Chapter 735: God of Birth Gaerna

Chapter 735: God of Birth Gaerna

Back when Minhyuk was still negotiating with Calauhel.

[Minhyuk: By the way... the next time you contact me, it will be 250 billion.]

[Calauhel: You’re crazy.]

Minhyuk stared at Calauhel cursing him as he ended the whisper.

‘It’s a fair price.’

He had judged that asking for 250 billion was not that excessive. After all, he had also witnessed the complete massacre of the 500,000-strong troops that marched first in the hands of Gaerna.

Minhyuk was also aware that the Allied Army was trying to turn the tables with just a handful of elites. He was certain that they would not be able to put up a good fight at all, especially with Gaerna’s army’s overwhelming numbers.

What did 250 billion represent? It was a lot. Of course, the reason why he asked for so much was that he felt quite repugnant and disgusted with Calauhel’s request. Both the Rothschilde Kingdom and the Qingdao Kingdom had declared that they would kill Gaerna to the world and targeted the Beyond the Heavens Kingdom. However, the moment they were pushed to a corner, they came running to him and sent him a whisper.

However, that was not the decisive reason why he asked for so much.

‘Can we even measure the true value of this box?’

The Battle God had given Minhyuk his blessings. Among the blessings that he received was an item called the ‘Battle God’s Treasure Box.’ What was the Battle God’s Treasure Box?

[The Battle God’s Treasure Box will give you the ingredients, artifacts, orders, potions or whatever it is that you desire. However, you can only get one item and its rank would randomly be chosen from legendary~god!]

As it turned out, the box would give someone whatever they wanted once. However, the rank or grade of the item would depend on luck. If they were lucky, they would be able to get a god-grade item and if their luck was bad, then they would get a legendary-grade item.

Minhyuk would choose to get a god-grade ingredient, cook it into a dish, and use it to increase his powers. However, his plans had now changed.

“Select an ingredient that has an effect that would allow the complete removal of all poisons and abnormal status from the Battle God’s Treasure Box.”

[The Battle God’s Treasure Box is searching for the ingredient that you want.]

Ring!

[You have acquired the Bean Sprouts Grown by the God of Poisons.]

Minhyuk immediately checked the ingredient that he acquired.

‘You will have the power to resist all kinds of poisons and abnormal status.’

This was the most important point. Since it was a god-grade ingredient, Minhyuk could expect additional effects like a tremendous increase in stats or skills. Of course, this was all under the assumption that he would be able to serve a high-grade dish.

Minhyuk immediately started cooking.

Bean sprouts were ingredients used in various dishes. It could be used in stir-fries, fried rice, rice noodles, and many others. Simply put, bean sprouts could be used in a variety of ways. The dish that Minhyuk chose to make was ‘Vietnamese Rice Noodles’, well known for its refreshing and delicious soup.

‘It’s easy and quick to eat.’

Minhyuk had recently received the privilege where he could raise one of his skills to MAX, which allowed his Everyone’s Happiness to reach Level 9. Although it could only be used once, it could still allow him to feed 10,000 people all at one go, during that one time.

Then, he started cooking.

‘I just did not respond to Calauhel’s offer.’

That was right. Minhyuk just chose to not respond to Calauhel’s offer. However, that did not mean that he would not help. He also wanted to protect Athenae. After all, he was very grateful to the game Athenae for giving him a second chance at life. If it had not been for Athenae, his condition would not have improved.

As he cooked with all his might, he remembered the words that Brod told him before.

—Your Majesty, I’m sorry but I would like to visit the place that we lived at in the past with them.

In the Land of the Gods, there was a collapsed empire. It was the place where Brod, his Red Knights and his soldiers once lived. Right now, that was where he wanted to go with the souls of his men. Brod assured him that it would not take that long.

Meanwhile, the reports from Genie kept on ringing in Minhyuk’s ears.

[Genie: Most of the 20,000 rankers had been bitten by the parasitic mosquitoes. They will turn into the enemy in an hour.]

[Genie: The situation is getting worse by the second. Gaerna is blowing up the heads of the mages and the archers.]

[Genie: Minhyuk, I think the top rankers are trying to kill themselves.]

Despite the constant influx of reports in his ears, Minhyuk did not lose his concentration. To protect Athenae, which was dear and precious to him, and for the people fighting there he had to concentrate.

