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Gourmet Gaming-Chapter 1295
Chapter 1295
Chapter 1295
Molsen, the number one in the Level 301~400 global rankings, could not understand the notifications that the Opponent Meter was spitting out in his ears. The notifications meant that the state the girl was in was changing. What he could not understand was...
‘She’s only around Level 45~60...?’
The Opponent Meter could also measure the opponent’s level and had around 80% accuracy. The Opponent Meter clearly stated that the girl was around Level 45-60. Even if Molsen assumed that the girl’s level was at Level 60, the highest value in the estimated level, she was still a novice, a total beginner.
Then, he found something even more unusual: the weapons and artifacts that the girl had. The artifacts were twinkling and a bit flashy, but something was off.
‘Kiddie?’
Kiddie artifacts were different from ordinary artifacts. Take the sword, for example. Compared to ordinary swords, the kiddie sword would be blunt, like a toy. Strictly speaking, if the artifact was tagged as “kiddie,” then its shape would change into something cute, just like how the clothes worn by the characters in Xaplestory resembled fallen leaves.
What was surprising was the hidden piece in these artifacts. Although the artifacts that the girl had equipped were tagged as kiddie artifacts and were customized for children, they weren’t lagging behind the artifacts equipped by ordinary players.
Only at this moment did Molsen realize the mistake that he had made. He berated himself, ‘You crazy bastard...!’
He had snapped because he was angry that the dungeon they had been looking for and preparing to hunt for months had already been cleared by someone. Or maybe it was because he felt as if he had been ignored by a little girl in front of the hundreds of members of his guild.
Perhaps he had just grown too arrogant. Molsen knew he would grow into a leader who would stand at the forefront and lead the next generation of players. Perhaps because of this belief, his arrogance continued to inflate and grow.
As he watched the girl roar at him after he flipped her pot of ramyeon, he realized he had been arrogant and had gone too far.
“Right... No matter how frustrated and angry I am, I shouldn’t have taken it out on a young girl. Let’s go and make that little girl three bowls of ramyeon...”
Unfortunately, even after Molsen had admitted his mistake, some guild members continued to fan the flames.
“Brat! What the hell! You’re crying over a single bowl of ramyeon! Huh?! I see, you must have a unique class, huh!”
More often than not, children would not fight against others. So, when the guild members felt the shift in the air and the shaking of the ground, they thought the young girl had a skill to bring out fear in others and raise it to the extreme.
“Hey, Herran. Take it easy. Come back...” Molsen tried to say, though he could not finish his words.
Herran had already approached the young girl. He patted her head and said, “This little kid is very cute...”
Philos grabbed the hand on her head, and tightened her hold.
Crack!
Then, something shocking happened. Herran’s hand shattered. Herran was a Level 374 assassin class player. He immediately sensed something was wrong from the throbbing sensation that traveled up his hands. So, he immediately pulled away from the girl.
An assassin’s characteristic traits were their fast feet and powerful one-shot kill skill. Assassins’ AGI was 1.5x higher than that of other class players of the same level. The girl just kicked the ground and went after Herran right away. Furthermore, she was catching up.
Philos quickly retrieved her Kiddie Divine Spear from her inventory and stabbed it straight toward Herran’s neck.
“W-wait...!” Herran cried out. Alas, the spear had already pierced through his neck.
Of course, in Philos’ view, the scene was mosaiced. Instead of the gruesome scene of the spear piercing through Herran’s neck, it looked like she just hit the man with a toy hammer that squeaked with every hit.
The rest of the people present blinked blankly as they watched Herran turn into ashes that disappeared with the wind. With just a single blow, Herran was forced to log out.
“How can someone who’s only at Level 60...” Molsen mumbled in confusion.
Before he could make sense of the situation, the hundreds of assassins with him had already leapt into the sky to avenge their fallen ally. Of course, they jumped systematically in the air, ensuring they covered all directions. One of the assassins immediately used a one-shot kill skill.
“Quick Death!”
[Quick Death.]
[You will inflict an additional 500% damage to a single target.]
[Your attack speed will instantly increase by 260%.]
Quick Death was a skill that all assassins learned once they reached Level 300. What was frightening was that most of the assassins chose to learn it. So, if five assassins surrounded someone, they would be cut down in just three seconds.
The assassins’ daggers quickly struck the girl.
[Sword God’s Protection.]
[The protection that the Sword God has bestowed upon you is protecting you.]
[The decrease in the opponent’s weapon’s attack damage will depend on the power of the target of the protection. The opponent’s weapon attack damage will decrease by 30%.]
Philos had never been attacked by others before, so she had no idea about the exact extent of the protections, blessings, and powers that the others, who cared and loved her, had given her.
[Great Demon’s Praise.]
[The Great Demon’s Praise releases demonic energy and leaves your enemies breathless.]
[Elves’ Friend.]
[You have been recognized as a friend of the elves. Nature will protect you.]
The assassin had just opened his mouth to activate the Quick Death when the Sword God’s white aura, the Overlord’s red aura, the Great Demon’s black aura, and the elves’ green aura bloomed from within the young girl. The five-colored aura looked stunningly beautiful as it swayed and wrapped around the girl. The dazzling scene captivated the assassin, leaving him in a stunned daze.
