CH 190

Lightning was a passive skill attached to Minhyuk’s disaster artifact, Lightning Millstone. It had a 5% chance of getting triggered upon a successful attack. The damage that the lightning could inflict would be as strong as the damage inflicted by the attack that triggered it.

Minhyuk’s first successful attack was the stab on Baphomet’s abdomen. It had a 100% additional damage that was added on top of the original damage. What was worse was that there were even three lightning strikes that struck the top of its head in a row.

Spurt!

“Meeeeeeeeh!” Baphomet bleated loudly, its body trembling horribly at every strike of the lightning. Its abdomen was even mutilated beyond recognition from the condensed force that exploded from Minhyuk’s sword, the three consecutive lightning strikes, while Beanie continued to slash and tear at its back with its flipper blade.

‘What a ridiculous regeneration speed.’ 

However, despite being in such a precarious situation, Baphomet’s mutilated body was already starting to slowly regenerate! That was when Minhyuk saw Baphomet’s bejeweled staff glittering and shining faintly. Minhyuk felt a different energy coming from the staff this time. Then, he decisively struck down with his sword and hit the jewel.

Clang!

Crack, crack, crack!

The jewel fell from the staff and cracked before falling into pieces. At that exact same moment, the other guild members and the rest of the troops were notified.

[You have been released from Baphomet’s curse.]

“Yeah!” 

“Come here you bastards!” 

The Legend Guild members that were being pushed back by the players and the Anubis monsters, cheered loudly. Before Baphomet fully regenerated, Minhyuk said, “Don’t worry, I’ll definitely enjoy a delicious meal from you. Ah, come to think of it...” Minhyuk licked his lips and continued to say, “Your breast part looks extremely mouthwatering, right?” 

“Meeeeeeeeh?!” Baphomet, whose face was fully regenerated and restored, roared in fear.

Dash─

[Splitting Sword.]

[A powerful red sword with an additional 115% attack power will soar and fly towards your enemy.]

A scarlet sword light flew out of Minhyuk’s sword when he slashed towards Baphomet. The sword light immediately split the regenerating Baphomet in half.

Crack, crack, crack, crack─

“Me, meeeeeeeeh...?”  Baphomet bleated weakly. The sword light had passed through its body so swiftly that it seemed like it was still clueless about what happened to itself. Then, its split body fell down apart, as the notifications rang in Minhyuk’s head.

[You have leveled up.]

[You have leveled up.]

[You have leveled up.]

[You have leveled up.]

[You have leveled up.]

The notifications began with five consecutive level up notifications.

[You are the first to successfully hunt a Demonic Monster from the Demon World.]

[You have gained an additional 100% on your gained EXP.]

[You have gained 700,000 EXP.]

[You have gained 300 REP.]

[You have leveled up.]

[You have leveled up.]

[You have leveled up.]

[You have leveled up.]

[You have acquired an Antarinium, an ore from the Demon World.]

[You have acquired a Blutinium, an ore from the Demon World.]

[You have acquired a Blutinium, an ore from the Demon World.]

[You have acquired the Weaker Baphomet’s Summoning Stone.]

For rewards gained by the first ever successful hunter, they would be automatically acquired and placed in the player’s inventory. Hence, the Demon World ores, as well as the Weaker Baphomet’s Summoning Stone, had entered Minhyuk’s inventory.  The thing that piqued Minhyuk’s interest the most was the Weaker Baphomet’s Summoning Stone.

(Weaker Baphomet’s Summoning Stone)

Special Abilities: You are allowed to summon a weaker Baphomet that’s at least 80 levels below the original Demonic Monster Baphomet from the Demon World for three hours. The summoning stone will disappear once the three hours have been used up.

Description: This is a Weaker Baphomet summoning stone that can only be obtained by the first player to ever hunt a Demonic Monster from the Demon World. If you summon Baphomet among your enemies, and the enemies think that Baphomet is dangerous, then wouldn’t it have the best effect if you summoned it at that time? 

“...!”

A smirk curled up at the corners of Minhyuk’s mouth. He thought, ‘It will be 80 levels lower than the one from earlier?’ 

Minhyuk gauged that Baphomet’s strength was comparable to Great Mage Arfield, one of the Pinnacle Strong Men. However, Minhyuk was much stronger than when he fought Arfield. From what he could tell, Baphomet’s level was around Level 500, and it was tricky and difficult to fight because of its ‘curse’. Strong mobs were not only those that had high levels. Just like in the case of Baphomet, its abilities had added to its enormous strength. However, if Baphomet’s level was less than 80 of its level from earlier, Minhyuk believed that he would be able to do what he wanted to do, if he did things step by step.

‘Infinite, refilling lamb meat!’

Minhyuk was in bliss. However, there was just one problem. The summoning stone that he had received would disappear after a total of three hours of use. He was wondering if Baphomet would still disappear if he succeeded in taming Baphomet with the Allurer’s Cooking Skill. Of course, it was a matter that still needed to be confirmed later.

Minhyuk looked around his surroundings. It seemed like Pharaoh could no longer use his magical skills and summoning abilities after he had summoned Baphomet earlier. Furthermore, most of the Anubises were being dealt with by the Spear Masters.

