After we finished eating, we cleared the table. Kyle started washing the dishes while I headed to my bedroom. I placed the Beretta 70 on my bed, wondering how much power I should add to it. Since I'm giving this gun to Kyle, I also need to find her a suit that can boost her defense—something that'll let her protect both the old man and herself without any problems.
I picked up the handgun I'd bought second-hand from a customer. For a used semi-automatic pistol, it was in surprisingly good condition. I didn't even remember the model's name, but I did know one thing—it had zero recoil.
Holding Kyle's handgun in both hands, I gave the command in my mind:
"System, strengthen this gun by fifty times".
This time, the process felt different. Strange energy flowed from the surroundings to my hands, then into the gun. It only lasted a few seconds. It had changed its appearance. I picked it up again, it felt almost weightless—but my senses screamed danger. If someone fired this thing at me, I'd be sent straight to heaven on the spot.
The system's voice rang in my head:
> Congratulations, host, for successfully strengthening the Beretta 70.
You have obtained the Stellar Serpent.
Note: Once a standard Earth handgun from the 20th century, this weapon was subjected to the Multiplier System, boosting it 50 times beyond its original capacity. In the process, it transcended into a cosmic-tier artifact.
Appearance:
Sleek black frame with glowing nebula-like circuits running along the barrel. The silencer has been replaced with a graviton stabilizer, pulsing with faint starlight. The handle grips shimmer with a faint photon-veil, adjusting to the wielder's hand perfectly.
Features:
1.Photon Rounds – Each bullet fired transforms into a miniature plasma comet, capable of melting through starship hulls like paper.
2. Void-Piercing Shots – Bullets ignore shields, barriers, and even phase through dimensional distortions.
3. Endless Ammunition – Draws power directly from ambient cosmic radiation; the gun never runs out of bullets.
4. Recoil Nullification – The 50x multiplier stabilizes each shot perfectly. Even a child could fire it with pinpoint accuracy.
5. Singularity Burst (Special Move) – When the wielder wills it, the Beretta condenses 50 shots into one round, creating a black hole bullet that erases anything in its path on a molecular and spiritual level.
6. AI Targeting System – The gun has developed a combat AI that predicts enemy movement 3 seconds ahead, ensuring near-perfect accuracy.
7. Linked to the User's life. If the User dies, the pistol ceases to exist.
After reading the description, I couldn't help myself—I really wanted to bind this gun to me.
"Greedy? Maybe. But come on—just the endless ammo alone is broken, and that's not even counting plasma comets, void-piercing bullets, or the AI that predicts your enemy's moves. Picture being surrounded by thousands of enemies, pulling out what looks like a pistol, and then melting starship hulls like paper. That's insanity… the kind I live for."
Still, I couldn't help wondering—what if I strengthened it by a hundred times? Would it develop intelligence? I laughed at the thought. For now, fifty times was enough. This would give Kyle a real way to defend herself. Actually—no, scratch that. It would give her the power to wipe out an entire country overnight.
Of course, if she ever went down the wrong path… Well, I'd need to have a serious talk before handing this over. This wasn't a toy. I trusted she wouldn't abuse it, but better safe than sorry.
Now, how exactly does the binding work? Do I drip blood on it, or something like that? I'd figure it out later. First, I should strengthen my own gun. Then I could decide whether to give this to Kyle… or maybe even to the old man.
But knowing him, he'd probably put a few holes in all of Brazil. That guy never sits still in his old age—always finding ways to do the kind of crazy things nobody else would dare to try.