Leveling Up Through Eating

PR: MattForgenti

Minhyuk ran as fast as he could towards his destination.

Bang, bang, bang!

Shwaaaaaaak!

Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang!

In every step that he took, countless traps would be triggered and released. A huge burst of flame bursted out from the wall and engulfed his whole body but he did not feel hot. There was even a huge iron bead that slammed in his body but just like what he expected, he did not feel any impact at all. After all, he was invincible for 3 whole seconds. Perhaps the skill He Who Overcomes was his only ability that could exert the best power and strength in this trial.

Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang!

The spears that flew straight at him all fell down uselessly on the ground. After running as fast as he could, Minhyuk was finally able to reach his destination. At the same time, his HP immediately fell to 1 and he could feel the power surrounding his body disappear.

“Phew~”

Minhyuk took out the bread that he was supposed to eat earlier out and ate it again as the sounds of the notifications rang in his head.

[You have set a new record for Ructo’s Tomb’s Fourth Trial.]

[There is a huge gap between the previous record breakers.]

[You have gained 50,000 EXP.]

[You have leveled up.]

[Your score will be based off of the new record and the gap between the 2nd place. You will be able to receive special rewards.]

[You have acquired 40 special points.]

[You have set three consecutive new records.]

[You have acquired additional rewards for your 3 consecutive new records.]

[You have acquired 20 special points.]

“Yeah!”

Minhyuk smiled in satisfaction as he looked at the special points that he had acquired. He currently had 1,621 dexterity points and adding the special points that he had just received would bring it to a total of 1,681.

As if on cue, the notifications rang once more.

[Your HP and MP have both recovered.]

[The fifth trial is beginning.]

[The time limit is 30 minutes.]

[Fire Magic and Poison Magic of the 4th~5th class as well as several monsters with high defense will appear.]

Minhyuk nodded his head.

Magic at the 4th~5th class… First of all, I can ignore the poison. There’s also the fire magic.

He had eaten the Phoenix’s eggs that were made into jangjorim before. After eating that dish, his resistance against fire had increased significantly but it still wasn’t enough.

He silently reached behind him.

When we’re talking about magic, then it’s the frying pan.

***

Joobin was currently being briefed on what was happening on the phone while he was eating.

The person that was currently briefing him was a user with the nickname of Kaerun.

[What shall we do?]

“You’re asking me what we should do? Wipe them out.”

The report he had received earlier was about a poor village. However, just recently, there was a mine that was discovered in the vicinity of the said poor village. They still did not know what would come out of the mine but they had to monopolize it. Therefore, Joobin’s decision was simple and final.

‘Kill all the NPCs.’

The poor village of Easden was extremely remote and out of touch from society. Even if it was far and out of reach, stories might still leak if they did not take care of loose ends so before they took over and monopolized the mine, they had to wipe out the NPCs.

‘They’re just NPCs anyway.’

He let out a wicked smile as Kaerun spoke on the receiver.

[Will it be fine? If the other guilds find out……]

“By that time, we could just say that Easden Village was cursed by the Great Mage Rafielt.”

Joobin chuckled darkly. He could just tell the world that they hunted those people because they were all undead under the curse of Great Mage Rafielt. Were there any problems with such a method? Of course, it was an extremely shameless and dirty method. However, the only question is whether the people would believe such a lie or not? Simply saying that wouldn’t do, but the massacre that they would carry out would also be hidden in such deceit.

Joobin always took care of his best interests whether it was shameless and dirty. As long as his interests were protected then that was all that it mattered.

‘The only reason why Kaistra and Rak personally went to the tomb is because they don’t trust me.’

He had given information to Rak so that he would be able to receive a distribution of the rewards. However, Joobin’s image to others was not very good. It was obvious how the Legendary Explorer Rak and the Envoy of Incarnation Kaistra were moving with such clear solemnity and grave steps. Right now, 20 of his guild members were heading towards the tomb. Just in case that something that he did not expect would happen.

Even though they were all Black Stone members, it was clear that there was a stark difference between Crone and Rak and Kaistra. Both Rak and Kaistra were careful and cautious about not touching any dirty money at all.