“Fall back! F*cker!”

“...Shit!”

The members of Bachran Guild were trying to fall back, to consolidate their forces again. However, they could see that Legend Guild was easily massacring them despite being fewer in numbers. Every time the members of Legend Guild passed by, their colleagues’ artifacts and gold would scatter on the ground. With Pharaoh out of commission, Bachran Guild was completely not a match for Legend Guild. In addition, the Second Legion that was supposed to come for support had all died because of a surprise attack.

“But there’s no order for a retreat yet?!”

“Is that the problem right now?! Are you just going to die and voluntarily deliver your gold and artifacts to the Legend Guild?!”

They started running away to avoid being forced to log out while still in a Chaotic State. Just like one of the players said, if they did not run away, perhaps they would just voluntarily deliver their gold and artifacts to them. Legend Guild could see the glittering gold and artifacts that were sprawled all over the place.

In that gap, Pharaoh tore his return scroll. However, at that moment...

[The Return Restriction Skill is currently invoked.]

“...!”

Pharaoh’s eyes widened in fear. He turned his head, only to see a man wearing a mask and pointing a dagger to his neck. The man was none other than the Informant, Abel. Although Abel was mainly focused on gathering intel and information, he was still a top-ranking player that could rival the 1st~3rd rankers in the local Assassin Rankings.

“Are you trying to run away like a rat?”

Pharaoh could see the Legend Guild members crowding around him. He watched as Locke spat on his hands and grab the hilt of his ax tightly. Pharaoh was also a top-ranker. However, if a top-ranker lost just a bit of % from his EXP, then he would be doomed. The tiniest difference in levels and EXP loss could immediately change his position in the rankings.

Slash!

Slash!

“Kyahahaha! Die! Die! Die!” Locke laughed loudly as he struck at every inch of Pharaoh’s body without any mercy.

“Uuuuuuuhm...”

“...”

“...”

“...”

The guild members just whistled nonchalantly as they avoided Pharaoh’s pleading gaze.

“Keuaaaack! You ugly bastard! Just kill me!” 

“But, I don’t want that though? Eyy. Let me heal you!” 

Pharaoh’s body was suddenly covered with heals. Once his body was healed and recovered, Locke started the terrible abuse on his body again. After beating him for at least ten minutes, Pharaoh’s body was spent and on its last stretch. He died wretchedly under the hands of the furious Locke.

“Oh. I got an item.” 

[You have acquired Batarai’s Staff.]

Locke grinned when he saw that it was a legendary artifact.

Meanwhile, Genie looked around. She sighed, “Haa... When will we be able to sort this out again?” 

Plenty of the buildings were destroyed, and quite a few of the citizens were also killed. Thankfully, they were fortunate enough to not incur any financial loss thanks to the drops from Bachran Guild. No. It even seemed like they made some profit.

“Oh. Hey, it was your gravity magic earlier, right? It was so cool!” 

“Thank you.” 

“But, who are you?”

Lark and some of the guild members were talking to each other. Genie’s gaze went past them trying to look for someone, but she could not find a trace of his shadow.

“...Huh?”

Genie looked around curiously but she truly could not find him. She said, “Guys.”

“Huh?”

“Why?”

Locke and Khan turned to look at her as she asked them, “...Where did Minhyuk go?”

“Yeah. Where is he?”

“Hmmm.” 

It was not only Minhyuk that disappeared, even Baphomet’s body had disappeared.

‘Where the hell did that punk go?’

***

Minhyuk smiled happily. As soon as everything in Valhalla Territory was settled, he quickly dashed and left the place. He was afraid that someone would want to take a bite out of his food if he stayed there. He was confident that Genie would distribute the items fairly. If he stayed there, he was sure they would use the excuse of item distribution just to eat the things that he had acquired. Hence, he quickly dashed away.

Fwish─

It was the sound of a can of beer being opened. People said that beer was best drunk ice cold. The ‘Jingtao’ beer was cold enough to numb his hands. This beer would mark the start of his meal.

Gulp, gulp, gulp, gulp, gulp─

“Kyaa!” 

‘Nothing tastes sweeter and more refreshing than having the first sip from a can of ice cold beer after some hard work.’

Then, Minhyuk looked in front of him.

Shiiiiiiiiiik─

“Wow...” Minhyuk gasped in awe.

In front of him was a lamb skewer machine that one could commonly see in a lamb restaurant. Inside the machine was plenty of burning charcoal that amped up the heat. There were plenty of lamb meat placed on long skewers that were rotating along the saw-toothed and star-shaped holders.

‘Don't the drops of oil that seep from the skewers make it look mouth-watering and appetizing to eat?’

Shiiiiiiiiii─

Faint smoke bloomed from the embers of the charcoal.

“Hiyaaa!” 

‘Watching it is so fun!’

Right beside him were spices that he had prepared earlier. There were a variety of spices lined up beside him. Usually, people that visited the lamb skewers restaurant and saw the red spices for the first time would say, ‘Are lamb skewers dipped in ramen sauce?’

