I'm at the top of One Piece

There are two cows on the hillside to the east.

The bull said to the cow, "I love you."

The cow said to the bull, "Aren't you ashamed?"

The bull says, "Don't be ashamed, I love you!"

……

Snow and wind raged across the sky.

Mercer hummed a strange tune, his white, furry Laban coat barely visible through the snowflakes.

Unbeknownst to him, Mercer arrived at the mouth of a low valley, looking at the faint plum blossom prints under his feet and the clumps of fresh, hard, black pebbles.

Moses' Observation Haki spread out, and he sensed many auras of varying strengths in a certain location within the valley.

A thought struck me.

He ran quickly in that direction, and after a few minutes, he slowed down. Not far ahead, Moses saw a herd of deer.

A herd of deer with hundreds of animals.

With each breath, one enters a state of oneness with nature.

Assimilate your own essence into the wind and snow.

They moved towards that direction at a considerable pace, like snow leopards lying in ambush in the snow.

Danger is creeping in.

Twenty meters away.

Mercer took a deep breath, gripping a scalpel with each of his five fingers, his eyes rapidly scanning the deer.

Ultimately, two very strong male deer were selected.

The next moment, Moses suddenly sprang into action.

He rushed out quickly, and in the instant he rushed out, he threw the scalpels in his hands back and forth.

puff puff!

Two slight muffled thuds occurred one after the other.

As Moses suddenly appeared, the deer herd was startled and became chaotic.

They scattered and fled.

However, two deer remained forever.

[Obtained 2 F+ grade Soul Crystals]

The two soul crystals, each the size of a grain of rice, were carefully put away by Messer.

He walked over, picked up the two deer antlers, and, with the deer in tow, disappeared into the wind and snow.

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Second floor laboratory.

Kureha created a warm and humid environment in a corner, where the salamanders she caught were released into the wild.

They would slice and study it from time to time.

It may be a limb or an organ, but the main part is the brain region.

During the regeneration process of the salamander, useful regenerative cellular material is extracted from the regenerated area. This material is then cultured in a medium, injected with medication, and the growth cycle is observed.

Drug research aims to develop the "brain region" by influencing the growth and changes of the salamander's brain with drugs.

Time passed day by day.

The gold was shaped by Xiong Bao into gold bars.

Garp visited once during this time, but Mather did not go to the East Blue with him.

Instead, they focused on their own work.

Half of the gold was taken away by Karp this time, and together with the gold obtained from the previous slave ship, it was used to purchase some experimental drugs and equipment.

Kureha entrusted these "miscellaneous" tasks to Kap.

Of course, a stipend for your hard work is indispensable.

It can be considered a form of social interaction.

A month later, Karp delivered the purchased supplies here.

As a result, Kureha became busier than usual, and sometimes she was nowhere to be seen all day long.

Bear delivered all three meals a day. As for Mercer, he remained engrossed in crafting even more "famous swords."

Bear Baby runs back and forth every day, going to the cave to refine metal ore, delivering goods to Mercer, and then going home to cook after delivering the goods.

When it's mealtime, Moses would return with the game he had hunted from time to time.

After finishing their meal, they would go to the forging cave on Magnet Drum Peak in the east to continue forging.

The forging of a famous sword is not always successful.

Even if they failed, the weapons they created were still considered refined weapons in the outside world.

Due to time and efficiency concerns, Messer only crafted small weapons, such as daggers, short swords, short blades, and arm shields, minimizing time costs.

Every day when he returned at mealtime, Messer would bring Xiong Bao one or two refined weapons or scrap materials as food.

These superior weapons and equipment, which are highly sought after outside, are being eaten by a bear in a little-known corner.

If swordsmen or other weapon enthusiasts knew this, they would be so angry that their chests would heave and their bodies would tremble.

time flies.

As he crafted more and more items, Messer's skills became increasingly refined, and the success rate of producing "Quick Knives" became more and more frequent.

The integration of metal veins and the understanding of the spirituality of forging materials have become increasingly profound.

Both Messer's and Kureha's equipment have been updated.

All surgical scalpels have been replaced with high-speed, high-quality ones.

Even the kitchen knife at home is of high quality, but the blade is not sharpened to the point of being a weapon.

It just needs to be enough to cut vegetables, meat, and bones.

……

May, 1505 (Haiyuan Calendar).

Time flies, and another year has passed.

Mercer is five years old.

"The iron ore raw materials are gone."

Apart from the vein owned by the king, almost all the iron ore that can be found on this island has been mined out by Xiong Bao.

Even a skilled cook can't cook without rice.

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Sweating profusely, Moses sharpened a forearm-length silver-white short sword on a whetstone.

Polishing complete.

The hilt was fixed in place.

The crafted scabbard fits perfectly.

"Identification"

[Grade C Short Sword (Good Sharp Blade): A high-quality short sword crafted from a special cold-elemental alloy, its blade possesses the property of condensing dewdrops from the air.]

"M-Murasame?"

Mercer blinked. This first fine and sharp knife, which he had spent a whole week crafting, was truly a pleasant surprise.

"Two months ago, Xiong Bao accidentally found a piece of cold meteorite iron in a cave iron mine. It was then refined and fused into a unique C-grade alloy using the fruit's ability, so it was not wasted."

At the same time, Messer opened the light screen panel and looked at the Gift Abilities section.

As expected, the D-grade "forging" naturally grew to D+ grade within a year as the shipment rate of "fast knives" continued to increase, and then the birth of this fine fast knife short sword marked a formal improvement in quality.

[C-Rank Gift: Forging]

Mercer toyed with the short sword, pondering, "Forging a fine weapon is time-consuming and laborious."

The melting and forging of metals is a difficult problem in itself, and this step alone takes too much time.

However, thanks to Xiong Bao's Gluttony Fruit ability, this prerequisite was completely bypassed, saving me a lot of time.

"All I need to do is spend my time forging the refined alloy."

Forging a sharp knife is easy; dealing with the inherent structure of ordinary alloys is straightforward, but gathering the spiritual essence of the material is a challenge. However, once this essence is successfully gathered, and as long as the subsequent steps proceed without error, the knife can be forged.

But a fine, sharp blade is different. The rare alloy veins are even harder to integrate, and the convergence of the material's spiritual essence is incredibly demanding. Every step of the forging process must be flawless. It's fortunate that I can enter a state of perfect harmony with nature, a state of absolute tranquility and focus; otherwise, this fine, sharp blade could never have been created.

Mercer reflected on his year-long forging journey, from forging a quick blade to successfully forging a fine one.

There has been a revolutionary improvement in our understanding of forging.

For me now, forging a "fast knife" level weapon is no longer a challenge.

The only thing that can limit you is the quality of the materials you use.

The year's harvest was also quite fruitful.

The Quickblade is a weapon with legendary properties.

Under the concept of "weapon," Mercer discovered that when the size of a weapon is smaller than that of a dagger, the merit points earned from it decrease drastically.

A standard-style dagger can be refined to earn 1000 merit points.