Leveling Up through Eating

Translator: ChubbyCheeks

PR: MattForgenti

Hyemin’sDad laughed awkwardly when he saw Minhyuk standing in a daze in front of Kongie.

“Ha, hahahaha. H, he looks good? Right?”

“Ah. Oh…… Mhhm…….”

Minhyuk had no idea on how he would respond with such a question so he chose to just hum at the end of his speech. Whether he agreed or not on the sentiment would remain unknown to everyone.

However, unlike Minhyuk and Hyemin’sDad, Hyemin was smiling broadly at Kongie.

“Kyaaaaak~! Baby poopy looks so cuuuuuuuuute!”

“Oink!”

[Kongie is feeling more confident.]

Then, Kongie approached the mirror that Hyemin brought out to look at himself.

“E, everything that Kongie wanted came out. Huh?”

“But, but Kongie can only wear two artifacts…… so what’s going on with that pot lid?” 

“Ah. The effects won’t be exhibited due to the restrictions. But, I added a special effect that can let him wear it even with the restrictions. Once the artifact restriction gets lifted he will be able to wear more artifacts later on.”

Minhyuk nodded his head in understanding. Then, Hyemin’sDad handed Pandora’s Helmet over to him. The subtle glow of light that was continuously emitting from Pandora’s Helmet had now disappeared. Right now, it looked like it was a tough and strong helmet. But it still looked vastly different from Oz’s Helmet that he had previously worn.

“Please check Kongie’s artifact too.”

“Yep.”

(Hepas’ Flipper Blade)

Rank: Epic

Restrictions: Kongie’s Attribute Artifact

Durability: 3,000 / 3,000

Attack Power: 316

Special Effects:

━ Additional 25% in STR

━ 4% buff increase in Owner’s STR

━ Skill: Flipping Blade

Description: A Flipper Blade that was made by Hepas. Instead of the normal slapping from a flipper, if an enemy is attacked with the Flipper Blade then they will get slashed just like when they are slashed by a knife.

(Flipping Blade)

Artifact Skill

Level: None

Mana Required: 300

Cooldown: 1 hour

Effects:

━ Agility will be increased by x2 for 30 seconds.

━ Slashing Force will be increased by 1.3x for 30 seconds.

After checking the spatula, Minhyuk quickly moved on and checked the silver pot that Kongie was wearing on his head.

(Hepas’ Silver Pot)

Rank: Epic

Restrictions: Kongie’s Attribute Artifact

Durability: 4,000 / 4,000

Defensive Power: 270

Special Effects:

━ 5% increase in STR.

━ 10% increase in Owner’s defensive power.

━ Skill: Paralyze

Description: A Silver Pot made by Hepas. Your pet can wear it on his head but once he gets hungry, you can wash it well and your pet can cook ramyeon in it.

(Paralyze)

Artifact Skill

Level: None

Mana Required: None

Cooldown: None

Effects: If an attack goes through and your pet blocks it, there is a 5%~9% chance of the enemy being paralyzed for two seconds.

(Hepas’ Pot Lid)

Rank: Epic

Restrictions: Additional Equipment Slot, Kongie’s Attribute Artifact

Durability: 3,000 / 3,000

Defensive Power: 316

Special Effects:

━ 4% additional STR

━ 3% increase in Owner’s defensive power.

━ Skill: Absolute Defense

(Absolute Defense)

Artifact Skill

Level: None

Mana Required: 500

Cooldown: 24 hours

Effects: Both Kongie and his Owner will have an absolute defense for 2 seconds. No attack will come through at that point in time.

(Pandora’s Helmet)

Rank: Legendary

Restrictions: 200 INT, 200 Mental, 400 Holy Power

Durability: 10,000 / 10,000

Defensive Power: 741

Special Effects:

━  x2 Holy Power

━ 20% reduction in all of your skills’ cooldown.

━  20% reduction in all of your skills’ required mana usage.

━ Skill: God’s Targeted Praise

━ Skill: Artifact’s Form Transformation, only for wearable artifacts

Description: This was the helmet that Juis had used in the past. This helmet contains a tremendous amount of holy power as well as an infinite variety of hidden abilities.

(Artifact’s Form Transformation)

Artifact Skill

Level: None

Mana Required: 500

Cooldown: None

Effects: You can change its shape and transform it to the form of any of the artifacts that you have seen. However, its transformation ability is limited. Once the artifact is touched by its owner then it will return back to its original form.

‘Oh?’

Minhyuk was quite impressed with the Artifact’s Form Transformation skill. Then, he turned his sights towards his frying pan that was quietly hanging on his back.

‘What Frying Pan Killer, that is the Frying Pan Killer?!’

He did not want to be famous. But recently, he had been the talk of the town and it had been quite difficult to move quietly for his own purpose.

