Translator: ChubbyCheeks

QC: MattForgenti

14 A Billion? How much was it?

And it did not end there. Mabal, the leader of the subjugation force, let out a startled voice after trying out the food fried by the new recruit.

O, oh my goodness!

Even the soldiers started to speak one after another.

Huh, whats this!

Its absolutely delicious!

Ive never had a tonkatsu this delicious in my life!! And thats not all. M, my ability even increased!

Soldiers have a higher concept of the increase in abilities and levelings compared to users.

This

There are roughly more than thirty people who had the same reaction as her.

Was he really just a beginner chef?

She couldnt even conceal her shock. As she looked at the responses right now, she was wondering if what she heard from her friend about the chefs job class was correct.

Priests cant even cast this many buffs.

She thought it was because she was unaware or clueless of the situation so that was why she couldnt understand what was happening.

Ah, thats right. Our guilds Ravel-nim is one of the few advanced level chefs in the country, right?

There were only about 100 advanced level chefs in the country.

Runie had heard that the dishes cooked by the chef Ravel were the best. And his buff ability was also considered to be pretty good. Of course it still couldnt be compared to the priests.

Once a user received buffs, the user would be able to view the buffs they received on the upper right hand corner of their stats window.

There was now a translucent window on her upper right hand corner with an image of a fork and knife crossed together.

That person did not believe me.

She wondered if it was really that unbelievable? Was it that chef or was it her who did not know anything?

She clicked on her stats window. She made sure that the + on the side was visible. After making sure that all was set, she took a screenshot and sent it to the guild chat.

Runie was very frustrated.

He said that he liked the person but hes very suspicious!

However, not long after, the guild chat was flooded with messages from the other guild members.

Runie was a part of the Varest Guild. It was a mid-range guild with an average user level of 150~200.

She was able to enter as a beginner in the guild because she was friends in real life with the Guild Master Allen.

Runie checked the messy guild chat as she took the screenshot of her food. It was a very normal looking tonkatsu.

At that moment

Ravel suddenly asked her.

Ravel.

His name was Lee Hyunie, he was someone who was working in the kitchen of Shinra Hotel in reality.

He was resting in the chefs break room. His hands suddenly trembled which in turn made him drop his phone.

His conversation in the guild window in Athenae was open and could be seen on the screen of his fallen phone.

My hands are shaking? Why are they trembling like this?

Hey, hey. Look at this.

?

Its a dish that came out of Athenaes goblin subjugation force. There were at least 30 people who received buffs.

What kind of nonsense is that? A buff from a dish and there were 30 people who received it? The users there are only at Lv 15~20.

The people who were chefs in Athenae crowded together.

And then

Ack?!

Hey, fu what the hell is that!

Hey, the ingredients are E-rank! Its ingredients are E-rank! Its E-rank and theres a buff! That means that the buff was reduced!

They couldnt help but be surprised. They were people who were once chefs in Athenae but ended up deleting their characters and started all over again.

The part that they were most surprised about was the part where the ingredients for the dish were E-ranked.

Even an intermediate chef would find it hard to make a dish that was magic rank by using E-ranked ingredients. It was considered to be a rare case for them too.

Ingredients were also a very important factor in the dish. Rare or unique rank dishes usually required B~A rank ingredients.

To make a good steak, they usually needed to get meat from a free cow who grazed good grass in the grasslands. And the garlic and onions should be harvested from the land of the Lunes, however it wasnt easy since it was quite expensive.

But right now, theres a dish with a buff thats comparable to a magic dish. And to top it all of it was made from E-ranked ingredients.

If the buff is increased then it will be a total fraud!

This is impossible.

Then, at that moment

Why is there such an uproar?

They could hear a harsh voice as a man slowly entered the break room.

The man was tall, with a well-sculpted face and a charismatic appearance. His charisma was showing quite well, especially when he took off his apron.

This man was Alexs only disciple Kim Seokhyun, he was considered to be the best chef in the world.

He won 1st place for 3 consecutive years in the World Cooking Grand Prix. He was also one of the top 10 chefs in the world and was well known as the genius chef with his absolute palate.

The reason he was staying in Shinra Hotel as a chef was because he wanted to be the best Korean chef in the country.

H, head chef. Are you also playing Athenae?

Athenae? Are you talking about the game, it seems like youre spending your time with nogari [2]?

His eyes suddenly turned gloomy.

There was only one person who climbed up and became the sole master chef. And that person was Kim Seokhyun. In the game, he was known as Twilight Chef Black.

What in the world are you talking about that youre making such a fuss

He saw Lee Hyunie looking at a picture in his phone so he brought the phone towards him to look at it.

W, what the hell?! Is this from a master chef?!

The dish was tonkatsu and the ingredients were E-ranked. Plus it was normal.

Lee Hyunie spoke

Im not sure if hes a master chef but we assumed that his level is between 15~20. And we also know that this buff was distributed to thirty people.

What?

He looked at him incredulously.

It was a really crazy story but reality was right in front of him.

When Kim Seokhyun was just starting in Athenae, he chose the chef job class and went and defeated countless NPC chefs.

