Without the triplet suite of Non-Attack, Heavenly Skill, and Fluid Alchemy for mass processing of Mercury to enhance its properties, the retail price for a single Alchemy Bullet enhanced in armor-piercing and destructive power was at four thousand pieces, provided one would access the discounted price strictly through bulk wholesale.
A belt of ammunition holding two hundred fifty bullets amounted exactly to one million.
In terms of man-hours, it was enough for any apprentice to continuously work in the workshop for two months, and thereafter never wish to see any bullet-shaped objects for the rest of their life... As for a craftsman, any craftsman wouldn't waste their time on such monotonously repetitive work.
Even the financially robust military, when facing an issue of insufficient destructive power, would only crudely increase the payload, never considering outfitting the filler troops with such luxurious equipment.