‘Artifact’s Form Transformation.’

As soon as he finished thinking about the skill, the notifications came up.

[Hepas’ Legendary Frying Pan can now change it’s form.]

[Rapier, Longsword, Greatsword, Katana…… Omitted……]

Minhyuk quickly chose the rapier. As soon as his choice was made, the Hepas’ Frying Pan that was hanging on his back changed its form into a rapier. Then, when Minhyuk touched the frying pan with his hands, it quickly turned back into a frying pan.

“In the case of an armor, once the enemy hits it with an attack then it will return back to its original shape.”

Hyemin’sDad explained about the skill when he noticed Minhyuk using Artifact’s Form Transformation. Minhyuk nodded his head as he turned his frying pan back into the shape of a rapier. Then, he also turned his Armor of Immortality into the shabby leather armor that novices use.

As expected, Hyemin’sDad, who is the descendant of Hepas, is truly worth his price.

And for Kongie’s artifacts, even though they all look ridiculous they were still all good enough that even the other users would be wide-eyed when they saw them. The most important thing was that Kongie was satisfied with it.

No matter how strange it looks, it doesn’t matter as long as Kongie is happy with it. Right?

“We’re going to use it well. Kongie, say goodbye!”

“Oiiink!” 

Kongie bowed at a 90 degree angle. Hyemin’sDad, who was Hepas’ descendant, chuckled at the sight.

“Ah, when will we receive the land and title?”

“I just came back after asking. They said that they will give it after one week once all of the guild members have gathered.”

“Aha.” 

Usually, a title or a territory would only be rewarded to a guild once all of the guild members had gathered. Currently, all of the guild members of Legend Guild were busily moving around as they pioneered the Northern Continent. And it was all thanks to Minhyuk that they had received God Juis’ buffs so their advancement was even accelerated.

“Are you leaving? Where do you plan on going next?”

Hyemin’sDad could see that Minhyuk had prepared something so he was curious about where he wanted to go.

“Yes. I’m going to sea.”

***

Genie, Khan and Locke all returned to Valkyrie Kingdom after they had finished their 5 chances per day of attacking the dungeon. They heard from Hyemin’sDad, whom they had met in the kingdom, that Minhyuk went out to sea.

“We don’t have much time……”

“How about sending a whisper?”

They badly needed Minhyuk’s help to successfully lessen their time in the time attack dungeon. However, Minhyuk had already left for the sea.

“I think he’ll be back in a week, though?”

“Ah. Is that so?”

“Yes. I heard that the guild members all have to gather after a week to receive the title and territory.”

“Ah……”

Genie nodded her head.

However, by that time, the time attack dungeon would almost be ending.

‘But Minhyuk just went to the sea. I can’t just tell him to come back just like that.’

Genie wanted to give Minhyuk as much freedom and convenience as possible.

“There’s no helping it.”

Genie smiled bitterly. It seemed like their ambitions and hopes of reaching and taking the top spot in the time attack dungeon had to be pushed back for next time. Khan and Locke seemed like they understood the meaning of her words.

“Oh right. Why don’t you check your reputation first?”

“Yeah. Wait.”

Genie nodded her head.

King Varen would give them their reward but they would only be given the title and territory if they had a high reputation. Every kingdom and empire would need a different level of reputation and the title would mostly depend on the amount of reputation that they had.

As they were walking through the kingdom, they were able to meet with the commander of the knights, Sir Perle.

“Oh. You’ll be receiving a title from His Highness, Varen?”

“Yes. His Highness, Varen, said so himself.”

Even though they would be given the title, they believed that they would at most receive the title of a Baron or at least the title of a Baronet. Why? Because the Northern Continent was a newly pioneered continent. For that reason, some people were still reluctant to give them a higher title no matter how widely known and popular Legend Guild was in Valkyrie Kingdom. It was still a bit difficult for the citizens to accept them as one of their own. However, King Varen seemed to be extremely grateful to them so they let one slide.

“Check it faster!”

There was a simple way for users to check on which title they could get and how much reputation they needed to have. They could just go to the main bulletin of the city and check it. The main bulletin served as a guide to the city’s specialties, NPCs, open quests and information of the likes. 

When Genie checked the main bulletin, her eyes couldn’t help but widen in shock.

“……I, is that right?”

Genie gnawed at her lips in worry. Khan and Locke also couldn’t help but frown when they saw her being anxious.

“Why?”

When they looked at the bulletin, they couldn’t help but let out a laugh in disbelief.

“This is crazy. You need at least 800 reputation points just to become a viscount……?”

“OMG……!”

The three of them all frowned at the same time.

Genie’s reputation was only at 500 right now. Right?

“This is the Northern Continent you know. So we need that much to get a title and territory here.”

“Do any of our guild members have that many reputation points?”

