Gourmet Gaming

Chapter 907

[You can continue killing monsters until the previous record holder’s 6-minute and 46-second record has been reached!]

[The more monsters you kill, the better the reward you will receive!]

Kihyeeeeeeeeeeeck–!

Graaaaaaaaaack–!

Graaaaaaaaaaaaa–!

The roar of the additional 200,000 summoned monsters resonated throughout the world. Minhyuk watched as the Immortal Knights slaughtered the 150,000 monsters themselves.

‘I don’t think I should get caught up in that now.’

Minhyuk said they should determine who was superior in this place. Besides, the Immortal Knights' summoning time was just four minutes.

‘The members of the Immortal Knight Order can kill all of the 150,000 monsters in just four minutes.’

Minnyuk had confidence in them. He wanted to save his strength for those few minutes rather than kill those monsters with his basic attacks.

‘While inside the gate, I won’t be able to receive cooking buffs or use parchments, potions, or special buffs.’

If this were the usual, Minhyuk would have already eaten a dish he cooked while they were killing the monsters. But that was not the case right now. To put it simply, Minhyuk couldn't grow stronger by using consumables. Knowing this, Minhyuk quickly tried to use the Food God’s Swordsmanship.

‘I can use the Food God’s Swordsmanship.’

This meant that only buff effects from consumables were restricted. Right now, someone who could cast the greatest buff in Athenae was present—Saintess Loyna.

“Miss Loyna, can you please give me a buff? Being strong does not necessarily mean that you’re the best. You can also show them your greatness by displaying outstanding buffs, right?” Minhyuk tried to glib his way out.

Loyna nodded. She was not a combat class, so the impact she could make here was the least out of everyone present. But the fact that she was the saintess that Athenae bestowed upon the world remained.

‘Mother, please allow me to show your power to the world,’ Loyna prayed as she prepared to cast the best buffs she could.

A powerful wind blew and wrapped around her as she began her prayers. Then, a bright light burst out of the hands that she had clasped together. Then, a golden armor and sword slowly fell from the sky.

[Athenae’s Sword and Shield has appeared!]

“...!”

“...!”

“...!”

The Immortal Knights turned to the sword and shield Athenae sent down. They could not help but groan when they realized those items had come from the greatest god in the lands. Then, Athenae’s Sword and Shield stopped right above Minhyuk and slowly seeped into his pores.

[Your sword and shield will receive the effects of Athenae’s Sword and Shield.]

The effects of Athenae’s Sword and Shield overlapped with the buff effect that Minhyuk was already wearing.

[Athenae’s Sword and Shield’s duration is three minutes.]

[All of your stats have increased by 7%.]

[Your physical and magical attack power has increased by 22%!]

[Your physical and magical defensive power has increased by 17%!]

[Your attack and movement speed have increased by 20%.]

[All of your skills’ levels have increased by +1.]

[Recall will randomly be triggered when using your skills!]

When Minhyuk checked what Recall was, he saw it could completely reset the skill’s cooldown time when triggered. In other words, if he cast his skill and this was triggered, he could use it again. Just one look at the +1 in all skills’ levels and the Recall was enough for Minhyuk to realize that Athenae’s Sword and Shield was a cheat-like buff effect.

“As expected of Miss Loyna. You look like you’re the best and the greatest here.”

“Hoho. Of course.” Loyna shrugged her shoulders. It was only natural. After all, she was everyone’s role model and was the one that received the love of everyone.

In just a blink, the four minutes were about to end. The notifications that rang around thirty seconds ago had announced that they had killed all the 150,000 monsters before. The Immortal Knights took down 10,000 more monsters in the thirty seconds that followed. Now that their summoning time was almost up, dealing with the newly summoned 200,000 monsters was left solely to Minhyuk, who was staring at the charging mobs.

He knew it was only natural for the Immortal Knights to have some infighting, but Minhyuk greatly appreciated that they would always come when he summoned them.

Minhyuk, while feeling immensely grateful, stretched out the two swords in his hands.

[Dual Sword Technique.]

[Your attack speed has increased by 70%!]

[You can now use two swords. The swords’ attack power will not be affected or decreased!]

[Your skills’ power has increased by 1.4x!]

[The Dual Sword Technique’s effects will be triggered upon casting a successive attack skill, and the skill’s damage will be doubled.]

