Master Craftsman of the Pokemon World

Clatter——

50,000 Poké Dollars deposited!

Although Wattson doesn't seem to quite believe in me, for someone of his level, 50,000 Poké Dollars probably isn't even enough to buy his cape. It's said that he often goes to department stores to buy the same capes, filling an entire wardrobe!

As for the delivery method, of course, it's still from Cianwood City, just like the Evolution Stone. But considering that Wattson's hometown seems to be Cianwood City in the first place, this Champion might be in Cianwood City right now. So, is Wattson going to be the delivery guy?

"Another item sold! Excellent, a Focus Sash! You've come at just the right time!"

"Keep it up, there are still other items that haven't been made yet! The goal is to revitalize the workshop and dominate all the item shops in the Johto region!"

"In the future, people from Johto will have to use items when battling people from other regions!"

Besides the Focus Sash, there's also the Focus Band, Expert Belt, and Black Belt.

However, the old Fighting Robe and the materials from those Fighting Pokémon aren't black. Can a belt made without black material still be called a Black Belt?

With these thoughts in mind, Guangtai made a few more Focus Sashes, then began to work on the remaining three items.

The first one made was naturally the Focus Band.

『Completed a job, obtained "Focus Band"!』

『Effect: A powerful band made with Pokémon materials and special techniques. When held, it sometimes allows the wearer to endure a move that would otherwise cause fainting, leaving them with just 1 HP.』

『Unique Effect: Fainting Immunity - Sometimes, when using a move that causes self-fainting (such as Explosion), there is a 5% chance to retain 1 HP!』

『Acquired Knowledge: 1』

『Focus Processing: Focus-type item processing efficiency +5%.』

"This is amazing!"

Guangtai was stunned. The unique processing effect of the Focus Band made him somewhat incredulous, but a 5% chance isn't high. Even with the Serene Grace ability, it's only 10%.

Hmm, it's an effect that looks impressive but is actually impractical. However, if you were to build an entertainment team specifically to play with Explosion, it might have miraculous effects, and winning a game would feel good for a whole day.

But this time, processing the Focus Band didn't yield a "random material clue". Is it because it's similar in effect to the Focus Sash, and the original effect was covered by the Focus Sash?

The next item Guangtai processed was the Black Belt.

『Completed a job, obtained "Black Belt (Red)"!』

『Effect: Although it's called a Black Belt, it's actually red. When held, the power of Fighting-type moves is increased.』

『Unique Effect: Contact - The power of contact-based moves is x1.1.』

『Acquired Knowledge: 1』

『Fighting Processing: Fighting-type item processing efficiency +5%.』

"Oh, contact move power increased, a super low-profile Iron Fist, and this effect covers the Muscle Band."

One item used as two! But no one would carry a Muscle Band anyway. After all, in the game, you can use the Choice Band, which is much better than the Muscle Band, right?

Speaking of Choice, I can't make Choice series items right now, which is a bit of a shame.

Besides that, Honedge has also been helping me with my work, but because it's doing the same kind of work, Guangtai sees:

『Honedge helped you complete a crafting task, gaining experience and growth!』

『Honedge's level has increased! Honedge's Attack stat has increased.』

No new moves or knowledge gained. It seems that for the same task, the repetitive labor only yields experience and effort values.

The next day.

After making a small profit, Guangtai took out some tools for plowing and cleaning from the workshop, preparing to tidy up the wasteland filled with weeds, rocks, and branches.

And speaking of doing this kind of work, Honedge immediately became very interested!

"Yo!"

These weeds, rocks, and branches are the perfect targets for testing my blade!

"You want to help? Oh, great." Guangtai, seeing Honedge's eager appearance, was naturally very happy, so he pointed to the weeds and said, "Then clear these away first." After saying that, Guangtai started picking up the branches by himself.

"Yo!"

Honedge didn't hesitate. It spun in the air, the blade smoothly drawn from the scabbard, then the scabbard was caught by the blue ribbon, and Honedge's eyes became serious. It flew to the higher part of the grass, and then the blade emitted a tremor!

The white-glowing blade swept across the weeds with a swift force, instantly clearing them away!

"This is... Cut?"

Looking at this familiar effect, Guangtai couldn't help but recall some memories. Cut could clear away large areas of grass on the map before the fourth generation.

"Cut can clear grass and branches, and Fury Cutter as a Bug-type move is also super effective against Grass-types."

Guangtai watched as Honedge cleared the weeds with the force of an autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, even the scattered branches were chopped up, and the moves it used had already changed from Cut to Fury Cutter.

Fury Cutter is a move that gradually increases in power with each attack, so the white light on Honedge's blade had become quite large, and one sweep of the blade could clear away a large patch of grass!

"Yo!"

Honedge seemed a little excited!

Chopping weeds is much more enjoyable than chopping wooden stakes. This is probably "grass cutting"!

"Yo!"

Before long, Honedge had completed its weeding work, floating back and forth in the air and eager to try the stones! It picked a rock that looked moderately sized, rotated its body, and swung its sword!

Clang——!

