"Brother, I have some wood, how are we going to trade!"
Suddenly, while he was crossing his private chats, he reads this.
"One unit of food for five units of woods."
"That's too much, one to two."
"One to three."
Their chat becomes dead, after a while, the other side sent a message.
"Okay."
With a flash, their trade was successful.
Seeing the three units of wood in front of him, he can't help but laugh.
Meanwhile, in another location.
Seeing the piece of meat in front of him, a middle aged man started laughing.
His territory is surrounded by trees but from time to time, cries of beasts can be heard.
"With this, we no longer need to worry about cooking for a while."
Their style of cooking might be bland but beggars can't be picky.
He sent another chat to the man he just traded.
"I can trade all nine units of food with ten units of grass and ten units of wood and ten units of water."
He typed, waiting for the man to reply.
"Brother, I don't have any water source, can you change the requirement?"
"Five units of meat for ten units of grass, five types of plants of any kind and six units of wood."
Seeing this the eyes of the man lights up.
Without hesitation, he starts pulling the grass in their territory.
He roars at his subjects to help him, right now, there are only two of them left.
One was killed.
They spent three hours pulling grass.
Then without hesitation, the man traded the remaining units of wood he has for the five units of meat.
A unit of meat is equal to one kilogram, for him, this trade was extremely profitable.
After receiving the trade, He immediately gave them to Lucy.
"After Aria and Lucky finish their mapping, ask your sister which location is perfect to turn into a small forest."
With his (Evolution), he can see through the information of the items.
Name: Grass
A common grass of this world, it might be common in this world but for animals from lower worlds to consume this, they would absorb some world energy.
Name: Tree Sapling.
Description: A common tree sapling of this world.
Name: Wild Flower
Description A common plant of this world.
Name: Spirit Tree Sapling
Description A tree that automatically absorbs world and distribute it to it's surroundings, it evolved to mimic low level tree sapling to avoid being consumed by evil beasts.
Name: Apple Tree Sapling.
Description: A fruit bearing tree that is common in this world, consumption of it's food will help otherworlders absorb world energy naturally.
Name: Wild Flower
Description: A common plant in this world.
There were two flowers, a red and yellow flowers.
They are of no use to him but they might be able to make their dull territory better.
He was surprised to see the Spirit Tree Sapling.
He told Lucy to focus nurturing it compared to the other plants.
"I can't believe the scarcity of food, shouldn't there be a lot of these beasts roaming around?"
He knows that human potential would either burst out or snuff out in terms of calamity.
He doesn't believe that he was the only one using the barrier as a way to obtain meat in a safe environment.
Unbeknownst to him, the evil beasts in his area are strange.
They are in a state of berserk, their HP might not had increased but their explosive power does.
This is the reason why he was having a hard time killing them even after repeatedly hitting them as hard as possible.
Their intelligence was taken from them replaced by power.
This is the reason why the wolves are smarter than the hounds he fought.
He doesn't know it yet but their territory is situated in an extremely dangerous location.
If he doesn't solve the problem soon, then their entire group will die.
Leaving their territory, he once again ventured to the direction he went yesterday.
He is certain he is definitely going to find something if he continues in this direction.
From time to time, he would see some wild beasts but he sneaks away from them using his silent step technique.
"I really need some weapon or at least level up to contend against these beasts." He mutters.
He has two swords in his storage, one from Scarlet and the other was from Aria.
Both are wooden swords, he wants Scarlet to get used on using cold weapons.
Finally, after traveling for three hours, parched and exhausted, he finally arrives at a new location.
[Congratulations for discovering Moonlight Forest.]
[Access denied, must at least be Tier 1 to enter.]
Just as he was ecstatic this notification appears.
He slumps to the ground.
The greater the hope, the greater the despair.
He starts punching the ground.
He knows that the faster they upgrade their territory, the more advantage they obtained.
He grips his fist tighter, they were sent to a godforsaken place.
Evil beasts rampaging, a large expanse of land that can't grow anything, an underground that is filled with horrors.
'No! I will not give up!'
His eyes are blood red.
Level up.
This is the only thought on his mind.
Turning his back, he walks back to their territory.
He now has a different directive.
Trade.
Using the meats that he obtained from hunting, he shall gather resources, no matter how slow their development was, at least they can survive.
Unconsciously, he lets out a massive killing intent.
Powered by his soul, a dark red aura suddenly leaks out of body.
[Congratulations for learning a new skill.]
[Since you are the first person to develop a skill in your region, obtain a buff.]
[Learning Expert (Attached Lord Talent): Increase the chances of subjects learning skills. Skill level up experience -5%.]
'I developed a skill?'
He was shocked.
[Soul Power: A power that all beings in this world posses, this power is flexible and can manipulate into a variety of skills.
Killing Intent: Emits an aura that intimidates target, those that were affected will have their defense and power reduced. The effect varies with different target.]
At least his mood was placated by this but still, he needs to hunt as many wild beasts as he can.
Knowing that he can't enter the forest in his current level, he decided to improve his strength.
Seeing him return, his stepsisters were relieved, they cheered.
He smiles, trying to ease their mood.
"Did anything happened while I was gone?" He asks.
"No, with the barrier protecting us, the wild beasts are unable to touch us but their numbers are slowly increasing, I'm afraid."
Lucy hugs him.
He nods his head as he went to the direction where the wild beasts are gathering.
"Aria, I want you to take care of Lucy, she will probably going to be busy with all the plants that I traded."
"Why don't I help her?" She asks with a guilty expression.
She feels that she is the only one that does nothing in their territory.
He sighs and stakes his head.
"No, we need to capitalize with her Trait and Lord Talent, with what kind of dirt we are standing upon, she is the only one that has a chance of growing anything."
Aria bits her lip and nodded.
She knows his reason was correct but she can't help but feel like she is a burden in their group.
Leaving Aria, he grabs the two swords and attacks the nearest wild beasts.
After killing three level 2 wild beasts, he sits on the ground and starts breathing heavily.
He feels his hand feeling sore.
Using (Dismantle) on the boar, he calls for his subjects to butcher the other two.
Without hesitation, he posted the meat on the market.
Just as he expected, there are already others that were selling meat but their asking price was outrageous.
He calmly puts his requirement of water and wood unit.
One unit of meat traded by 5 units of water and three units of wood.
Quickly the ten units of meat that he put was snatched by the quick hands of other survivors.
'I don't know the correct value of my meat but at least I know they are a hit.'
He was relieved to see just how fast his meat was sold.
He was the only one selling meats that belonged to wild beasts category.
Consuming them would slowly improve the physique of those that are from the other worlds.
After resting for a while, he once again starts hacking.
One of his sword was broken but he managed to kill another wild beast.
ROAR! Suddenly, a giant beast came charging at the barrier.
Even with his tough will, Cloyd can't help but turn pale from the situation.
BOOM! Fortunately, the barrier stands tall between them.
Name: Ferocious Elephant
Race: Beast
Level: 12
Tier: 1
Rank: Elite
Skill: Ferocious Charge, Whipping Strike, Stomp
He takes a deep breath upon seeing the information.