‘Goddamn African bastard, so what if they almost died from hunger. Why do they have to nitpick about those kinds of things?’

Joobin believed that it was because Kaistra had never really touched or felt the taste of money yet so he was being too rigid and nitpicky.

After finishing his meal, Joobin went back and accessed Athenae.

‘The Frying Pan Killer must be dead by now.’

Once Buckle and his party members’ penalty was lifted, he would immediately invest in them and make them work. It was unfortunate but he still had to give some credit to Kaistra and Rak. After all, he couldn’t make two big shots as his enemies.

The moment Crone accessed the game, he couldn’t help but tilt his head in confusion.

“Huh?”

The whispers from Rak came in waves.

[Rak: The Frying Pan Killer completed the 2nd trial.]

[Rak: The Frying Pan Killer completed the 3rd trial. Was the table that your Bachran Guild sent really the best of the best? The Frying Pan Killer broke through the 2nd trial in just 4 minutes and 1 second and he broke through the 3rd trial in just 1 minute and 32 seconds.]

“What the hell is he talking about?”

Crone frowned at what he saw.

4 minutes 1 second? No, more than that, he defeated Mythril Ogre in 1 minute and 32 seconds.

The Mythril Ogre had a defense that was three times higher than a regular ogre.

And you’re telling me that he killed that Mythril Ogre within 2 minutes?

Ogres were monsters with a tough and hard skin which made hunting them quite difficult, but this ogre had a defense that was three times higher than those regular ogres. Buckle and his party could only finish attacking the trial after countless failures. Even their occasional success were wrought with plenty of minor injuries yet they could only complete it after more than 10 minutes.

But he broke it in 1 minute and 32 seconds? Impossible.

The whispers continued to come in.

[Rak: The 4th trial. He completed it in 4 minutes and 56 seconds.]

The 4th trial was filled with enormous traps. Anyone who was challenging the trial needed to find the device that would turn off the traps. And that was extremely difficult to do with all the traps that could be triggered and released from all directions.

But 4 minutes and 56 seconds?

Crone’s eyes narrowed dangerously.

‘These bastards……’

Rak and Kaistra, are they lying to me? Are they trying to pretend that the Frying Pan Killer took the millstone?

The changes that could possibly happen once all of the trials were completed and broken were still unknown to them. This was also the reason why he lied about the attack patterns so that he could still gather users at Lv380 just to get the millstone.

At that moment, a whisper came in.

[Haurin: GM-nim, were all gathered in front of the Tomb.]

[Crone: Haurin! Check the words in front of the Tomb right now! How many trials have been passed?!]

The Frying Pan Killer might have died already was what he thought. Then, another whisper from Haurin came through.

[Haurin: It’s been 3 minutes and 36 seconds since the 5th trial has started.]

Crone’s eyes widened in shock.

‘Th, then did he really break the 5 trials all by himself?’

***

Haurin’s forehead creased.

‘What’s going on here?’

Buckle and his party members were all focused on Ructo’s Tomb and they all heard from them about how difficult this dungeon was. But right now, someone was challenging the 5th trial already.

After she had sent his reply, Crone had become quiet even in the guild chat. After some time, he finally sent his orders.

[Crone: Haurin. Listen to me carefully.]

[Haurin: Yes, GM-nim.]

[Crone: If the Frying Pan Killer completes all the trials and comes out, attack him with everything you’ve got.]

[Haurin: The Frying Pan Killer? But isn’t the Frying Pan Killer part of Legend Guild?]

[Crone: Don’t make me say it twice. Just make sure to kill him then pick up whatever he dropped and report to me about what you have acquired.]

[Haurin: I understand.]

Haurin started sending whispers with the orders that she had received to the guild members with her. Then, their eyes began sending out signals towards each other.

Rak turned to look at Kaistra.

“Kaistra.”

“.......Yeah.”

“Things seem to be going like what we have thought of.”

Kaistra’s expression hardened as he turned to look at his surroundings. When the members of the Bachran Guild made eye contact with him, they all looked away. However, they still held on their weapons tightly.

‘They have no reason to attack us……’

It seems like they are after the Frying Pan Killer.

