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Mercer stuffed the raven breeding manual and a bottle of "APTX 4869" into his pocket, tidied up the forge, extinguished the fire, and took the short sword from the rock wall.

After taking off his work clothes and changing into his own, Moses happily descended the mountain, sealing off the cave entrance.

Walking in the snowy forest.

Mercer was reading the raven breeding manual, which contained knowledge about perfecting the domestication of highly intelligent crows, and it was a revelation to him.

"Especially the drug development here, some of which are drugs that affect the 'brain region' of organisms, tsk tsk tsk, who knows, today's biggest find might just be this."

“I remember there were crows on the island too, the white-necked kind, I think. I’ll go and try to find a nest of eggs tomorrow.”

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PS: Here's an interesting story about Kozuki Oden.

At age 0, he threw his wet nurse away; at age 2, he could catch two rabbits at the same time, demonstrating astonishing leg strength; at age 4, he killed a giant bear by throwing a boulder; at age 6, he began frequenting brothels; at age 8, he got into a fight with gamblers while drinking; at age 9, he was blacklisted by a gang, which enraged him so much that he burned down a gang's casino, and was arrested for assault; at age 10, he served time as a prisoner in a stone-cutting quarry, but also rose to the position of head stonemason due to the Kozuki family's talent. At age 14, he caused a major flood by altering the river course due to drought, and was wanted again. At age 15, he threatened the abbot of a temple and went into hiding there, abducting women every night to build a harem. These women were usually free women who were simply captivated by Oden's charm, but this angered the people, leading to a mass attack. Oden gladly accepted the challenge, and the incident was known in Wano Country as the "Harem Rebellion."

Chapter 30 Tacit Understanding!

Crows are alert, curious, and have a significantly higher intelligence than ordinary birds.

"It's May now, which seems to be the breeding and egg-laying season for crows. We should be able to find them."

On his way home, Mercer quickly finished reading the manual and had a basic understanding of how to breed crows.

Moses knew that the raven was a product of that world, a kind of "messenger" used to deliver information.

It is the result of continuous optimization of genes through generations of selection and breeding.

Highly intelligent, understanding, with his own thoughts, and loyal.

It is an invaluable partner.

If Mercer were to be cultivated, he would have to start from scratch.

For this,

"I'm not worried at all. The animals in this world are exceptionally intelligent and quite magical."

Mercer knew a starfish, an ordinary starfish.

When I was very young, I always thought I was human, but when I realized I was a starfish, I had already learned to speak human language.

Very idealistic.

It's really amazing.

Not to mention those large ferocious beasts, sea kings almost all possess intelligence that is no less than that of humans.

The intelligence of many ordinary animals in this world should not be underestimated, let alone animals like crows, which are already exceptionally intelligent.

"Okay, let's go hunt some game."

With his Observation Haki activated, Messer easily detected a distinct aura and quickly located its position.

"Oh ho!" With a smirk, Mercer looked at the Laban that had appeared before him, a small group of ten.

Looking at the Labang group twenty meters away, looking at this group of people standing up like carnivorous bears, snow-white rabbits.

Both sides stared intently at each other.

One of their eyes turned bloodshot.

Meanwhile, Messer on the other side looked at them calmly.

He drew a short sword from his waist; the silver-white blade, about the length of his forearm, was the perfect size for Moses now.

Although it is a short sword.

However, it is 55 centimeters long.

It was about half the length of Mercer.

"To me, it can now be considered a 'longsword.' Even a fine sword needs a name. As it's swung and comes into contact with the air, dew will spontaneously condense on the blade. This is Winter Island, so let's call it 'Cold Dew.'"

As Moses pondered this, a piercing roar exploded in his ears, followed by a howling wind.

A Laban swung its claws at them.

Moses leaped backward, dodging a slapping claw.

You can see that there are a few tiny barbs on those sharp claws.

As soon as he landed, Mercer suddenly rolled to the side, dodging a large Labang that jumped high and was about to stomp on his head.

Bang! Snowflakes scatter everywhere.

Get up.

Mercer looked around at the ten Labans that were about to surround him—six large and four medium-sized, but all taller than him, with the largest Labans already exceeding three meters in height.

With a slight smile, Mercer said softly, "A large number doesn't necessarily mean a large force."

