Gourmet Gaming

Chapter 388: Hunting Black Dragon

Minhyuk had received a buff from Ali’s subclass ‘His Companion’. There was a ‘Cooldown Reset’ among the buffs that he had received,?which meant that all of Minhyuk’s skills could be used again, immediately. After seeing him use his Sword of Absolute Death once, Vormon burst out in laughter.

“N… no…”

“This goddamn f*cker!!!”

“What the hell! This XXX game!!!”

“Aaaah! I’ll make sure to shelve Athenae!!!”

Vormon smiled gleefully at the voices of the people that were filled with despair. However, the corners of Minhyuk’s lips were curled up with a twinkle in his eyes. The sight made Vormon’s eyes widen in shock. But it was already too late.

Minhyuk’s Sword of Absolute Death, which could immediately be used thanks to his ‘Save’ skill, had already been triggered. And the same was true for Beanie, who had already used his Predator’s Authority, a skill that he had just recently learned!

(Predator’s Authority)

Active Skill

Level: Temporary MAX

Penalty for Use: None

Effects:

? Beanie can acquire and use most of your opponent’s debuff, attack, and magic skills through predation immediately.?

? The replicated skills would have no requirements nor limitations, and the replicated skills would continue to be available for use.?

? Upon the predation and acquisition of the opponent’s skills and powers, Beanie’s attack would be equivalent to his opponent’s attack.

? The replicated skills will have a 24 hour cooldown time.

In a way, the Predator’s Authority was quite similar to Predator’s Acquisition, but it was also quite different. First off, Beanie’s attack would match his opponent’s. It was a very surprising power. There was also the fact that the limit on the number of the amount of skills and powers that he could replicate had disappeared. Of course this was probably because of the temporary MAX in the skill’s level.

“Sword of Absolute Death.”

Minhyuk and Beanie triggered the same skill at the same time on both sides of Vormon, once again.

Shwaaaaaaaaaaa—

A huge sword light with 100% chance of successful hit rate struck Vormon’s body from both sides.

“Keuaaaaaaaack!” Vormon screamed once again.

All they needed to do was to devour Vormon’s remaining 7% HP and they would be able to kill him. The problem was that the 7% of his HP was several times larger than a regular high ranker. Then, continuous strikes slammed into Vormon’s body following that first attack!

[The attack has failed!]

[The attack has failed!]

[…has failed!]

Unfortunately, only the first attack had a 100% of having a successful hit rate, although there were times when the Intangible Sword was triggered.

[Intangible Sword.]

[Your sword strike has ignored all of the enemy’s defenses.]

[Critical Strike!]

Beanie and Minhyuk both brandished their swords as hard as they could and sent hundreds of sword strikes strongly towards Vormon.

[Will they be able to do it?]

[Right now, there are only 30 seconds left.]

[Food God Minhyuk is the only one that can stop Vormon and his self destruction.]

[Our ITV Broadcasting Station, America’s current best broadcasting station, has recorded a record breaking 54% in viewership ratings for the first time in history. More than half of our population is watching this!]

[My hands are sweating. He will receive the highest honor if he succeeds and he will receive the greatest frustration if he fails.]

Their swords struck the gemstone that surrounded Vormon’s body.

Clank, clank, clank, clank, clank, clank!

[The attack has failed.]

[The attack has failed.]

[The attack has failed.]

[Intangible Sword.]

[Your sword strike has ignored all of the enemy’s defenses.]

[The attack has failed.]

[The attack has failed.]

[The attack has failed.]

[Intangible Sword.]

[Your sword strike has ignored all of the enemy’s defenses.]

[The attack has failed.]

[The attack has failed.]

[Intangible Sword.]

[Your sword strike has ignored all of the enemy’s defenses.]

With every strike of the sword light, an explosion would occur on the gemstone following the effects of the skill.

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!

“Keuaaaaaaaaaack!”

There was only 1% of Vormon’s HP left now. They were also in the last few seconds of a very desperate situation.

[There are only three seconds left before Vormon self-destructs.]

Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang—

They continuously sent sword strikes on the gemstone, but the problem was that the attacks still continued to fail. The Intangible Sword skill only had a 7~12% chance of ignoring the opponent’s defense. In other words, only one out of ten attacks could have the possibility of triggering the Intangible Sword. And then…

[There are only two seconds left before Vormon self-destructs.]

[There’s only one second left before Vormon self-destructs.]

[Vormon is self-destructing…]

All of the viewers watching the scene had distorted expressions on their faces. The same was true for the players present in the Continent Cloud.

