"Pay attention, now you can watch the specific steps of my operation."
She turned the long tube sideways, pointing it toward the apprentices, and only then did they see Furan drawing circles of spiral grooves inside the barrel from a distance.
"What is she doing?" Almost everyone had this question in their hearts.
Once the spiral grooves in the front section were drawn, Furan began working on the back half of the long tube.
She sealed the back of the long tube with a new iron plate and then began adding many small openings and notches to the tube.
If the apprentices could still understand making a hollow long tube earlier, they were now completely dumbfounded. Why make so many small designs?
Furthermore, Furan's movements were very fast, completing operations that the apprentices didn't understand in almost the blink of an eye.
The apprentices below were all scratching their heads in confusion; even Elan, standing to the side, didn't know what Furan was trying to do.
Finally, the weapon Furan made using some materials was finished.
The entire gun consisted of a long tube with two small protrusions on top for aiming.
This gun had no trigger, only a grip underneath for someone to hold.
Furan then molded a pointed bullet from the nearby materials and placed it into the long tube through the side opening.
The apprentices watched her actions, filled with doubt. What is the mentor doing?
"Is it alright if I hit this wall?"
Furan asked Elan before starting, and Elan nodded, signaling her to continue.
Furan didn't hold it with her hands; instead, she used Hand of Telekinesis to hold the gun in the air, aimed it at the wall, and then released a Steam Jet behind the bullet.
In an instant, the bullet left the chamber, a burst of white steam erupted from the front of the barrel, carrying moist heat. However, even more shocking was the deep hole that appeared in the distant wall, with rubble falling around it.
"Did you see that clearly, apprentices?"
Furan turned and asked the group of apprentices, many of whom were still immersed in the previous loud bang and the damage caused by this weapon.
The scene fell silent for a moment, with only one thin hand raised high.
Furan looked at the apprentice with the raised hand and said:
"What is your question?"
Ossian then asked:
"Mentor, how did you manage to use a Spell inside it instead of releasing the Spell from your body?"
Normally, Spells are cast from body parts, and it is very difficult to cast them at a distance from the body, let alone Furan casting through a layer of iron plate.
Ossian understood the principle of the weapon Furan wanted to teach them as soon as the gun fired, but he didn't quite understand the details of the casting.
"That was my oversight. Remote casting requires long-term practice. Actually, you can improve my design later by adding a small hole to let the Spell in, but I still recommend you practice remote casting so the power of this weapon can be even higher."
Afterward, driven by Ossian, several other apprentices also raised their questions, such as why carve Rifling, and what the little points on the barrel were... Furan answered these questions one by one, making the apprentices very excited because they could also see that this weapon was very powerful.
If nothing else, if someone pointed a strangely shaped long tube at you now, you would have to stop and think about what it was.
It wouldn't be like someone holding a bow or crossbow; if you saw someone pointing one at you, you'd know you had to run.
This weapon hadn't been used by anyone else yet, so it could catch others off guard.
Kahn focused his spirit even more, trying hard to listen to every word Furan said. He believed this weapon was much better than the crossbow Ossian had improved.
Setting aside the fact that it was much more convenient to carry, with a crossbow, you could carry four at most, and during use, you'd need to remove them from their fixed positions to attack.
But the weapon before him was different; it was easy to carry—he could even carry six or seven himself—and it was easy to use: just aim and then use a Spell.
"Next, I will talk about how to improve this weapon."
For example, shrinking the gun to make it more portable, or adding other devices to allow it to hold multiple bullets at once... "My lesson is over, class dismissed... I will leave this weapon here; those who need to can come and take a look."
The apprentices immediately went into action. Some ran straight out the door, wanting to try making this weapon; others crowded forward to observe it closely... Meanwhile, Furan declined an apprentice's inquiry and walked into another room with Elan.
As soon as they entered, Elan looked at Furan with some surprise and said:
"I didn't expect you to have such a design... Why are you teaching these things to them?"
Elan's meaning was very clear; he meant that this kind of knowledge was obviously high-end and should be traded for by those apprentices rather than taught for free.
This was also a common understanding on the continent: set thresholds for precious knowledge so others cannot obtain it easily.
Although he felt that the power of this weapon might not be much to look at in the First Tier, it was definitely a lethal weapon at the Apprentice Rank.
Elan was somewhat shocked just by seeing the hole from earlier; such a powerful weapon actually only required the most basic materials to make.
And it could be made without any precious materials, plus there were no difficult points in the production process. Elan felt that by the time of the Assessment, everyone would probably be able to produce several of them.
Furan smiled and replied:
"This knowledge isn't that important. I'm teaching them so the School can easily secure a ranking."
Furan had also given it deep thought when she decided. The method she taught required the use of the Furnace Casting School's unique Spell, [Steam Jet].
With a Spell as a threshold, guns wouldn't become common everywhere, but her Spell also carried a risk of being copied, as she knew the Elemental School might be able to achieve a similar effect with a compressed wind ball.
But as long as the other party didn't experiment with using gunpowder to achieve a similar effect, using firearms would still be a very niche method. After all, needing Spell assistance was a very high threshold.
Suddenly, Furan thought of something. She handed a piece of white paper to Elan. After taking it, Elan asked:
"What is this?"
"A Spell Harbos developed when he was at the First Tier. He asked me to hand it over to you."
"Oh, I see!" Elan rubbed his nose and said nothing. Originally, he had been sent by the Edict School to trade. Logically, Harbos would certainly consider it carefully and wouldn't easily hand over real Spells.
Now that he had obtained these Spells, it meant he had gained Harbos's true trust.
Furan held another sheet in her hand. Her copy had been given to her by Harbos yesterday, and it contained First Tier and Second-Tier Spells.
He believed Furan might just be promoted to a Second-Tier Mage at the Northern Lands Academy, so he had given her the Second-Tier Spell content as well.
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