Chapter 371: Turning the Tide of War

Chapter 371: Turning the Tide of War

Minhyuk was faced with Atlas’ dire situation the moment he arrived. Without any hesitation, he jumped straight into the fray and began fighting against thousands of enemies.

“What the hell?!!!!”

“It’s...it’s the Food God!!!”

“Kill!!!”

The players that were trying to dig into the gaps of Atlas turned toward him and attacked him. But, Minhyuk just opened his mouth calmly and said, “Pinnacle.”

“...?”

“...Stop him from using his skills!!!”

“Did, did he just say Pinnacle?”

A red current of energy suddenly appeared and covered Minhyuk’s body, as a strong wind blew around him.

“Sword of Tempest.”

That was right. A tempest. There was literally a tempest of blades numbering in the hundreds that appeared around Minhyuk.

[Sword of Tempest]

[Hundreds of sword blades with 250% basic attack will indiscriminately slaughter your enemies within six seconds. During the duration of the skill, your movement speed will increase by 200%.]

Ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping—

Hundreds of blades with 2.5x the regular attack speed created a violent storm, brutally massacring the players that flocked around Minhyuk. Even Minhyuk’s movement speed had increased by 200%, which allowed him to move swiftly across the battlefield, effectively slaughtering his enemies.

“Keuhaaaaaaack!”

“Ugh... aaaaaaack!”

“Keheooook!”

It only took an instant. In just a blink of an eye, Minhyuk had already pierced through thousands of players. They tried to approach him and attack him, but the hundreds of blades had tremendous speed that they could not easily break through, which allowed Minhyuk to ignore them. There were occasional magic attack spells that would land on Minhyuk’s body, but his magical defense was extremely high that the attacks did not cause great damage to him.

The scene looked quite similar to Moses’ miracle as a path was created in the places that he passed through. And finally, Minhyuk arrived behind Arcas, who was trying to punch Ali in the face.

[The duration of Sword of Tempest has ended.]

The skill ended and started its cooldown as Minhyuk attacked Arcas’ back to stop him.

[Critical Strike!]

“Keuaaaaaaaaack!” Arcas shrieked from the powerful attack that he received. The attack had instantly shaved 10% off of his HP.

‘A single attack skill?’

When Arcas turned to look behind him, he saw Food God Minhyuk and the remaining forces of Atlas gathering around him. And just when Arcas was about to attack him...

“Let’s Have a Meal!”

...Minhyuk triggered his skill and a large and translucent barrier appeared around them.

Baaaaaaaang—

Arcas’ fist slammed on the barrier but it did not even shake at all.

‘What kind of skill was that?’ Arcas thought, wondering if he was just tricked by Minhyuk. After all, his HP had decreased by 10% in an instant. However, would a simple attack of the strongest ranker be able to shave off 10% of his HP? He believed that the answer would most definitely be no.

Then, Minhyuk did something shocking inside the barrier.

“Pffft...” Arcas burst out in laughter.

In fact, even the members of the Let’s Eat Sect Guild were looking at Minhyuk in doubt.

“You want us to eat this...?”

“So suddenly?”

This was because Minhyuk had served them a bowl of food, which was none other than ‘Rice Cake Dumpling Soup’.

***

Ali was in disbelief. His friend, Minhyuk, was here!

After not seeing each other for a long time, the first thing that Minhyuk did was to trigger his skill ‘Let’s Have a Meal’, before distributing rice cake dumpling soup to them.

“We don’t have time. Eat the soup quickly.”

“What... what is this...”

“This rice cake dumpling soup is the only way for us to overcome this situation.”

“...”

“...”

“...”

They were just fighting a bloody battle. But, as if trying to match the name of the skill ‘Let’s Have a Meal’ they were now being told to eat. It sounded completely ridiculous, but Ali remembered something.

[The buff will last for three days.]

“...?!”

Ali was very shocked.

***

The major executives of Athenae South Korea had also gathered at the conference hall today to watch the events on the TV screen.

