Oh Changwook sat on the sofa with a gloomy look on his face.

The TV was turned on right in front of him, currently tuned to the game channel, ATV. It was the channel that attracted the most viewers among the existing game channels in the country. The reason why it was the most popular channel, compared to other game channels, was because ATV broadcasted new classes and various quests everyday, as well as the special methods, to target and acquire them.

At that moment, Lee Jinhwan approached Changwook, holding a cup of coffee in his hand. Changwook looked like he had lost everything in his world as he watched the TV.

“What seems to be the problem, Changwook? Huh?”

Jinhwan asked dumbly as he looked at Changwook in confusion. Changwook had his face in his hands and his expression looked like everything was over. So, Jinhwan asked, “Got dumped?” 

“I confessed to Hyejin, but she thought that it was just a lie! Why? The atmosphere was clearly nice too…!”

“Hmm…?” Lee Jinhwan hummed in confusion.

It seemed like the ‘Immortal Great Wizard’ Changwook had attempted to make an escape from being single. Unfortunately, it looked like things did not turn out the way he thought it would.

“Did I make a mistake? I sent her a message in ka-talk[1], replied a few times and even read and chewed every word.” 

“By any chance, can I see your ka-talk messages?”

Changwook handed him his mobile phone.

“…” 

After he saw the messages, Jinhwan turned to look at Changwook with disbelief written all over his face.

[Changwook: I love you Hyejin! Please date me!]

[Hyejin: Eh? OMG…!]

[Changwook: To be honest, I couldn’t tell you until now because I thought that I was still not genital but I really like you!]

[Hyejin: Genital…?]

[Changwook: Yes. I’m not genital.]

[Hyejin: …Genital, genital! Hey, super genital, genital! Genital, genital! Genital, genital! What can we do if our Changwook is still not genital… Isn’t this too genital?]

[Changwook:…?]

“No, isn’t the spelling wrong…? And I can’t believe that you just told her that you love her with no rhyme or reason at all. Boy, you really don’t have a love bone in your body!”

“Yes?”

Jinhwan looked at him incredulously. He said, “It’s not genital, it’s genial.”

“…It’s not the same?”

Jinhwan clicked his tongue. For some reason, he thought that this might be the reason why Changwook had defended his title of being an ‘Immortal Great Wizard’ for quite a long time.

Then, at that moment…

[Virtual Reality Game: Athenae. There’s an imminent outbreak of a major war!!!]

The sound from the TV caught their attention. The voice that rang loudly in their ears was the voice that shouted ‘America’s Box Office Number 1!!!’ in movie trailers every day, although it was a mystery to everyone how there could always be a movie that topped the box office every day.

Along with his voice, the scene on the screen changed. The screen showed Elven Land that had not yet been opened to the public.

[Kyaaaaaack!]

[Run away!]

[Praise Verus!]

[Verus will paint the whole world with disasters!]

The Demon Worshippers shouted loudly as portals cracked open. And from those cracks, demonic monsters, as well as other demonic races came out. In the middle of it, there stood an Elf, one with signature pointy and sharp ears. The elf looked like he was nocking an arrow on his bow, even though there was no arrow at all. As soon as he let go of the bow…

Fwoosh, fwoosh, fwoosh, fwoosh, fwoosh!

Hundreds of arrows shot the demonic humans, demonic monsters and other demonic races.

[Elf King Gorn! There are too many enemies coming in! You have to retreat!]

[My heart is bleeding. If I did that, our Elven Forest would be painted in hell!]

[We have no other choice!]

[…I think it’s time to make use of our hundred-year promise with the humans.]

[Hundred-year promise?]

[That’s right. The hundred-year promise. We would be able to get help from the humans with this hundred-year promise. Send the High Elves now!]

[Yes!]

Then, the scene on the screen changed again. It showed Ellie, the Empress of the Eivelis Empire and Asvon, the Emperor of Collodis Empire, sitting face to face.

[I think it’s time for us to have a cease-fire. Ellie.]

[I agree. The elves had asked us to make good of the hundred-year promise. Based on the agreement, we will lend them a hand when they’re on the brink of extinction. They will pay a reasonable price as compensation for helping them. The gate to the Demon World has opened in the Elven Forest. After they ravage the Elven Forest, they will target us next.]

