Greed POV


    I''ve been in this world for as long as everybody but I must say that I think I feel even more at home here than the other. Ever since I was eight years old I''ve always worked in a smithy, ever since I remember I''ve used a hammer to create things. At the age of eleven, I had forged my first sword by myself and I kept going until I perfected the craft, I preferred using historical methods. Even though the quality is slightly lower than when using modern methods where we had already started to make things like plasma swords, but each my hammer would hit the blazing metal I could feel my heart getting lit ablaze and often forgot about everything else that could happen. I was once hospitalized for three months because the workshop caught fire while I was working on a big project and I did not notice, I ended up with serious burn and a badly damaged hand but after going out of the hospital I kept smithing.


    People used to call me "The Turkish smith god", although some extremists thought that name was blasphemy and tried to get rid of me but a good smithing hammer to the face and they wouldn''t come back. Turkey nowadays is stricter than it used to be about things like that so I did not get in trouble for breaking their jaws or worse.


    I''ve spent the first few years in this world just doing normal smithing, I figured that I shouldn''t stand out too much, I can forge better than the Dwarf master smith after all and I did not want to stand out. Getting too much attention to yourself surely isn''t that good. I worked a bit with the Dwarves after a trip that''s where I found out by accident that my blood when mixed with the metal I worked on, would actually make the quality go up and adding few magic properties and hardening the weapon while still keeping a decent flexibility.


    Sometimes a roar would echo and my blood would boil like crazy so I "migrated" to the source and found the Stardust mansion and found other members of my kind. I had figured out since long ago that I was not Human, both my size and the changes my body go through when I become greedy. But meeting so many of them in one place, and mostly the other sins, they were all so powerful, I could tell from their aura. The master of the house, Apocalypse, spoke of a war against Dragons and to be honest I was excited about it but I couldn''t just accept, it was war we were talking about so I couldn''t just jump on the opportunity. But when he made those people enter, I immediately knew that one of them was my father and trusted him.


    My heart was happy, I would finally be able to exercise my craft to its fullest and that truly made my day. I was introduced to the house smith, a girl named Fimy. It seemed she was the local named orc warrior''s wife and that there may be a baby in the making.


    |You''re not bad, that sword is still a bit rough but it still should be able to take a few lives before needing to be sharpened again.|(Mineferos)


    |Why, thank you. I prefer making armor but I had to make weapon since I came here so I had to pick up some techniques.|(Fimy)


    I took out a blazing bar of steel and started to hammer it to give it a shape, if I hammer it too much then the bar will snap more easily and if I don''t do it enough then it''ll not be long enough and be unbalanced. Although weight and stuff aren''t really an issue for us since a swing at anyone would slaughter them immediately, adding an edge just decide how messy the kill will be. Still, I can''t just do a sloppy job, a better tool always lead to a better result compared to if you use a crappy one.


    |No matter how many times I see it I still can''t believe you''re that skilled.|(Fimy)


    |It''s not much, in a few decades you should ... Sigh, why does your lifespan have to be this short, even if you did master this craft you wouldn''t even be able to exercise it for more than ten years.|(Mineferos)The narrative has been illicitly obtained; should you discover it on Amazon, report the violation.


    |What are you saying ? Like everyone here I practice Ki on my free time and if I believe the Vermillion of the old with my current cultivation I should at least be able to maintain this appearance until I am seventy, then I''ll start to age normally if I don''t progress. Really this Ki thing is awesome don''t you think ? It''s almost like magic but everyone can use it and now I feel stronger than ever.|(Fimy)


    |I see, perhaps I should start cultivating too, getting stronger is always a good thing.|(Mineferos)


    I see, so Apocalypse does not allow anyone under him to be weak, I guess it can be pretty harsh but I can see where he is coming from. He must be the target of a lot of assassination so not allowing his underling to get hurt because of him is noble but it may seem kinda harsh from an outsider''s point of view. I personally respect that and furthermore with fewer people around you, you have less chance of them trying to take what is yours. Although his entourage just keeps increasing his strength and thus the number of people he can handle do go up too.


    I stopped hammering and put the steel bar back into the oven. I took out my dagger and grabbed a piece of wood, I started to curve into it and give it a shape that would fit well in the hand and still have a good grip, you don''t want your weapon to go flying because your hands are sweaty, that would be disastrous for a Vermillion since the throw would take out people from your side and the enemies'' side at the same time. Just thinking about it gives me chills, if I start training smiths I''ll have to be extra hard on them about that.


    |Powaaaa ~~ the mansion of powaaa ~~|(Julia)


    |What now ?|(Mineferos)


    I turned around and looked down to see a small lizard-kin girl, she didn''t look any older than three years old by Human standards. I was first shocked because letting a small child like her in a smithery is really dangerous and then I noticed the two small axes she had in her hands. I stopped what I was doing and pointed at her.


    |Oh, that''s Julia, Apocalypse''s first daughter.|(Fimy)


    |... and ...|(Mineferos)


    |Oh you don''t have to worry, she knows how to use them better than I know how to use a hammer.|(Fimy)


    |That''s not what I''m talking about, I mean why are those axes so bad ?|(Mineferos)


    The handle is bad the blades are unbalanced and seem like they could fly off at every swing. I can''t let this little lady use those shady weapons, I took a metal bar and used magic to do proper ones. It is faster than normally forging it but I don''t really like doing that since I can''t appreciate my hard work. Also, this is very tiring so I tend not to do it that often. I took Julia''s weapon from her hands and she started to punch me lightly in the legs so I gave her the one I made. They aren''t anything special, I just made it so they would be of better quality than the one she had.


    She swung them around a few times and then went away while dancing like a little idiot. It''s nice to be so carefree, I wonder when was the last time I was like her, maybe in elementary school ? I don''t really remember but I guess only kids can be like that. I shook my head and started to forge again.


    |I think your common sense isn''t right you know.|(Fimy)


    |What do you mean ?|(Mineferos)


    |Any normal person would''ve just taken her weapons away instead of making her better ones.|(Fimy)


    I shrugged, I guess it is true but if she is Apocalypse''s daughter then she doesn''t risk anything. But really, isn''t he a bit young to be a father, he isn''t even 21 years old yet and he already has a daughter that big. Oh well, I guess in this world this is normal, the Human lifespan is around 40 years old after all. So in fact being a parent at 20 years old must be a bit old here ... sigh and I am still single, maybe I should start to go to the city to find someone.


    |Tell me, would you happen to have a friend looking for a date ?|(Mineferos)


    |Yes, I have some why ?|(Fimy)


    |Mind introducing me to them ?|(Mineferos)


    |Why not.|(Fimy)


    She shrugged and got back to work. Well, that''s nice, I guess I can call that a blind date. Never went to one when I was on Earth but that''s only normal since I wasn''t even major, and getting a girlfriend when you''re hauled up in a forge all day is extremely hard. I have some people trying to woo me in this world but most of them were just woman that prefered having a roof above their head and use it to bring more men in the marital bed. Not that it bother me if it was out of love and I don''t mind having to "share" a loved one but when they just don''t love you it does bother me. Let''s just say I have something against players and nymphomaniacs.