"Actually, since we lack resources, you can do something, Emi." (Max)
Max ignored the three who underestimated his talent and looked at Emilia.
"Me? What can I do?", Emilia asked with raised brows, not bothering to correct the way her brother called her.
When all was said and done, Emilia still loved her brother dearly. While she was still angry at him for not even contacting her and her sisters in over 8 years…hearing him call her 'Emi' brought many happy and nostalgic memories to mind, making her unconsciously smile.
"You can put a public Trade selling the most basic designs like 'Fishing Bow', 'Wooden Spear', and the others for 1 or 2 less materials than those required.
"!!!"
The three girls simultaneously perked up as their eyes brightened.
"Of course! Why didn't I think of that!?" (Amy)
"Right! Although it might be a loss for others, it'll only be a profit for big sister!" (Adeline)
Max looked at the excited girls and nodded his head.
"Actually, there's a better way. You can just sell 2 wooden planks with a cost of 1, or 10 wooden plank for the cost of 9, and so on. But at some point, they might buy what you're selling with the ones they bought beforehand, making your talent ineffective. So you can only do this once every few days so that the other Players have sufficient time to gather 'untouched' recourses." (Max)
Emilia's eyes brightened further as she thought of that.
"Quickly! Everyone! Send me everything you have!" (Emilia)
The three wordlessly initiatives trades giving her everything other than the clothes on their bodies, including the fish that Al caught.
Emilia's tiny island nearly overflowed with all the materials instantly increasing to ten times the original quantity, but she didn't care as she quickly set several trades in the [Public Trade] function.
At the same time, Max opened the Trade function.
[Private Trade] | [Public Trade]
There were only two options, of which he chose the latter. He also brought up the [Public Chat] screen and decided to advertise a little.
SilverHat14 : Hey guys! Look at the idiot in the Public Trade!
LuoChen : Woah! Someone's actually selling for losses!?
Andrew_446 : Hahaha what a fool! But don't mind if I buy a few!
BallsDeep69 : Fuck! Who's hand speed is so good!? I couldn't even react before the thirty plus sales are gone! Professional LOL players!?
IAmTheKingOfTheWorld : Awesome! That fool put things on trade again!
Mr.Invincible : Hahaha! There are actually more stuff this time!
"Oh, guess she doesn't need advertising." (Max)
Looking at the hundreds of people with all kinds of names calling his little sister an idiot, Max didn't know whether to laugh at their ignorance and get angry.
"Hehe, the whole world is calling you a 'Fool' big sister. How do you feel?", Adeline giggled as she looked at the situation in the Public Chat.
"Meh, who cares about them? Just look at all the stuff I already have…!" (Emilia)
Looking at Emilia, the three felt their lips twitch at the sight of the hundreds and thousands of materials not only occupying the whole island, but even falling into the floating in the Ocean nearby!
"By the way, do objects crafted from 'touched' materials get affected by your talent?", Amy asked which Emilia replied with a shake of her head.
"Unfortunately, no." (Emilia)
"Well, it's not bad as it is. No need to be too greedy. And stop trading. Look, those wooden planks are already floating away from you." (Max)
Max's remainder brought Emilia out of her shopping streak as she looked at the materials on the ocean, the farther east of which had almost floated ten metres away from her.
"Oh, right, let me store all these real quick.", she muttered under her breath as she quickly used the trade-storing trick to make them all disappear.
Soon enough, the Public Chat got messy as the 'Foolish Trader' disappeared. The family of four didn't bother with them, however, as Max looked at the 'Build' function.
"Here you go, 1 each of every default design with an increase grade.", Emilia said as she traded several items to her sisters and brother.
((Player [Emilia Riggs] offers you a Trade {[Fishing Rod(F)] [Wooden Spear(F)] [Wooden Cabin(F)] - - [None]}. Accept?))
Well, although she said every default design, there were actually only two noteworthy, the fishing rod and a wooden spear.
As for the rest, they were only designs for synthesising lower grade materials into higher grade materials, as well as Ropes made of Fibre.
"Accept."
Max looked at the new objects before him and looked at their descriptions, but didn't find any details advantage other than 'increased durability', 'increased efficiency', and other such stuff.
"Maybe increases represented by percentages only come from skills?" (Max)
Shaking his head at the thought, he looked at Emilia.
"Emi, do you know how to debone fish?" (Max)
Max's sudden question stumped her as she looked at him in surprise.
"Err, no? I mean, if you ask me how to debone a human, I can do that easily, but fish…" (Emilia)
"…" (Max)
Max felt rather speechless at her reply. Why would he ask her to 'debone' a human?
"Forget it, send me all the fish. Since we don't have a fire, I'll have to set them to dry before they start rotting." (Max)
"Oh.", Emilia nodded as she traded all the fish back to Max.
"20 fish turned to 200 just like that…your talent is really too much of a cheat.", Max smiled wryly as he looked at the island floor practically covered in dead fish.
"Ah…this is gonna take a while, isn't it?" (Max)
Max suddenly regretted spending his limited Skill slot for the 'Fishing' skill.
How good would it be if he could 'learn' some skill like 'Dissection' or 'Dismantling'?
And who knows, with the ridiculous skill bonus, he might get twice the making of meat while cutting and cleaning the fish.
"Forget it, it's too late any…ok?"
Max paused and blinked as he looked at the strange thing he took out from the dead fish's cut body.
"This is…a crystal?" (Max)