[Let’s have a truce for a while.]

The two people shook their hands together in agreement. Then, they kept on talking.

[It seems like we will need the strength of the foreigners to stop and close the gates to the Demon World.]

[Let’s set up an army and send out a subjugation force.]

Along with their words, the story about the great war was shown, which was followed by the next words.

[New Episode. The Invasion of the Demon World.]

1 Elves will appear in every village.

2 You can get a variety of quests from the elves.

3 You can proceed with the quest to prevent the invasion of the Demon World through your affiliated Empire.

4 Depending on your level of activity, you can convert your contributions to war points.

5 War points can be exchanged for various things such as artifacts, skill books and EXP books through the special elves in the village.

6 Additional information can be found in the Official Athenae Website. Have a nice Athenae, everyone!

“Oh…!”

“Weren’t you just sulky earlier?”

Jinhwan clicked his tongue when he saw Changwook’s face regain its vitality in an instant.

Changwook immediately went to check Athenae’s official website to check about the elves. He saw that the elves would receive their points, and players could exchange the points for things that they wanted with them. In particular, the items that the elves sold were rare and had never been released before.

Then, Changwook asked, “Perhaps, there’s something good to eat with the elves?”

He pondered deeply about this possibility.

“A gorgonzola pizza made with the elves’ honey, elves’ dark beer, elves’ bibimbap… hmm…”

An idea flashed through Changwook’s head.

“This is 100% perfect for Minhyuk!!”

***

Minhyuk could see that the presence in front of him was the previous Food God, Allen. This was his first time meeting him. Minhyuk’s level had also shot through Level 380 in an instant.

“Hoo. You’re not as fat as I thought. Rather, you look very tiny and small.”

“The Food God is the same too.”

Minhyuk smiled at him. He was very pleased to make the late Food God’s acquaintance. After all, this man loved to eat as much as him.

“I don’t have a lot of time. I can only stay here for a while.”

It made sense since the Food God was already dead. 

“Have you checked my request?”

“Not yet.”

“Look at it.”

Minhyuk immediately checked the contents of the quest.

[Class Quest: The Food God’s Bet.]

Rank: SS

Requirements: Food God

Rewards: Will depend on your achievements.

Penalty for Failure: None.

Description: The Food God was an outstanding commander who had many subordinates and vassals under him during his lifetime. He was an outstanding commander that shone brightly during the wars. However, the gods had told him that his descendants would only be weak and lazy. So, they made a bet. Most of the God Class players or above will receive this quest through different methods and with different rewards. You can prove that the Food God is not just a class that only thinks about eating. However, you can still say no and it will be alright if you don’t want to compete.

1 When 100% of your enemies had been shot and killed: Food God’s Bizzare Spicy Rice Cake Set.

2 When 100% of your commanding ability has been displayed: Food God’s Spicy Chicken Feet Set.

3 When you get the highest contribution among the three Gods that participated in the bet: Acquire the Food God’s Kitchen Knife.

It was a special quest that would not mete out any penalty even if Minhyuk failed. It was also a class quest that did not have anything to do with the five God’s Dishes.

The other gods thought that the Food God’s descendants would be lazy and weak? It was laughable. However, Food God Allen could also understand why they thought so. After all, one only needed to eat to transfer to the Food God Class. They had to fill their fullness stat to 10/10 and choose the pig instead of the legendary class, Berserker. It was a class for food and eating alone! This was the reason why no one believed that his descendants would have a strong presence.

However, Allen had the means to gauge his descendant’s strength. So, he reached his hands out slowly and said, “Boy, I wonder how far you’ve come in your journey. Will you take this stone?”

Minhyuk reached his hands out and grabbed the stone in Allen’s hand. The stone was none other than an energy stone, one that could gauge the power of the person holding the stone.  However, this stone was only capable of gauging the strength of someone below Level 470.

When Minhyuk held the stone…

Crack ,crack, crack, crack—

Allen’s eyes widened in shock when he heard the sound of cracking coming out of his hands.

‘Wh…what the hell… this sound…’ Food God Allen thought in shock.

