Gourmet Gaming

Chapter 1220

Chapter 1220

[Player Philos has met all the conditions to become the Food God’s Descendant.]

[Once accepted, Player Philos’ class will change and become your successor.]

Minhyuk was shocked when he heard the notification.

‘That quickly?’

Philos had only been playing the game for two days, yet she could meet the conditions already. Minhyuk went in search of the reason and quickly found out why.

‘I see. She received help from a lot of people.’

When Minhyuk first started Athenae, he had to take one step at a time. However, Philos was different. Many people had come to help her, making it easier for her to eat as much as she wanted.

Philos also endured an ordeal similar to Minhyuk's. She was forced to choose between obtaining outstanding artifacts and something to eat. Of course, befitting the Food God’s Descendant, Philos decisively chose the food.

[Player Philos has changed classes. She is now the Food God’s Descendant.]

[You have fulfilled one of the conditions to become the Great Food God.]

[Another condition will be released soon.]

‘I did not push Philos to become the Food God.’

Of course, Minhyuk had helped her start playing the game, but he had not intervened. Philos had met all the conditions to transfer to the Food God class on her own. Even so, Minhyuk still had a lot to worry about regarding her.

He checked Philos’ status window after she changed her class to the Food God class.

(Philos)

Level: 16

Class: Food God, Gods’ Child

HP: 2,631 MP: 1,644

STR: 176 AGI: 187 STM: 193

WIS: 198 INT: 2,087

Demonic Energy: 3,250

Fullness

Skills in Possession:

•Active Skill: Kiddie Absolute Pinnacle Spear

•Active Skill: Kiddie Mercenary’s Pinnacle Swordsmanship.

•Active Skill: Kiddie Great Demon’s Swordsmanship

•Passive Skill: Food God’s Cooking Skill

•Passive Skill: Food God’s True Worth

•Active Skill: Ingredient Tracking

•Passive Skill: Gods’ Protection

•Active Skill: My Gods

•Passive Skill: Gods’ Talent

•Passive Skill: Heart Stealer

Special Effects in Possession:

•Sword God’s Blessings

•Great Demon’s Praise

•Supreme Divine Beast’s Protection

•God of Snakes’ Absolute Blessings

•Guardian God’s Absolute Protection

•Guardian God’s I Will Protect You

“Is... she a bug?”

The status window flashing before him was so ridiculous that he could only say these words.

The most shocking part was Obren. He had declared that he would become Beanie’s younger brother if he did something irrational and favored Philos, yet he had folded too!

‘Gods’ Child.’

Minhyuk was very, very worried. This was because Philos had also obtained the Absolute Demigod class Gods’ Child. According to the world message, the Gods’ Child was a class that was only given to someone that countless gods loved. What skills did Philos obtain from the class? They were all ridiculously amazing.

The Gods’ Protection was a skill that would allow her to receive the protection of the gods who love her once in a time of danger. This was a skill that would be triggered based on the situation. Although the power would only protect her one time, it could be activated again ten minutes after its initial use.

Minhyuk was astonished. ‘This is unbelievable. For real...’

Moreover, the gods who protected Philos were incredibly powerful. Minhyuk could not even imagine what it would be like when this skill was activated.

Nevertheless, there was something even more impressive than this—the skill My Gods.

‘It’s a summoning skill...’

Before Philos could obtain the class Gods’ Child, she had to receive the approval of all the gods who would protect and care for her. All the gods who had helped her gave their approval.

The skill My Gods would summon and gather these gods

‘She’s only at Level 16 now...’

The next skill was the Gods’ Talent.

‘As her level increases, the talents of the gods who have given their approval to the Gods’ Child will bloom.’

Having a talent bloom meant Philos could obtain Spear God Ben’s fantastic talent in spearmanship or have Mandala’s outstanding talent in potion production.

‘The Heart Thief is also very special.’

From what it looked like, the skill Heart Stealer had developed because of Philos’ unique and special trait. Based on the effects listed, many people would be fascinated by her and have their hearts stolen just by looking at her. She could steal their hearts even with her slightest actions, like when she ate or spoke.

‘It’s a very unique power.’

There was one more important fact here.

‘With the Food God’s True Worth, she could increase her stats just by eating food from this point forward.’

Minhyuk was left silent for quite a long time. The more Philos played Athenae, the stronger she would get—perhaps reaching a level of strength far beyond anyone’s imagination.

