One Piece: Kaido the Beast Playing House.

Chapter 16: Works of Industry
Looking at the extremely excited Oak Thorin in front of her, Lily didn't know what to say for a moment. Although she was very grateful for the other party's trust in her, a very realistic problem lay before Lily. From the photo, this knife looked taller than Oak Thorin, but her height had reached five meters, and Thorin was only about one meter tall. For Thorin, it was a long weapon, but for her, it might barely be considered a short knife.

"Ahem."

Perhaps seeing what Lily was thinking, Wanshou coughed violently, awakening Thorin's mind.

"Old Oak, Lily is still relatively young. Your knife is at least one of the twelfth-level items of the Supreme Works. She is still not very knowledgeable. Please explain it to her."

The old man is wise and the horse is cunning. After Wanshou's advice, Thorin came to his senses and naturally understood Lily's thoughts. He turned around and shouted to the blacksmith shop:
"You little brats? Stop lying at the door. If you want to listen, come out and bring out some stools."

Hearing Thorin's words, several apprentices immediately ran out with chairs, but after running two steps, they were stunned when they saw Lily and Wanshou. They looked at the stools in their hands and the sizes of the two people, and were a little at a loss for a moment.

"It's okay, we can just sit on the ground." Wanshou saw the embarrassment of the apprentices, waved his hand and sat cross-legged. Lily also followed suit and sat on the ground.

"Ahem." Thorin sat on his specially raised stool and looked at Lily.

"No one knows how many weapons there are in the world. Even a piece of bread that has been stored for a long time can be considered a weapon. However, everything in the world has its merits and demerits. The better the weapon, the more popular it is. Some people have written a ranking for these weapons, which are the twelve best weapons of supreme virtue, the twenty-one best weapons of great virtue, and the fifty best weapons of good virtue." The apprentices brought a blackboard, and Thorin wrote three names on the blackboard with a special long chalk.

"Of course, the ranking of these three weapons is not permanent. There will always be some weapons that are damaged or better weapons that replace the previous ones."

"What will the replaced weapon be called?" Lily asked, raising her hand like a schoolboy.

"Good question, none of my stupid students would ask this," Thorin gave Lily a thumbs up, and then looked at his disappointing students and continued, "Replaced weapons will not be abandoned. Once they reach a certain level, they will always be weapons of that level. However, damaged weapons have a new name, no-industry odd jobs (privately set), and the weapons ranking list is selected every ten years. These weapons are recognized as powerful by everyone, and swords are generally the majority, while firearms are not included in the list. I remember that there was a spear that was rated as a great industry item 12, but unfortunately it was damaged for some unknown reason. But don't listen to me, even the lowest-level good industry items are rare treasures. The most important thing to create a weapon called an industry item is the soul."

"soul?"

"Yes, in the eyes of us swordsmiths, blacksmiths, and forgers, all weapons are not cold killing machines, they can also have souls, so we are so dismissive of those swords that are simply polished. Weapons that have not been repeatedly forged, bent, impurity removed, plasticized, and finally quenched and polished are not worthy of being called weapons. Only weapons that have souls born from the forger's efforts are worthy of being selected as items."

"The soul of a weapon?" Lily touched the horn on her head and began to think about the meaning of the weapon. She looked at the broadsword she had just obtained, "Doesn't he have a soul?"

"Unfortunately, no." Thorin knew what Lily was talking about. "I forged it with things I collected from those ships. Although I tried hard, the soul of a weapon is not so easy to be born. They were shaped before, and they cannot get rid of the original attributes after changing their form again. This knife can only be said to be a good weapon, but not an excellent partner." "If you go out and take a look more often, you will find that those excellent weapons are almost all from islands rich in minerals, because metals that have just been smelted are the easiest to be endowed with souls. They are like a blank sheet of paper, and the forger can paint on this blank sheet of paper to his heart's content. Even some forgers like us dwarves will go mining and smelting by ourselves, participating in everything from start to finish to create real treasures."

Thorin looked up at the sky, he used to be one of the strongest blacksmiths in the world, but his hometown was destroyed because of the descendants of those sinners. They were the best blacksmiths but not good warriors. In the continuous attacks, his country was completely destroyed, most of his people were killed, and the rest fled to the open sea. If he had not met Wanshou by chance and been saved by him, he, the last blacksmith master of the dwarf clan, would have died at sea. Although the two of them came to Onsa to live in seclusion after sailing for a while, he was still alive and could teach his craft to others so that there would be successors.

"So, the Red Shadow that Mr. Oak just mentioned is one of the Twelve Great Swords of the Supreme Realm?" Lily continued to ask.

"That's right, because I have completed the most important point of the supreme achievement, the complete soul of the weapon. It has its own personality, temper, and ideas. Of course, this also means that this weapon is extremely difficult to tame. It must be used by a master with the same temper. If you don't meet his requirements, you will be hurt by him. This is why it is called a demon sword."

"Well, this is indeed rare, but the size of this knife seems not suitable for me." Lily scratched her head and smiled awkwardly. She was a little tempted after listening to it for a long time, but she was not good at using a knife. All her moves were bold and aggressive. A broadsword like the one she just got was the type she liked.

"Haha, blame me, blame me. I forgot the most important point. The reason why the red shadow you saw is so small is because he is in my hand, so he is so small." Thorin patted his head and laughed.

"In your hand? Could it be that this knife is the property of some devil fruit user?" Although it was ridiculous for a weapon to consume a devil fruit, this was all Lily could guess.

"Devil Fruit? No, no, no, we won't use this kind of thing on the weapons we forge. All supreme objects, and even some great objects and good objects can do one thing, that is, they will change their size according to their users and become the most suitable size for the users." Thorin stood on the chair and waved his arms excitedly, looking down at Lily reluctantly.

"Change size?" Lily exclaimed. This was indeed something she had not expected. It was truly magical.

"Yes, this is the most direct manifestation of the weapon's soul. Of course, there is another point. You must get the weapon's recognition to make it what you want. I took a shortcut. After all, I am his forger, which is equivalent to his father. Although he does not recognize me as his master, he can still make a break for me."

"But, you just said that this can only be done with the recognition of the weapon. Are you so confident that I can get the recognition of Chiying?" Lily asked with a smile.

"Of course, I believe in the vision of a 140-year-old blacksmith. The first time I saw you, I was sure that you would be recognized by the Red Shadow, and you would definitely be able to find the Red Shadow. Weapons and their masters will attract each other. I have always believed this, and my clan believes this, and the world believes this too!"

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