The Quick Death landed on the girl, but she was left unscathed. At that moment, the girl opened her mouth and said, “Absolute Pinnacle Spear.”
Bang, bang, bang!
Overwhelmingly powerful spearlights pierced through the hundreds of assassins in the air.
“Keuhaaaack!”
“Kghhk!”
“Keok!”
The girl glared at the screaming assassins, her gaze fierce and sharp like a beast seeking prey.
“Overlord’s Technique.”
Shwaaaaa!
The Overlord’s flames burst from the girl’s blade and shot to the sky. Amidst the blazing flames that scattered unbearable heat in the sky, they could see the small figure of Philos.
Philos had already swapped the spear in her hands with the sword Ellie had given her. At that moment, her cold gaze fell on the world beneath her feet. Her voice was filled with enough frost to make hell freeze over. She whispered, “Emperor’s Pinnacle Swordsmanship. Final Chapter.”
Molsen saw hundreds of wolves... no, rabbits falling from the sky. The rabbits were much weaker than the wolves, but it was not difficult for hundreds of them to inflict massive damage on Molsen’s guild members, who were already suffering immensely.
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!
The assassins were swept away by the storm of swordlights and were forced to log out. Molsen, who had witnessed everything with his eyes, found it hard to believe. However, the slight tremble in his body proved that it was real.
‘What the hell...?’
Molsen gritted his teeth as he stared at hundreds of his guild members lying on the floor. He knew it was their fault, and they had to stop immediately. Regardless, he felt his pride had been stepped on and couldn’t help himself.
Molsen was the number one ranker in the global Level 301~400 rankings and was known as the Frost Assassin. The Frost Assassin raised his hand and created dozens of ice daggers with a wave of his fingers.
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!
The girl instantly shot down the flying daggers.
‘What the hell is that skill!’
If the girl were an NPC, Molsen would understand why she could fight like this. This was because the NPCs were the native people in Athenae. They were born and raised in this chaotic world. The girl was obviously a player, yet she swung her sword with terrifying accuracy. Molsen did not know this, but the Sword God’s Protection had the power to improve swordsmanship proficiency.
With the countless blessings, protections, and praises that Philos had received, the only obvious outcome was her increasing skill proficiency. That, added to her own efforts and talents, created a genius that even the global number one ranker would be afraid of.
Unfortunately, they had turned over the ramyeon that this terrifying genius had just boiled. The worst part? She had not taken a single bite out of that pot of ramyeon. And because of that, they had angered and awakened the Absolute Weapon.
Nevertheless, the shattered ice daggers had frozen parts of Philos’ body. The Frost Assassin appeared amidst the shattered ice fragments. The sight was unbelievable.
Molsen could be said to resemble the Beyond the Heavens Empire’s Abel. He also ran a large information agency. Interestingly, many players had this opinion: ‘If Abel and Molsen were at the same level, the one compared will be Abel. People will probably say that Abel resembles Molsen in terms of intelligence network, skills, and everything.’
And his movements seemed to prove this to be true.
Swoosh, swoosh!
Thousands of ice needles that carried enough power to kill a Level 500 player appeared in the air. These ice needles shot forward and pierced through the body of the young girl. Once it pierced through her body, the ice needles melted into water that seeped into the ground. The attack inflicted a total of 8,000% damage. It was a powerful force that no other Level 300~400 player could release.
[Guardian God’s Absolute Protection.]
[The Guardian God’s protection has been bestowed upon someone. It will exert power during emergencies.]
[You have a 30% chance of nullifying your enemies’ attacks.]
Another aura, a different aura from the previous ones, bloomed from the girl. The aura was so sacred, noble, and beautiful that anyone who saw it could not do anything but sigh in admiration. And while the enemies were sighing...
“Hegemon King’s Swordsmanship.”
The absolute power of an emperor who would never lose was activated.
“Ripping the Skies.”
BOOM!
A powerful force that shot up from below sent Molsen flying. But was that all? Of course not, hundreds of strikes landed indiscriminately on Molsen’s body. If the one in Molsen’s position were a tanker or an ordinary warrior, their HP would drop by 50%. Alas, Molsen was an assassin. His HP had bottomed out when he fell on the ground.
A massive sense of loss overwhelmed Molsen when he realized they had been defeated. Nevertheless, Molsen did not dwell on the sense of loss. He admitted his mistakes and apologized, “I’m sorry, kid. I shouldn’t have kicked your ramyeon in a fit of anger.”
Being strong was being strong, and being out of line was being out of line. Even if the hundreds of people on Molsen’s side suffered huge damages, the ones who did the wrong thing were on their side in the first place.
“I’ll pay you back with ten packs of ramyeon.”
Philos pondered the matter for a very long time. Thankfully, she did not forget the teachings that the people she had met had given her. They had taught her that punishing those who did something wrong was necessary. Of course, she still could not give up the ten packs of ramyeon.
“Then, come back and apologize properly, ahjussi.”
