Gourmet Gaming - Chapter 380

Chapter 380: Hunting Black Dragon
While the world was burning with excitement and enthusiasm after witnessing Minhyuk cut down Da Zhuang, the person that was cut himself was in awe.

‘How can there be a genius like him in this day and age…?!’ Da Zhuang thought as blood spurted out of his body.

Da Zhuang was a legendary assassin that had even killed an emperor before. The reason why he was still able to keep his cool was simply because of Anox, who had learned the Pinnacle. He even shocked the world with his incredible power during the final battle with Ellie. Back then, they would have all died already, if it were not for Anox. And this time, once again…

[Pinnacle Puppetry]

[Your body is trying to swap with another intact body.]

With their hidden trump card, Da Zhuang’s body started to melt in preparation for its recovery. But then…

“Fluttering Sword.”

Wind blew strongly around Minhyuk’s body. The wind picked up the fallen leaves and made them flutter. Then, as if on cue, Carr also sheathed his sword as he slowly gripped the sheath before drawing his sword again.

“Continuous Quick Draw!!!”

Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang, clang!

The hundreds of troops that rushed to save Da Zhuang all fell down in a useless heap. Then, the golden leaves from Minhyuk’s ‘Fluttering Sword’ turned as sharp as sword blades as they began to cut down the enemies.

Ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping!

This attack also cut down hundreds of their enemies. Meanwhile, Da Zhuang, whose body was starting to form, thought, ‘Did you think that I’m dead?’

For a moment, Da Zhuang wondered if they were worried about him at all. Did they not see how resilient and persistent his people were during their fight with Ellie? Da Zhuang smirked as he watched his body’s regeneration reach his neck.

‘He’s strong, but he’s a moron.’

Da Zhuang could see that the eyes of the man in front of him were dull. His eyes could only see the enemies in front of him. At this moment, Da Zhuang’s body had already regenerated up to his eyes. He immediately grabbed his dagger and thought, ‘I’m coming now.’

Carr and Minhyuk were still showing off their powerful force and momentum as they cut down the surrounding enemies. They did not spare any of their skills. The same was true for ‘Bread Shuttle’. Then, at that moment…

“Found you.”

“…?”

Da Zhuang looked at Minhyuk in doubt.

‘Found you? What do you mean by ‘found you’?’

Da Zhuang could not understand who Minhyuk found. Then, he slowly turned his head to look at the direction that he was looking at.

“…!”

Da Zhuang saw a living existence standing blankly in the distance. He knew full well who that was. That was his ‘own self’ created by ‘Anox’ using his skill Pinnacle Puppetry. Da Zhuang would be able to revive the moment he died, by swapping his body with that puppet. In fact, after any of their deaths, they would be able to survive again, as long as Anox made another puppet like that.

However, the story would be different if that puppet got destroyed. Da Zhuang’s pupils shrank in disbelief.

‘H… how…?’

Da Zhuang had been revived by the Pinnacle Puppetry during their battle with Ellie. He thought, ‘Ellie had seen through this power back then. Did Ellie tell him? No, she’s not in a state where she can tell him that at all.’

If that was the case, then what did this mean?

‘He saw through it by himself?!’

In fact, Minhyuk had watched the battle video between Ellie and the Black Dragon Order more than a dozen times, playing it on repeat. When Ellie said that she ‘found it’, he realized that there was a reason why they came back to life. That was when he realized it as well. So, he turned his attention towards the enemies that surrounded Ellie.

For skills like this, there was a high chance that the puppet was close to the skill user. So, what would happen if he used his skills to sweep away the surrounding enemies? Then, there would only be one person left.

The reason?

The puppet would be designed to be resilient and tough. This meant that its defense or HP would be much higher than anybody else. There was also a high probability that the puppet was wearing a mask or a helmet, while hiding amongst the enemies.

Da Zhuang was already almost complete. But, Minhyuk was already peeling off the helmet from the puppet.

“N…no!!!”

Da Zhuang’s face, with his unfocused eyes, appeared. Then, Minhyuk swung his sword down fiercely.

Slash—

At that moment, Da Zhuang’s figure that was almost regenerated, melted once again. Then, the notifications rang for Minhyuk.

[You have successfully hunted Da Zhuang, who had stepped on the Pinnacle realm.]

[You have acquired the Title: The One who Defeated the Pinnacle.]

[You have gained 500 REP.]

[You have gained 500,000,000 EXP.]

[Due to the Marrow Bone’s Power, a 3x EXP buff has been applied.]

[You have gained an additional 1,000,000,000 EXP.]

[You have leveled up.]