Honedge struck the stones, immediately emitting a crisp sound. The blade trembled, and its eye widened, and the stones slowly cracked after being hit. Stone debris fell from the cracks like dust.

"Cut can't easily split stones. Naturally occurring stones are also Rock-type creations, so you need to use Fighting or Steel-type moves against Rock-type things."

Guangtai, holding a pickaxe, smashed the broken stone into smaller pieces, while watching Honedge's dazed and shaking state, and shook his head:

"That won't work! You can't force it without learning the corresponding type of move. Generally speaking, learning the Fighting-type Rock Smash can easily break rocks into rubble, or the Steel-type Iron Head can also work."

Honedge's blue ribbon scratched the hilt, its eyes questioning.

What's Rock Smash or Iron Head? Never heard of them!

"Is that so? What moves do you know? Show me." Guangtai asked Honedge to demonstrate.

After this guy revived, it no longer belongs to the category of ancient crafts, and the ancient treasure hunters can't see its information anymore.

Honedge first demonstrated Cut and Fury Cutter. The type of energy and light used in these two slashes are different, so they are easy to distinguish, and Fury Cutter is a continuous attack, while Cut is an instant strike.

Then there's making a screeching sound by rubbing its body, along with a similar metallic friction sound!

"It's Screech and Metal Sound, but you can't tell the difference without listening carefully."

After that is a normal Tackle.

"It's Tackle."

Then it throws away the scabbard, and a layer of red light rises on the blade, instantly making the blade's movement speed very fast!

"Throwing away the scabbard... Could this be 'Autotomize', which greatly increases its own speed by reducing unnecessary parts on its body?"

Guangtai was speechless.

Steel-type Pokémon often shave off some iron filings or iron skin from their bodies when using Autotomize, after all, they can grow back at any time. You, a sword, use this move to throw away the scabbard!

"Yo!" Honedge was dissatisfied with Guangtai's reaction!

Just tell me if it increased my speed!

So what if it's a bit embarrassed to run back and pick up the scabbard after the attack!

Then there's Shadow Sneak. Under the light of day, this move is even clearer. Honedge's shadow blade slashes out quickly, forming a shadow sword with red eyes, flying behind a stone to ambush.

Guangtai had already experienced this move personally.

After using Shadow Sneak, Honedge followed up with a slash, a powerful chop, which is different from the attack method of Cut.

"Is that 'Slash'? It would be great if it was Brick Break." Guangtai was a little disappointed.

The last two moves performed were "Aerial Ace", which is a nimble flight and slash in the air, and "Rest", which is closing its single eye and falling asleep.

Then the scene fell silent, but fortunately, Honedge quickly woke up and said that there was no need to worry about it oversleeping.

Honedge woke up by itself so you wouldn't worry!

"No, I wasn't worried at all, but is that all the moves? Only one Steel-type move, Autotomize?"

"What about Protect and Light Screen? Do you know them?"

Guangtai stroked his chin, a little regretful, while Honedge shook its blade:

"Yo? Yo!"

Protect? Light Screen?

I'm an offensive weapon, what do weapons need defense for? If you want defense, go find a shield. Wait until I evolve two stages into Aegislash!

However, under Guangtai's questioning, Honedge still demonstrated one last skill.

It paused in place, leaving behind an image that looked the same as it!

"Double Team? No, this is..."

Guangtai touched the image and found that it could actually be touched!

This is "Substitute"!

The effect of Substitute in the game is a dinosaur-like doll, but in the animated world, it's an image that looks the same as the Pokémon!

"This is good!"

With Substitute, you can do a lot of unexpected operations, but Honedge doesn't care about this move because it thinks this move will weaken its own life.

"But the reduced life can create great value for yourself when necessary, you will understand in the future." Guangtai smiled and touched Honedge's hilt.

One person and one sword were busy in the wasteland all day, clearing most of the stones and branches, and the weeds were the easiest to clear. At noon, they ate Berries, and when the sun went down, they stopped their work, moved the wood into the workshop, piled the stones in the corner outside the workshop, and then began to prepare dinner.

After that, there's the problem of Berries, which need to be found in the forest. Mago Berries are purely luck-based, but if the climate around Ecruteak City is similar to Sinnoh, then some similar Berries should also grow here.

After eating dinner, the sky completely darkened.

When the work was completed, the thoughts in my mind gathered into information.

『Honedge helped you complete a task, gaining experience and growth.』

『Acquired Knowledge: Weeding - Clearing weeds speed +5%.』

『Learned the move: False Swipe.』

Honedge learned a new move again, so it's swinging its sword at the air, but when Guangtai looked at it, he felt a little dazed, and always felt like it was an illusion, as if Honedge's every attack, when using False Swipe, seemed to directly cancel the after-swing...

Wait, is this False Swipe?

Just operate a few times and then start cancelling...

Guangtai shook his head, then took out a notebook in the room and recorded some information about Honedge during the day in the notebook. This is his observation diary of it.

Today's observation is of moves.

『Moves learned: Cut, Screech, Metal Sound, Slash, Tackle, Endure, Autotomize, Shadow Sneak, Substitute, Aerial Ace, False Swipe, Rest.』

Well, it was a fulfilling day, time to sleep!