Chapter 248: Is It Already Over?

Ten minutes after the main course was served,

Krueng!

Kuik!

Both Cuengi and Uren raised their hands simultaneously.

“Yes! The plates of Cuengi Park and Uren have been emptied!!! Staff, please hurry and bring more dishes for these two contestants!”

Following the announcer’s words, pigs brought plates with 100 steamed fish carrot stews and placed them in front of Cuengi and Uren.

And instead of taking away the empty plates, they were stacked to the side. This was done to count later how much each had eaten by the number of plates.

As the pigs brought dishes for the contestants dozens of times,

“Ugh!”

“I give... up...”

Contestants began to drop out.

Moo...

Even the Black Minotaurs, who had not dropped out until the main course, eventually couldn’t hold on and began to drop out one by one.

Shortly after,

As the stack of plates beside Cuengi and Uren exceeded 15,

The last remaining Black Minotaur, Minotaur 3, dropped out.

“Now there are only two contestants left! Cuengi Park is showing a performance not at all inferior to the legendary food fighter Uren!”

Only Cuengi and Uren were left.

And then,

Munch. Munch.

They began eating earnestly.

Until now, the pace of serving had been delayed due to other contestants, leading to multiple interruptions in their eating.

Krueng!

Kuik!

Thanks to this, the time it took for them to finish their food and raise their hands became quicker.

“Staff, please hurry and bring the food!”

The staff couldn’t rest and had to keep serving plates.

Munch. Munch.

Krueng!

Kuik!

Cuengi and Uren kept eating non-stop. Despite consuming an enormous amount, their eating pace hadn’t changed from the beginning.

Suddenly, as the stack of plates beside them surpassed 30,

Kuik!

Uren’s body began to grow a little. It seemed hard to maintain his small size due to the food in his stomach.

Krueng!

In contrast, Cuengi showed no other change except for an intensification of the red glow around his body.

Krueng!

Kuik!

“Yes! Once again, both Cuengi Park and Uren have raised their hands at the same time! They have both reached 50 plates! Staff, please refill the food quickly!”

The announcer urged the staff.

However,

Kuik. Kuik.

No more food came, and a pig ran up to the announcer to relay something.

“Oh... I have regrettable news. All 50 chefs who were cooking have collapsed due to exhaustion.”

The chefs, who were overexerting themselves to keep up with the eating pace of Cuengi and Uren, had collapsed.

Uren, who valued quality as much as quantity, wanted to eat the best food in the competition and had employed 50 top-class chefs to prepare the contest’s dishes.

But combined, Cuengi and Uren had more than 100 plates stacked beside them.

Each plate had servings for 100 people, so they had consumed food for 10,000 people during the main course, not to mention what other contestants had eaten, totaling almost 20,000 servings.

Including the five large appetizers, the amount of food prepared by the chefs was even more. It was understandable that they were exhausted.

“Therefore, we will unfortunately have to substitute the contestants’ food with raw carrots from now on!”

Kuik!

Following the announcer’s announcement, pigs brought plates with 100 carrots each in front of Cuengi and Uren,

Crunch. Crunch.

And they started eating the carrots.

Soon, 100 plates were stacked beside them.

“Wow. Did they eat all that in an hour?”

The audience was astonished at the amount they ate.

Kuik!

Uren’s body started growing again. Slowly enlarging, he eventually reached a size of 3 meters.

Then,

Kuik. Kuik.

A pig ran up to the announcer again.

And,

“Ah... I’m afraid I have to convey another regrettable piece of news. It seems we’ve run out of all the prepared carrots.”

The announcer announced a shocking fact to the audience: for the first time in the history of the Food Fighter competition, they had run out of food.

“If we can’t secure more food within an hour, I’m afraid we will have to end this competition with a tie.”

All the nearby ingredients had already been purchased for the Food Fighter competition. It was highly likely that the competition would end this way.

“Chairman Park, if it’s a tie, doesn’t that mean we lose, meow?!”

