Florida Man in Magus World: Unleashing Liberty and Freedom

Currently, you have Super Democracy Pass (Class F) and Mana Ammunition Manufacturing System. You can create basic firearms, regular ammunition, and mana ammunition.

Craftable Firearms

- Makeshift Peashooter x 1 (10 Energy)

- M1903 Springfield x 1 (100 Energy)

Craftable Ammunition

- 9mm Round x 10 (1 Energy)

- 9mm Mana Explosive Round x 100 (100 Energy + 1 Corrupted Mana Stalagmite)

- 9mm Mana Piercing Round x 100 (100 Energy + 1 3rd-Rated Mana Crystal)

- .30-06 Springfield Round x 5 (1 Energy)

- .30-06 Mana Explosive Round x 50 (100 Energy + 1 Corrupted Mana Stalagmite)

- .30-06 Mana Piercing Round x 50 (100 Energy + 1 3rd-Rated Mana Crystal)

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New craftable items were added to the list. Looking at the new additions to the catalog, Felix drooled. He wanted to try shooting them and testing their effectiveness against aura knights and Lamias. But before Felix could start mass-producing them, he had to learn how to turn the mana oil into mana crystals and other useful forms. Felix returned his attention to the oil tank inventory.

Once again, the content consisted of 80% water and 20% oil. Felix frowned, "What am I gonna do with the underground water in the tank?"

<You can transfer the oil and water into your general inventory first. Then, you manually filter them using the extract feature. Or another option, you can purchase a refinery plant from the Florida Man Online Shop and let the system buildings work automatically while you enjoy the passive income. However, the latter method requires a serious investment.>

"How serious?"

<About 10,000 years of lifespan serious.>

"…."

<Purified Azure Petroleum can turn into first-rate mana stones, which you will need for higher-graded weapons and ammunition in the future. You will need the plant eventually.>

"Alright. I get it." Felix rolled his eyes and sighed. 10,000 years of lifespan seemed out of reach at a glance, but Felix knew that he only needed to smoke seriously for 10,000 minutes, which was attainable.

Returning his attention to the job, Felix pressed the transfer button, sending some of the liquid in the tank to his general inventory slot. As soon as he pressed it, one of his empty inventory slots was occupied by a gray droplet icon. Felix checked its description.

[Crude Mana Oil]

Under the image icon, there was a new button, replacing the dissect option. It showed 'Basic Refining (100 Energy).'

Felix had a vague guess, "If I press this, will I spend 100 energy to refine this thing?"

<You guessed it correctly. Exactly as you said, the system will consume 100 energy and separate water and impurities from the Azure Petroleum. You will obtain standard mana oil that you can extract mana from.>

"Alright. More energy to spend daily, I see."

Having plenty of energy, Felix pressed the basic refining button.

*DING*

The gray droplet icon changed into a fuel tank. At the bottom right corner, a number and the measurement type indicated the amount of refined mana oil in Felix's possession - 7.50 barrels. As for the impurities, they returned to Felix's inventory as a green skull with crossed bones.

The green skull icon displayed the new item's name - Mixed Impurity (192.50 Barrels)

Ignoring the finished product, Felix was interested in the poison icon, "What's this?"

<Normally, crude oil underground contains more than just water. Other elements, such as hydrocarbons, oxygen, nitrogen, microorganisms, and radiation in rare cases, mix in. By filtering these elements out, you get Refined Azure Petroleum.>

"Radiation? Microorganisms? Hey, I thought no living organisms can survive in my inventory!"

<All bacteria, tardigrades, zombie viruses, and micro Cthulhus are 100% dead, I can assure you.>

"…."

<Except they can self-resurrect if they come out of your inventory system.>

"…Hey!"

<These impurity units can be used as an ingredient to craft corrupted mana stalagmites or crystals. You can either convert them into mana or keep them if you like crafting and being smart.>

"Ay, for sure, I like being smart. I'll keep these!"

<...Predictable.> Jessica scoffed and sarcastically smirked.

"What did you say?!"

<Nothing.>

Felix smacked his lips as he knew that Jessica roasted him again. Returning his attention to the free mana oil, Felix pressed the conversion button, turning 7.50 barrels worth of extracted oil for strength.

*DING*

<You have extracted 7,500 mana from 7.5 barrels of Refined Azure Petroleum!>

<The system has collected 3,000 mana as Petroleum Tax.>

<You have gained 4,500 mana.>

Losing 40% of the profit hurt. Still, Felix was relieved that he got more than he had thought. Unlike the Azure Petroleum that he got from the four-armed bear, this one yielded 1,000 mana per barrel. At this rate, his level would skyrocket in no time.

Addicted to the easy boost, Felix turned his attention to the Oil Tank Inventory again. Surprisingly, the storage tank barely decreased after the previous transfer. He pressed the transfer button once again.

As usual, a gray droplet icon item appeared in one of Felix's empty general inventory slots. He hummed and spent 100 energy to process it.

*DING*

The mixed impurity unit's volume increased to 349.2 barrels. On the other hand, Felix got 43.3 barrels of refined oil!

Seeing the number, Felix rubbed his hands and prepared to extract it. However, Jessica warned him again.

<Do it tomorrow. If you take the whole thing now, you will die.>

Felix was not happy with the nerf. He protested, "I feel fine. I can take more."

<Your body already has close to 20,000 mana. You need time to adapt and rest. Instead of hurrying and extracting more mana, I suggest you exercise and improve your constitution.>

<But if you don't believe me, you can split the oil unit into a smaller scale. Then, you can consume it little by little to test your limit. That way, you will feel it when you're about to reach your bottleneck.>

Eins, who had been listening to the two, also repeatedly nodded. She opened her mouth and hissed, trying to communicate.

Facing two vetos, Felix conceded, "Fine. Have it your way. I'll take it slow. By the way, if I return home, will I be able to transfer oil to my inventory from a distance?"

<Yes, you can.>

"Sweet!"

As Felix no longer had to stay here, he planned to head home. He was worried that Jane might start complaining as it had been days since he last saw her face. Making his way home, Felix traveled south.

…

Along the way home, Felix converted more oil to mana. He also smoked to increase his lifespan for future shopping. After traveling south for six hours, it was 4 AM. He started seeing something on the horizon.

Far south, crimson light shone from the city. Black and white smoke mixed in, covering the sky. Felix climbed a pine tree to the top and fetched a sniper scope. Observing the city from a distance, Felix narrowed his eyes.

He could see Lamias around the city, camping outside. A hundred tall crucifixes pinned a hundred human prisoners on them. Several wooden cages also trapped many children inside while the Lamias transported them on wheel carts. Even a kid could tell that something went wrong within the city. Felix gulped and adjusted the scope, checking a group of Lamias on top of the wall.

Then, he regretted looking at them.

Those perverted monsters were performing a ritual on male prisoners. They forced the men to lean on the battlements while they stuffed eggs in their rear holes. A few were already dead when the monsters shoved their eggs inside.

"Oh, god. What the hell?"

That was when Felix realized: the city had fallen!

The first thing entering his mind was his house, then Jane, and the perverted golem in that order. He prayed that the golem could protect his property.

Vexed and concerned, Felix attached the scope back to his rifle. He also started converting corrupted mana stalagmites and mana crystals into ammunition, preparing for another battle.

"Shame on you, snake bitches. Shame on you…"