Just like what was mentioned earlier, the energy stone would not be able to gauge the power of the person holding it if they surpassed Level 470. In other words, Minhyuk already had a force that was above Level 500. Of course, this force included his stats, skills and the artifacts that he had on his body.

Crack! 

Flop!

The energy stone broke in Minhyuk’s hands.

“Boy… What have you been doing so far…” Food God Allen asked as he looked at Minhyuk in shock. 

Breaking the energy stone meant that Minhyuk’s overall force was at least Level 500, or even higher.

***

Minhyuk looked at the shocked Allen and said, “I’ve just been working hard and enjoying my meals. Just like you, Food God!!”

Then, he smiled brightly. Allen’s lips also curled up in a wide smile when he saw Minhyuk’s bright expression. He chuckled and said, “You truly are my descendant!”

“Eyy. I’m still a long way off. Don’t you think that I still need to be able to eat roasted pig with Dragon’s Breath, to be called a proper descendant?”

“Ah. Right. You haven’t tried it yet, right? Boy? If you eat it after fully roasting it with Dragon’s Breath, the smell of smoke will spread in your mouth…”

‘Gulp.’

The two gulped at the same time. It seemed like they truly were on the same wavelength.

“Ah. Wait, wait. I don’t have enough time. Will you be accepting my bet?”

“Of course. The rewards…”

Allen nodded when he saw Minhyuk’s excitement.

“That’s right. Aren’t the rewards great?!!!”

“I’m very, very, very happy! I will definitely make all of that happen!”

The rewards written in the quest were the epitome of midnight snacks. The Bizarre Spicy Rice Cake Set and the Spicy Chicken Feet Set!

Although it was occasional, there would be days when one would crave spicy food. Those days usually happened when someone was extremely stressed out. During such times, one would definitely order the Bizarre Spicy Rice Cake set, as well as the Spicy Chicken Feet Set.

Minhyuk could already imagine himself lifting the lid of the spicy rice cake set and seeing the melted cheese that was glowing in white light. Underneath the cheese was the red spicy rice cake, as well as the vienna sausages and dumplings. There were also soft, plump boiled eggs inside.

Eating the spicy rice cake and chicken feet would definitely make Minhyuk sweat and say ‘Slurp— Ho!’ with the delicious heat of the food. The spiciness and heat would then make him hurry and reach out for a drink of cold and refreshing Julpis. 

Minhyuk personally preferred the peach flavor among the variety that Julpis offered. He was sure that the refreshing and cool Julpis would wash away the tingling in his mouth. Eating the spicy and bizarre spicy rice cake continuously would definitely cause him pleasurable pain, but just like the demon’s temptation, he would definitely keep on reaching out for more! After eating the spicy rice cake, he would then set his sights on the spicy chicken feet.

With those thoughts in mind, Minhyuk vowed to complete this task! Then, he asked, “Food God, is the Food God’s Kitchen Knife the artifact that you used in the past?”

“Yes. It has a very, very special and amazing power.” 

However, Minhyuk was not interested in anything else aside from food. Looking at him, Allen smiled pleasantly and said, “As expected of my descendant! Yes! You should get it!” 

“Eyy. What will I do with an artifact that I won’t be able to eat?” 

“Right. It’s something you can’t eat. I also wanted all of the rewards for you to be food, but God Athenae stopped me!!!” 

“Hahahahaha! That would definitely be a happy thing!” 

The two of them really hit it off.

Meanwhile, Corr and Loyna muttered to themselves as they watched the scene in front of them.

“I’m going nuts.” 

“It’s like I’m watching a gluttonous dad and his son…” 

Then, Minhyuk suddenly thought of something. He said, “Ah! Do you have any special cooking utensils?” 

“Special cooking utensils?” 

“Yes. I got a Demigod Artifact Production Method.” 

Minhyuk spoke quietly, while Allen’s eyes could not help but widen in shock.

‘N…no. What in the world were you doing?!!’

‘Demigod Artifact Production Method?’

Allen knew the power that it held. He also knew one piece of information. The special treasures of those beings. When one collected all the treasures, they would be able to produce any type of artifact that they wanted.

Allen gulped and nodded. He said, “There is. A very amazing artifact. But, you’re still a long way off.” 

“Where is it?” 

“Demon World.” 

1. short for Kakao Talk, a popular messenger app in KR ☜