Translator: ChubbyCheeks

QC: MattForgenti

Lee Minhwa and Team Leader Park made eye contact after watching the monitor.

Thats a relief

Lee Minhwa mumbled as Team Leader Park breathed a sigh of relief.

User Minhyuk is someone who would do anything if his food will become delicious.

Now here was their problem.

Lens artifact was an item that would give the user a tremendous power. In fact, the Twilight Chef would be able to develop one step further if he received that power. He could probably step further than a craftsman.

The Orc Village is 1km away from them

Team Leader Park was very concerned about the Ingredient Tracking Skill.

And the fact that Len mentioned the taste story to Minhyuk means that his favorability has reached a crazy level.

Len was originally an NPC that was set up to hate foreigners.

I expect that it should be taken by Twilight Chef Black.

Was what he thought.

Lee Minhwa told him

Thats not impossible, there wouldnt be any other variables right?

Theres none. Once they reached Bordy Plains, they would be more than 1km away from the Orc Village. It would be impossible, unless User Minhyuk decided to visit it on purpose.

So thats really the case.

A thought suddenly crossed Lee Minhwas mind

What if someone intentionally drags the Orcs to the camp?

But then she realized that it was a very absurd thought.

Thats too bad then.

She liked seeing that user on a roll. It felt like wishing for her favorite baseball team to win the championship.

Sigh

She let out a sigh of disappointment in her head.

Minhyuk felt a bit disappointed when he heard the notification.

Ho

Was it really impossible? Or was it related to the quest?

If it was a reward from Len then he definitely felt that it would be something really delicious. Or maybe because he was specializing in dexterity then he would give him something related to the DEX stat.

But this was something that he had expected. There was no such thing as saving your tasteless taste buds.

Theres no helping it.

He sighed in disappointment as he began to clean up the remaining dishes.

Late at night.

Belo and the members of the Connection Guild were talking.

Belo, whats happening? That chef is the number 1 in contributions. And his contributions were extremely high too!

If this went on, then the reward that they learned and the hidden dungeon would go to the hands of that user.

That cant happen.

The amount of time they have spent on this process was not small. They didnt even know what was inside the hidden dungeon.

How the hell did that little low-leveled user hoo Theres no answer to this question. I dont get it. No matter how much we put our efforts in, its definitely impossible to get 40% of the contributions alone.

The rest were already helping Belo get contributions. As they headed towards Bordy Plains, they would battle and deliberately catch the goblins on their way. They would put them together and let Belo kill them. In this way, Belos contributions would definitely increase.

Sigh. This is annoying. That guys a real pain in the ass. He must be a pig in real life.

Belo cursed loudly.

Everyone suddenly went mute when they heard him talk.

In fact, Belos parents were quite rich in real life. His guild members and friends helped him only because he was considered to be the wallet in their friends circle.

He was the son of a rich family. His parents have more than 3 billion won in properties.

However, theres nothing we can do about this B, by any chance will we still get the money that you promised

A guild member murmured.

Belo promised to give them 400,000 won per person once they finished the job safely.

Belo looked at him.

Why, is there no other way?

Huh?

That bastard is a chef, you know.

Yeah, hes a chef. Whats wrong with that?

Hes a chef. And hes a Lv15 low-leveled user at most.

What comes to mind when you think of a chef?

They were ruined characters [1], sloppy and a weak class.

Are you talking about PK?

Belo grinned at them.

Yeah and didnt you notice?

What?

The leather armor and sword worn by that user. I think its either special or rare. If he drops just one of those then your account will get more than what I promised. However, if you fail even that then I wont give you the 400 I promised.

The others thought when they heard his words

So what have we been doing for the past two days of our lives

Wow Thats too much

Their brows creased in annoyance.

Ill give 1,000,000 more to the person who kills that guy, dont be shy and get that smiling mug of his. He even shakes his tail as he sucks up to those NPCs.

1,000,000?

OMG?!

His words brightened them up.

And if the item drops, the one who kills him will get it.

Kyaa

1,000,000 won was money that a normal person would receive after working for 10 days. No, in all honesty, not everyone could make that much money in that time. It was obviously hard to get.

Whos in?

Me! Me! Me!

Ah, me!

Relax. Hes just a low-leveled user so he would die if I hit him once.

Belo giggled at the thought.

However, one persons face was wrinkled in annoyance.

Shit XXXX

Why?

My mom said that if I dont disconnect right now then she will kick me out of the house.

There was a call button in the Athenae capsule. If the person outside pressed the call button then the user would be able to hear the voice of the one making the call.

Then youre out.

Shit, ah. For real. I wanted to join.

The user logged out after wording his frustrations. There were only four people left.

Hey. No.

Then, Belo grinned.

Its just like a beating [2].

Belo smiled thickly.

But if we PK that person then we will be forced out of the subjugation force

Thats right. The NPC might even kill us.

If they killed a user that has a high favorability with an NPC then that NPC would kill them. That was why they had to kill him without anyone knowing about it.

