"Bullet crafting?" Jacob cocked an eyebrow as he looked at the ravishing elf's cold smile.
Rita nodded with a charming yet cold smile, "Easy, right?"
Jacob shook his head mildly, "Nothing is easy when it comes to gunsmithing. Every component is essential, and even a small mistake can easily turn your craft into your own death kneel. Especially when it comes to bullets."
Rita narrowed her eyes when she heard this unexpected response from Jacob and couldn't help but reevaluate this masked man in front of her.
As for the four old men behind, they were just silently observing as judges, and they won't interfere unless they suspected foul play.
Rita then nodded, "Indeed, gunsmithing is far more dangerous than some people think it should be. Bullet crafting is the most dangerous part of Gunsmithing, and in the old ages, when we never had appropriate equipment, many Gunsmiths died while in process of creating a perfect bullet for a gun.
"Every new gun required a new type of bullet that could perfectly match it and bring out its deadly potential. That's why today, for your Senior Grandmaster Rank test, I want you to craft me a bullet perfectly suitable for this gun!"
Rita then flipped her slender hand, and a white gold ring on his middle finger suddenly shimmered in a golden glow before a beautiful silver handgun with a long golden muzzle appeared in Rita's hand.
However, Jacob's attention was drawn by the golden ring on Rita's hand, and he instantly guessed what that ring was, 'A storage ring!'
It was his first time seeing this ring being used despite possessing the Wight Minister's Storage Ring. He simply couldn't open it without magic, and this was not something he was proud of.
Now, seeing Rita using the Storage Ring, he felt flustered.
Rita naturally noticed Jacob's burning gaze at her ring and took it wrongly.
She pulled an enthralling smile filled with pride as she said, "Oh, I forgot you never had seen these little things before, right? This is a Common Storage Ring which have a 1-cubic-meter of storage space.
"Only a single person in the entire Rare Plains can make it, and that is Senior Grandmaster Magic Smith. However, they are expensive and even rarer than extraordinary treasures.
"But as long as you are a Senior Grandmaster, you may buy one from Senior Braylon. He has always prioritized his peers." Rita's voice was filled with respect and some adoration when she mentioned this Braylon character.
However, the Judges behind her had this unusually pained expression when she mentioned the purchase of the Storage Ring.
Because these rings were simply too expensive to make, not to mention buy them, even someone like them had to pay over half of their fortune to buy these Common Storage Rings from Braylon.
While Rita got it as a gift from Braylon when she earned herself the rank of a Senior Grandmaster, that's why she didn't know those men's pain.
Being a beautiful woman naturally had its own perks!
Jacob, on the other hand, instantly lost interest when he heard about '1-cubic meter space' because this was just too small for him, and he already had the Infinity Pendant, not to mention a Rare Storage Ring, so he didn't need a common one.
He was only frustrated because he couldn't open that damn ring because he didn't have magic.
As long as he started learning the Magic Smiting and got the blueprint of a Storage Ring, he could make as many as he wanted. He was pretty sure the epic plains would have an ample amount of these rings.
Rita then finally returned to the matter at hand as she showed Jacob the Silver Gun and stated, "This is a Basic-Type-1 Gun, created by me, and I call it Silver Death.
"But I have yet to craft an appropriate bullet for Silver Death. Since it's a Basic-Type-1 level Gun, the bullets should also be Basic-Type-1, or it won't do this Gun any justice. So…"
But before she could continue, Jacob spoke first as he looked at Silver Death with scrutinized gaze, "So, you want me to craft a Basic-Type-1 bullet for this gun?
"Correct me if I'm wrong, but according to my understanding, the 'Type Rank' represent anything related to mech and complex technology.
"Type-0 (Basic, Intermediate, and Advance) Rank cover Common (Basic, Intermediate, and Advance Rank) Rank. At the same time, Type-1 should cover the Rare Rank.
"Since this Gun is a Basic-Type-1 Weapon and because of its size, its appropriate bullet size should be around 10-caliber or 12-caliber maximum. But this size of Type-1 bullets is impossible to make without a Type-1 Gun powder. That is where your problem lies, isn't it?"
Rita's eyes finally went wide when she heard Jacob's appraisal because he instantly pointed out the crux of the matter without even her explaining it to him. This naturally gave her a big surprise as she finally took Jacob seriously.
'He might be able to solve this problem!' Her eyes shimmered with hope since this was the biggest hurdle she had been facing for decades.
Just as Jacob said, the type-1 gunpowder was too precious, and even with her current wealth, she couldn't buy its formula from the main branch, so she could only research herself.
But the experiment with gunpowder is not a joke, and she once nearly blew an entire floor during her research. Although she escaped without any serious injuries, she still had to pay for the damage she did.
Afterward, she always goes outside the dark city in the wilderness to conduct such experiments. But she always ended up blowing the facility whenever she was about to succeed.
This had become a sore spot in her heart.
She only bought that up because she wanted to teach Jacob a lesson and take him down a peg.
But to her surprise, Jacob easily saw through the problem which had plagued her to the point she started to lose interest in gunsmithing which she once loved even more than her life.
A hint of rare gentleness surfaced in her eyes as she looked at Silver Death and softly said, "As long as you can make this Gun whole, you pass my test as well as you will have my sincere gratitude!"