“...?”
Thud!
Just like that, Molsen was forced to log out.
***
God of Origin Athenae was the god who ruled over the world. She was also the one who would correct and adjust the world if something that broke the balance appeared in the world of Athenae.
[A power that goes beyond normal has been sensed.]
A few days ago, this voice rang in Athenae’s ears. And it was all because of a single girl. So, she went down to investigate and met Philos.
The young girl was beautiful. Athenae almost fell in love with Philos’ cuteness when she met her. Regardless, as the God of Origin, she was immune to Philos’ God of Child’s Heart Thief.
Athenae gently placed her hands on Philos’ head. At that moment, the data representing what the girl had gone through seeped into her. After sifting through the data, Athenae came to one conclusion.
‘No bugs.’
Then, Athenae disappeared.
***
As soon as the forced logout penalty was lifted, Molsen led his guild members to the place where the young girl had killed them. To be honest, all of the guild members were embarrassed. And of course, the same was true for Molsen.
“We picked the fight first, but our side, which had three hundred people, died at the hands of a young girl... sniff.”
‘I’m very sorry to her and want to apologize,’ Molsen told them earlier. And the guild members agreed. After all, they were the ones who made a mistake by picking a fight out of nowhere.
That was not all. They were all people who would significantly influence Athenae in the future. So, other than feeling sorry, they also felt a different emotion aside from acknowledging the girl’s qualifications and strength.
‘How can such a young girl be so strong?’
‘It doesn’t make any sense.’
‘I want to learn a bit from her.’
‘I want to learn personally from her!’
In their eyes, a person’s age did not matter when it came to learning. They were curious about the girl’s secret to becoming strong and wanted to learn from her.
And when Molsen and his guild members arrived at the place where the girl was, they were rendered speechless.
“...?”
“...?”
[God of Origin Athenae has descended.]
The mother of the game Athenae was the God of Origin. The number of players who had met her could only be counted on one hand. But now, while Athenae’s face was hidden, they could still see her.
When Molsen saw Athenae put her hand on the girl’s head, he murmured, “That kid... Is she Athenae’s descendant?”
“...?!”
“...?!”
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“...?!”
“We can’t see Athenae’s face right now, but just look at how she raised her hand to pat her head? I can already imagine what Athenae is saying right now. She’s probably saying, ‘Child. Go and help the world, turn all those twisted back into their true form. Let my power protect you and the power of the dozens of people by your side. Do not forget, you will soon be me.’ or something like that.”
“...!”
“...!”
“...!”
Everyone was dumbfounded. The entire world was curious about Athenae and whether she had a descendant in the world. All of the experts had only one thing to say about Athenae’s descendant. According to them, the God of Origin Athenae’s Descendant would most definitely be the parent of all the classes in the world. Someone even predicted that such a being would probably have the power to deal with many gods.
At this moment, Molsen realized why such a young girl who was only around Level 40~60 could beat them at Level 300~400. The girl was one of the people who would lead Athenae in the future.
Then, Athenae disappeared in a flash of light. The quick-witted Molsen hurriedly approached the girl.
“Kid!”
Molsen knelt on one knee, prompting his guild members to follow.
“I’ll give you ten... no, hundreds. Ah! Thousands of ramyeon! I’ll bring you everything you want. I will even live as your informant. We will be your armor, your sword, and your eyes! Just tell us how to become strong and become our leader!”
There had to be a reason why Athenae chose this girl named Philos! If they stayed by her side, they would be granted an even brighter future. After all, this was the descendant of Athenae! They would no longer be jealous of the Beyond the Heavens Empire’s Legend Guild!
They expected the girl to be happy because she could absorb the guild that would become the world's strongest intelligence agency in the future.
“What...? The mouths that I have to feed have increased by hundreds?”
“???”
“???”
“???”
Then, her eyes grew bright as if she had thought of something.
“Ah! That’s right. Then, do you want to become my vassals?!”
“Yes, that’s right! We can become your vassals if you want!”
[You have pledged your eternal loyalty to Philos.]
[If you break the vassal’s oath and loyalty, you will face unimaginable penalties.]
Being a vassal meant they had to pledge their eternal loyalty to their lord. In other words, they could not break away from Philos so recklessly.
“Hehe! Then, I’ll give you your positions! Your position is...!”
The people present imagined themselves as envoys protecting Athenae’s Descendant! They would make a new legend on the continent in the future!
“...Ingredient Informant!”
Molsen, now Philos’s vassal, asked, “Wh-what’s an Ingredient Informant?”
“You ahjussis will gather information about all the delicious things in the world and give them to me!” Philos answered happily.
“...?”
“...?”
Everyone looked at her in confusion. Thankfully, they had become her vassal. This meant that they could now check their owner’s status and information. Molsen was the last to check.
With a trembling voice, Molsen asked, “Weren’t you Athenae’s Descendant?”
“Who’s Athenae...?”
“That person earlier...”
“Ah. She’s just a passing ahjumma...”
“...”
“...”
Something did not sound right. Did this girl just say that Athenae was a passing ahjumma?