Gourmet Gaming

Chapter 192: Gremory’s Trial

Some time later.

“Pl…please stop! Please!”

Crone was already on the verge of begging. At the rate that things were going, he believed that he would truly become a beggar. He thought that the Frying Pan Killer sent a whisper to him so they could reach an agreement. While he was in a daze, the Frying Pan Killer had already ordered all of the items on the menu.

“I’ll do whatever you tell me to. So please, let it slide just this once. If you want, I’ll make it up to you.”

Minhyuk looked at him coldly. Crone could not see his exact facial features because of the helmet, but he was sure that his expression was extremely frosty. He could feel the frigid aura leaking out from under the helmet after all.

Minhyuk nodded and said, “Then, please post an official statement about the incident between Ace and Crow first.”

Crone’s lips shut tight when he heard his words. He was grasping at straws earlier but Minhyuk’s words… he meant for Crone to acknowledge the fact that the Bachran Guild had in fact, manipulated the war. He wanted Crone to have Bachran Guild acknowledge that they were ‘trash’.

“You don’t want to do it?”

However, Crone did not have any other choice. It was better to admit that they were trash and save his remaining guild members.

“It’s not that I don’t want to do it!” Crone shouted, nodding furiously as he quickly typed an official apology and posted it on the official bulletin board. After he posted it, he breathed a sigh of relief.

‘W…with this... I will still have my guild.’

Crone’s official post went like this.

[Hello. This is Bachran Guild’s Guild Master, Crone. This is a formal apology for manipulating the recent PK carried out by Legend’s Ace. I would like to apologize to Legend Guild. I have nothing else to say even if I have two mouths. I’m sorry.

fadghg313: The crazy dogs finally got their medicine by being beaten with a club. They really came after Legend Guild but now they have to straighten things out and admit it. Hehehehehehe.

vadedl3: Who was the one that said Bachran Guild was the one who manipulated things? You did well.

hgsfsflll: Really nasty... Disgusting...

God, god: As expected of Legend! I love you! Legend, I don’t like those Bachran dogs!]

The comments were constantly criticizing the Bachran Guild. Meanwhile, Crone was smiling ingratiatingly while scratching the back of his head. He said, “Then, will you withdraw the warrant?”

Crone thought that once he paid some additional material compensation, everything would be over. However, the Frying Pan Killer spoke words between stuffing his mouth with food.

“What are you talking about?”

“...Eh?”

“I just told you to post it. When did I say that I will let you go already?”

It was at that moment that Crone realized,?‘I…I’ve been tricked...’?He tried to quickly delete the post. Unfortunately, the next words of the Frying Pan Killer felt like he was hit strongly in the gut.

“Ah, I already took a snapshot. Thanks.”

On top of that, the Frying Pan Killer kept on ordering food while Crone just nodded blankly while thinking to himself,?‘I don’t know when but he’ll probably let us go soon’.

Crone felt hopeful at the possibility, but as the plates continued to pile up, he could not help but be startled, thinking,?‘Oh…my… god! I, is this bastard still a human?!!’

Six hours passed just like that.

“That... When will the meal... be over?”

“Can’t you see that I’m just eating my appetizer?”

“You... You have eaten exactly 86 bowls of that... but you’re still eating the appetizer?”

[You’re really paying for the meal? You shouldn’t complain later then.]

[It’s alright even if you eat here for seven days and six nights!]

Minhyuk turned on his favorite recorder. He paused the movements of his spoon and scoffed, saying, “Why, are you already regretting your promise that I could eat as much as I want? This is, well, a meal that I’m eating reluctantly, so I have to chew well.?Chomp!”

Then, Minhyuk continued to scoop up a spoonful of expensive caviar. He looked like he was eating extremely well.

‘F*cker! What does this bastard mean by eating this meal reluctantly?!’

“N…no. Haha, eat as much as you want! Haha. R…really… as much as you want…..”

“Yes! I’m going to do that even if you did not say it anyway.”

The Frying Pan Killer nodded. Two days passed just like that. The worst part was the fact that this restaurant was open for 24 hours!

“Zzzzzz, phew, ?zzzzz, phew.”

“Waiter!”

“Ah. Are you done eating... huh?”

“I want everything from this to this again. And from now on, please don’t take my orders anymore. Just bring them to me until they run out!”

“Ah. Yes!”

“...”

Just like that, another day had passed.

“Ah. Let’s log out for now.”

“You’re finally done eat...”

“I’ll log out and come back to eat again.”

Just like that, the long-awaited seventh day had finally arrived.

