Translator: ChubbyCheeks

2 Garlic Bread and Soup

Alright!

Minhyuk knew that he did a great job this time.

Jinhwan had personally tried the game and he knew that he could eat and taste 100 ramyeon in the game. According to his observations, even if the user decided to eat after his fullness reached 100% the character would not be affected at all.

Through the years of treatment, they had concluded that Minhyuks bulimia was a psychological illness. In other words, even if his body was full and satiated, his brain would continue to tell him that he was still hungry.

However, the concept of the games character fullness was a bit different from Minhyuks bulimia in a sense that the game did not necessarily force him to eat even though he was already full.

He quickly wolfed down the remaining bread from his original 10 loaves of bread right in front of Valen before solemnly walking back towards the training grounds. His expression was so solemn that if he wasnt surrounded by scarecrows others would definitely think that he was going to raid the boss monster.

I have to eat that Flour bread!

Slash!

The scarecrow was struck.

This was Minhyuks fourth set of 50 strikes. In total, he had already done 200 strikes in the total amount of time that he was logged in. He had also eaten a total of 32 loaves of bread. He had received an extra two loaves of bread because Valen had decided to give him extra rewards out of his goodwill. He had also heard a notification about this earlier.

To be honest, he was quite perplexed with this notification since all he did was swing his sword and eat his bread. However, his favorability with the NPC, Valen, had still increased.

Im definitely a bit curious but it doesnt matter since the bread still tastes delicious!

Just as he completed his fourth set of 50 strikes

Huh?

Minhyuk was taken aback. He quickly opened his stats window to check the notification.

His STR stat had really increased by 1.

All right! Lets strike while the irons still hot.

Minhyuk decided to test his favorability and ask Instructor Valen about the notification.

Instructor.

Oh, you finished another set of 50 strikes? Youre really diligent!

Valen truly liked Minhyuk. He was hardworking and diligent and most of all, he did not complain about the bread.

Well. Here you go, Ill give you three more pieces this time.

Thank you very much!

Minhyuk bowed at him. He bowed so low that his body was at a 90 degree angle!

Instructor, I have a question.

Go on, you can ask me anything.

Why did my STR stat go up by 1?

Oho.

With Valens reaction, Minhyuk believed that he knew the reason why.

You will get special rewards if you keep on hitting the scarecrow but its not usually recommended.

Eh? How come?

If you go out of Ardo and kill monsters youll level up easily and get 5 bonus points per level. Thats why no one would do that just for 1 bonus point.

Aha, as expected of you instructor. You know as much as you are handsome [2].

This friend! Youre such a smooth talker!

Hahaha!

He heard another notification about favorability increase.

Minhyuk was extremely grateful for Valens existence. He was someone who gave him food so he considered him as his lifes savior, his benefactor so doing this much flattery was nothing to him at all.

And I can even get more bread just for a bit of flattery!

Eating was his lifes sole happiness and it was also the reason why he had played this game. He was only playing this game for the sake of enjoyment but strangely enough he was still liked by others and was given additional rewards.

Munch, munch, munch

Minhyuk quickly worked on his loaves of bread before standing up again.

Bread! Bread! Crayon bread!

He skipped happily as he sang a strange song while heading towards where the scarecrows were located.

Lee Minhwa was a new member of the Athenaes Special Users Management team. She was watching the monitors seriously when she suddenly exclaimed loudly.

How did he do that Huh, how can he get so much of that hard thing? Oh, I cant believe he ate it in one go. Youll be in big trouble.

The way she was reacting was almost like she was watching an intense baseball game video.

Gulp.

She continued watching the monitor while her throat bobbed and drool slowly flowed down her chin. Then, at that moment

Lee Minhwa.

Ah. Yes, Team Leader Park!

Lee Minhwa quickly wiped the drool off of her face as she stood up in a panic.

What the hell are you watching? Youre making a weird noise.

Hiih T-that

Team Leader Park Minggyu followed Lee Minhwas eyes and saw the scene on the monitor.

The monitor was projecting a male user tearing down on hard bread one after the other.

Team Leader Park frowned at the scene.

You know that this is the department where you watch special users, right? We are not the department that watches mukbang [3] users.

Park Minggyu was the team leader that was well known for his strictness and meticulousness.

H-he is a special user.

What?

Its unusual for players to get the reward for hitting the scarecrow 200 times, right?

Thats right.

That unusual user has hit the scarecrow 200 times in a row.

Is that so? Hmm Did that user get something weird from Athenaes forums?

This information was something that was widely circulated and known among users. Everyone knew that there would be an increase in their abilities if they continued to hit the scarecrows. However, they had to hit a lot. After all, the more they hit, the greater the rewards that they would get. Users had deemed this way of leveling up as time consuming and inefficient so not much people would dare to do it.

But this user is special.

Special? Huh, there are many users like that.

Thats not it, I get the feeling that he was hitting the scarecrow so he could get something to eat.

What are you saying Whos crazy enough to hit that scarecrow just to get hard bread?

Th- this person right here.

Curious, Team Leader Park sat down on Lee Minhwas seat and watched the monitor closely. That was when he saw it. He saw the man smiling happily, with sweat raining down on him, as he happily ate his hard bread.

Guulp

Team Leader Park and Minhwa both drooled at the same time.

Eh? Why cant I stop watching this?

This is really strange.

It was like his spirit was being sucked in and he couldnt stop himself from watching the man eat. He had no other thoughts in his mind except watching him eat.

It seems like hes really hitting the scarecrows because he wants to eat. Ive never seen a user like this one before.

I know. Ah, wont you be able to get a special reward if you hit the scarecrow for 20 times in two consecutive days?

Yeah. A title. But will he really eat that bread for 20 times right? Thats like at least a thousand sword strikes.

I Is that so?

Team Leader Park loosened his tie, leaned back comfortably and said to Minhwa.

Minhwa-ssi

Yes, Team Leader?

Shall we eat some bread?

He was subtly telling her that she should go and buy some for him.

[1] Favorability : Relates to the intimacy level or the relationship of the player with others; tbh it says intimacy level and idk it doesnt sound right. Lol. Back

[2] idk how to phrase it but it means that amount of knowledge he has = his handsomeness. So if he knows a lot then hes really handsome. Hes complimenting him subtly. You go Hyukkie!! Back

[3] Mukbang : lit. Mukja + bangsong or eating + broadcast. Back