Chapter 11 - the benefits of a talent

"luckily the wounds are not deep...still, I'll have to sew this coat haa~"

I didn't have any bandages myself so I opened the transaction section and tried to solve my problem there.

[seller: Red Crescent

item: water x 200ML

price: bandage roll

stock: 3]

"I hope that solves my current problem, tch, the only thing I could get out of that silly wolf was a wooden box...hm? wooden box? ah right, I haven't opened them yet"

'open wooden box x2'

[received]

[acquired: sleeping bag x1]

[acquired: 500G packet of salt x1 and 500G packet of rice x1]

"ooh~! not bad, it's not medicine or bandage but still very good"

put the sleeping bag on top of the hammock and remove the gray cloth that was there before.

At this point in the global channel people were already speculating that Red had a constant source of water.

[Jude Blizzard: hey guys, it's this guy, red crescent again... gosh he sure must have a lot of water, that's the only thing he uses for trading]

[Lao Tzu: every time he posts I feel so envious, the big boss red has plenty of water, yet us common people are dying of thirst]

[Mu Qiang: yes, it's like he has no problem to run out of water].

[Austin Leevid: although he is not the only one, if you look in the commercial channel you can also find others selling water, it's just that their prices are more expensive compared to this guy, red]

[Lao Tzu: the gods must despise us, normal people, they will only care about their chosen ones, we can only mourn]

[Austin Leevid: you're too dramatic]

Meanwhile the person in question was calmly preparing a handful of rice to be boiled while he was salting a rabbit steak.

"hmm I still have the crab, at some point I should cook something like your tongs".

as I prepare what will be my lunch I feel the stabbing pain in my shoulders.

'I guess I should refrain from going out hunting until I have something like a bow or crossbow, I can't just go head on against these beasts or I might die from carelessness'.

[Nathan Gaunt: hey Red, I saw what you posted in the trade section, are you ok, you didn't do something stupid did you?]

[David Crescent: you know him as well as I do, he clearly did something stupid and got hurt, so Red, tell us what happened].

"uuh damn, they're sure going to bother me.."

I spent time talking to them and telling them what happened when I went out to explore.

some time later I was already serving the rice along with the roasted rabbit meat in my bowl.

[Crescent Red: so, for two or three more days I will be focusing on improving the shelter instead of going out to explore outside].

[Nathan Gaunt: I think that's a good plan, you can't go out every day to hunt the dangerous mutant beasts without knowing whether or not you'll get a supply box].

"without knowing whether or not you'll get supply boxes?"

[Red Crescent: but isn't it? so far, all the mutant beasts I've killed have given me supply boxes]

[David Crescent: don't you know? according to what several of the more adventurous survivors have said in the global chat, the probability of getting a supply crate after killing a mutant beast is about 40%].

'wow, I can't believe my luck is this crazy to get a supply crate every time I kill one of those things'.

"luck... wait could it be!!!?"

'open status'

[name: Red Crescent

shelter: low grade

title: -

talent: good luck

inventory: -

regional chat: -

world chat: -

transaction: -]

[good luck: the chance of acquiring supply crates when defeating mutant beasts increases up to 90%].

[system warning: the benefits of a talent can increase with the increase of personal level, of the shelter or the acquisition of a title].

"I see... wait a second, I think david said he had a talent, what was it? oh yeah... (farmer)"

I told david what I found out about the talents.

[David Crescent: talents can benefit us like that? then I'm going to have to try mine, he says (farmer) so it has to be related to growing plants, maybe I can do something like growing vegetables or something like that].

[Nathan Gaunt: how envious... well, I myself have a talent which is (gross physical) that must be why my body feels stronger than it was before].

[Red Crescent: well, I guess that's it, I still have a rabbit to skin]

[David Crescent: ok, I have stuff to do too so I won't have time to help you eviscerate it tomorrow so you'll have to stay with it until then or do it yourself]

I closed the chat, it's true that I really had too many things to do at the moment.

"the light from the campfire won't be enough... it's a good thing I bought the candles then"

'remove stone x1, wax candle x1, and lighter x1'

place a stone on the ground and light the candle and let several drops of it fall on top of it before placing it there.

"remove wooden needle x1 and thread x 2M".

with a little care I took off my coat and instantly noticed the difference in temperature.

'let's try to do this quickly so I can wrap up warm'.

my sewing talent was not particularly good, but after a while I was able to sew my coat correctly, however I also unraveled a part of the thread leaving only a few centimeters left over.

When I was finally able to finish sewing the tears in my coat I let out a sigh.

fuuh~

"well... even if I don't have any more thread to sew on the rabbit skins now that I have the sleeping bag I guess I can wait to get more another time."

I blew out the candle and put it away along with the needle and lighter in the inventory.

[transaction completed: you have lost (water x 600ML) and acquired (bandage roll x3)].

the notification startled me for a moment but after seeing what it was I calmed down.

"this thing comes at a good time"

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