Finally, he finished cooking.

Ring!

[You have completed Vietnamese Rice Noodles.]

***

The entire world was in despair as they watched the best rankers use their final strength and kill off as many as they could before they got fully infected.

“Even if I go down, I will kill one more of you bastards!!!”

“I shudder at the thought of you bastards surviving and infecting others.”

“Die!!! Die!!!”

A downpour of spears rained upon the ground and instantly turned 40,000 of Gaerna’s army that were charging toward the rankers into ashes. It was quickly followed up by another notification.

[The Evil God, who dyed the world with blood and fear, will lend his power for our sake.]

Flaaaaaaash—

The Puzzling Seasoning Jar came out of Minhyuk’s inventory and revealed a handsome man who was glaring coldly through the gaps of his long hair.

“Get lost.”

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!

Tens of thousands of books floated around him and released bolts of black lightning that devoured and slaughtered Gaerna’s Army.

“I’m hungryyyyyyyyyyy!!!” Gaerna screamed as she flew to the sky. “Uweeeeeeeeeeeeck!!!”

Then, tens of thousands of mosquitoes flew out of her mouth. The swarm of mosquitoes flew and grew until they were the size of an average human being.

[Mosquito Knight. Level 531.]

Everyone fell deeper into despair when they saw the mosquito knights. At that time, Minhyuk, who was standing atop the walls of Faelbert Fortress, leapt to the skies.

Then, blazing black flames flared up and shot out from the blade of his sword as he swung them toward the mosquito knights that had started to gather in the sky. Fortunately, the skill: Double Skill with a 1.2% probability of getting triggered, was activated. The skill allowed him to double the effects and the radius of his strike.

[And I will also...]

The entire world, including the rankers that were hurriedly eating the Vietnamese Rice Noodles, watched Minhyuk. One could see the hope in their eyes.

Someone gulped loudly, their hands sweating profusely as they watched Food God Minhyuk unleash a blazing flame from his sword. Then, the blazing black flames turned into a wave that cleared an entire path in the sky that had darkened from the appearance of the swarm of mosquitoes.

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaang—

Crackleeeeeeeee—!

The Overlord’s Technique devoured and annihilated all of the mosquitoes that appeared in the sky. The flames continued to spread until it reached and set Gaerna ablaze.

“Kihyeeeeeeeeeck! I’m going to kill you! Die! Dieeeeeeeeeee!”

[...fight with you. And not only that.]

At that moment, Gaerna burst out into flames.

“Kihyaaaaaaaaaack!”

[Gaerna’s Wrath.]

[Gaerna’s Wrath has awakened all of the insects.]

Gaerna was not only the God of Birth but also the God of Bugs. Just like that, various kinds of unknown and mysterious bugs soared to the sky and covered it in a sea of black. Just like before, those bugs grew the size of humans too. There were at least 60,000 of them flying in the sky and many more in the ground.

“I’m going to kill you!!!” Gaerna roared as the swarm of insects charged at Minhyuk.

Despite the nervous tension that surrounded everyone else, Minhyuk remained calm and composed. All of them believed that no matter how powerful Food God Minhyuk was, there was no way for him to kill almost 200,000 insects in one go.

However, the notifications were not over yet.

[Your idol.]

Thump—

Someone stepped forward and stood right next to Minhyuk. His skin, which was covered with bulging green veins earlier, had now returned to normal. Rather than that, there was this black and imposing aura that surrounded the man’s body. He was Alexander.

[Your friend.]

Thump—

This time, a woman with attractive and alluring brown skin, and a beautiful bow hanging on her back appeared next to him. This woman was none other than Master Archer Miao.

[Your rulers and kings.]

“Alliance’s King, give us your orders!!!”

“Food God, give us your orders!!!”

“Uwoooooooooooh!!!”

“Waaaaaaaaaaaah!!!”

Almost 10,000 people with black aura oozing out of their bodies gathered around Minhyuk amidst the sea of bugs.

‘Ellie’s Swordsmanship.’

Minhyuk glared sharply at the incoming sea of bugs while his body released an imposing red aura.

[We will all make history by defeating a million troops with just ten thousand strong men.]

With his sharp and cold gaze, Minhyuk ordered, “Destroy them.”