In fact, those bright, eye-catching red powder that they had mistaken for ramen sauce due to its uncanny similarity in appearance, was none other than ‘Lamb Skewer Seasoning’ powder. The spice that looked like rice beside it was none other than ‘Cumin’, a spice that was made from the seeds of one of the plants that were a part of the parsley family.

Lamb skewers were usually eaten with plenty of spices, so he had prepared a lot beside him.

“Hiyaaa. It’s finally done.” 

Minhyuk picked up a lamb skewer. As soon as the skewer left the grilling machine, he could see the oil sizzling on the surface of the lamb skewer. This meant that it was cooked perfectly. Its color was golden brown. There were also cloves of garlic placed in between the lamb meat in each skewer. The cloves of garlic looked as well grilled as the lamb meat that was squeezing them together. Putting garlic in between the lamb meat in a skewer was Minhyuk’s way of enjoying this delicacy more deliciously.

Without waiting any further, Minhyuk dipped his lamb skewer in salt. He believed that it was best to dip the lamb skewers in salt at the beginning of the meal. This way, he could taste the most authentic, original flavor of the lamb skewer. Then, he bit on the lamb meat and pulled it out of the skewer with his teeth. At least three or four pieces of lamb meat landed inside his mouth. When he chewed on the pieces of meat, he could taste the juicy, savory and salty flavor of the lamb skewer.

“Wow...” 

He was in awe.

“It’s not fishy at all...” 

Others might think that lamb skewers would have a gamey, slightly fishy taste to them, but if they tasted the lamb skewer from a really good restaurant, they would fall in love with the meat that could melt in one’s mouth like high-quality beef. The meat that he was eating was just like that.

He quickly finished chewing the lamb meat in his mouth. After finishing those pieces, he wanted to try the ramen sauce-like lamb skewers, so he quickly dipped it in the bright red spicy spices. As soon as the meat fell in his mouth, the spicy flavor quickly spread in his mouth. Small beads of sweat had formed on his forehead due to the spiciness. However, it was the delicious kind of spiciness, not the painful kind. He smiled happily at the flavor. Then, he quickly tried the other spices.

‘What should I eat after eating the lamb skewers?’

Of course, the answer was lamb chops. The lamb skewers were, in fact, just like the pre-dinner bread that was served in restaurants! The mukbang would only truly begin with the lamb chops. The lamb chops in his hands were marvelous. There was thick meat that was clinging strongly to the bones. It was definitely superb meat. Then, he quickly placed the meat on the grill.

Shiiiiiiiiiik─

Smoke quickly bloomed and floated up into the sky. Right next to the lamb chops that were grilling perfectly, were sweet pumpkin slices, cherry tomatoes, green onions, eggplants, garlic cloves, and mushrooms that were all sliced down to the size of a thumb.

Once the lamb chops were grilled perfectly well, he sliced them one by one. The inside of the lamb chops were glimmering with a red, glossy sheen. Right in front of Minhyuk was a bowl filled with cheongyang peppers, together with soy sauce.

He picked up a piece of lamb chop. It was glowing and shining brightly like a well-grilled sirloin. Then, he dipped it in the seasoning before placing it in his mouth. As soon as it dropped in his mouth, the juices burst out from the meat, before combining deliciously with the sweet and spicy taste of the cheongyang peppers and sauce.

“Why doesn’t it taste greasy at all?”

‘With a taste like this, I think eating 100 servings will not be enough, right?’

After eating the juicy meat of the lamb chops, he turned towards the bones and sucked on the marrow that was hidden within. He held the long lamb chops before ripping out a piece of the bone. Then, he sucked on it happily, making sure to taste every single piece of it.

“Chew, chew. As expected, it’s delicious if you gnaw on the meat attached to the bone.” 

He then proceed to the mushrooms, cherry tomatoes and sweet pumpkin slices that he grilled together with the lamb chops, to which he felt infinitely healthier and happier. After doing his very own lamb meat mukbang, Minhyuk realized that the meat was almost gone.

“I want to eat more lamb!”

Baphomet’s lamb meat! It was extremely delicious. Just as he was thinking about it, Minhyuk heard a series of notifications.

[You can acquire Baphomet’s Skills.]

[Would you like to acquire it?]

Baphomet was a Demonic Monster that was well-versed in magic spells and curses. With Minhyuk’s Eccentric Food God’s skills, he would be able to randomly acquire one skill from the plethora of skills that a monster had. To be truthful, if he was a little luckier, he might be able to get an additional skill that could be acquired, and he would be able to continue getting another skill. In other words, he could choose one stably, or try his luck by drawing randomly from a wide range of skills.

“Attempt it.” 

[You are attempting to acquire a random skill.]

At that moment, two dice were thrown and rolled in front of Minhyuk. Listed on each side of the dice that were thrown were Baphomet’s various skills. There was even a ridiculous skill that said ‘Fifth Tier Magic’ listed on one of the sides.

[Acquisition rate 11%... 22%... 36%... 68%...]

Then, the dice stopped in front of him showing the skills that he was trying to acquire. At the same time, the notifications rang.

[85%, 99%, 100%]

[You have successfully acquired the skill.]