Chapter 248: Territorial Defence (Top)

Before the invasion of the Demon World’s Commander-in-Chief Rufel, Minhyuk had used 400,000 Contribution Points to purchase the ‘Chinese Cuisine Set’ from the ‘Food God Shop’ after he rescued Prince Argon. At the same time, Prince Argon, who was a vegetarian, was eating the salad that Minhyuk gave him after his stomach complained of hunger.

Minhyuk felt that it was quite a relief. He thought,

‘Fufu. If Prince Argon ate meat, I would have been in great trouble!’

Then, the Fantastic Chinese Cuisine Set appeared in front of him.

‘My goodness…!’

Dried black bean noodles, spicy seafood noodles, tangsuyuk were placed side by side with mandarin rolls and chili japchae. These were the dishes in the set.

A smile appeared on Minhyuk’s face once he saw the set. He had purchased this set first, and wanted to taste it quickly. Grabbing the wooden chopsticks that came with the set, he ripped it apart and poured the dried black bean noodles sauce into a bowl filled with noodles.

“Hiyaaa…”

Minhyuk drooled over the gleaming black sauce that he poured all over the bowl. The onions looked crunchy and the juice seemed to be overflowing with juices.

‘And, doesn’t this dried black bean noodles look darker than the regular black bean noodles?’

Minhyuk mixed everything well, making sure to poke the fried egg on top and mix it together with the rest of the dish.

‘It seems like the development team really knows how to eat, huh?’

Sometimes, there were days when the dried black bean noodles would only have one quail egg in it, but the dried black bean noodles in the Chinese Cuisine Set had two fried eggs on top.

After mixing everything well, he turned his attention toward the tangsuyuk. He divided the dish in half and poured sauce on one half, while leaving the rest untouched. The second half was for him to enjoy the crunchy and crispy texture of the meat, while the first half was for him to enjoy the soft texture of the skin that was coated with sauce.

‘Well then, all the preparations are done!’

Minhyuk first picked up the dried black bean noodles. He made sure to get a chopstick full of noodles and egg, before slurping it together in his mouth.

Crunch, crunch—

The pleasant crunch from the crispy onions resounded in his mouth. It seemed like the dried black bean noodles purchased from the Food God Shop had a really strong flavor.

“Wow. Delicious!” Minhyuk said, shoulders twitching in happiness.

After gobbling the dried black bean noodles, he turned towards the tangsuyuk and picked one that had not yet been soaked in sauce. Just like that, Minhyuk dipped the piece in the sauce and placed it in his mouth.

Crunch, crunch—

The crunchy ‘dipped’ tangsuyuk always gave off a pleasant sound as he chewed on the excellent texture of the meat. This time, he picked up a piece of tangsuyuk from the ones that were already soaked in the sauce.

‘Ah. This is really an art!’

The fried skin of the tangsuyuk that had been poured with the flavourful sauce was thoroughly soaked. After eating the tangsuyuk like that, he reached out for the spicy seafood noodles next.

‘When you’re eating spicy seafood noodles, you will crave black bean noodles. And when you’re eating black bean noodles, you will crave spicy seafood noodles.’

Minhyuk stirred the spicy seafood noodles well with his chopsticks, making sure that the mussels, squid and onions were all mixed together. After stirring everything together, he lifted not just the noodles, but the entire bowl, before blowing on it gently. Then, he sipped the warm soup and savored its flavor.

“Refreshing.”

In the past, the young Minhyuk could not relate to the adults’ words when they said that it was refreshing to drink spicy soup. Now, the same words flowed out of his mouth easily.

Only after tasting the spicy soup did he use his chopsticks to clamp, inhale and slurp the noodles. He also dipped some raw onions in the black bean paste before placing it in his mouth.

Crunch, crunch—

After finishing the spicy seafood noodles, Minhyuk turned toward the mandarin rolls. The mandarin rolls were warm, as if they were just taken out of the fire. Then, he stretched his chopsticks towards the chili japchae. The chili japchae was a dish that was stir-fried in chili oil and had a spicier, deeper flavor than normal japchaes. Various ingredients like red pepper, green pepper, onion, and pork neck were stir-fried together, resulting in the colorful and appetizing dish in front of him.

Minhyuk placed the chili japchae on top of the mandarin roll before placing everything in his mouth.

Munch, munch—

The flavor of the spicy chili japchae was immediately followed by the soft and warm flavor of the mandarin roll. The flavor was enough to put a smile on his face. Minhyuk closed his eyes to savor the flavors deeply.

Grin—

A chuckle unknowingly escaped from his lips.

