Gourmet Gaming

Chapter 240: Battlefield's Great Ruler

Charisma (CHA) was a stat that helped the player increase their favor among NPCs. CHA would allow the players to have a stronger bond with the soldiers under their command. If the player had an incredibly high CHA, then, the morale of the troops would increase. However, CHA only played an auxiliary role. Even if someone had more than 1,000 points in their CHA, they would still experience a drop in favor if they did something terrible to their troops.

Currently, Nelso, the knight commander of the Iron Blood, as well as Audrey, the knight commander of the Reapers, Audrey, were both talking.

“Pride is important, but I don’t think that it makes sense to prioritize something like that when we need to take care of our troops.”

“That’s right. What’s more, the commander of the Rice Supplement company is a kind and virtuous man. He even told us to come whenever we feel hungry, right?”

“I’m jealous. I’m very jealous of the members of the Rice Supplement company!”

“Did you see? At night, they went inside the tent, drilled a hole inside and even warmed up the air inside with fire magic. They definitely slept sweetly.”

Meanwhile, they were all shivering in the cold.

Nelson and Audrey gazed at the Rice Supplement company from a distance. They could see them grinning and smiling over their cups of coffee from who knows where. There was a warm, pleasant and happy atmosphere surrounding them that was completely contrary to the current situation of the other two companies.

“…How about we join them?”

“His Highness Asvon will definitely be angry…”

“In the end, those two are foreigners. Isn’t it possible to deprive those foreigners of their command any time we deem necessary? And, I think that His Highness would be understanding if we told him that our troops of 100 men were on the verge of annihilation?”

“…I see.”

Generally, the command of the foreigners was finite and limited. The knights and soldiers could turn around and not follow their orders if they felt that the foreigners were misdirecting them and giving them bad orders.

In fact, both Asvon and Ellie were very cautious when they handed the command over to the foreigners. They even said that they could easily take over the command once they felt that the foreigners were immature and could not give any correct orders.

‘The most important thing right now is to rescue Prince Argon after all, right?’

Not long after, Nelson and Audrey both looked at each other before looking behind them.

They finally made a decision.

***

Bach felt that his head would explode from all of the complicated thoughts that were running in it.

‘The favor kept on decreasing!’

Such a decrease might result in his knights leaving the company. Eclei even logged out after saying that he would take a nap to clear the stress away.

However, before they could even do something about the favor, the knights started to move strangely. The knights of the Iron Blood and Reapers all began to move towards Rice Supplement.

“Where are you going!”

“…We’ll rely on the commander of the Rice Supplement company to lead us.”

“Wh…what?!”

Bach was caught in surprise. It was understandable that they wanted to leave the company. However, the knights moving towards Rice Supplement and sticking to their group was quite incomprehensible to him.

“Shit…! Do you think Emperor Asvon will stay still if he learns of this?!”

“I think Emperor Asvon will be able to understand our situation to some extent.”

Emperor Asvon was a very competitive man. That was why he wanted to win the God’s Bet, since it was a competition between the two empires. However, more than that, Emperor Asvon had other, deeper thoughts.

‘If you dare lay a hand on my brats then I’ll kill you.’

He was an emperor who treasured his people and his men, more dearly than anyone could know. In the end, he would trust them more than these two foreigners.

Bach just stared dumbfounded as the 100-man troop moved away. Minhyuk was even opening his arms widely in front of them.

“Ah. You came. Let’s have a meal!!!”

He was smiling brightly as if he was welcoming some regular customers.

“…!”

Bach’s clenched fists trembled.

The competition between the Gods was supposed to begin earnestly in Zone 2, but they were completely robbed of their opportunity, even before it started.

“Euhahahaha!?This is really delicious!”

“That’s right. It’s really good!”

“Hahahahaha!”

They were all laughing and giggling.

On the other hand, Bach’s side was completely empty. Things could not proceed like this. Bach marched up to them.

“You bastard! You did it on purpose, didn’t you?”

“Huh? What?”

Minhyuk looked at him with a very carefree expression on his face.

“You purposely stole our troops!!”

“What are you saying? I’m just giving food to the hungry.”

“Bach, we came here of our own free will. What are you trying to do to a person who just wanted to give something to us?”

“That’s right!!! What’s wrong with the good-natured commander of the Rice Supplement company?”

“Booooooo!”

Flinch!

The knights had started to accuse him! Bach’s head turned blank at their accusations.

‘How did it come to this?’

Then he spat out in anger, “Strength is also important for a commander. You want this weakling as your commander?! Ridiculous!!”

The only thing that Minhyuk showed them was him shooting a bow. In fact, Bach did not know anything about him at all. On the other hand, the members of the Rice Supplement company had seen him ravaging hundreds of mobs all by himself.

‘What’s that crazy punk saying?’?

‘Weakling? Who? You?’?

To some extent, the current Iron Blood and Reapers members seemed to agree with his words.

“The commander should also be strong!”

“I’m strong!!!”

“You keep on barking like a dog. You’re already lucky enough if you can survive three of my attacks. Are you even confident that you will survive if we do a PVP here, huh?”

Minhyuk hesitated for a moment, while he put on an expression of fear on his face. Meanwhile, the members of the Rice Supplement all looked at Minhyuk in wonder.

‘What’s wrong with him?’?

‘But he will easily win against that kind of person?’

‘Hmm?’?

Bach was a God-class player, but he was more inclined to being a commander. Of course, his individual skills and abilities were all excellent, since he was an assassin-class player. However, compared to the other god classes, his strength was not that great. Still, it was also a fact that he was ranked third in the local assassins’ rankings.

“Th…then, I have a condition!”

Minhyuk looked like he was very afraid. His expression was screaming that he just plucked up the courage to speak these words out. He said, “If I win, you will tell Emperor Asvon that I took over the command of your troops because you died on the way.”

“…Good. But if I win, then I will take over your troops.”

Bach’s mouth curled up in a smirk.

The only thing that Bach was sure of, was that all Minhyuk had was his archery. Even then, he did not even show him his skills yet. From what he had heard, he was an excellent chef. In other words, he was originally a chef class player.

‘I guess the bow is just a bonus.’

Bach guessed that Minhyuk was one of the two. He thought that he was either admitting the fact that he lacked the commanding ability, so that there would be no confrontation, or that he had some expectations of winning this showdown, even if the chances were slim.

Of course, Bach believed that he would win and that he would get the Rice Supplement company as additional troops. If his forces get a boost, then their hunting speed would definitely double and his enemy kills, commanding ability and contributions would definitely increase. This was his chance to beat Eclei.

Minhyuk was finally fully prepared. He had donned his armor and equipped a sword. After changing all his artifacts, he held his sword out.

“Before we begin, let’s make a foreigner’s pledge.”

The foreigner’s pledge was a pledge between players that would take effect once both players signed each other’s name on a pledge parchment.

[You have signed the Pledge Parchment.]

[You have to follow what was written in the pledge once you lose to your opponent.]

[If you fail to follow the pledge, your level will drop by five.]

The words written on the pledge parchment could never be broken. If one broke the pledge, then they would incur huge penalties.

Bach’s lips curled up in an overconfident grin.

‘How long will you even last. Hehe.’

Bach was very confident that Minhyuk would not be able to hold out in front of him. Then, he started his attacks.

[Splitting Clone]