Chapter 97 Hidden Occupation: Machinist
"Holy crap, we really did it!"

"hey-hey."

The wheelchair man on the battlefield stroked the huge buttstock of the homemade rifle as if he was caressing his future lover.

Iron Frenzy slapped his hand away: "Go, get out of the way, why are you acting like a pervert?"

A player with the ID "Electromagnetic Blast" suggested: "This is the first gun we made. It is of great significance. We should give it a name."

The wheelchair man in the battlefield excitedly suggested: "How about calling it SMG0818? Or calling it Type submachine gun is fine, both are my favorites!"

Iron Frenzy said disdainfully: "Get lost, don't bring up the names of your crappy wheelchair guns."

"And it's a shotgun."

"How about the M30 compound rifle?" The man in the battlefield wheelchair came up again.

Iron Frenzy ignored him, only pondered for a moment, and decided: "Since this gun can shoot steel balls, why not call it Iron Jet?"

Everyone: "."

The moment of silence said it all.

Iron Frenzy seemed to realize that the name was a bit indecent. He scratched his head in embarrassment and quickly changed the subject: "I was just joking. How about we discuss it again?"

However, just as everyone was preparing for the next round of debate, information appeared on the panel.

Amid the smell of gunpowder, a faint magical aura emerged from the rough barrel of the earth rifle, which was caused by a series of magical reactions from the bullet firing just now.

[The maker named it successfully!]
[You successfully crafted the magic weapon [Iron Jet]]
【Iron Blaster】

Quality: Special

Shooting range: Within fifty meters it depends on luck, beyond fifty meters it all depends on fate.

Summary:
This gun was made with the most rudimentary equipment and the crudest materials, but it embodied the hard work of more than a dozen blacksmiths. The bumpy hammering marks on the barrel explained its origin.

This simple shotgun takes tens of seconds to load, or even longer, and can only fire once per load. But believe me, with its power, the dense steel balls will smash you into a pile of rotten meat before the second shot!
"The direction of the times lies under my hammer!" - From the gun maker, Steel Frenzy
Iron Frenzy: "."

The wheelchair man patted his shoulder and consoled him, "Boss, it's okay. Although the name is a bit ugly, it will be remembered forever. Isn't it? Will it go down in history?"

"From now on, when people mention you, they will say that you are the creator of the first gun in Erezega, the great Splatoon, Steel Tide!"

At the end of the story, the wheelchair man on the battlefield couldn't help laughing out loud.

Iron Frenzy glared at him fiercely.

But soon, everyone's attention was attracted by the panel information that was refreshed again.

Iron Frenzy muttered to himself, "Damn it."

[You have created a new magic item and unlocked the hidden profession: Artificer!]
[Across the multiverse, artificers create inventions and magical items of peace and war. Many lives have been illuminated or saved by the work of good artificers, but countless lives have been massively destroyed by some of their ingenious creations.]
[Master inventors, artificers use ingenuity and magical powers to unlock the extraordinary abilities of objects. They view magic as a complex system waiting to be decoded and then harnessed in their spells and inventions, using a wide variety of tools to channel their arcane powers.]
[Detected that your current occupation is: Barbarian]
[Do you want to change job?]
[Note: After changing your job, you will be penalized for experience. Your experience value will be 40% of the original value. Please consider carefully.]
Iron Frenzy suddenly became excited and waved his hand:
"What the hell are you even considering——" "I'll just confirm the job change!"

[Your current occupation is: Artificer Level 1]
[To cast a spell, an artificer might use an alchemist's supplies to create a potent elixir, a calligrapher's supplies to inscribe a symbol of power, or a tinker's kit to create a makeshift spell.

[The magic of an artificer is closely tied to their tools and talents, and few other professions can create items that utilize the laws of multiverse magic as well as an artificer.]
[Gain the professional feature of the Artificer: [Magic Crafts]]
【Magic Craft】:
[You have learned how magic works, how to channel magic into objects, and how to awaken magic. As a result, you have gained limited spellcasting abilities. To an onlooker, you do not cast spells in the traditional way—you appear to be working miracles through various objects. You will learn how to infuse ordinary objects with a spark of magic.]
After reading the career introduction, Steel Frenzy was excited.

"The spring of our Mechanicus has come!"

"From now on, whether it's airplanes, cannons, or aircraft carriers, we can build them all!"

Iron Frenzy suddenly clenched his fists, raised his arms and shouted:

"The flesh and blood are weak and the machine is soaring!"

Cassius lay coiled in the Giant's Mouth Cave, using magic images to watch the players cheering in the blacksmith shop, with a slightly surprised look on his face.

"Mechanicus?"

"Isn't this a guild that only appeared after the server was launched? How come it already has a prototype now, and even unlocked the Artificer in advance?"

The Mechanicus is one of the most powerful player guilds in later generations.

In the early days of the guild's establishment, the [Mechanicus] was just a small organization of mechanical enthusiasts, and their president "Iron Frenzy" was just an ordinary college student majoring in mechanical engineering.

However, as the number of players entering "Erezaigai" became larger and larger, this early-starting guild attracted top talents from all over the world, including some scientists at the forefront of various fields. This made the style of the [Mechanicus] guild in the later period sci-fi, and it even built a floating fortress in the mechanical world as its headquarters.

"Recruitment, we must recruit."

"We must take control of this power in our own hands."

Cassius watched the image of the shotgun blasting the scarecrow into tatters and made up his mind.

Therefore, the steward of the Burning Embers, the great wise man Rump, personally came to the city of Baator and found the people of the Mechanicus to recruit them, promising to provide generous treatment, ample funds and the most advanced magical resources, and even offered to give each person a bottle of precious dragon blood potion.

Under the attack of sugar-coated bullets, the steel frenzy, which had never seen the world at that time, was defeated.

The one about ample funding especially impressed him greatly after he had been living frugally and working as a blacksmith for several months.

Iron Frenzy led everyone in the guild to join in without hesitation, and contentedly transformed himself into the red dragon's lackey - the half-dragon.

Now not only did he become more powerful in forging iron, he could even breathe fire by himself, saving the trouble of fanning the furnace.

Thanks to the urgent work of the bugbears and ogres, a brand new, large-scale building appeared in the city of Batol in just seven days.

There was a huge iron plate hanging at the door - Storm Arsenal.

　The snow was too heavy, I was trapped for a long time, please forgive me
　　
　
(End of this chapter)