Chapter 153 - Grilled Clam

Chapter 153: Grilled Clam

Translator: ChubbyCheeks

PR: MattForgenti

“Huh......?”

Minhyuk tilted his head in astonishment. As soon as he picked up the rabbit’s liver, a weak red light flashed along with the notifications. However, the light also extinguished as soon as it appeared. To be sure, Minhyuk first checked the item in his hands.

(Rabbit’s Liver)

Material Grade: A

Special Effects:

━ +5 increase in Abnormal State Resistance.

━ WIS +5

Description: It is the rabbit’s liver that was hidden by a rabbit. It has the same flavor as the liver in sundae but is much more delicious.

“OMG?”

Minhyuk was in shock.

It tastes like the liver in sundae? Those thinly sliced liver?! The liver that tastes a bit dry but still has deep flavor but is best dipped in salt or tteokbeoki sauce?! But...... it tastes much more delicious?!

‘Wait. If we’re talking about the Ingredient Appraisal Skill, then wouldn’t it taste better once I used that on it?’

Minhyuk gulped.

Using the Ingredient Appraisal Skill would have a huge penalty on him. He would need to consume 1,000 MP just to activate the skills and his basic stats would have a decrease of 3 points. However, such a penalty was nothing in front of a delicious rabbit’s liver.

“Ingredient Appraisal.”

[Ingredient Appraisal.]

[All stats will decrease by 3 according to the penalty.]

A white light glowed brightly from Minhyuk’s hands. Then, the light slowly engulfed the small rabbit’s liver. The liver looked like it soaked in the light as it slowly grew bigger in size.

‘Kyaa! The liver is getting bigger! If it gets bigger then I can eat more!’

As he admired the liver, the notification rang.

[You have appraised the ingredients.]

[You can now check the sealed unique and hidden abilities of the Rabbit’s Liver.]

Minhyuk immediately clicked on the rabbit’s liver and checked the information.

(Roves’ Treasure of the Seas)

Material Grade: God’s Given Medicine

Special Effects:

━ +200 in Abnormal State Resistance

━ WIS +100

━ Holy Power +400

━ Increase in defense and attack power towards undead monsters depending on the amount of Holy Power.

Description: Roves, the God of the Sea, hid his excellent treasure inside the rabbit’s liver. This holy treasure is said to be much more delicious than the previous rabbit’s liver.

Minhyuk’s eyes widened. The most surprising change was in the part of the material grade.

‘God’s given...... Medicine...... is there a medicine with this class?’

Minhyuk rubbed his chin in thought. After some thinking, he jumped up as he recalled about the update that he had read together with Geni, Khan and Locke in real life. It had said that there would be new classes of medicine that had not yet been found and obtained in the Northern Continent.

It was clear that it was referring to Roves’ Treasure of the Seas and if he looked closely, the abilities and effects of this material was truly not that simple. In particular, what catches the eye was the last special effect where the defense and attack power against undead monsters would increase depending on the amount of Holy Power.

Currently, Minhyuk has an additional 30% attack power against undead monsters. However, it should also not be forgotten that his Holy Power was twice as effective due to the effects of Pandora’s Helmet. In other words, disregarding the 30% attack power that would be written in the notifications, his real attack power against undead monsters had an additional 60%.

But with regards to this special effect, aside from the attack power, he would also have an increase in his defense against undead monsters which would further protect him against their attacks. In other words, Minhyuk would have as much as 60% increase in his defense if he was attacked by undead monsters.

And more importantly......

‘It’s much more delicious. Hahaha!’

Minhyuk smiled in satisfaction. Then he realized something.

‘But if you look at this rabbit’s liver......’

A while ago, he had seen a rabbit so he remembered a folk tale about the rabbit and the rabbit’s liver. It was a story about a rabbit that was tricked into the Dragon King’s Palace but it successfully ran away by tricking its captors that it needed to go out to land and hide its liver for safekeeping.

Will Athenae really use a real rabbit’s liver in this setting?

For 0.1 seconds, Minhyuk hesitated whether he would eat it or not. Then, he shook his head.

And Kongie, who was completely deceived by Minhyuk, was happily eating the liver on his plate.

This time, Minhyuk dipped the liver in the tteokboki sauce before placing it in his mouth.

“Kggghk! As expected, liver tastes best when paired with tteokboki sauce!”

He completely emptied his plate in a blink of an eye, and with his last bite of the food a set of notifications rang in his head.

[The Food Fighter’s Greatness.]

[You have eaten Roves’ Treasure of the Seas in a variety of ways.]

[The penalty for the medicine has been ignored. However, this does not work for many people.]

[A Medicine Dish. You have obtained additional stats.]

[Your Holy Power has increased by +434 while your WIS has increased by +121]

[You have 20% additional attack power against undead monsters.]

[Your defense against undead monsters will be as high as your attack power.]

[Your defense against undead monsters attacks has increased by 50%.]

As soon as he finished all the food with Kongie, he moved to go out.

However, as soon as he came out of the cave, he had no choice but to tilt his head in confusion. That was because Ben was burying his head on the ground as he wept loudly.

“Because of me, that young chef had died. Keuhuhuhuhu!”

Minhyuk suddenly felt heartbroken at the sight of Ben. He couldn’t believe that someone that he had just met would care so much about him.

“I already told you not to go in there. Keuhuhuhu! What were you so confident about, you sloppy cook!”

‘I, I’m not sloppy. Right......?’

“You’re so sloppy! You’re a chef! What the hell! What do you mean! By! Trust me! Keuhuhuhu!”

Minhyuk was left speechless with his outburst. And he who had been labeled as sloppy called out to him.

“That, Old Man Ben......”

“......Hiiiiiiiiiik?!”

When Ben heard Minhyuk’s voice, he couldn’t help but stumble in surprise.

“B, boy. How......?”

“I’ve taken care of the Clam Golem on your behalf, Old Man.”

Ben’s eyes widened when his words finally registered in his dazed mind.

‘C, clam golem......?’

He did not know about the details, but if he did he would be shocked that Minhyuk fought against a monster that was twice as strong as the original Clam Golem.

“B, by any chance...... in the cave...... was there a pocket watch...... or something like that?”

Minhyuk was surprised by his question but when he thought about it, there was something like ‘Rusted Pocket Watch’ from the items that he had acquired inside the cave. When Minhyuk pulled it out of his inventory and handed it over to Ben he could see Ben trembling wildly.

“This...... was a gift that I gave to my son when he was young.”

Then, he held it to his chest as he closed his eyes. It was as if he was trying to feel the soul of his dead son through this small trinket. Ben slowly opened his mouth.

“The moment I lost my son, I realized that power wasn’t the most important thing. But...... what would I do if I lost it? I have lost my most precious treasure and now I have nothing.”

A small smile started to form on his dry lips as he slowly opened his eyes.

“Boy, I want to do something, anything for you. But right now I don’t have anything.”

Minhyuk had heard the notification about the completion of his linked quest. As he recalled, the reward was listed as ???.

What is it?

​ The next words that Ben uttered had given Minhyuk a complete and utter shock.

“I, Ghost Spear Ben, promise the God of Athenae that I will be your hands and feet and will follow you from now until forever.”

“......!”

Minhyuk’s eyes widened as his body trembled.

‘Th, this can’t be happening......!’

He was entirely shocked with this reward. First and foremost, he did not like this reward very much. There was only one reason.

‘I have another mouth to feed......?’

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