‘Wow, the food in the Food God Shop is comparable to the real God’s Dish…’

The taste was clearly different when he tasted them with his own tongue. Minhyuk did not know how the same food could taste so different. After he finished everything, Minhyuk heard the notifications.

[You have eaten the Fantastic Chinese Cuisine Set.]

[Searching for the special powers and skills that you have not yet acquired in your class.]

[Search in progress...1%, 21%, 34%, 47%… 88%, 100%.]

Ring!

[The search has been completed.]

[The Active Skill: Let’s Have a Meal will be created.]

‘Huh?’

The name of the skill was the best among all of the skills that Minhyuk had ever acquired in

Athenae

. After acquiring the skill, he quickly checked the information of the Let’s Have a Meal skill.

(

Let’s Have a Meal

)

Active Skill

Level

: 1

Mana Required

: 500

Cooldown

: 160 hrs

Effects

:

?If you shout ‘Let’s Have a Meal!’, a barrier will be created with a five-meter radius for 30 minutes. Within the created barrier, you can choose two people from your guild members, allied guilds, party members and vassals to feed them buff dishes.

?It will be impossible for an enemy to attack or for you to attack an enemy within the barrier. In addition, there's an increased probability of having higher grades for the buffed dishes. The time inside the barrier flows six times faster than the time outside. However, those inside will not be able to feel it. To the people outside, you will appear as if you are moving six times faster. 30 minutes inside the barrier is equivalent to five minutes outside.

?The same food that you cooked for others inside the barrier will be created in the future. In addition, they will receive a temporary increase in all five basic stats as soon as the dish is created, but only the buff of the highest graded buffed dish will be applied.

?1% buff for Normal Dishes.

?3% buff for Rare Dishes.

?5% buff for Unique Dishes.

?8% buff for Epic Dishes.

?12% buff for Legendary Dishes.

?Buffs will be applied for 24 hours.

‘Wow…’

Right off the bat, this skill had become Minhyuk’s favorite skill. It was a skill that would allow him to eat, even if he was in the middle of a fight. Even the barrier that Black Mage Ali had used could not compare. It was a barrier that could prevent absolutely anything. In addition, it seemed like it was also possible to use it to plan or assess their situation in case of an emergency.

Minhyuk still had a bit of contribution left, so he wanted to buy the "Chicken & Pizza Set" immediately after the first set that he ate. At that moment…

[Legend Guild and Black Dragon and the Boys have formed a temporary alliance.]

“…?!”

Minhyuk was surprised because Black Dragon was his father. So Minhyuk quickly sent a whisper to his dad.

[

Minhyuk

: Dad, are you with Genie?]

[

Black Dragon

: That’s right. When is my dear son coming?]

Minhyuk pondered for a moment while he talked with his dad. He had currently sorted out all of the things here. He also thought that it would be better if he brought the rescued Prince Argon to Elf King Gorn. With those in mind, he quickly made a decision.

‘I’m going to go and take care of my dad first…’

Food was important, however, Minhyuk was already planning on going to Elvenheim anyway. His reason was simple. It was because he needed to gain additional Contribution Points so that he could purchase the rest of the dishes in the Food God Shop.

Before he started, Minhyuk pulled a stunt, “

Sob, sob, sob.?

My dad is in a very critical situation. There are plenty of demons there. Can you guys help me?”

Among them were the commanders of the Knight Orders. They had already become members of Minhyuk’s Territory, so it was no problem to bring them along. However, the rest of the knights were still members of the empires, so they needed to come with him out of their own free will.

Fortunately…

“How can this be?!!! Our commander’s father is in a critical situation!!!”

“We should go now!!!”

“We’ll just tell Our Majesties that the rescue operations took a lot longer and are still underway!”

…they were all of the same minds.

Minhyuk knew that Legend Guild was in a very precarious situation. These knights that had become more powerful would be a great addition to their power. However, there was one problem.

“How can we get to Elvenheim…?”

He was wondering how he would lead all of his troops to Elvenheim’s Area A. Although there was a Mass Teleport Parchment, it would only work if he had been to that place. In addition, the only place that they could warp to was Roscul Village and they still had to travel quite a distance to the Area A.

At that moment, Argon turned to look at Minhyuk. He said, “You’re going to Elvenheim’s Area A?”

“Yes.”

“I know a quick shortcut. From Area D, we can head directly to Area A.”

Area D was a place where anyone could come and go quickly at any time. The same was true for his troops.

Then, Argon said, “We’re going to need a ride.”

Argon snapped his fingers, and 150 black horses, along with two white horses, appeared from his subspace.

“These are very good horses, Arthdal and Perth. Let’s go.”