President Kang Taehoon groaned, “Hummmm...”

Aside from their large numbers, the other side also had plenty of rankers among them. In the first place, there was already a vast difference between the number of players in South Korea and China. Because of that, Cairon Continent was larger than Asgan Continent.

However, none of them expected that they would be extremely helpless in front of such numbers. Berdk’s ramparts were on the verge of collapsing, while the rankers and players in the Korean Defense Base were all screaming and howling. Even the Food God’s territory was on the verge of being taken away.

“I’ll turn off the TV,” Director Kim Daesik said as he turned off the TV amidst their disastrous and desperate atmosphere. Everyone sighed ruefully. They were not just Athenae executives, they were also Koreans. Athenae was no longer considered as a simple game in the world. This fact made them feel even sadder, and for some, despair.

Then, Director Kim Daesik turned to look at the community sites abroad.

[In the first place, a shabby country like Korea is not a match for a powerhouse like China.]

[I heard Athenae was created by Koreans so there should be a lot of benefits for their people, but look at the way it is. Hahahahahaha.]

[They kept on saying ‘Food God, Food God’, but isn’t he just a moron? In fact, they said that he’s the best in Korea right? What can he even do in Athenae: World War?]

[I agree. Food God is a non-combat class. In the end, he’s just like a rookie in front of the strongest people in the continent.]

[I’m looking forward to Athenae: World War. I wonder how Korea will rank? If there are 45 countries participating, they’ll probably rank 44th, right? Hahahahaha.]

Everyone here was aware that a lot of people all over the world were mocking the Korean players.

Meanwhile, President Kang Taehoon was talking with Team Leader Park Minggyu. They had sent Team Leader Park Minggyu to attend the meeting about the Athenae: World War, because he was a very straightforward person, with a clear head that went far beyond his position as a ‘Team Leader’. President Kang Taehoon was confident that Park Minggyu would not lose any ground against the Athenae branch managers from the other countries, especially in that place where they had to hold their breaths and fight against each other.

Even President Kang Taehoon relied on Park Minggyu, his firm conviction, and beliefs sometimes.

[What do you think about the battle this time? It’s hard, right?]

An answer came right away.

[It’s hard, but we have to overcome it. The fight is not yet over. We don’t have the time to get frustrated yet.]

“...”

Kang Taehoon grinned. He had always liked this confidence and look in Team Leader Park Minggyu.

“The war is not yet over.”

“...That’s right.”

“It’s not yet over.”

Kang Taehoon was greeted with the small smiles of the executives in the conference hall. Then, at that moment...

“Waaaaaaaaaaah!!!”

“Food God!!!”

“As expected of Our Lord, Food God!!!”

“Uwoooooooooo!!!”

“Huh? Why are they eating when they’re in the middle of a fight?”

“That’s his skill ‘Let’s Have a Meal’.”

Cheers suddenly erupted outside the conference hall. That was when Director Kim Daesik sensed that something unusual had happened. He hurriedly turned on the TV to see Arcas lying on the ground.

“Ar... Arcas?!”

But that was not the end of the surprise. Black Mage Ali flew high up, as a magic spell unfolded in the sky above him. Then...

[Grrrrrrrrroaaaar—]

With the loud roar, the sky was torn apart. Then, giant meteorites began to fall from the torn space.

“...!”

“...!”

President Kang Taehoon jumped up in surprise. Even Director Kim Daesik did the same. Then, Development Team Leader Lee Seokhoon shouted in disbelief, “Meteor...”

“Did... did he... he just used the strongest AOE magic spell, Meteor?”

They knew that Ali had already reached his limit earlier. Besides, Meteor was the top skill among all of the Eight Tier Magic spells. It was a skill that they expected Ali to only awaken and master in another year and a half.

So, how was he able to use Meteor right now? Then, at that moment...

Baaaaaaaaaaang—

The giant meteorites rained down upon the thousands of enemy troops and tore them apart.

1. 밥심 (literally food/rice power. Eating a meal/rice to gain energy. ☜