“Aside from Genie, I don’t think there’s anyone else.”

They knew that Genie had the highest reputation among them. However, they saw Genie shaking her head.

“There is. He has a reputation that’s a little bit, no, much higher than mine.”

***

In the Dragon King’s Sea, there was an old man that was loading a fishing net and a fishing rod on a boat.

“Ayo! Old man Ben! Are you going out to sea again today?”

“Of course! I’ll definitely catch it today!”

Old man Ben grinned at him with all of his teeth out. He was an ordinary fisherman, however, he had been struggling on catching this one fish for several years now. It was the ‘Golden Salmon’.

The Golden Salmon! It was a fish that appears extremely rarely in the Dragon King’s Sea.

Ben had declared that he would only stop fishing once he had caught this fish. He had been chasing after the Golden Salmon for quite a long time now. It was considered to be one of the legendary games that could be caught by fishermen but it was a necessary game for him. Back in the days, one of his sons had died on sea. And the reason why his son died was because he was killed by the bait that was used to catch the Golden Salmon!

Just as he was about to set sail with his boat…

“Hello!”

A young man greeted him energetically. He could see that there was a fishing rod hanging on the young man’s back. He assumed that the young man was extremely hungry since he was nibbling on a grilled buttered corn.

‘Hooo. A foreigner?’

A foreigner!

The sea had become a lot more peaceful and calm due to God’s blessings and just recently, there were many foreigners who had come to Valkyrie Kingdom so it was not that strange to see a foreigner around the area.

“Yes. Why are you going out to sea?”

Ben turned to answer his greeting as well as ask him a question.

“The fishes that we’re catching here are all lame and uninteresting so I’m going out there to catch the best fish!”

“Ooooooh?!!! The best? What kind of fish is it?!”

“Forget about those faded flatfish and rockfish, there are diamonds out there that aren’t usually caught!”

“Woooooow……!”

The young man’s eyes widened in shock as if he couldn’t believe about what he had just heard. Then, he leaned over and asked him excitedly…

“By any chance, can I go with you?”

“Uhm…… You, boy?”

Ben looked at him up and down. His appearance looked too shabby for someone to go fishing. He was wearing a rapier on his back as well as a helmet on his head.

As if realizing that it was rude to greet someone without showing his face, the man quickly took off his helmet. What greeted Ben was a handsome smiling face.

“Hehe. I also want to go with you!”

The young man took off his helmet as a sign of courtesy and respect for me!

“Boy, what is your job class?”

“I’m a chef. Ah, I’ll make you delicious food with whatever we caught on the way!”

“A, a chef.”

Ben rubbed his chin in thought. It was true that there would be plenty of fish that would be caught on their way and it would be amazing if he could eat them more deliciously than usual!

“Okay, get on!”

“Thank you very much!”

The young man quickly boarded the boat as it quietly started to depart from the port.

***

Lee Minhwa’s eyes were trembling wildly like a leaf shaking in a storm.

“T, Team Leader!!!”

Team Leader Park hurried over when he heard her voice that sounded much more urgent and hurried than normal.

“What’s the problem?”

Team Leader Park frowned as he followed her finger that was pointing shakily at the monitor.

“Ben? He’s going together with Ben now?”

The reason why both Lee Minhwa and Team Leader Park were so shocked was because of the owner of the boat that Minhyuk was riding on.

“Of all the boats that he could have boarded, how did he board the boat of one of the Most Powerful Men?”

***

Footnotes

[Attribute Artifact] – Artifacts that have a specific attribute (e.g. fire, water, earth, wind). In this case, it is attributed to Kongie. Which meant that it is only for Kongie. Back

[Rapier] – a light, thin and sharp pointed sword. It is used mainly for trusting. Imagine the sword used for fencing. Something like that. Mainly used for stabbing as you need a lot of power to be able to slash with it. Back

[Baron] – a title of honour or a rank of nobility. It is the lowest title just below that of a viscount. The female counterpart is baroness. Barons are men who pledged their loyalty and service to his superior in return for a land and territory that he could pass on to his heirs. They are usually addressed as Lord or Lady. Back

[Baronet] – baronet is not considered as part of the peerage or the rank of nobility. However, this title can also be inherited. It is said to be belonging to the lesser nobility. It is below that of a baron but higher than a knight. It’s female counterpart is a baronetess. They are usually addressed as Sir or Dame. Baronetcy was awarded as a way for the royal family to accumulate funds. Basically, they are those merchants or rich individuals who wanted to have a title. Back

As a side, this is the ranking of classes in medieval Europe

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TL’s note!

Minhyuk, who had just become handsome in the eyes of the employees of Athenae, has now once more regained his honor and became the number 1 troublemaker again. LOL.

PR’s note!

Poor devs. They just can’t catch a break with Minhyuk, can they?

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