Argon was in a hurry because he knew that his father, Gorn, was there too. Minhyuk nodded his head as he rode the horse. They started galloping fast. As they made their way towards their destination, Minhyuk sent a whisper to someone that he could trust. The person he sent a whisper to, readily accepted his request.

***

Ruwan was chuckling loudly. He thought,

‘This is complete annihilation.’

Ruwan was the man who dug minerals with the Food God Minhyuk in the mine where the chocolate tree was located. He eventually succeeded in changing his warrior class to the Indomitable Blacksmith class.

The Indomitable Blacksmith was an amazing class. It was a legendary class with the power and skill of a warrior, as well as an excellent blacksmith. Just like Hepas’ Descendant, he was also unable to produce a very formidable artifact yet, but he still gained a lot of strength as both a blacksmith and a warrior.

Ruwan’s strength grew quickly and he was now currently occupying a very small town in the outskirts of Elvenheim’s Area A. He was now the guild master of ‘Raging Volcano’. It was a medium-sized guild that was on the smaller side; however, it was still one of the rapidly growing guilds these days.

Unfortunately, the troops that had been concentrated on the front lines were slowly starting to flow to the rear. Right now, his HP was rapidly falling after he defeated a Hellhound.

[Abnormal State. You have inhaled the ‘Demonic Beast’s Gas’.]

[Your HP is falling at a rapid pace.]

The recovery potion that he had brought before was also on the floor of the garden. What was worse was…

[

Guild Chat

: They finally found the basement.]

[

Guild Chat

: GM. I think we’re going to be wiped out…]

Ruwan laughed ruefully. After the demons and the demonic beasts invaded, he had led his elites to take on the ‘aggro’. This village’s special ability was the ‘cellar’ hidden under the ground. He could hide things in that place that was hidden deeper than the basement.

Ruwan had chosen to hide his guild members there, while he went out to sacrifice himself, together with the elites. Unfortunately, the worst outcome still arrived, he could not help but suddenly remember that day.

‘I wonder how Minhyuk is doing these days?’

When he and the miners thought that they would be wiped out, the chef that laughed and mined with them killed the enemies with his ghostly movements. He was truly a kind, polite and wonderful man. Before they parted, Ruwan had asked him,

‘How can I be as strong as you?’

‘Eat well, exercise hard and sleep well!’

After saying something absurd, he stopped walking and turned to look at Ruwan. He said,

‘Ruwan, I’ll see you at the top.’

The memory of that time brought a smile to Ruwan’s face.

‘Yearning…’

That was right. He was longing for that. For the real power that this world’s strongest did not show. Influenced by Minhyuk’s words, he had been reborn and had become a great guild master.

‘It’s been a while since I’ve seen him. I should send him a whisper later.’

Right at that moment, other demons appeared. The problem was that these demons did not include the demons that they were struggling to kill earlier.

“I guess this bastard is the boss.”

“

Kekeke.?

I want to kill him more painfully.”

‘Don’t touch me. I’ll die if you just leave me alone.’

The demons approached Ruwan with a weapon called flamberge. Flamberge was a brutal weapon that could tear apart the flesh. He would not feel any real pain, but it was not refreshing or nice to feel his throat being cut off.

Just then…

Fwoosh, fwoosh!

Ruwan, who had closed his eyes in defeat, suddenly heard a strange sound coming near.

‘What?’

Clip, clop, clip, clop.

His enemies were taken down. Then, a voice rang out, “Ruwan, hello! You’ve become a great guild master now, haven’t you? Wow!”

“…M…Minhyuk?”

Minhyuk had arrived at the outskirts of Elvenheim’s Area A. He was as polite, cheerful and handsome as ever.

“Mi…Min…”

However, before he could even finish saying his words…

[You have temporarily lost consciousness.]

[Your HP has dropped below 5%.]

[You will die if you don’t get treated.]

…Ruwan had blacked out. When he opened his eyes again, he saw that his guild members were all surrounding him.

“GM, are you alright?”

“Mi…Minhyuk!”

He leaped up and looked around for him, but there was no one else in sight. However, his eyes widened not long after.

“Wh…what’s this? How am I still alive?”

There were over 80 demons and demonic monsters that attacked them. Their numbers were beyond what their guild could handle.

“A man suddenly appeared and wiped them out. He said that he was close to Ruwan. He even had his own troops. GM, do you know him?”

“It took him about three minutes, I think?”

“Isn’t he very strong?”

Ruwan saw the bandage that was wrapped around his arm. He used to wear these bandages before. He grinned as he caressed the bandage, muttering softly, “This is why I admire you.”

The Frying Pan Killer. He was still as polite, cheerful, and wonderful as ever.