Chapter 579: Louvert Guild

Chapter 579: Louvert Guild

After the Battle of the Thrones, breaking news kept on pouring out.

[The Beyond the Heavens Kingdom ranked the lowest in the Battle of Thrones but is the true number one?]

[The true potential of Beyond the Heavens and the Koreans that fought against twenty seven countries.]

[Vietnam’s Master Archer Miao has expressed her desire to establish friendly relations with Beyond the Heavens Kingdom...]

[Beyond the Heavens Kingdom is the most searched word in global portal sites.]

[Experts have predicted that many players will traverse the Stars’ Path and knock on the doors of Beyond the Heavens.]

[The membership of Food God Minhyuk’s fancafe ‘Eat ‘til We Die’ is expected to increase by around three million. His influence has such a great impact that even children dream of joining Beyond the Heavens.]

[Ilhwa Group’s sales have dramatically increased due to their successor, Kang Minhyuk’s move.]

[Ztube. The highlights of the Beyond the Heavens’ battle during the Battle of the Thrones have swept Ztube’s 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th rankings. The 1st place in the rankings is the ‘King’s Banquet’, where the Food God sat on his throne in front of 300 million players.]

Many articles praised the Beyond the Heavens Kingdom and the outstanding potential that they had shown during the Battle of the Thrones. Meanwhile, a lot of people were paying attention to the rewards of the one that sat on the Supreme Throne.

[Alexander sat on the Supreme Throne. What are the rewards that the American rankers had received?]

[Alexander and America have become even stronger.]

[For the American rankers, the rewards that they will receive will depend on their contributions. They will be able to receive artifacts from epic~legendary and an additional 50 platinum.]

[What rewards will the Beyond the Heavens and the Korean rankers receive?]

[The Food God, as the lowest ranking king, will receive the basic reward of 50 platinum and some EXP buff potions.]

[The participating Korean rankers will receive 3 platinum each.]

[The rewards will not end there.]

[Two days later, the MVP will be selected from the participating countries. The MVP country will be chosen through voting. 10% will come from the global experts’ votes and 90% will be from the viewers’ votes.]

[The rewards for the MVP country have not yet been revealed.]

That was right. Beyond the Heavens Kingdom received the lowest rewards. In all honesty, the rewards that they received were not enough for the effort that they had put into participating. Because of that, Haze, Minhyuk’s aid and the one in charge of the kingdom’s finances and many more things, felt her head ache as she looked at Minhyuk and Grandpa Ben sitting together.

‘Haa...’

Beyond the Heavens Kingdom was not able to generate enough profits for a few days because of their participation in the ‘Battle of the Thrones’, an event that God Athenae and Joy Co. had implemented. On top of that, the rewards that they received were also pitiful.

Of course, Haze heard that the Beyond the Heavens Kingdom did a great job during that event. They even gained high honor and reputation. However...

‘I’m the one in charge of the kingdom’s finances, Your Majesty.’

Haze smiled bitterly. Indeed, she was in charge of an important task: managing the finances of Beyond the Heavens Kingdom. This was a very important task. After all, they could not afford to be the kingdom that was destroyed because they lack money, right? So, even though the entire Beyond the Heavens Kingdom was in a festive mood as if they had won a victory, she was not.

And Minhyuk...

“Hehe, grandpa. Ah~”

“Ah~ munch, munch. Mhmm~ Everything that Your Majesty feeds me is very delicious. Here, Your Majesty, have a sip.”

“Kihyaa~ Grandpa’s coffee is the best!”

...and Ben were looking at each other happily. Despite her troubles, Haze could not help but smile and laugh together with them. They looked very happy after meeting each other again. In fact, the two of them could not be separated at all. They had been like that for hours.

But then, a dark and gloomy voice rang from another side.

“Hoo~ Those same cube steaks that they sell on food trucks on the street? There are people that enjoy those kinds of things?”

“...”

Black immediately turned mute. He was actually the one that ate those cube steaks the fastest out of the 10,000 people that were given that dish. Also...

‘I really want to join them.’