He surprised many people with his cooking and because of that he was able to build his name continuously. It was also because of this that he was able to make a special dish.

However, when he became a master chef at Lv70 he found out that the best buff would only come out with a better ingredient compared to stacking buffs with lower-ranked ingredients.

And now, there was a dish that gave a ridiculous amount of buff with a low percentage but it was made out of E-ranked ingredients.

Furthermore, it was surprising that it was an increase in % instead of having just + in stats. If it was an increase in % then it meant that if the person who ate the dish had a higher level then the effect would definitely be much higher.

Dont tell me hes the disciple of that canteens captain.

There was another master chef that existed in the country aside from Kim Seokhyun.

I dont know if hes playing Athenae but its probably him.

Where is this?

Its in Isbin Village.

!

Kim Seokhyuns uneasiness suddenly shot up when he heard his words.

He was Twilight Chef Black. Right now, he was working on a linked quest which had a rewards inventory listed.

They will give an epic artifact.

That was the reward.

There werent much of the epic artifacts that have been released yet. At the most, there were 20 epic artifacts in the country.

And Kim Seokhyun was hoping that he would climb to the ranks of a craftsman once he received that artifact.

Where in Isbin Village is he located?

In the Goblin Subjugation Forces.

A sense of foreboding crept behind him and slowly reached his neck. Suddenly, he had another thought

I could probably contact this person

No matter how good he was, he was still at novice level. He could determine it when he looked at the storage and preservation times.

Users who hunt alone will purchase large quantities of food before going to the hunting grounds.

What if the ingredients used by that user were all A-ranked?

He might get a ridiculously high buff effect. And most importantly, its very easy to target low-leveled users. If they have a lot of gold then they will definitely buy the dish with the longest storage period even if its at a high price.

Even if they would just get a bit stronger, the low-leveled users would still be able to challenge their limits that they have a hard time breaking. That was why it always sold for a high price. In this way, Athenae has secured a great position.

That user with his incredible cooking skills would definitely give him enough power which in turn would help him build a huge brand image for himself.

How did you know this?

A female user from my guild sent it to me.

Is that so? Then can you do me a favor.

Yes?

Ask her to pass on what I will say to that chef.

Runie could see that her guild chatting window was a mess.

Is, is this really that great?

As she thought of that, a whisper from Ravel came in.

Runie turned to look at him. She saw that he was finished with the meal distribution and he was already gobbling up his own tonkatsu.

Eh?

Runie tilted her head in confusion.

What nonsense is he talking about?

1 billion won? Just because of one buff? In addition, Kim Seokhyun is a world renowned chef

Ravel sent him a picture of him in real life. His name tag has the words Shinra Hotel on it. There was also another person standing next to him in the picture. That person was really Kim Seokhyun.

Huh?!

She finally realized it.

He wasnt lying.

And it was really Kim Seokhyun who made that proposal.

She heard that Ravel was working at a famous hotel but she did not know the exact name of the hotel.

I, its real?

Runies body trembled.

1 billion.

It was a very large sum of money. No one would be able to save that much money in a short amount of time or even for the rest of their lives.

And the man who was making the offer was Kim Seokhyun.

To think that it was offered to a current low-leveled user!

She couldnt understand what they were thinking. But she was definitely sure, that man was worth more than what they thought.

Maybe This is an opportunity? was what she thought.

She hurriedly approached him.

Nim, nim!

Chew?

Minhyuk looked at her strangely. He was eating the leftover tonkatsu when he heard her urgent tone.

Do you know chef Kim Seokhyun?

He stealthily looked at her then he continued to focus on his tonkatsu.

Runie talked excitedly in front of him.

He wants to offer you 1 billion won if you join his Louvert guild. Do you know Louvert? Its a world renowned brand but its also a famous guild in Athenae!

Chew, chew, chew

But the man was not interested in her words.

Runie thought

Ah Was it too unrealistic?

Then she thought of using whisper.

If she knew the name of the person then she could send a whisper without using the code as long as they joined and were still in the subjugation force.

She pulled up her whisper with Ravel that showed his picture with Kim Seokhyun. She captured the screen and sent the whisper over.

You can check it from my whisper!

Oh, its really delicious!

W, will you check it?

Kyaa, its real tonkatsu. Youre too much, why did no one tell me that it was this delicious?! Huh?! Ill definitely scold hyung! Ill keep on scolding him!

The man kept on scolding someone while stabbing the tonkatsu with his fork. He did not even pay any attention to her or her explosive words.

[1] The original uses which is or a polite hi. Lol. Its just a Hi, but they removed the vowels to abbreviate it.

[2] (nogari) : its pollack, but its a slang/joke about talking with your friends about anything happening around you.

[3] this was the name of the guild. If you have better ideas aside from Louvert, please feel free to contact me. Kek.

TLs corner!!!

LOL. 1 billion? His father is a CEO, if he notice her He definitely will disagree. Besides theyre not familiar with each other so he will definitely say no. Kek.

Im not sure if it was a typo since the Guild Masters name is Allen or it was someone else from the guild. But the raw said so I guess we could say that it was a typo and its Allen. We will see if theyll have more appearances later but for now we will say shes a friend of Allen.