God of Systems: Maker of Heroes and Villains

Keith's way of trading was very different compared to everyone else's. To him, it didn't matter if he was taking a loss as he had no shortage of fishes. He knew that the profits made from the training camp wouldn't last forever and if taking a slight loss helped him with getting a better rank for his church, then he would do it.

His rule for trading was simple and it was to trade points for his items. They couldn't trade points directly, but it could still be done if the teams state that the credits of their work goes to Keith's team. It was similar to having a share of a company.

And in Keith's case, each team was like an independent company.

Those that did not have useful things to trade, would readily give away a part of their work's credit to Keith's team. This was because "credits" did not have any physical form and no one had access to the amount of points their teams made.

It was similar to how it was easier to pay money online compared to handing out hard cash in his previous world, but here it was even more severe and elusive as no one knew how much they were making or spending.

More than 80% of the people grabbed a plate or a bowl from the trade market. These were free to use, but they had to return everything back after cleaning them thoroughly.

One by one, Keith gave them a ball of fufu along with a good amount of stew, making the dish look like a large white ball floating on top of a reddish orange pool. The fufu was hot, so the person who was in charge of making the balls was Nathan, but as time passed, Amelia, Clara and Caleb learned how to do it by using Keith's method, which was dipping their hand in water to insulate their palms from heat for an extremely short period of time.

As the number of people who made the fufu balls increased, the serving speed also increased. Laura took care of pouring the stew into everyone's plate and Brandon took the role of a bouncer, making sure that no one stole any food.

Keith on the other hand, took care of the trade deals while having an official neutral church member keep tabs on everyone's trades, aka the amount of "shares" they were giving him access to.

This neutral church member was actually a high priest of the Church of Art and he had a few other members of his church write down the names of all the teams along with their offers. They ignored everyone who gave physical things away and only paid attention to the ones who made an oath on giving over a part of their team's credits.

Minutes passed by and in just fifty minutes, the line was nowhere to be seen. Everyone was busy eating and some even came for seconds, to which Keith happily obliged. Since there weren't too many customers now, he gave everyone in his team a plate and let them eat freely.

To his surprise, he saw Clark walk over to his stall with a dark expression on his face, "On the name of War God Balmond, I make an oath to give you the credit of one third of everything my team gains."

Keith normally just took around 5 to 10% for each team based on their number of members, so he was quite surprised by Clark's oath. But the surprise didn't last long as Clark continued.

"In return, I want free lunch every day for my team until the training camp ends."

Keith immediately shook his head. As someone who was currently taking advantage of everyone's need for proper food, there was no way he would allow Clark to scam him.

"If you want free lunch everyday, then the minimum amount of credit I'll accept is eighty percent."

Hearing this Clark frowned, "You're ripping me off."

"Food is a necessity here, the thing that has the most demand and this is true especially for you." Keith said as he smirked. In the past few days, Clarks antics had offended a lot of people. Though he had mostly offended Timmy and technically Keith, by trying to go for Clara, it was a grave mistake on his end.

Timmy was extremely influential and well known outside the island while Keith was extremely resourceful and charitable to almost everyone in the training camp. One used connections while the other used feelings to turn a lot of people against him.

Clark was basically an outcast right at this moment and Keith had no plans on going easy on him even though Clark was someone whom he used to look up to in the past. Thanks to this, no one wanted to trade with Clark even if they had something to eat, such as fruits, berries or nuts.

At this point, Keith was one of the very few who was willing to trade with Clark and he was the only one who seemed like he had a foolproof way of acquiring food.

Clark glared at Keith, trying to intimidate him, but Keith didn't budge. Instead, he frowned at Clark and spoke out, "If you have a problem, feel free to leave. I'm open to bargains but I don't appreciate being threatened indirectly."

"Forty percent." Clark said and Keith shook his head, "Hundred percent."

"What the hell? You said you were open to bargain but this is too shameless!" he exclaimed as he banged the table with his fists.

Keith looked up at him and clicked his tongue, "Keep in mind that this table belongs to the trade market. If you damage it, it's you who'll have to pay for it. Also, I did say that I'm open to bargains and that's exactly what I'm doing right now. Hundred percent is my offer, what do you say?"

Seeing Keith's playful smirk, Clark felt like punching his face in, but held back. He rubbed his temples with a frown on his face before making another offer, "Fifty percent and on top of that, I'll help you out in the future events as long as it doesn't harm my team's resources or interests."