said.
<strong>*Ding! You will be teleported to the location in 3, 2, 1…</strong>