[You have leveled up.]

[You have leveled up.]

[You have leveled up.]

[You have leveled up.]

[You have acquired Da Zhuang’s Bloody Dagger.]

[You have acquired Da Zhuang’s records of Assassin’s Dagger Technique: ‘What is the Pinnacle Dagger Skill?’.]

[You have gained 845 platinum.]

(The One who Defeated the Pinnacle)

Unique Title

Title Effects:

• You will receive an additional 12% increase in both Attack and Defense in a battle against those that have mastered the Pinnacle.

• You will receive an additional 15% increase in both Attack and Defense in a battle against opponents that are 200 levels stronger than yourself.

• Your body has developed into a body that can truly climb to the Pinnacle realm.

(Da Zhuang’s Bloody Dagger)

Rank: Legendary

Requirements: Assassin Class

Durability: 5,000 / 5,000

Attack: 818

Special Abilities:

• Has a 60% chance of ignoring the opponent’s defense.

• The damage will double upon successful hit to a vital point.

• Movement Speed increases by 1.5x

• Active Skill: Deadly Strike

Description: This is a dagger that Da Zhuang, a legend of the past, carried with him for the longest time. Rumor has it that the bloody luster of the blade came to be by being soaked in the blood of his enemies for a long, long time. This is the best artifact for the assassin class.

It was truly a drop worthy of a legendary figure like Da Zhuang. The best part of this was the fact that the dagger could increase the wearer’s movement speed by 1.5x.

‘Fufu. I’ll give this to Abel so I can get something delicious.’

Minhyuk’s thoughts were the same as ever. Of course, this thought did not linger in his head for longer than necessary. This was because he still had plenty of enemies that he did not have the luxury to dawdle around.

Then, these notifications rang for his enemies:

[Da Zhuang, your Commander-in-Chief, has been killed by the enemy.]

[Your morale has decreased sharply.]

[All of your stats have decreased by 15%.]

[Your skill cooldown has increased by 15%.]

[Your attack hit rate has decreased by 10%.]

The enemies fell into chaos. They had just witnessed Da Zhuang’s absolute death! Minhyuk even found Anox, who was hiding nearby, and used his sword to cut him lightly. Simply put, the ‘Black Dragon Order’ had completely collapsed under the hands of the Food God.

That might be the case, but things still were not looking optimistic for the Asgan players.

[It’s completely shocking and unbelievable that three people alone can deal this much damage against their enemies.]

[Those players are the best players in Korea. Ah, pardon. Let me rephrase that. We can safely say that they are the best players in the entire world right now.]

One of the commentators corrected himself.

Carr was originally Korea’s number one ranker in the official rankings. On top of that, he temporarily acquired Conir’s power when Conir possessed his body. Then, there was Bread Shuttle Mei Wei, she was the woman hailed as the official global number one ranker. And then, there was Minhyuk, he was the commander that these two people served willingly.

However, there were literally too many enemies.

[There are still 30,000 enemies left.]

[No matter how many times they cut their enemies down, they would eventually get tired and exhausted.]

[If each of the 30,000 enemy troops dealt 100 damage, the accumulated damage that they would receive would be huge.]

Even the ordinary viewers were of the same opinion.

[The three of them did their part well. They hunted Da Zhuang, the Black Dragon Order, and 20,000 troops, all on their own.]

[No person would dare to deny that the Food God is on par, perhaps even stronger, with the Summit Five.]

[I want to join the Let’s Eat Sect Guild…]

[I want to join the Let’s Eat Sect too.]

With Minhyuk at the center of the world’s spotlight, it was only natural that the interest of the public towards the Let’s Eat Sect would increase. But then, at that moment…

[Huh? I think there’s a strange black being flying over there?]

[Oh? What’s that over there? Wow, your eyes are really sharp, huh? How can you see that?]

It was just a tiny speck that appeared in the distance, like a small dot from a ballpoint pen placed on a clean sheet of paper. However, this speck of dot was growing in size. That was when the cameras broadcasting all over the world turned to look at it. Even the broadcasters from all over the world began to buzz.

[Camera 5!!! The sky! Get a shot of the sky!!!]

[Camera 8!!! Is it still impossible for you to identify the mysterious flying being?!!!]

[What the hell is that?! It’s getting bigger and bigger!!!]

The truth was the broadcasting stations were about to lose their ratings. After all, it seemed like it would take days before the three against 30,000 battle happening over here would finish. But just when they have decided to just look at the ‘results’ later, a mysterious, unidentified flying being appeared in front of their cameras.