‘H…how can a human eat just like that for seven days straight?! Bastard!’

Crone was truly shocked. However, the words that the Frying Pan Killer spoke after standing from his seat had left him reeling in despair.

“We’ll continue the massacre. If you show a genuine sign of repentance, then we will stop.”

After that, the Frying Pan Killer went out of the restaurant. Before he could leave, the manager caught up to Crone.

“Mister, your total bill for the food is 61 platinum.”

“H…how much...?”

Just like what was mentioned before, this restaurant was the most expensive restaurant in the continent. Crone was left speechless when he checked the bill. The bill that was given to him looked like it was as long as five meters! The total was truly?61?platinum, which was over 300 million won in cash.

“...”

Tears trickled down from his eyes. Then, he said in a tearful voice, “C…can I pay in installments here...?”

“You can’t.”

It was a straight refusal from the manager.

‘I think I have to sell my house deed.’

***

In no time at all, Bachran Guild, which had been the eighth in the guild rankings, had descended and disappeared from the top 100 rankings. In all honesty, Minhyuk had picked the right ‘boost’ from Bachran Guild. Not only did he get to eat a free meal from Crone, he also got the spoils from killing the members of Bachran Guild continuously!

At first, the thought in Crone’s head was?‘There’s no way that they will continue, right?’. Unfortunately for them, Minhyuk, the Four Hyenas, and even the other members of Legend Guild truly continued. Eventually, when 40% of the guild had left, Crone imposed a ban on access. As a result, the remaining Bachran Guild members could not connect and the guild ranking dropped out of the top 500 in an instant. What was worse was that even the other small and medium sized guilds that had previously been hit and ransacked by Bachran Guild, were looking for an opportunity to hit back at them. They had been waiting for them all day long. In the end, they had seen their career in?Athenae?as ‘done for’.

Meanwhile, Minhyuk was buying clothes in reality. Before he knew it, he had lost some weight and was at 150 kilograms already! Hence, he needed to buy new clothes for himself! He could not believe it, but it just naturally happened!

The internet shopping malls needed to go through an email verification process. So, for the first time in a long time, Minhyuk was redirected to Navar to verify his email. After verifying his email, he tilted his head in confusion.

‘Huh?’

[Joy Co. Ltd. Hello. Player Minhyuk.]

Minhyuk saw that he had received an email from?Athenae.

‘The date that the email was sent... was when I changed to become a Food God?’

Players’?Athenae?Account was linked to their Navar Mail. However, Minhyuk very rarely used his email, so he was not able to check its contents earlier. He quickly opened the mail and read what was written on it.

‘OMG...?’

Minhyuk frowned. The contents of the Athenae email included a story about the ‘God Class’. In the case of the Food God, from Level 350 onwards, his stats increase from eating would be restricted. Of course, it did not mean that eating good medicine and good food would not increase his stats. It just literally meant that the Food God’s True Worth would be restricted at that point. According to the explanation, it was because of ‘Balance Control’.

Minhyuk nodded in understanding. He thought,?‘This is also my fault for not checking my mail for a long time…..’

Joy Co. Ltd. had sent this email at the same time he had received the Food God class, and even if Minhyuk did not read the mail, they had kept on sending them. They even sent one just recently. He noticed one thing. Joy Co. Ltd. had predicted that if he reached Level 350 as a Food God, he would have the power of someone that was 100 levels above his current level. Incidentally, Minhyuk’s stats were much higher than what they had expected.

‘Well, it doesn’t matter. Right?’

He was already on track, and if Minhyuk kept on eating and increasing his stats, they would just go up endlessly. After all, Minhyuk’s goal was to?‘eat something delicious’?so he readily accepted such limitations.

‘But I will reach Level 350 soon though?’?Minhyuk thought, standing up. Before he could leave his room, he saw a text message flashing on his phone.

[Beloved Dad: Son, access your Athenae. I have something to give you.]

[Minhyuk: Okay. Dad.]

A soft smile hung around Minhyuk’s lips.

Delicious Neolbing!

Just like that, Minhyuk connected to?Athenae.

***

Minhyuk met with his dad, Black Dragon, in?Athenae. He had exchanged a few words with him as Black Dragon knew that Minhyuk and the Legend Guild had slaughtered Bachran Guild. Coincidentally, it overlapped with the day Bachran Guild attacked Legend Guild so Minhyuk just pretended to not know anything. On the other hand, Black Dragon admitted that he had been playing the game for a long time as he guided his son somewhere. The place that he had guided Minhyuk to was a gigantic carriage.

“Huh? Isn’t that a kitchen carriage?”

