Gourmet Gaming

Chapter 378: Turning the Tide of War

[Your troops have lost 5,000 men.]

[The morale of your soldiers has decreased sharply.]

“5,000…”

Da Zhuang, one of the legendary figures, had a hard time believing the notifications that rang just now.

They had 50,000 troops marching forward and advancing to the point that they looked like a sea of black. However, a powerful force suddenly appeared among their troops. Da Zhuang could tell that this power had reached the Pinnacle.

‘What the hell is that Pinnacle?’?Da Zhuang thought as he became interested. That was when he suddenly remembered the words of the man named Black Mage Ali who had declared not too long ago.

‘My friend will come soon to kill you.’

“…!”

As Da Zhuang recalled those words, he immediately changed locations and moved to a higher vantage point to survey the battlefield. The sight presented to him was that of two men slaughtering the soldiers from the Cairon Continent.

‘Interesting…!’

Da Zhuang was sure that it was one of them. In other words, the person that used the Pinnacle was the person that Ali was talking about. Da Zhuang smiled and gave his orders, “March forward!!! Advance! Don’t back down!!! Cut off the heads of your enemies!!! I will personally cut your neck off if you dilly-dally here!!!”

Da Zhuang felt the interest surging in him for a moment. However, he was sure that they would not be able to reach him. Besides, the power that had reached the complete Pinnacle had already disappeared, and only the power of Half Pinnacle remained lingering in the air. Could someone with just that much power reach him? Definitely not. He would die without even reaching his toes. Then, at that moment…

“Huh?”

A woman wearing a mysterious mask appeared in Da Zhuang’s sight. The woman was as swift as lightning as she held out something in front of Minhyuk. The thing that she held out to Minhyuk was none other than ‘bread and milk’.?

“…???”

‘Handing out milk and bread in the middle of a war?’

Some of the players that saw the scene shouted loudly…

“The… the Bread Shuttle!!!”

“The Bread Shuttle appeared!!!”

“Bread Shuttle…?”

Da Zhuang looked back at the players in doubt after hearing a new name. Their current commander-in-chief, Da Zhuang, asked, “What’s a Bread Shuttle?”

“Ah. Bread Shuttle is a slang used by the people in Asgan Continent.”

The player thought a while on how he should explain it, then opened his mouth again, “Some of the strong people make the weakest among them run errands and buy bread for them.”

“Hooo?”

The law of the jungle! In every world, there would be people sitting at the top and people crawling at the bottom. And the Bread Shuttle was someone that stood at the bottom of the food chain!

‘So, the woman is not worth caring about, huh?’

Da Zhuang clicked his tongue and shook his head. At the same time, the Bread Shuttle turned transparent and disappeared from their sights.

‘She’s just a Bread Shuttle that has mastered plenty of useless skills.’

Da Zhuang did not pay much attention to her anymore. That was right. He did not care about her at all. And that was precisely where the problem began.

***

Valkyrie Mei Wei, the official global number one ranker! She was the only one that did not retreat with the others to take advantage of their enemies’ unawareness. This was because she had a very important mission to do here. Her mission was none other than bread delivery!

The bread and milk that she delivered were made from precious ingredients that she had painstakingly gathered a long time ago. That was the reason why she swiftly and quickly sent the bread and milk to Minhyuk the moment they met. Minhyuk had the ‘Absorption Conversion’?skill, so giving him the bread and milk was tantamount to giving him a ‘potion’. Besides, Mei Wei was very happy to do this too.

‘Hehe. I just gave Minhyuk bread and milk, and he said that he would make me something delicious again!’

Yes. Mei Wei had reached the peak of being a bread shuttle, to the point that she even rejoiced at the fact that she was bringing food and ingredients around. And now, it was time to finish her heavy responsibility. Mei Wei was tasked to get rid of the high rankers and the commanding officers of the enemy troops.