However, no matter how fast or strong she grew, she could not close the gap between her and Minhyuk. Why? First of all, she had a dual class. The ranks of her classes were God class and Absolute Demigod class. This meant that the EXP that she needed would at least be as much as Minhyuk had needed before.

‘Is this alright?’

With this, Philos would be able to display a crazy amount of power with every level that she reached. Of course, Minhyuk was delighted with this outcome. After all, if Philos had the power to protect herself, she could eat more delicious food. The more she ate in the game, the faster she would be able to qualify and enter the treatment for eating addiction.

Nonetheless, there was something that Minhyuk was very worried about—the restrictions and sanctions that Joy Co. Ltd. would place on her.

‘I’m sure they have prepared something for this situation.’

Minhyuk still did not know how they would deal with this, so he could not prepare for what was to come. He was also worried about one other thing.

‘She stands out too much...’

Philos was just at Level 16, but she was already wearing the Demon God’s Kiddie Armor Set and had the Kiddie Divine Spear in hand.

‘Ah. There’s also the Guardian God’s Ring...’

She stood out too much because of the artifacts she wore. This, combined with her age, would put a massive target on her back.

‘Well, I don’t know if I should worry about her or whoever wants to target her, but...’

Even though the vassals could intervene and save her, it did not necessarily mean his worries would end.

‘He’s probably repeating it, right?’

From what Minhyuk had heard from Obren, Philos had called him uncle. He could not forget how Obren’s lips curled into a smile when he told him about that.

‘Should I go and see Philos too?’ Minhyuk thought, as he stood up and stepped outside.

***

It was just as Minhyuk feared.

The Kiddie Divine Spear in Philos’ hands looked different from ordinary artifacts, mainly because it glowed brightly. One look and anyone could tell that it was a fantastic artifact. Of course, that was not all. The Demon God’s Kiddie Armor Set wrapped around Philos’ upper body was made from adamantium, a special ore from the Demon World. Just wearing it was enough for her to stand out.

Because of that, she had caught the attention of some people.

Bolgain Guild was a PK guild of poor etiquette created by players around Level 100. It had around thirty members, and its members often made ends meet by plundering novice players between Level 20 and Level 80.

Guild Master Luma had received some special information from his guild members.

[Jed: GM. I found a strange girl. The spear she’s holding looks unusual, and the armor she’s wearing looks expensive.]

[Luma: Maybe it’s a high-ranking artifact with no level restriction?]

[Jed: I think so. She can kill mobs with just one stab.]

[Luma: Great! I’ll be there right away.]

Luma believed that this was a once-in-a-lifetime chance.

‘The value of a high-ranking artifact with no restriction is sky high.’

God-rank artifacts with no level restriction were worth five times more than an ordinary God-rank artifact. Of course, because there were no restrictions on the level, the power that it could exert would be far lower than ordinary artifacts of the same rank.

Nevertheless, there would always be some players who wanted to get their hands on anything God-ranking even though they were just novices. Luma thought that perhaps this was the case with the player in question.

Based on Jed's report, Luma gathered his guild members and went to the girl's location.

‘It’s true?!’

One glance and Luma could tell that the spear and armor were expensive. Then, there was also the ring on her hand! It looked the most expensive out of all her items!

The young girl, who looked like she was not even ten, looked ridiculous as she held one hotdog in each hand and aggressively ate them.

‘Maybe I can use the trade function to take everything away from her?’

In the end, the opponent was a kid. If they reasoned with her well, then they would be able to take her things away.

Luma, accompanied by dozens of his guild members, approached the little girl.

Then, he said, “Kid. I’m very curious about your spear. Can you show it to this uncle for a moment?”

Munch, munch.

The girl looked up at Luma with her big eyes. Although she had a hotdog in her mouth, she still looked adorable.

The sight almost made Luma waver, but he shook his head and set his thoughts back on track.

“Kid. Uncle will give you 1,000 gold if you let me take a look at your spear.”

Despite that, the girl did not pay him any attention. She just continued to eat her hotdog.

Ignored, Luma grew angry. In his rage, he took the hotdog from the girl’s hands and threw it on the ground.

Thud!

“You dumb brat! When an adult is talking to you, you should at least look at them!” Luma glared. “I asked you something, but you keep ignoring me. I already asked you over and over if I can see this!”

Luma lifted the sharp blade of his sword. “If I cut you with this, do you think it will hurt? Huh? So, you should show me that spear—are you crying?”

