Chapter 7.1 - The Chicken Who Lays Golden Eggs

Translator: ChubbyCheeks

Valen was beaming.

"Anyway, this is something that I don't need anymore."

Minhyuk first decided to receive it. After all he was someone who does not refuse any gifts given to him.

"But Instructor... All I did was make a meal for you?"

"So you don't like it?"

When Valen slowly reached out his hands to take away the sword Minhyuk quickly hugged it.

"That's not it! He... I'll use it well!"

"That's right, boy are you leaving this area now?"

"I think so."

"Then bring enough of those hard bread."

"I'm truly grateful to you in so many ways."

Valen laughed silently.

"It was a delicious treat. Thank you, really."

Valen said that while he thought to himself.

'I'll probably never forget it in my life.'

"I'll go to the hunting grounds but I'll come back to play often."

"Sure. Oh yeah, you should check that out."

He turned around and laid himself down on his sofa.

The means of confirmation and checking is probably the same with the others.

"Item check."

(Sword of Rebellion)

Class: Rare

Restriction: None

Durability: 2,000/2,000

Attack Power: 211

Special Abilities:

> Increase in STR +4, AGI +3.

>Skill Dauntless Strike

Description: A well-maintained sword that Valen used in the past.

After checking the sword out, Minhyuk then mumbled 'Skills Window'.

(Dauntless Strike)

Artifact Skill

Level: None

Mana Required: 10

Cooldown: 1 minute

Effect: Additional 20% damage to your attack.

Description: A skill attached to the Sword of Rebellion. Perfect for striking when in battle.

The skill is also not that bad, huh.

Items are classified as normal, magic, rare, unique, epic, legendary and god.

Minhyuk, who was very pleased with the sword, examined it more carefully and saw a pattern of a dragon ascending the heavens [1].

Then... Minhyuk brought up the thing that he really came for.

"Uhh... Instructor."

Valen turned around from the sofa and looked at him.

"Can you lend me some tableware and cooking utensils?"

"...Why don't you go and pull out one of the pillars out there too?"

And of course, Valen started laughing again.

***

Minhyuk stood in front of the exit of the training grounds as he finally finished hitting the scarecrows.

"Hooo!"

He exhaled nervously. Was it because he was scared of hunting?

"....?!"

Instructor Roina, who was watching from afar, opened her eyes wide.

'In... In one strike...?'

Most of the novices need three strikes to kill one chicken. But this user only used one strike.

'Was it because of the Sword of Rebellion? No, it does not look like it was just because of the sword.'

The weight of his strike before was definitely not due to the Sword of Rebellion.

'Did he increase his abilities by hitting the scarecrows? If you hit it for a long time then you'll definitely be good at swinging your sword.'

Roina nodded her head however she was still puzzled on why Instructor Valen gave the Sword of Rebellion to him.

Right then...

She suddenly saw the man sit on the floor. He took out a burner, a pot, a water bottle, a small knife and a cutting board.

He opened his eyes wide and aimed his knife towards the chicken's neck.

Snap!

Then he started to clean it. He was a bit sloppy but the man continued to work diligently. After he plucked the feathers off of the chicken, he rinsed it, poured water in the pot, and proceeded to place the chicken inside.

Once he was done with it, he started to let the water boil the chicken.

"Wha— what the hell is he doing...?"

Roina couldn't understand what was happening.

And Minhyuk, who finally stood up in front of his work, was smiling with satisfaction.

'Chicken is delicious!'

"Hey, look at that user."

"Omg. Is he really making baeksuk [2] right now?"

"...So it's true [3]. The more you play Athenae the more types of people you'll see, just like in the army."

The other users kept on whispering while the others were giggling.

But Minhyuk didn't even care one bit. He was humming while he put down his water and started hunting the chickens near him.

Slash!

"...Did, did you see that?! He... He killed it in one strike!"

"Gasp!"

"What the... Why is that user so strong?!"

"Hey, hey did you see his sword? It wasn't a wooden sword, right?"

"Omg... How is he still in the novice zone..."

Cries of surprise could be heard from the other users.

Without any other reactions, Minhyuk pulled out his item and dealt with the second chicken the same way he did with the first one.

[You acquired 52 gold.]

[You have acquired Chicken Feather.]

Athenae's gold was different from the other virtual reality game's bronze, silver and gold coins. They only have one standard currency and that is gold and the price would be adjusted to reflect the same currency in reality.

For example, hard bread was 500 gold per piece and with the quality of hard bread it would be 500 won per piece in real life. But the conversion rate of gold to cash was 20 times. [4]

Tsk, 100 gold means I would get 5 won in cash.

The rate would be considered to be extremely low, but given that once a player leveled up more their hunting grounds would be larger and they would get higher gold and item drops. Then the number they could collect would not be low.

When hunting, the monster's body would disappear in about 15 minutes but if you put it in your inventory or reach out and touch it then the time will continue to increase by 15 minutes.

Minhyuk once again started to clean up the chicken he hunted.

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Footnotes

[1] Dragon ascending the heavens... you could probably imagine a dragon flying up through the clouds or smth like that. Google can probably give you a visual of this.

[2] baeksuk : basically any dish made by boiling meat or fish without any seasonings. Usually made with chicken.

[3] they used 레알 (lit. Real) it's a slang for is it real? Or for real or really

[4] 500 won = 0.5 usd, we should also remember that 1 gold = 1 won (since we're using won here) basically the price of the items would be the same with the outside world. HOWEVER there is an exchange rate so... 1 won can give you 20 gold so your 500 gold bread is like 25 won if you buy it in cash so it's about 0.025 usd. Lol. I'm assuming that they can exchange gold for money then...

TL's corner!

So if you read the manhwa... They chose to use gallant strike but I decided to use dauntless strike as it sounds more... Uhhh rpg-esque and it flows better with my tl. But it's still synonymous so no worries! It still means courageous and brave.

I might also be using training grounds and training sites interchangeably.

Lmao... Idk but Roina had her eyes widened at Minhyuk all the time in this chapter. ᄏᄏᄏᄏ

Ahhh PS. Idk why they explained about the gold and cash conversion then jumped to the explanation of the monster body. So confusing...

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