Kaistra turned his head to look at the words in front of the Tomb but his pupils shook wildly.

‘The 6th trial is beginning……’

***

Minhyuk had also set a new record for the 5th trial. As a special reward for the huge gap between the previous record holder and him, he received an attack skill point. Attack skill points were skill points that could only be added on attack skills. He had also received 50 special points for breaking 4 consecutive records.

‘So does it mean that the more records I break consecutively, the higher the rewards I get?’

Just like what he had previously done, Minhyuk added his special points to his DEX. His dexterity points had already exceeded more than 1,700.

‘It’s already at 1,700 but there’s still no notification about a special reward……’

But it was fine. What mattered the most was that the taste of his food would increase and improve as his DEX increased.

Then, Minhyuk invested his 1 attack skill point on Ellie’s Swordsmanship.

[Chapter 1. Sword of Fury. Shatter (Destroy). Additional 4% attack power to strong lunges and stabs.]

[Chapter 2. Rampant Sword’s duration has increased from 7 seconds to 8 seconds.]

[Chapter 2. Rampant Sword. Connection (Inherit). The 7 consecutive strikes has now changed to 8 consecutive strikes.]

[Chapter 3. Ellie’s Swordsmanship’s duration has increased from 8 minutes to 9 minutes. The all stat increase has a +2% increase making the 20% increase into 22%.]

[Chapter 4. Wind-like Step. It has evolved into Deity (Swift).]

[You can now take three quick 1m steps. Each step can now allow you to attack. You can now use one step to move a distance of 3m in one go.]

[Chapter 5. Blooming Sword. Deep (Burst). The radius of attack has now increased from 8m to 9m.]

[Chapter 6. Splitting Sword. Rain (Soar). A 5% increase to the additional attack power will be added.]

“Oh……”

For skills with chapters to it, each chapter had a different level to increase. After this level up, it seemed like Step had finally reached its max level.

When he looked at the description, it looked like Wind-like Step, Deity (Swift) was much more useful than the previous Step. The only reason why he thought like this was because Step generally had a gap whenever he narrowed or widened the distance even if he could do two steps. Before, he needed to take one 1m step, then stop, before taking another 1m step to narrow or widen his distance. However in the case of Deity (Swift), he would be able to travel the distance of 3m in one go.

Then, Minhyuk went on to the 6th trial.

[Your HP and MP have recovered.]

[The sixth trial is beginning.]

[Please hunt the Undead Monster, Vampire Rune.]

“Oh……?”

Undead.

Minhyuk’s mouth widened into a grin. Then, he quickly tore the parchment that he had received earlier.

‘I wonder what kind of delicious food will it give me!’

It was the Parchment of Rewards’ Choice. The item that Buckle had dropped before.

A hologram popped out in front of him.

[1 Gold]

[2 Artifact]

[3 Food Ingredient]

[4 Experience Points]

And of course, Minhyuk decisively selected number 3.

[You have selected number 3 from the Parchment of Rewards’ Choice.]

After he had heard all of the notifications and just as he was about to finish his pizza bread in two bites……

Shwaaaaaaak!

He felt a powerful force coming straight at him. As if on instinct, Minhyuk twisted his body away as a sharp blade made of blood passed through the place where he was before.

Suddenly, a man with long silver hair and pale white skin walked in front of Minhyuk. It was a sudden attack that came through just as he was checking the contents of the notification window.

Minhyuk stared at him while he tried to eat the last bite of his pizza bread. When he saw the aftermath of the attack, he couldn’t help but tremble.

‘Oh, oh my god……!’

The part where the sausage was located in his pizza bread was completely cut off. He had tried to eat his final pizza bread while leaving the two remaining sausages as his finale. The most important part of the pizza bread was the sausage but that sausage was now lying on the ground.

Minhyuk’s body trembled in rage. He grabbed his sword tightly as he glared at Vampire Rune.

At that moment, a notification rang.

[If you successfully hunt Vampire Rune, you will be able to acquire the blood of a Noble Vampire.]

***

TL’s corner!

Will there be a stand off or will Minhyuk just log off to exercise??? Hmmm.

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