At that very same moment, a miraculous notification rang faster than the end of the notification announcing Vormon’s self-destruction.

[Lightning]

[You have a 5% chance of triggering 2~4 consecutive lightning strikes.]

[4 strikes.]

Bang, bang, bang, bang!

The lightning struck down swiftly which resulted in the complete exhaustion of Vormon’s HP!

[You have successfully stopped Vormon’s self-destruction.]

Crack, crack, crack, crack, crack—

Clang!

Fine cracks, akin to that of a spider-web, spread out in the gemstone that surrounded Vormon’s body. It spread widely until the gemstone was covered entirely in cracks, before it broke into pieces. Then, Vormon crashed down on the ground.

Finally, Vormon had died.

Then, the notifications rang one after the other.

[You have successfully hunted Black Dragon Vormon.]

[Black Dragon Vormon’s hunt will be shared and divided among all of the participating players depending on their contributions.]

[You have gained 333,306,314 EXP.]

[Due to the Marrow Bone’s Power, a 3x EXP buff has been applied.]

[You have gained an additional 999,918,942 EXP.]

[The one that Ali chose as his companion will receive a 1.5x EXP buff.]

[You have gained an additional 166,653,157 EXP.]

[You have leveled up.]

[You have leveled up.]

[You have leveled up.]

[You have leveled up.]

[…leveled up.]

Minhyuk, who was still around the late Level 400s, jumped 30 levels with this level up alone. His level had surpassed the 500 threshold, finally reaching Level 511 in a single go.

The notifications still kept on coming.

[You have acquired the Title: Dragon Slayer.]

[You have acquired 9,411 Platinum.]

[You have acquired 8kg of Black Dragon Vormon’s scales.]

[You have acquired the Staff of Despair.]

[You have acquired 3kg of Black Dragon’s Heaven’s Boneless Chicken that he enjoyed eating the most.]

[You have acquired 32 pieces of Vormon’s Weapon Reinforcement Stone.]

[You have acquired 45 pieces of Vormon’s Defense Reinforcement Stone.]

[You have acquired Black Dragon Vormon’s Magic Book.]

[You have acquired the map to Black Dragon Vormon’s ‘Lair’.]

Minhyuk could not help but feel thrilled. The amount of EXP that he had gained during this hunt had exceeded one billion. There was also 9,411 platinum. The platinum that he acquired was already worth around 50 billion in cash.

And there were also the valuable artifacts!

But what made Minhyuk feel most excited was acquiring the Heaven’s Boneless Chicken that Black Dragon Vormon enjoyed eating the most.

‘Kghhhk, spicy stir-fried chicken…! Kyaaa!’

Minhyuk was elated. He knew the rewards did not end there. The reason was because he had acquired the ‘Map to Black Dragon?Vormon’s?Lair’.

[The Continent Cloud Event has ended.]

[The player’s score that will be reflected will be measured based on the player’s contribution, the number of bases acquired, and the total population.]

[The players from Asgan Continent have claimed victory.]

[All players from Asgan Continent will receive a 40% EXP buff and a 10% increase in all stats for two weeks.]

[The gold that the players will receive will be based on the contributions of the players inside the Continent Cloud. The players of Asgan Continent will receive thrice the amount of gold that the players of Cairon Continent will receive.]

[The Continent Cloud will now allow the Cairon and Asgan Continents to engage freely in diplomatic discussions.]

[The Continent Cloud is now reformed and turned into a new continent named ‘Apocalypto’.]

[Both continents have to resolve their misunderstandings through diplomatic discussions.]

Fall—

“It’s over…”

“We did it!!!”

“Waaaaaaaaaah!!!”

Cheers erupted loudly in the area. The players of Asgan Continent were particularly delighted, as they raised their swords up high in the sky. They had worked hard for this victory and had finally won against one of Athenae’s powerhouses, China.

[That’s very surprising. Asgan Continent has triumphed over Cairon Continent.]

[We can confidently say that some of their players had played a big role during the process.]

[The cheers of the players from Asgan Continent, right now, are loud enough to cause the people watching to quiver in excitement.]

[The steps that they decided to take have also made my heart tremble and shudder in thrill.]

[To all the players of Asgan and Cairon Continents, thank you for all of your hard work.]

The Continent Cloud Episode had finally been completed. However, it was still not completely over. Alicia looked at Minhyuk from afar with her hands clenched tightly into a fist.

‘If it’s you, then…’

Then, she began to move.