Theo, aware of the contract details, looked at Sejun in shock. Could it be?! Is Chairman Park going to lose, meow?! Does that mean Chairman Park isn’t that great, meow?!

Then,

“Uh... Mr. Sejun...”

The salespeople approached, asking if they could sell Sejun’s carrots.

“Of course.”

There was no reason to refuse since they offered to handle the sales themselves.

“How much should we sell the carrots for?”

When the salesperson asked about the pricing,

“Puhuhut. Let’s discuss that with me, Vice Chairman Theo, Chairman Park’s right hand, meow!”

Theo, overflowing with admiration for Sejun, was eager to be involved in something himself.

And then,

Shrrk. Shrrk.

Theo cut a giant carrot into 200 pieces.

“Skewer the carrots on sticks, meow!”

“Yes!”

The salespeople started cutting the carrots and skewering them, then began selling the carrot skewers for 0.5 Tower Coins each.

“Crop Gigantification.”

While Theo and the salespeople sold carrot skewers, Sejun enlarged 3,000 more carrots.

[Your proficiency in Crop Gigantification Lv. 5 has slightly increased.]

[Your proficiency in Crop Gigantification Lv. 5 has been filled, and the level has increased.]

As the level of Crop Gigantification increased, the size of the giant carrots grew even more.

After Sejun’s Crop Gigantification skill level increased and he gigantified another 3,000 carrots,

Kuik...

Uren’s body grew again, almost reaching 10 meters in size.

However, despite his increasing size, Uren’s eating pace started to slow down. He was reaching his limit. The end was in sight.

Shortly after,

“Is this what losing feels like? I’ve lost...”

Thump.

Unable to eat any more, Uren finally conceded defeat and fainted.

“Uren is eliminated! Therefore, the winner is Cuengi Park! Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new legend in Food Fighter Contest!”

Crunch. Crunch.

Krueng? Krueng!

[Is it over already? That can’t be! Cuengi is still hungry!]

Cuengi, still happily eating carrots, became furious at the announcer’s words, and the red glow emanating from his body intensified. It was a side effect of activating his gluttony at 100%.

“It’s okay, Cuengi. Daddy will give you more to eat. Crop Gigantification!”

Sejun calmed Cuengi down.

After Cuengi ate about 1,000 more giant carrots,

Krueng!

[Cuengi don’t want to eat anymore!]

Cuengi, finally full, refused to eat anymore.

Krueng!

[Cuengi wants to eat sweet potatoes now!]

No, it wasn’t that he refused to eat; he was just tired of carrots. Considering Cuengi had eaten tens of thousands of carrots today...

“Okay. Crop Gigantification.”

Sejun took out sweet potatoes, enlarged them, and gave them to Cuengi. Since Uren agreed to pay for the food, there was no need to economize.

Eventually, after eating 5000 giant sweet potatoes,

Krueng!

[Cuengi is full now!]

The red glow around his body disappeared.

And then,

Krueng!

[Cuengi is sleepy now!]

Dadada.

He ran and leaped into Sejun’s arms.

Thump!

“Oof!”

Sejun caught Cuengi, feeling a huge impact.

Cuengi had eaten tens of thousands of servings of food. Even if his weight was reduced to a thousandth, it was still significant. Sejun almost hurt his back.

Kuhehehe. Krueng...

[Hehehe. Daddy will take the prize...]

Cuengi, wanting to give Sejun the prize, giggled sleepily.

“That’s right. You did great.”

Stroke. Stroke.

As Sejun stroked Cuengi’s head,

Kurorong...

Cuengi quickly fell asleep, snoring.

Just then,

“Meow?! Chairman Park! Get away from Cuengi, meow!”

Theo, who was selling sweet potatoes to the audience, noticed the explosive power building up in Cuengi’s body and shouted at Sejun.

The food Cuengi had eaten was finally being digested, causing his power to increase explosively.

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