With the appearance of the mysterious flying being, they expected their ratings to shoot up once again. The broadcasters from all over the world were hoping that this mysterious flying being would revive their dying ratings. And they did get their wish, as the mysterious flying being truly revived their ratings.

However, it was through despair. Despair had caused their ratings to skyrocket.

Before they knew it, the speck of dot had grown so big, to the point where they could see its outline. The mysterious flying being was as huge as a mountain and had two gigantic wings.

Then, the terrifying roar came.

“Graaaaaaaaaaaaa!”

The roar made all of the players present in the Korean Defense Base cover their ears in pain.

“Keuaaaaack!”

“Aaaaaargh!”

“Aaaaack! My ears! I can’t hear!!!”

Blood flowed down from their ears, as their eardrums erupted from the loud roar. Some of the troops could not bear it and collapsed on the ground while shrieking in pain.

[…!]

[…!]

[…!]

[…!]

The ground shook from a single roar of this being. Then, the notifications rang for the players from both the Cairon and Asgan Continents.

[Black Dragon Vormon’s Descent!]

[Black Dragon Vormon is in a frenzied state.]

[If you fail to stop Black Dragon Vormon’s frenzy, both continents will be razed to the ground and turned into wastelands.]

[The ones that are able to hunt Black Dragon Vormon will receive rewards that have never been seen before.]

[The path to Black Dragon Vormon’s ‘Lair’ will be shown to the ones that will be able to successfully hunt him.]

With Black Dragon Vormon’s imminent arrival, fear and terror engulfed the entire area.

“D… Dragon…!!!”

“Are you crazy?!!!”

“There was no dragon invasion scheduled in the episode?!!!”

“Hey! Get a grip!!!”

Plenty of the troops were rolling on the ground in pain, while those that were still standing were already cowering from fear. This was a being that reigned supreme in the Middle-Earth worldview. On top of that, Black Dragon Vormon was said to be an existence that far surpassed the Dragon Lord in strength.

That was right. Athenae had earlier announced that Black Dragon Vormon would not directly invade the Continent Cloud. That was why they could not understand the situation right now. That was when they discovered an existence standing on top of Black Dragon Vormon’s back.

“Crazy… Crazy Tyrant Akhan!!!”

“It’s, it’s, it’s the Crazy Tyrant!!!”

He was an existence that brought terror to the American Athenae server. This person wore a skull mask, a black robe, and held a scythe. This person was known as the Crazy Tyrant, Akhan. However, the information about him was not complete and precise. All they knew was that he was an existence that brought ‘terror’ wherever he went. This man, as though possessed by ghosts, mumbled viciously and hoarsely, “This is a disaster.” Then, he disappeared after those words, leaving a frenzied Black Dragon Vormon behind.

[Shit. How can they kill something like that?!]

[No. They have to do the best they can. But, how can any player hunt a dragon right now?!!! Goodness, our Minhyuk could have wiped out those 30,000 troops!]

[Athenae operators, make sure to make an announcement and compensate everyone for this!!!]

Meanwhile, the commentators…

[A disaster has appeared in front of us…!]

[Black Dragon Vormon is an existence that can easily travel between both Cairon Continent and Asgan Continent. If no one can stop him, then both the Chinese and Korean servers might just disappear from existence.]

[In the first place, there’s no way that a player can hunt a dragon right now.]

[This is clearly Crazy Tyrant Akhan’s doing.]

[Crazy Tyrant Akhan has been constantly disrupting the plans of the Athenae Management.]

[Perhaps this is the biggest disaster ever. Especially with the fate of two servers at stake.]

[Can they stop him? Will this episode end in vain?]

At that moment, Korea’s ATV Broadcasting Station reached its all time high in viewership rating at 60%. And in front of 60% of the nation’s population…

“Despair.”

The being hailed as the king of magic, Black Dragon Vormon, created thousands of magic spells around his body. This was a spectacular and terrifying sight that no one could ever replicate. And then…

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!

The notifications rang for the players as the spells rained down on their 30,000-strong troops.

[Your Magical Defense has been deemed useless.]

[Your HP has turned zero. You have been forced to log out.]

[Your Magical Defense has been deemed useless.]

[Your HP has turned zero. You have been forced to log out.]

[Your Magical Defense has been deemed useless.]

[Your HP has turned zero. You have been forced to log out.]

[Your Magical Defense has been deemed useless.]

[Your HP has turned zero. You have been forced to log out.]

It was just an instant. However, in that short time, more than 6,000 players had been wiped out. The entire world was thrown into panic and chaos from the horrifying display of force that Black Dragon Vormon showed.