With a stomp of his foot, kicking up a handful of snowflakes, Mercer rushed toward a large Laban directly in front of him.

It covered the distance of four meters in the blink of an eye, and Laban roared with its mouth wide open, slapping down with its paw.

Mercer's eyes were calm as he took a step back, and at the same time, the Frost Dew sword in his right hand suddenly and precisely slashed upwards.

Pfft!

A sound like cutting paper rang out, and a splash of blood splattered out as a long, narrow wound was slashed into Labang's palm.

"Ow!!!"

The intense pain caused it to hiss and retract its claws.

But it withdrew, while Moses did not. Suddenly, he strode forward, rushing in front of it and slashing with his sword. *Thud*, the sword pierced through its kneecap.

Laban felt another pain and roared as it collapsed to its knees. At that moment, Mercer appeared beside it and slashed down with the Cold Dew he had raised.

The sharp blade sliced ​​through its fur and pierced its neck.

Mercer glanced at the dew in his hand; the dew that had condensed on the sword and the blood on it slid down the tip of the sword.

despair!

The blood splattered a red hole in the snow.

Mercer watched as the Labangs charged forward, not intimidated by the death of one, but instead roaring with even greater rage.

With an unwavering expression, he nimbly weaved through the crowd in Labang, his sharp sword precisely slashing deep, bone-piercing wounds into their leg joints.

The Labans seemed to have the upper hand due to their size, but every time after three sword strikes, they would have their necks precisely slashed by Moses.

Less than three minutes.

Mercer looked around and saw that all ten Laban were in the deepest "sleep".

He watched as the last E-grade soul crystal, the size of a soybean, flew towards him.

Mercer slowly exhaled a breath of white air.

Ten Laban provided a total of 10 Soul Crystals, including 6 E-grade and 4 F+ grade ones.

From the very first glance, Mercer noticed that the three-meter-tall Big Laban was at the E- level, while the smaller one, at just over two meters, was only at the F+ level.

I'm not going to think about this anymore.

Mercer projected a light screen panel using his mind.

He looked at the soul crystals he had accumulated over the past year.

Including what we just hunted.

Soul Crystals: [119 F-grade, 208 F+-grade, 6 E-grade]

The harvest was decent; Moses hunted in the snow forest almost every day.

Immediately afterwards, Mercer opened the attribute panel with his mind.

Attributes:

[Physical Fitness]: Strength: E-→E+ Endurance: E-→E Agility: E→E+

[Soul]: Willpower: E-→E+ Perception: E→E+ Spirit: E-→E+

[Special/Mysterious (Energy)]: E-→E+ (Observation Haki growth bonus in progress.)

A year of blacksmithing, coupled with an ample daily supply of meat, and the boost to mental and perceptive attributes from Observation Haki and the state of oneness with nature.

Except for the fact that the durability attribute did not increase significantly due to age, all other attributes grew to the highest level of E+ within the E-grade quality.

Moses felt fairly good about his current growth, and everything was steadily progressing.

However, Messer glanced at the Soul Crystal.

"Since there is a faster and more stable road to take, let's take it and see."

With a thoughtful look in his eyes, Mercer rationally allocated and fused the Soul Crystals he currently possessed. In the end, aside from the 9 F-grade and 4 E-grade Soul Crystals that were not fused, he had...

Messer also fused a Soul Crystal of E+ grade.

As the Soul Crystal was invested into the durability attribute, in the next instant, warm currents emanated from the inside out of Mercer's body, continuously increasing Mercer's durability attribute.

time flies.

A tingling sensation spread throughout his body, and Mercer could clearly sense that all aspects of his body related to endurance were rapidly improving.

After a while, Mercer opened his eyes and felt a sense of balance and clarity throughout his body.

Hexagonal warrior.

Comprehensive unification.

With no weaknesses in any of his attributes, Messer laughed and said, "This trend must be maintained. True strength lies in being powerful in all aspects."

Glancing around at the Labangs, Mercer picked out the two fattest and strongest to take with him, and there was nothing he could do about the rest.

As for waste? That's impossible; the Laban species is extremely prolific.

Although, like bears, they usually only give birth to one or two offspring at a time, they can still go into heat year-round, just like rabbits.

As for the remaining Labang corpse, there's nothing to worry about. The smell of blood will naturally attract other carnivorous creatures to come and feast on this delicious gift from nature.