The Immortal Knight Order’s summoning was not yet over, but Minhyuk already made a move. Blazing flames shot out from the two swords, emitting a golden hue in his hands.

‘Four seconds, three seconds, two seconds...’

Minhyuk looked like he was about to attack everyone, including his allies. However, he only cast the skill after thorough calculations.

‘This is the most important moment. While they still have the 200,000 strong mobs’ aggro.’

This was because the mobs were still intent on killing the Immortal Knights. Then...

[The Battle God’s Immortal Knight Order has ended.]

[All of the knights have returned to where they were before!]

“Thank you, everyone!” Of course, Minhyuk did not forget to thank them for making time for him.

Minhyuk briefly looked at their disappearing backs before he shot the blazing Overlord’s Flames.

The Supreme Overlord’s Technique could originally deal damage of 10,000~14,000 while devouring an area with a 240~260 meter radius. But now, the effects of the Dual Swordsmanship Technique and several other buffs had been added onto it.

[Athenae’s Sword and Shield’s buff has been applied!]

[The Supreme OVerlord’s Technique’s power has gotten even stronger!]

A storm of fire engulfed an area with a 300-meter radius and swept away the monsters still tangled up and charging toward their targets that had disappeared.

[You have killed a total of 200,000 monsters so far!]

Minhyuk burned around 50,000 monsters in the blink of an eye. But the greatest charm of the Supreme Overlord’s Technique laid in the embers of the flames, which continued to burn and cast neverending damage to the enemies nearby.

[You have killed a total of 210,000 monsters so far!]

Around 50,000. That was the total number of monsters that died from the flames of the Supreme Overlord’s Technique. And only four minutes and ten seconds have passed.

***

Nekk and the rest of the transcendentals were left in stunned silence.

“What the hell is that power?”

“How..?!”

“Ho...”

“This is impossible...”

Their reactions were completely reasonable.

“How can someone that has not even crossed the wall yet...”

Crossing the wall was a very important breakthrough point. No matter how hard someone tried, if they had not yet crossed the wall, they would not be able to stop or overcome someone who had. But now, the man shown on the crystal ball had killed around 50,000 monsters all at once, even though he had not yet crossed the wall.

[Elapsed Time: 4 minutes, 13 seconds.]

What was even more shocking to them was the fact that the man still had plenty of time left.

“That’s impossible. Are you telling me that he doesn’t need the help of those soldiers from before? That he can deal with 150,000 monsters on his own?”

Bender shook his head at Nekk’s words. He said, “We have to wait and see for now. It’s too early for us to pass judgment, especially when he had only used one skill.”

Everyone turned to look at Bender when they heard his words. Then, Mage Bernie said, “Well, if we’re talking about some pinnacle power, everyone has one, right?”

That was right. Everyone here had one of those skills.

“More importantly, we have to discuss the rewards he should receive.”

“He killed 50,000 more monsters and easily broke Bender’s record.”

“We should give him the Spinning Wheel’s Ring at this rate.”

“The Spinning Wheel’s Ring?”

The Spinning Wheel’s Ring was an overpowered artifact that could permanently increase the amount of EXP acquired just by wearing it. But it was still too early for them to decide on this for the rewards.

Nekk stared at Minhyuk through the crystal ball. He could see the monsters grow angry because of the flames that almost devoured them. The monsters quickly turned around and started to charge at Minhyuk. Nekk could see the young man smiling at them as he raised his sword.

[Intangible Sword.]

At that moment, something very shocking happened.

Stab– Stab, stab, stab, stab, stab– Stab, stab, stab, stab–!

The monster charging at the forefront was torn and ripped apart while the monsters behind it began to get swept away by an invisible and intangible force.

[You have killed a total of 230,000 monsters so far!]

“...”

“...”

“I think we need to change our reward. I’m sure he no longer has any power that will allow him to kill more monsters simultaneously. If he uses his basic attacks to kill those monsters, at most, he would only be able to kill around 250,000. Let’s give him the Spinning Wheel’s Ring and the Transcendentals’ Reinforcement Parchment...”

But before Nekk could even finish his sentence...

[Heaven Tearing Sword.]

A huge sword light stretched out from the man’s sword and split all the enemies within a five-meter radius into half. Once again, around 2,000 monsters concentrated in that area died on the spot.

“Right. He should have run out of those skills by now. Now, as I was saying...”

[Sword of Tempest.]

“???”

“???”

“???”

