Chapter 16 : Trade and Communication
Chapter 16: Trade and Communication
“Master???”
Looking at the ragged little girl shivering in the cold wind before him, Su Wen was stunned.
She looked to be just over ten years old, yet she was so thin it was as if only skin clung to her bones.
Her large eyes were filled with fear and unease.
[Unit: Bitter Winter Sinner (Milo)]
[Race: Human (Exiled Sinner, Slave, Abandoned “Child of Misfortune”)]
[Loyalty: 50]
[Trait: ??? (Not Awakened)]
“Child of Misfortune?” Su Wen frowned slightly.
Most Sinners were adult men and women—why had a cursed little girl appeared this time?
Compared to the other Sinners, her panel was much simpler.
“Don’t be afraid.”
Eluan stepped forward.
Her exquisite black dress formed a stark contrast with Milo’s tattered clothes.
Yet as she crouched down, she showed no disgust toward the dirt on Milo’s body, instead gently taking that small hand, frozen purple from the cold.
“You’re hungry, aren’t you?”
The girl led her aside and handed her a piece of roasted meat that still retained some warmth.
Milo swallowed, but didn’t dare take it. Instead, she looked timidly at Eluan. “Master… I… misfortune… will… bring bad luck…”
“Bad luck? I don’t care.” Eluan chuckled softly and patted her head. “Since you’ve come here, you’re one of my people. Of course I’ll make sure you’re fed.”
She stuffed the meat wrapped in leaves into the girl’s hands.
“Eat.”
Milo froze.
She lowered her head and took a bite, and tears instantly streamed from her eyes.
[Loyalty +20]
[Milo seemed to have developed a certain dependence on you.]
Eluan raised an eyebrow.
Watching her happily eat, a faint smile appeared on Eluan’s face.
“Alright, go rest in the room first.”
The little girl was quite cute—just too young. It was unclear what she could do.
A mascot?
……
On Su Wen’s side, the new summoning was finally complete.
One male and one female Sinner had been added.
As for the Black Wolves, six had been recruited.
One of them had triggered [Pure Resonance], advancing into a Dire Wolf.
Its Loyalty was equally outrageous, starting at over 70 points.
“Two now.”
It could be anticipated that a combat unit like the Dire Wolf, which had reached Black Iron 1-Star, would absolutely require more advanced buildings and more resources to recruit.
But Eluan had allowed him to obtain one in advance.
At an extremely low cost—because it had mutated from a civilian-grade unit.
“Not bad. Let me take a look at the turret.”
[Magic Crossbow Turret Blueprint (Blueprint)]
[Quality: Green]
[Crafting Materials: Energy ×30, Stone ×20, Wood ×200, Wind Element Crystal ×1, High-Toughness Beast Tendon ×1]
“A bit expensive.”
Stone and Wood were manageable, but the Wind Element Crystal and High-Toughness Beast Tendon would probably require special acquisition.
He immediately opened the Trading Interface and searched.
There were two Wind Element Crystals for sale, priced at 20 Silver Coins (or Energy).
There were quite a few High-Toughness Beast Tendons, with an average price of 2 Silver Coins.
“Bought.”
After settling that, construction began.
The blueprint unfolded!
To avoid chaotic building layouts in the future, she planned ahead and placed the turret toward the southern area.
The north was their initial exploration direction—many beasts there had already been killed, making it relatively safer.
Rumble!
With a loud noise, a refined wooden structure appeared before them.
The base was made of stone, and its appearance resembled a simply styled watchtower.
[Building Name: Magic Crossbow Turret]
[Quality: Green]
[Base Attack Power: 8]
[Effective Range: 300 meters]
[Ammo Slot: 0/40 (Iron Arrows)]
[Function: Fires arrows at distant enemies, and under the enhancement of wind element magic, greatly increases range and flight speed.]
“Not bad.”
However, iron arrows still needed to be prepared.
There were a few scattered in the Trading Interface.
The prices weren’t high—averaging 10–20 copper coins each. Even after buying everything, he only managed to get 15.
After inserting them into the firing slots, they entered a ready-to-fire state.
“Nice.”
Su Wen nodded in satisfaction.
“I’ve been scouting for quite a while—it’s time to sell off the useless stuff.”
He felt that the most excessive resource in his territory was meat.
Due to the lack of preservation methods, meat left in the open air for too long would eventually rot.
So it was better to sell it while still fresh.
“Sell it under Eluan’s identity.”
[Submit Black Wolf Meat?]
“Yes.”
[Please enter price.]
Opening the Trading Interface, he saw that meat was generally priced around 120 copper coins per kilogram—equivalent to 1.2 units of Energy.
“Pretty expensive.”
Calculated by weight, it was more expensive than recruiting a Sinner or a Black Wolf.
And since it could sell, it meant some players were lacking it.
As for who lacked it—there was no need to say.
“Wolf meat tastes terrible. Lower the price a bit, or it won’t sell.”
[80 copper coins]
[Enter quantity: 300]
With a click, the items appeared on the shelf.
After waiting 5 seconds, the quantity decreased by 3.
“Not selling very fast.”
She seriously suspected that this wasn’t a global market, but only included a portion of the transmigrators. Otherwise, at this price, it should’ve been instantly bought out.
Just as she was thinking, a message suddenly popped up in the chat group:
[Topic related to you]
“Hm?”
Clicking it…
[Fengyun Tiange]: “Holy crap, selling 300 units of wolf meat—what kind of god is this?”
[Anonymous1]: “What? Someone else is selling again?”
[Riddleman Brother Kun]: “Those who want meat can buy it. 80 copper coins, currently the lowest price.”
[Anonymous2]: “Wolf meat, huh. Doesn’t taste good, but the price is indeed cheap.”
[Fengyun Tiange]: “@Xiao Lu, big shot, we’re all struggling brothers from the same newbie village—give us a friendly price, will you? The kid’s about to starve stupid.”
……
Seeing them tag her, Eluan was slightly stunned and couldn’t help but ask in the group, “How do you know we’re in the same newbie village?”
[Fengyun Tiange]: “Last page of the manual, the smallest line—items listed are only shown to the nearest 1000 people within 12 hours. After 12 hours, they enter the global trading market.”
“There’s such a thing?” Eluan glanced at the manual tossed in the corner. There were too many words, but flipping to the last page, it was indeed written there.
Anyone who could finish reading those tens of thousands of words was truly something else.
[Anonymous3]: “That’s not important. What’s important is—how did you get so much meat? Half an hour ago, that guy ‘Only I Can Survive’ sold 100 units of wild boar meat and I already knelt. You just straight up doubled it??”
[Hyperthyroid Girl]: “Waaah, Big Sister Xiao Lu, do you still need a leg accessory? I can act cute, I can warm the bed (emoji: suggestive).”
Seeing someone ask, Eluan glanced at the inventory.
Although wolf meat was plentiful, it really tasted awful. But as for that Demi-human meat…