Black was able to experience what it was like to be with Beyond the Heavens firsthand. None of his guild members had been able to participate in the Battle of the Thrones. It was because chefs would not prove to be useful in that battle at all. It was only thanks to the Black’s buff skills as a chef that he was able to participate in the war. And it was only because he participated that he was able to taste the dish that the Food God had made himself. Despite the simple and easy recipe, the dish tasted divine. It was something that he wanted to achieve so badly.

“Beyond the Heavens is promoting the sales of street food. We will taste them ourselves and give our own evaluation. And we can also do business once we pay taxes, so we can show them what true cooking is!!!”

‘But... but I really want to go to Beyond the Heavens?’

“That’s right!!! Let’s smash the Food God’s upturned nose down and bring all their chefs to Louvert Guild!!!”

“Since the Beyond the Heavens Kingdom is trying to take away our great Black, let’s make an example out of them!!!”

Black looked at them and thought, ‘Please don’t do this to me...’

***

The eight Louvert Guild executives were hailed as ‘Great Chefs’. This was because each and every single one of them were very influential chefs in South Korea. Some of them were hailed as the masters of Japanese cuisine, while some were hailed as the masters of Korean cuisine. Some were adept at Western cuisine and others at Chinese cuisine. Most of them were well-known chefs.

The youngest among these eight chefs, Bok-Gyeong[1], clicked his tongue after seeing the state of the Beyond the Heavens Kingdom.

‘I can’t believe people are being enticed by street food like that...!”

What these masters intended to do was to eat and evaluate the dishes that Beyond the Heavens Kingdom called their specialties, point out their problems, and do business for a few days in their kingdom to show them how things should be. Bok-Gyeong was one of the people tasked with this mission. Right now, he was queuing in a very long line.

“The fried chicken skewers here are amazing~”

“I heard that these are the most delicious fried chicken skewers in the world!”

“Kyaaa~! I’m so excited.”

He had been waiting for more than an hour now! In fact, Bok-Gyeong did not really like the taste of street food, ‘The seasonings are too stimulating, the hygiene is bad, and to top it all off, most of the vendors that sell on the streets do not have an ounce of knowledge in cooking.’

But they had the audacity to name the fried chicken skewers stall as ‘Emperor’s Skewers’. The person selling the fried chicken skewers was quite bulky and from what it looked like, he was selling fried chicken skewers that were heavily seasoned with chicken sauce.

‘The flavor should be ordinary. It’s obvious that they’re selling these by exaggerating the flavor,’ Bok-Gyeong concluded as his thoughts continued, ‘By the way, I wonder where the Chef of Delight is?’

The Chef of Delight was a chef with out-of-this-world skills that shook the entire Asgan Continent before. From what Bok-Gyeong had heard, the dishes made by the Chef of Delight were, at the very least, comparable to Black’s own dishes. It was also said that each of the dishes that he made were as special as they were delicious. Bok-Gyeong believed that he deserved to be hailed as a true, genuine chef, especially after he saved many people with his single dish.

However, the reason why Bok-Gyeong was particularly interested in the Chef of Delight was because he was the NPC that could help a player change into the legendary class: Chinese Cuisine’s Legend. Eating his dish for the first time would allow one to gain enlightenment. Also, learning to cook from him would allow them to change their job class.

Bok-Gyeong, who was busy thinking about many things, finally stood at the front of the line. From up close, the chef looked a bit old. Bok-Gyeong looked at the chef and sarcastically said, “Why is this skewer called Emperor’s Skewer?”

“Hoho. Believe it or not, I used to be the head chef of Her Majesty Ellie.”

Bok-Gyeong thought that the man selling the skewers was trying to make him laugh!

‘What? This bastard was Ellie’s chef?’

Bok-Gyeong almost snorted. Fried chicken skewers were something that even a ten-year-old could easily do after being taught! Then, the NPC’s name appeared above the man’s head.

‘Len.’

The man selling fried chicken skewers was the same man that worked as Empress Ellie’s main chef, the very same man that taught Food God Minhyuk how to cook, and the one that saved the world through cooking. He was Asgan Continent’s legend, the Chef of Delight.

1. 복경(Bok-Gyeong) is Beijing or Peking. ☜