***

Crazy Tyrant Akhan was the powerful man that brought Black Dragon Vormon into a frenzied state. There were rumors publicized about him, that no NPC or player could touch him. The reason why he was called a ‘Tyrant’ was because of his summoning techniques. He was an unofficial ranker with a significant number of named monsters under his rule.

Akhan was currently leaning on his sofa and watching the cheering players of Asgan Continents through his TV Screen.

“That’s a bit unexpected, huh?”

What Akhan wanted was for Vormon to go on a rampage and bring both the Asgan and Cairon Continents to ruins. He had deemed this to be feasible with Black Dragon Vormon’s power. This was because he was confident that there were no Korean or Chinese players that could exert more power than the Summit Five. However, Player Minhyuk, who was now being shown in a close-up view on his screen, had accomplished the impossible.

“Ha~ But, I’m sure I’ve made the Athenae operators eat some shit for a bit.”

Crazy Tyrant Akhan only wanted to do one thing, and that was to watch the collapse of Athenae. He had a deeply rooted resentment against Joy Co. Ltd.

Akhan looked at the screen coldly as he waited. Right now, the players of the Cairon Continent had suffered greatly from their defeat. This was all because of the sudden appearance of ‘Black Dragon Vormon’, so they would most likely protest. After all, that was how human beings usually were. They would always try to catch their opponent’s weakness and somehow try to gain some benefits of their own. Looking at the grim expressions of the players from Cairon Continent made the smile on Akhan’s face deepen. But then…

[Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap.]

The sound of clapping was weak, but it still rang loudly through the TV screen. The screen was showing the figures of the remaining players from Cairon Continent. And with the high rankers’ example, the others also started to applaud until it gradually spread in the entire Continent Cloud.

[Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap!]

[That was a good fight! Asgan Continent! You have really strong people among you!]

[You guys are amazing!!!]

To be honest, anyone could tell that this battle was an uphill battle for the players of Asgan Continent. With their applause, the players of Asgan Continent also clapped their hands as they cheered and greeted each other.

[You’ve worked hard.]

[Isn’t that person over there really strong?]

[Hahahahaha. Eyy. That person over there is stronger, you know!]

[If I go to Cairon Continent later, will you treat me to something delicious?!]

[Oooh! Of course!!!]

[Hahahahaha!]

Akhan’s face turned horribly ugly when he realized that the scene that he wanted to happen did not happen. And in their conversations, there was also a name that kept popping up.

‘Food God.’

He was an existence that might have possibly surpassed the Summit Five. However, he found it laughable when he heard the words that they had referred to him as.

‘King?’

It was absolutely ridiculous that he was about to laugh. But before he could do so, something unexpected happened. A silver-haired woman walked slowly until she reached Minhyuk. The woman then knelt down on one knee and showed her respect.

[Wh… what’s this?!]

[This is very shocking! Ellie, the empress of Eivelis Empire knelt down and showed courtesy to a player!!!]

Then, Ellie smiled gently as she looked up at Minhyuk and said,

[To the man that will become my king, I, Ellie of the Eivelis Empire, feel great honor and glory from fighting alongside you.]

“…!”

Akhan jumped up from his seat in shock. Ellie had acknowledged the fact that Minhyuk would become a king. In other words, Ellie would help him become a king!

“Ha, haha!” Akhan burst out in laughter. However, that alone did not mean that he would become king. Besides, the number of the members of the Let’s Eat Sect Guild that he had seen earlier were very small. Their help did not necessarily mean that he would become king that easily.

But then, as if to make him feel more horrible, another surprising thing happened. A beauty that was comparable to Ellie walked forward, her sword engraved with a lightning bolt. This woman was Alicia, and she walked forward before kneeling down on one knee just a step behind Ellie. Then, the survivors of the Artheon Guild followed right behind her.

[To the one who will become our King, Artheon Guild’s master, Alicia, requests to join you and work under your banner.]

It did not end there. Masked assassins lined up next to them and knelt on one knee at the same time.

[To the one who will become our King, Light Assassin Guild’s master, Lucia requests to join you and work under your banner.]

There were even Chinese high rankers that lined up next to them and knelt on one knee.

[Although we came from different continents, we have seen how qualified you are to become King. Please accept us in your Let’s Eat Sect Guild!!!]

There were around a hundred Cairon Continent players that made this request. The Empress, the masters of a guild, and even their enemies had declared their heartfelt words and sincerity. Akhan’s pupils shook at the scene.