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Mercer's eyes lit up.

However, he asked again, somewhat greedily.

"Can the quality be improved further?"

This time, Xiong Bao understood immediately.

He shook his head frantically, howling and gesturing wildly as he tried to explain.

After watching for a while, Mercer understood that the iron ore here was of low quality, just ordinary iron ore.

Therefore, it is impossible to refine alloys of better quality.

Reaching out to rub Xiong Bao's head, Moses thought to himself.

'Perhaps it's also related to Xiong Bao's strength and the development level of his Devil Fruit ability; after all, Xiong Bao's strength level and Devil Fruit level aren't very high.'

"Identification"

[Overall Rating: E- (A magical panda; his appearance is even more impressive than his fighting prowess!)]

With a smile playing on his lips, Xiong Bao, who is almost three years old, is nearly 1.6 meters tall and has a round and chubby appearance, but he is still a child.

Furthermore, due to the Swallow Fruit, the types of species have changed to some extent.

In this world, the lifespan of living beings is often linked to their body size.

Moses was absolutely certain that with Bear Cub's ability to eat with the Gluttony Fruit, he could live for who knows how long if he kept eating.

In addition, by learning the "free breathing method," their digestive function was also improved.

Moses had no idea what the future held.

After catching his breath, Xiong Bao felt he was ready again and started arguing with the iron ore once more.

After three more near-vomiting experiences, Xiong Bao finally extracted at least three cubic meters of Grade E alloy.

Patting Xiong Bao's head, Mercer said, "Alright, that's enough for today. Let's go back."

"You should stuff these alloy iron blocks into your stomach first, and we'll take them out when we get home."

The bear's eyes widened slightly.

I've lost count of how many times I've swallowed and then taken out this day.

Its ears drooped.

Xiong Bao obediently stretched out his arms and hugged the alloy block to his chest, his mouth agape.

Swallow it in one big gulp.

If you can't swallow it in one gulp, swallow it all in three gulps.

"Oh my~" Mercer said excitedly, "Looks like you can be my storage warehouse from now on, little bear?"

The bear's body trembled.

Xiong Bao looked at Messer with a terrified expression, "Waaaaah?"

With a dry laugh, Moses realized that his idea might be a bit too devilish.

"Just kidding."

Xiong Bao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

However, when it comes to storage warehouses, Moses also thought of those Devil Fruits.

With his eyes narrowed, Mercer thought to himself, "Perhaps I should try my luck when the time is right."

"If we can get it, great; if not, we can kill the Devil Fruit user and wait for the fruit to regenerate?"

"Forget it, we'll see when the time comes. After all, we have no grudges against each other now."

Moses considered himself to be of a fairly decent moral standard.

As we walked out of the mine tunnel with Xiong Bao, it was already getting dark.

Moses inwardly cursed his bad luck.

"We haven't said it for very long today, so Doctor Dori might be worried."

He flipped over and mounted the bear cub.

Moses said, "Let's go home quickly."

Xiong Bao let out a low growl.

With pigeon-toed steps and swaying bottom, he ran quickly home along the road.

They sped along the road at breakneck speed.

Xiong Bao wasn't running slow, but he bumped into trees a few times.

Fortunately, Mercer was agile and anticipated the move to dodge in time.

Before it got completely dark, Moses returned home.

As soon as I entered, I heard Kureha's voice.

Where did you go today?

"I don't see anyone all day long."

Do you feel like you've grown wings and become more independent just because you've turned a year older?

kitchen.

Kureha came out, looked at Messer and Xiong Bao, who were dressed in all black, and her lips twitched violently.

"Did you two go to a coal mine to dig for coal? Or were you blown up by gunpowder?"

Kureha sighed wearily, rubbing her forehead. "Go take a shower, and explain yourself properly later."

"okay."

Mercer responded quietly.

It's worth mentioning that the fireplace is used for heating in the home on a regular basis.

Therefore, taking a bath is also very convenient.

Xiong Bao first went to the corner and took out the alloy blocks from his stomach and stacked them up.

Mercer took Xiong Bao into the bathroom, where they washed and scrubbed each other's backs; it didn't take long.

Mercer dried herself off with a towel, while Bear Cub simply solved the problem of wet fur by autophagy.

The dinner table.

Kureha glanced at the gleaming black alloy block in the corner.

"So you two spent the whole day working on this, and all you produced was this much alloy?"

"Yes."

"What are you planning to do with so much alloy?"

"Are you planning to open a blacksmith shop?"

"Ugh, should I feed it to Bear Cub?" Mercer thought for a moment and decided against it, lest she scare Bear Cub: "I've learned a new skill recently."

"It's forging."

"I plan to forge our own weapons in the future. Xiong Bao is simply blessed with unique advantages in refining ores."

I now feel like I could recreate all our future experimental equipment by hand.

Kureha said, "Then you work hard. I'll be waiting for that day."

Messer nodded with a grin and ate the food Kureha had prepared with gusto, as did Xiong Bao.

I didn't feel like I couldn't eat at all.

I don't know if it's because I've changed my taste or because my stomach is empty.

After a long day, after dinner and washing the dishes, Mercer and Bear went to bed early.

……

The next day.

I've had breakfast.

Mercer took Bear Cub out early again.

At the foot of the nearest Drum Mountain to the east, Moses and Bear arrived.

Five hundred meters in the air.

A cave in the rock wall.

Mercer and Bear Cub appeared here.

At this moment, Mercer and Bear were in a cave that was ten meters long, ten meters wide, and ten meters high.

The total area is 100 square meters.

It was also through the sheer force of Xiong Bao's efforts over the past few months that I achieved this.

Standing on the outside of the cave, at the entrance with a diameter of two meters.

You can see most of Drum Island.

This location is away from populated areas, so in terms of privacy, it offers a great sense of security.

Xiong Bao took out the alloy blocks stored in his belly and stacked them in the corner.

Based on the principle of ventilation, a long ventilation duct with a diameter of half a meter was also gnawed out near the inner side of the cave ceiling, extending upwards for hundreds of meters until it was opened up 100 meters to the right of the cave entrance.

In this way, air convection occurred throughout the cave.

Near the ventilation opening, a makeshift stove had been chewed out.

It was made to the standards of an outside blacksmith shop.

At this moment, high-temperature coal is burning inside the furnace.

Inside were several pieces of alloy iron that had been heated to a blazing red.