Once they killed him silently then they could just spread rumors about him being dead or him logging out of the game.

Dont worry about that.

Belos grin widened.

That bastard will be going somewhere dark on his own.

Huh? On his own?

Belo nodded his head.

Heave-ho!

Minhyuk threw the food waste in the garbage can. He always made a point to move around whenever he had spare time.

He thought that he would just move the waste before logging out. He started to drag the container to move it in a more secluded area.

Len always spent his spare time away from the camp. There were two reasons. One was that the smell was really horrendous the second was because wild animals were always gathering around to eat the food waste.

If the food waste was left in the kitchen carriage without throwing it away, then it would start to smell bad.

He thought that it would be good for the sisters and the brothers if he threw it away in the nearby forest.

That was why Minhyuk always dragged the container to the entrance of the forest whenever he had spare time.

Anyway, the monsters that appear in the vicinity are just goblins.

Therefore, the smell would not bother them too much. A ridiculous idea even churned in his head that the smell of the food waste could possibly be used as bait(?) for these monsters.

Suddenly, there were four people who stood in front of him.

These people

Minhyuks eyes narrowed dangerously.

It was Belo and his pack.

Minhyuk never thought well of them. It was quite evident with the way they carried themselves. They often talked down to the other users as if they were beneath themselves. They even told them this

Wow, look at those beginners always getting carried away.

He didnt know why they talked like that when they were beginners themselves but it was also rare for a group of people to join the subjugation force.

That was also one of the reasons why the other users just ignored them or avoided them so they would not get bullied or hurt.

They always mock the NPCs too.

Wow, our soldiers are doing well too, amazing~

Wont they die once Athenae gets shut down?

Theyre just artificial intelligence anyway.

Minhyuk thought that the world of Athenae in the game might be a tool to sort people out.

There were plenty of people who wore masks in reality. Smiling deliberately and acting a certain way intentionally towards others but would stab and curse at you once your back was turned.

However, once they were in Athenae?

Their true nature will come out.

The people who behaved like this in Athenae would definitely not act like this in reality.

However, Minhyuk was quite puzzled. They havent gone and bullied him before so why did they find him now?

Whats wrong?

At the same time, his hands went towards the sword on his waist.

Len always said this to him

We are military chefs, and the most important thing for us is to prepare the best meals. However, there are cases that we are also needed to fight. Thats why its important to always have your weapons with you.

In fact, military chefs in active duty would always carry a gun while they were cooking. This was also the same during training.

This information was similar to that.

We just wanted to ask you something.

The user Belo, who was standing in front, told him.

What is it?

Ah. Its just that youre very close to the NPCs so I was wondering if you have any secrets on how to get close to them.

As he said those words, Belo and his party started to prepare themselves. They have already stood in their positions.

First, the mage Bron activated a silence spell.

The silence spell would restrict the opponents speech. The silence spell was usually used to stop the spells of an enemy mage.

Bron, who was originally Lv40, has already mastered the 2nd class spells. Of course, his stats had gone down to Lv20 which in turn has decreased the restriction in his silence spell. This was because 2nd class spells could only be mastered at Lv40 and since his stats had gone down to Lv20 then his spells would also go down. But there were no worries.

Theres no way that a chef would increase his WIS or INT. And in order to invalidate the silence spell, the user needs to have a high enough reputation. But thats impossible.

Reputation carried a lot of power. One of them was that it increases the magical defense. And even though it was insignificant it would still increase it.

However, the reputation points needed to be at least 20. Minhyuk, who was a beginner, would definitely not have that high of a reputation point.

Thats why he thought his silence was already enough.

They have to shut his mouth first so Minhyuk would not be able to scream for the NPCs help.

The method. Do you really need it? You just have to be polite. If you give them that much then they would return it to you.

Wow But why did I hear that it was You have to be rude. or something?

Belo sarcastically answered him while Bron who was preparing his magic shouted the spell.

Silence!

Huh?

Bron was flustered.

How come its not working?

Bron threw another spell.

Silence!

W, what the hell?!

Shit, what is it.

H, he cant get silenced?

Minhyuk took a step back as he calmly rolled his neck to warm up.

So they want to PK

So thats what these guys wanted to do. But, right now only one of them was under the half-chaotic state.

I dont have to be chaotic just because of these bastards.

I have to make them chaotic first.

Now, how should I go about doing this? Right now, they only think of me as a weak chef. Well, even the soldiers of the subjugation force thought so too.

N, no way. Are you going to PK me?! Huaaack, p, please dont do that to me!

He started acting.

[1] abbr for which literally means botched/ruined character. It means that the characters development was slower or their combat abilities are lower than that of characters nurtured in a regular manner.

[2] several people beating a single man.

TLs corner!!!

Pffft. Ahhh, our Minhyukie is so smart. I cant be chaotic so you have to be chaotic first! so funny. It seems that there will be face slapping in the .

QCs corner!

And the Athenae Academy Awards go toMinhyuk! Its always amazing to see his awful acting.