“Nope. It’s a freezer carriage.”

“Freezer carriage?” Minhyuk asked in confusion. Although a bit similar to a trailer, the frozen carriage could be compared to a food truck in real life. The only difference was that it utilized magic that could control the temperature inside.

“Open the door. It’s my gift in return for the snow crab that you made for me.”

Black Dragon smiled softly as he watched Minhyuk open the door. As soon as the door opened, a freezing chill blasted out. When Minhyuk saw the inside of the carriage, he was immediately frozen in shock.

“...Gasp!?This, this design!”

Minhyuk trembled as the words naturally flowed out of his mouth. He said, “Baskin~ Rabbins~ Thirty~ One!”

“Hoho!” ?Black Dragon chuckled happily.

The inside of the carriage was designed exactly like Baskin Rabbins, an ice cream store that was popular in the market. When Minhyuk went inside, he could see 31 different flavors of ice creams. There was even the delicious ‘Cheese Neolbing’, ‘Melon Neolbing’ and ‘Strawberry Neolbing’ lined up next to the flavors of ice cream. The weather in?Athenae?was just starting to get hot, so this was the perfect food for such weather.

“Kgghk. Almond Bonbon, Shooting Star, Mom’s Only Daughter...!”

‘Ah! How much I craved for these during summer!’

It was a feast of 31 different flavors of ice cream! In addition to what Minhyuk had blurted out, there were also other flavors, like Cherries Jubilee, Cookies And Cream, Berry Berry Strawberry, Shooting Star, New York Cheesecake, Love Me Strawberry.

Minhyuk was both thrilled and moved by his father’s kindness. He even went so far as to prepare a Baskin Rabbins carriage like this for him.

“Yayy!”

Black Dragon smiled softly when he saw that Minhyuk liked his present. This was his favorite expression from his son. ?Minhyuk quickly picked out a purple plastic spoon as he tasted Mom’s Only Daughter. The chewy and sweet flavor of the chocolate ice cream slowly spread in his mouth.

“...Delicious,” Minhyuk said as his smile widened from the sweetness. Then, he tried the Shooting Star.

Pop, pop, pop, pop─

That was the sound of the small grains popping in Minhyuk’s mouth! Then, he tried the New York Cheesecake. He chomped on the small cheesecake that was added inside the ice cream. The rich taste of the cheesecake together with the milky ice cream spread out in his mouth.

Next, the Berry Berry Strawberry! It tasted sweet, while the Love Me Strawberry tasted like fresh strawberries. After tasting each and every flavor, he stopped in front of the Neolbing. Minhyuk’s hands first reached out for the melon bingsu. The melon bingsu was placed inside the melon that was turned into a bowl, with plenty of crescent-shaped melons on top. He used a small knife to slice the melon into pieces before taking one into his mouth.

The cool and refreshing juice from the melon spread in his mouth and brought a smile to his face. After eating all the melon on top, he could see the white ice cream, the shaved ice, and the strawberries that were placed inside. Then, he poured some condensed milk into the bowl of bingsu. The condensed milk trickled in as Minhyuk poured it in a whirlpool manner onto his bowl.

‘Bingsu tastes good if there’s a lot of condensed milk.’

After that, he quickly ate some ice cream, before scooping a spoonful of shaved ice. His spoon was filled with shaved ice and strawberry that were topped with plenty of condensed milk. Then, he placed it in his mouth. Minhyuk’s head turned blank due to brain freeze.

‘Kggghk...! This is a delightfully cold taste!’

Although he felt a bit of a headache since it was too cold, he still could not help himself since it was very addicting! After he finished eating the melon bingsu, Minhyuk continued to stuff himself full of the bingsu that he wanted to eat so much.

At the exact same moment that he finished eating everything, the notifications went off.

[You have eaten the Neolbing made out of the Special Ice Fragment.]

[Food God’s Greatness.]

[You have ignored the medicine penalty. However, it still remains ineffective for other people.]

[A Medicine Cooking. You have obtained additional stats.]

[You have gained 800,000 EXP.]

[You have leveled up.]

[You have leveled up.]

[You have leveled up.]

[You have leveled up.]

[You have leveled up.]

[You have gained 106 SP.]

[You can also invest your SP on stats that can’t be raised with bonus points.]

‘Oh.’

Minhyuk smiled silently. If he invested all of his special points in DEX, then it would reach 1,950 points. This meant that he would soon reach 2,000 DEX points.

However, the notifications did not end there.

[The Map to the Hidden Temple has been unsealed.]

1. 1 million won is around 800 usd