The time for the dungeon expedition was just one day away. Roland and Bernir were both inside the workshop while Agni was keeping watch outside.

There was some business Roland needed to take care of at the guild today before the nobles arrived. He needed to meet up with his temporary party members as everyone would be given a specific job that would fit this mission. The party leader had apparently arrived and he would be assigning the positions.

This brought Roland back to that one other large expedition that he was a part of. That time he was relegated to the backline and placed in a team with lower-level adventurers. While this time his worth had increased he wasn’t sure where he would end up in.

There was a reason why he wasn’t worrying as much though. The guild master wanted his rune smithing skills, it would be counterproductive of him to send him towards his demise. That’s why a position in the backline was more than likely.

Before going out to the city there were a few things that he and Bernir needed to discuss. He would be leaving together with Agni for a few weeks. Apparently, the noble youths needed to complete some sort of exam.

For this, they needed to last for a prolonged amount of time while surrounded by enemies. It was something that this kingdom thought out to train their younger generation for the coming battles.

This wasn’t an era of peace and the nobles would be the future commanders and generals. Everyone needed to be able to protect themselves or at least know how to use their troops and ration their supplies.

From what Roland knew, he and the adventurers were more of a backup plan. They were there to guide the people inside and make sure that nothing goes wrong. The nobles from the academy would have their own soldiers and provisions that they needed to figure out how to use.

Only when something unexpected happened would the adventurers get involved. They were there to lure away any potential threats that the nobles wouldn’t be able to handle. Things tended to go towards the unexpected in his life. Even at that previous expedition, he didn’t think that he would get buried in the mine and then almost die against a tier 3 monster.

“Okay, let us go over this one last time…”

Roland handed Bernir an improved version of the ‘runic grenade launcher’ that he had built throughout this month. It did not look like a basic tube now but as a proper ranged weapon, not like one that you would find in this world though.

The most noticeable thing was the middle part which had a large-sized cylinder. It looked like an enlarged revolver cylinder with six chambers. It wasn’t quite like it as there was a manual crank next to the grip of this launcher. Bernir would need to crank it to make the chambers rotate into place before firing off one of the runic grenades that Roland had prepared beforehand.

The handle was made from wood and fitted with Bernir’s hands in mind. Being half dwarf left the young man with thick hands so even if Roland tried it he would be able to shoot this weapon.

There was a secondary grip at the front part that connected to the barrel. It was there to aid with the aiming as the weapon had some kickback to it. As with all of his creations this one also had some mana stones embedded in the design.

They were all green as instead of small explosions that were produced by gunpowder this one operated more like an airsoft gun. The mana usage was actually lessened with the wind pressure rune than if he used a small explosion-type rune instead.

For the ammo, he used small runic scrolls with various spells. It was all set up that when the orb that the scroll was in collided with something it would be activated. Most of them would just explode while causing residual damage with shrapnel that came from the metal casing. But there were various spell combinations that Roland had shown Bernir, if he was smart about it he could clear out more enemies with less.

Roland would like to have this weapon spin the chamber on its own but there wasn’t any time to figure out the mechanism. He wasn’t much of a gun nut in his previous life, so he went with a more mechanical approach and a crank that spun the cylinders around instead. The thing that he made was more of a portable runic cannon than a proper gun.

He even received the ‘Cannon craftsman’ title for it. Maybe if he was able to make a revolver or something similar he would be able to attain a Gunsmith title? Though he wasn’t sure if he wanted to go in this direction. He already had reusable runic equipment that didn’t require him to create reusable ammo. Someone like Bernir was more suited for that path choice as he didn’t have any battle skills to speak off.

“You sure come up with peculiar things Boss.”

Bernir held the portable ‘cannon’ in his hands and pointed it in a direction. He was a tier 2 blacksmith so it wasn’t that hard for him to use it with one hand either.

“Remember to only use this when you really need it and keep your distance. Most people should just run after a few warning shots.”

“Aye, I’d be running for the mountains if someone used this thing against me…”

Bernir had used this launcher a few times on the straw dummies in the backyard. He had riddled the ground with holes from the explosions but after a while, he got the hang of it. After some use, he had even gotten the basic cannoneer skill. This skill slightly boosted a person’s aim whenever they used cannon-type weapons. Apparently, the Armorsmith class was enough to allow him to get that skill.

“You’ll also need this, remember to bury them discreetly.”

Next came the mine scrolls. Agni would be away for the time being so there was no danger of the Ruby Wolf to set off the traps. After Roland was gone, Bernir was tasked to place these scrolls around the house and mostly close to where the fence was. The moment someone jumped over it they would set it off.

The fence would also be charged up with some electricity. This would just give everyone a little jolt to keep them from advancing forward. Roland was slightly afraid that some kids could decide to pay the strange craftsman a visit.

He didn’t want to have any child deaths on his conscience. If they decided to jump over to the other side even after reading all the warning signs and after passing the electric fence, then it was on them. Lessening the strength of the mine scrolls would just endanger his assistant and his own home.

“Aye, what about these?”

Bernir took out something that looked like a deck of cards. These were the same mini scrolls that Roland used and now they were also given to Bernir.

“Use them if the runic launcher fa