Black Tower of the Forge, fifth floor, Dorm 21.

Allen opened his eyes, ending an hour of deep Meditation.

In his Sea of Spirit, the sixth brand-new Will Rune on his first Core Matrix was steadily emitting a faint glow, resonating with the other five Runes.

Magic Power surged through his body like a rising tide, and both its total volume and recovery speed had increased slightly.

The difficulty of engraving Will Runes as an Advanced Apprentice far surpassed that of the initial stages. Each Rune was like carving a palace into a spiritual cliff, a process that not only drained his mind but also devoured his resources.

Just completing this sixth Rune had used up over a dozen bottles of High-Level Mental Recovery Potion, not to mention the other cultivation aids.

Relying on painstaking training to build strength bit by bit was too slow. To progress faster, every step up had to be paved with Magic Stones.

After finishing his cultivation, Allen didn’t rest. His mental fatigue was suppressed by a much stronger creative urge; he was desperate to complete his project.

He opened the "Judgment" project in DSeek, intending to finalize the detailed design tonight.

The first part of the design was the gun’s frame.

Allen’s consciousness became that of a designer, and he began to construct the firearm’s skeleton.

He abandoned the ornate style popular in the Wizarding World, which was full of intricate patterns, and instead adopted the industrial design philosophy of his past life on Earth.

Straight lines, sharp angles—every part of the design served a function.

He designed a fully ergonomic grip, leaving grooves where anti-slip textures could be added.

For the stock, he designed an adjustable, retractable structure equipped with a cheek rest to accommodate various shooting stances.

These designs, purely for improving "human-machine efficiency," were practically heretical in the Wizarding World.

Shouldn’t the user be the one to adapt to the weapon?

’Bullshit! A tool should serve its user!’

That was the principle etched into Allen’s very bones.

He even left attachment points for tactical rails, providing infinite possibilities for adding other accessories later on.

The material for the gun’s body was an inert metal called "Black Mountain Iron."

He had dug it up from the alchemy school’s materials database.

The mainstream view in the Wizarding World considered this inertness a drawback. It couldn’t amplify Magic of any attribute, making it a "dull" material.

But in DSeek’s evaluation model, this was precisely its greatest advantage.

It meant that "Black Mountain Iron" was a perfect energy "conduit." When Magic Power passed through it, there was almost no extra energy loss or attribute deviation, ensuring the purity and stability of the energy beam to the greatest extent.

More importantly, it was affordable, sturdy, and could be perfectly processed by Allen’s "Precision Mark I" Alchemy Machine.

Next was the power supply and firing module—the heart of the weapon.

Allen took out the Rhombic Crystal from the Micro-Light Scale Armor Beast he had obtained in the Silent Forest.

It was the same type of conversion crystal as the Light Crystal the professor had discussed in class today, but the crystal from the Micro-Light Scale Armor Beast was clearly more powerful.

This type of crystal was both an "energy pump" and an "emitter."

It could absorb injected Magic Power and, upon being stimulated by a specific mental frequency, instantly convert that power into a directional high-energy beam.

A single crystal served as a firing module, replacing the function of a gun’s chamber.

Inside the gun’s frame, directly below the crystal, he designed a standard Magic Stone power bay that could house a Middle-Tier Magic Stone as the main power source.

Between the power bay and the crystal, he designed a "stabilizer array" composed of five basic Runes. Its purpose was to smooth out the energy output from the Magic Stone, preventing unstable fluctuations from damaging the Micro-Light Scale Armor Beast’s crystal.

He also designed an additional interface that allowed him to charge the crystal directly with his own Magic Power. Although this would significantly increase the charging time, it was sufficient for use as an emergency power source.

Finally, there was the firing mechanism. He designed a dual safety system for "Judgment."

The first layer was a Spiritual Power link. He set his own Spiritual Power fluctuation frequency as the "pre-charge" command.

With just a thought, he could make the "Heart of Judgment" enter standby mode and begin drawing energy.

The second layer was a unique Magic Power code. He took a small, unique structural segment from the Will Runes he had engraved and set it as the final "fire" command.

This meant that even if the gun fell into someone else’s hands, they wouldn’t be able to fire it without knowing this Magic Power code.

It would obey his commands alone.

Part Three: The Scope.

This was the soul of the entire design and the key feature that would set "Judgment" apart from all other ranged weapons in this world.

Allen knew full well that the reason Wizards hadn’t developed precision aiming devices was because they had their own built-in cheat: sensory Witchcraft.

However, a Wizard could typically only maintain one sensory Witchcraft at a time, which was a limitation on the battlefield.

What he wanted to build was an optical scope that integrated multiple detection methods.

He designed the scope as a modular system composed of three lens groups, whose functions could be switched at any time by injecting a small amount of Magic Power.

First Lens Group: [Basic Optical Lens].

The principle was to take the Magic model for "Sense Enhancement—Visual Acuity" and, using Rune-etching technology, miniaturize it into a permanent Rune Array embedded around the lens. This would grant it a 1-20x physical optical zoom capability.

He had already learned the technical challenges involved in his advanced runology and practical application courses.

Second Lens Group: [Magic Power Vision Lens].

Using the same technique, the target this time was the "Detect Magic Power" Magic model.

When this lens was activated, it could be used to observe flowing elements, hidden Magic Traps, and the unique "auras" formed by the Magic Power dissipating from a Wizard’s body.

Third Lens Group: [Thermal and Low-Light Vision Lens].

This required a special material from a Magical Beast—the crystalline lens of an "Eye of the Fire Salamander."

This creature was naturally able to capture the faintest infrared radiation and ambient light.

By grinding it into a lens and pairing it with corresponding energy-activating Runes, it could achieve perfect thermal imaging and night vision functions.

Telescopic vision, night vision, thermal imaging, Magic Vision... This was a complete "beyond-visual-range hunting solution."

The design schematics for the three lenses integrated perfectly in DSeek’s interface, forming a complex yet harmonious-looking tactical scope.

Allen examined his masterpiece.

This Magical Shooting Platform, named "Judgment," would not only be his first weapon but also a potential backup plan for Golem Weapons in the future.

With the design complete, he issued one final command.

"DSeek, based on the current design, compile a list of required materials and processing equipment."

[Command received. Final calculation in progress...]

Lines of text and 3D models flashed through Allen’s consciousness.

[Frame Materials: Black Mountain Iron Ingot, estimated 5kg; Demon-guiding Liquid, 50g; Blackwood Gunstock, 500g...]

[Firing Core: Micro-Light Scale Armor Beast Crystal (Acquired)]

[Scope Module: High-Purity Optical Crystal lenses, two sets; ’Eye of the Fire Salamander’ crystalline lens (finished product), one...]

[Processing Equipment: ’Precision Mark I’ Alchemy Machine, ’Micro-Engraving Light Pen,’ polishing machine...]

Seeing the required processing equipment at the end of the list, Allen rubbed his nose.

’Looks like I’ll have to procure some new equipment and materials before I can officially start construction.’