The girl trembled as she looked down at the hotdog on the ground.

When Luma saw that, he thought this was why he hated children.

The girl said, “You have done something that you should not have done...”

“...?”

“...?”

As the translated Korean words floated in their ears, they realized that the way the girl was behaving reminded them of someone.

The girl, who looked no more than ten years old, glared at them. “That was my last hotdog!”

Luma found her to be both ridiculous and funny. “You brat. Look at the situation that you’re in. You’re not even at Level 30. We’re at Level 100. What can you even do to us? Huh? Hahahahahaha!”

“Wahahahahaha!”

“Kid, you’re brave!”

“Boohoo! Do you want me to buy you some hotdogs?! Huh?!”

In the first place, the Bolgain Guild was considered the trash of the trash guilds. It was the type of guild that others did not want to deal with, so they avoided it and did not talk about it.

Then, the girl threatened, “I’m going to tell my uncle about this... I won’t let you go...”

Her words reminded Luma of a movie star. The star was Won Bin, who used an electric shaver to shave his hair and spat out cool lines.

However, Luma just clutched his stomach from laughter. “Ahahahahaha. Brat. Does your uncle own a pawn shop or something?” [1]

“Brat. We’re going to look for you and bother you every single day. We will not leave you alone. So, how about you just give it to us before we do that?”

“Don’t be like that. What if a man suddenly appears before us and tells us that, except for our gold teeth, he will chew us to bits?” [2]

“Right. Brat!” Luma said, his voice filled with confidence. “Why don’t you call your uncle? Huh? Let me see his face.”

Luma was very confident. After all, it would take a long time to summon players here. Even if the girl summoned them, the situation would be over before they arrived. And even if her uncle was an NPC, no player below Level 20 had a summoning skill.

“Where’s that retarded uncle of yours, huh? Let me see his face, huh?!”

One of the guild members stretched his hand and tried to stroke the girl’s face.

The girl raised her spear and stabbed the guild member’s neck. Then, a white flame erupted from the tip of her spear and turned him into ashes.

“...?”

“...?”

All of Bolgain Guild’s members were rendered speechless.

‘Just... just one strike?’

‘This is ridiculous!’

While they were still in disbelief, a bright light flashed, and someone appeared beside the girl. The man with black hair had his back to them, but the white cape on his back symbolized the Beyond the Heavens Empire.

[Why are you crying?]

“Uncle, those people...”

Luma and his guild members were left flustered and in a panic. They wanted to move and run away, but the tremendous killing intent that engulfed them rendered them immobile. They couldn’t even move their hands to rip their return scrolls.

[Your hotdog?]

The girl nodded furiously. Then, she said, “They also said that Uncle Obren is a retarded uncle...”

“Haha... Kid, when did we say that...”

The girl, Philos, swiftly played the recording that she had saved.

[Where’s that retarded uncle of yours, huh? Let me see his face, huh?]

“...”

“...”

Everyone present was frozen.

‘No, wait! Does this even make sense? The uncle she was talking about was not Won Bin but Obren?!’

“...”

At that moment, they heard the sound of hurried footsteps coming from afar.

“Which bastard dared to harm my granddaughter?!”

“I, Elpis, will tear you to death!”

“Conir will use Heart Sword and tear your fingers one at a time!”

Elizabeth even said, “Your skin... I will peel it for you.”

“...”

“...”

Luma and his guild members were rendered speechless. The appearance of Philos’ terrifying uncle was already enough to suffocate them. There were even some players who could not endure the suffocating pressure of the killing intent and were forced to log out.

They were only Level 100 players. All these people who had appeared at Philos’ call just needed to raise one finger, and they would die.

“N-no... Th-that... P-please spare us...”

Luma’s face turned ashen as his body shook and trembled fiercely.

Then, another person appeared. Luma collapsed when he saw the man’s face.

“What’s going on here, you guys?”

“...”

“...”

It was Minhyuk.

After hearing about what had happened, Minhyuk looked at Luma and his guild members coldly. Then, he said, “From today on, your guild will be disbanded.”

He ordered the Bolgain Guild's disbandment and their members' extermination. In just an instant, an entire guild disappeared from Athenae.

1. This is about 아저씨 (The Man from Nowhere). ☜

2. 나 전당포 한다. 금 이빨은 받아. 금 이빨 빼고 모조리 씹어 먹어 줄께. - Won Bin's line. ☜