Wizard: I brought the wrong system.

Chapter 337 A Gun That Can Be Swift from Seven Steps Away
A muffled thunderclap.

The crisp clash of weapons could not be concealed.

"Charge! Charge out! It's about to pour, if we can keep our distance, they won't be able to find us!"

Thunder tore through the dim space.

The air was filled with shouts of men and neighing of horses, and the glint of swords.

The splattered crimson blood resembled blooming flowers.

The electric light gradually faded, and darkness once again enveloped the earth.

Not long after, a torrential downpour began.

Like a curtain gradually falling, it conceals a grand drama unfolding in the darkness.

……

Crash-!
Large raindrops pounded against the cold rocks, splashing up water droplets and filling the narrow crevices beneath the hang glider with a dusty smell.

The faint sphere of light hid in the farthest corner of the space.

In the dimly lit space, Yaro, who was already dressed in the Demon Phoenix Golden Armor and wearing a skull mask, walked solemnly toward the glass container placed in the middle of the ice water.

"Success or failure depends on this moment!"

Yaro pursed his lips... He was very nervous.

This was the first time Yaro had ever prepared something like this. Even though the process went relatively smoothly, it was still just the application of high school knowledge. He wasn't even sure if the final product would be successful.

In fact, whether it has failed can be roughly judged by simply picking up the glass and seeing if there is any liquid sediment.

But... Yaro dared not.

"Even a slight movement could trigger it..."

Even though it was still submerged in ice water, the thought of the danger this thing posed filled Yaro with pressure.

"Even if something unexpected happens, I'm still wearing golden armor and don't have many other items, so I think... nothing will happen?"

In fact, Yaro didn't know whether wearing the armor would be enough to withstand this thing.

Even if the golden armor can provide protection, what about the empty space on the face?
With a 'boom,' he turned into a headless knight?

"I hope nothing bad will happen..."

Thinking of the possible tragic consequences, Yaro's face stiffened, and he subconsciously swallowed.

Whether it will succeed is still unknown...

Yaro was a little confused about whether he wanted to succeed or fail.

However, regardless of the circumstances, things have already progressed to this point, and Yaro cannot stop now.

Moreover, this is my new self-defense weapon, so I must thoroughly understand its properties.

"When did I become so anxious and insecure?"

Yaro shook his head with a wry smile.

But then again, who wouldn't tremble at the sight of such a flammable and explosive thing?
"call……"

Yaro activated the Knight's Breathing Technique, and a faint warm current flowed through his body. The recovery of his physical strength also helped his mental energy gradually return to calm.

"let's start."

Yaro carefully scraped off the suspension layer by layer from the top of the reactor using a long-handled glass spoon.

As the mixture decreased, a thin layer of light yellow, oily liquid gradually appeared.

"Success?"

As the 'grease' became increasingly clear, Yaro frowned slightly.

"The color seems a bit unclear, and the finished product quantity is also a bit small. Could it be a problem with the purity of the materials?"

Seeing the thin layer of 'grease', Yaro secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Although it was only a thin layer inside the reactor, it was quite substantial when collected—enough to fill a large beaker.

"Let's test its power and properties. It's been too long, and I've forgotten the specific properties and power of this thing. I only remember that it's very famous."

What aspects of the experiment are involved?
After thinking for a moment, Yaro decided to figure out its nature first.

For example... to rediscover its auto-ignition temperature.

The principle of a thermometer is very simple, and it doesn't take up much space. Yaro has a few thermometers that were made at the academy in his spatial ring.

——Bang!

"50-60 degrees?"

No wonder it has such a terrible reputation!

The temperature that humans feel comfortable at is around 20 degrees Celsius. If you put 'it' at this temperature, it is possible to touch this temperature by shaking it a little, due to the work done by the liquid shaking.

How powerful is it?
Boom boom boom——!
Explosions continued to rumble from the back of the rocks, and as dawn broke, Yaro finally managed to roughly calculate its power.

—Eighteen times that of ordinary black powder!
Of course, this is because the gunpowder made by Yarrow was not the most perfect gunpowder formula to begin with, and the difference is probably not exaggerated.

But that's terrifying!

A normal bow and arrow travels approximately 50 meters per second.

The explosive velocity of the perfect gunpowder reaches 500 meters per second.

And the explosive speed of this 'oil' is... more than 7,000 meters per second, almost 8,000 meters per second!
That's right, this is nitroglycerin!
Nitroglycerin, like gunpowder, is just an ordinary substance that can be continuously increased in quantity.

Ordinary enchanted treasures can easily cost hundreds of magic stones, while treasures comparable to those of a formal wizard can cost tens of thousands of magic stones.

Even after accounting for the labor involved, and including the magic stone used to activate the mask electrolysis, the cost of nitroglycerin per pound is only a few dozen gold coins.

If a generator could be used to generate electricity, the cost of nitroglycerin could be reduced to just a few dozen kilograms of a single gold coin!

So... a fully qualified wizard is worth several hundred grams of nitroglycerin?

Or perhaps... a few kilograms of nitroglycerin?
Are a few hundred kilograms or a few thousand kilograms enough?
For some reason, Yaro thought of that classic line.

"A gun is fast beyond seven paces, and within seven paces..."

Yaro chuckled and shook his head, banishing the ridiculous thought from his mind and silently reminding himself:

“Formal wizards are not so easy to kill. Not to mention the life-saving methods such as sacrificing one’s life, using a substitute, or using a life box, they can escape the explosion by using elementalization, spatial teleportation, prophetic perception, etc.”

"That time at the academy, it was because of the 'Level 3 Prophecy Wizard - Clown Tides' who first shielded them from the sense of danger, and then sealed off and isolated that space. Not only did it prevent those wizards from escaping, but it also caused the power of the explosion to reverberate in a small space, which ultimately resulted in such a dazzling victory."

"The main contributor was still 'Level 3 Prophecy Wizard - Clown Tides'; those bombs were just an assist."

Thinking of the wizard's power that he had calculated before, Yaro felt a tightness in his heart and secretly made up his mind.

"Next time, I won't even consider targeting a formal wizard unless I have hundreds or thousands of kilograms of nitroglycerin!"

"Oh, right..." Yaro suddenly thought of a question, "How much would it cost to produce hundreds or thousands of kilograms of nitroglycerin?"

"If there's a generator, it'll probably cost... fifty gold coins?"

Ha ha……

Less than a magic stone.

Of course, while the outlook is optimistic, the drawbacks of nitroglycerin cannot be ignored.

It's impossible for Yaro to carry hundreds or thousands of kilograms of nitroglycerin around; releasing large amounts of nitroglycerin would be suicidal.

The space inside the spatial ring is only three cubic meters in size.

These spaces need to carry magic stones, gold coins, and some daily necessities, so there isn't much space left.

Not to mention there's now another space-consuming major player – the hang glider.

(End of this chapter)