“???”

This time, a sword appeared and hovered around the man. Then, hundreds of blades appeared and flew crazily around that one sword. The sword shot forward as if it had an ego, with hundreds of blades around it, killing dozens of monsters every second.

“R- right. That’s not an AOE skill. So, like I said...” Nekk said, looking at the man with doubt.

But then, flames rose once again on the swords in the man's hands. The power of the Supreme Overlord’s Technique they had witnessed earlier shot out again and devoured 30,000 monsters in one go.

“F*ck.”

Nekk eventually gave up. No. Which human had this many AOE skills?! Then, the man finally stopped using his skills. He tightened his hold on both of his swords and charged towards the monsters.

Hope filled Nekk once again. ‘Right! Finally! We can calculate and assess now!’

So far, the man has killed a total of 250,000 monsters and there was around a minute and thirty seconds left. It was unlikely for him to kill more than 500 monsters in that time. But Nekk was left stunned once again when he swung his sword.

Baaaaaaaaaaang–!

The word Crazy was inscribed on the blades of both swords. And the moment the man swung his swords, an explosion erupted, tearing apart the monsters around him. But that was not all. With each swing of the two swords in the man’s hands, dozens of monsters would be torn apart. Either that or they get swept away by explosions.

[The First Gate has ended.]

[The Challenger has successfully killed 350,000 monsters in 6 minutes and 46 seconds!]

[The rewards are being gauged and measured!]

The transcendentals were all rendered speechless for a moment. The man was able to kill 350,000 monsters. Of course, the present Bender could easily kill 500,000 here and now. But the past Bender could not. He took 6 minutes and 46 seconds back then to kill a little over 150,000 monsters.

And this man? He had killed more than twice that amount. It was a feat that was both shocking and awe-inspiring. However, they did not have the time to gawk in admiration. They quickly started their discussion.

“Why not give him the Spinning Wheel’s Ring, the Transcendentals’ Reinforcement Parchment, and the Pinnacle Growth Elixir?”

“The Pinnacle Growth Elixir? That’s very precious. We only have two bottles of them left.”

“But I think we should give him at least that much, no?”

“Right. We don’t have any other choice.”

Something unusual happened while they were trying to discuss the rewards they would give.

[The Fortress of the Transcendentals’ Fantasy has judged that the rewards you have chosen are unsuitable!]

[You need to present rewards of a higher level!]

“...!”

“...!”

The rewards they had chosen were among the most valuable items the transcendentals had on hand. That was why they could not believe it when they were judged to not be enough.

“Then, how about a set of armor that Nekk made?”

Nekk was the only blacksmith remaining among the transcendentals. He was skilled enough to be on par with the God of Blacksmiths. However, the notifications that rang in their ears remained the same.

[You need to present rewards of a higher level!]

Even though they put their heads together, they still could not figure out a solution. Then, Bender, thinking for a while, said, “The leader’s treasure chest.”

“...!”

“...!”

“...!”

“...!”

Everyone’s eyes grew wide when they heard his words.

“What...?!”

“The leader’s treasure chest should only be given to that child once he passes through that gate!”

“The leader’s treasure chest is the final legacy that they have left behind. And not only that, some other powerful force might be hidden inside that chest.”

But at this moment, the most rational and objective of them was Bender. He said, “That child won’t come back. It has been too long. Besides, I don’t think there’s any reward that we can give that man aside from this.”

“...”

“...”

Everyone grew silent at those words. Some of them opened their mouths, but they could not say anything.

“Let’s do it this way.”

“There’s no helping it.”

“That’s right. Perhaps that man can replace the leader instead of that child.”

They finally decided on the rewards. Inside that crystal ball, the man looked excited as he waited for the rewards he would receive.

“Maybe he’ll faint if he saw that huge reward?”

Soon, the notifications for the rewards they had set rang nonstop in the man’s ears. Not long after, they saw the man’s eyes grow wide when he saw the leader’s treasure chest.

“...What kind of power did it have?”

The transcendentals had two leaders. They were a couple, and that treasure chest was the final gift they had left for their child. Perhaps there was a power in that treasure chest that the transcendentals here would be shocked with.

Then, with a sparkle in his eyes, the man cried out.

[Please, let something delicious come out! COME OOOOOON!!!]

“???”

“???”

“???”

“???”

“???”

‘Is that guy crazy? Maybe that’s right.’