Using her stealth skills, Mei Wei quickly moved to where the commanding officers of the enemy troops were. There were still 45,000 enemy troops left. Out of this huge number, most of the commanding officers were made up of NPCs. Simply put, the command of the troops was largely relegated to the NPCs. As long as they took out the commanding officers, the troops would be thrown into confusion and chaos, and their enemies’ morale would drop sharply.

She saw Marquis Rundal of Cairon Continent’s Avast Empire riding on top of a horse and commanding his troops from afar.

“Keuhahahahahahaha! There are two rats jumping around!!!” Marquis Rundal, instead of being frightened after witnessing the strength of the two people, laughed loudly. After all, even though the two of them had strength far beyond anyone’s imagination, Cairon’s victory was still a foregone conclusion.

For one, they were only two people. On the other hand, their own camp still had a 45,000-strong army. On top of that, the rest of their troops had already fled far away. It was safe to say that the fall of the Korean Defense Base was just right around the corner. Besides, Marquis Rundal was a mage of considerable power, he was not afraid of anything.

At that moment, the space in front of Marquis Rundal distorted and revealed the figure of a woman.

“Bread Shuttle?”

Marquis Rundal had also heard stories and conversations about this Bread Shuttle. She was different from the rest, she was a woman that delivered bread faster than anybody else! But right now, she was standing in front of Marquis Rundal.

“I can’t believe you came here on your own, Bread Shuttle!”

Marquis Rundal was a mage that could use Sixth Tier Magic. Mana immediately appeared and surrounded his body. But just when he was about to create and send out a powerful spear of ice towards the Bread Shuttle…

Stab—

Fall—

“…?!”

“…?!”

“…?!”

Marquis Rundal fell on the ground after receiving a single stab from her sword.

“What… what the hell?!”

“Mar… Marquis!!!”

“Die!!!”

[Goddess’ Lethargy]

[AGI decreases by 40%.]

[Physical Defense decreases by 30%.]

The knights and soldiers immediately gathered around Marquis Rundal. However, as the notifications fell, they felt their legs turn heavy, as if a ten kilogram weight had been strapped on them. They seemed to be nothing but slow and sluggish existences in front of the woman called Bread Shuttle.

Ping, ping, ping, ping, ping—

She lightly swung her sword and dealt with them, before disappearing from their sights once again. Just like that, Bread Shuttle Mei Wei had begun her hunt for the enemy commanding officers.

***

In the fierce battlefield.

Carr and Minhyuk were fighting their own battles fiercely at a distance from each other. The reason why they both went further away from each other, was to avoid dragging the other into their own fights, and accidentally sending a heavy blow to one another.

Plenty of disastrous and huge magical attacks would fall down on them from time to time. These magical attacks could affect the surrounding area, even if they were just single attack skills. That was why they had to separate from each other.

The Chinese players constantly sent attacks at Minhyuk.

Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang—

However, something surprising unfolded in front of their eyes…

“Keuaaaaaaack!”

…the troops that sent their attacks to Minhyuk were the ones that screamed in pain and collapsed. Just to show how hard Minhyuk’s ‘Monarch’s Armor’ was, these notifications rang loudly in the ears of the attacking players the moment they successfully landed an attack on him.

[Your sword’s durability has dropped.]

And, what about the rain of arrows that were being sent towards Minhyuk?

Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang—

All of them uselessly fell on the ground. Not a single one was able to pierce through Minhyuk’s tough armor. However, that did not mean that he was totally unaffected from the damages that he received.

“F*ck! How freaking high is your defense?!!! Hey, how much HP do you have left?!!!”

Minhyuk cut down the player that asked him and answered his question, “98%. Bye, bye!!!”

Stab!

“Keuaaaaack! Aren’t you too broken?!!!”

The player reeled in shock as he was forced to log out. Even the entire world was surprised by this scene.

[Players Minhyuk and Carr’s defense are shockingly out of this world.]

[Even Player Minhyuk’s evasion rate is extremely high, to the point that he could evade half of the attacks sent to him.]

[Hooo. Isn’t that extremely amazing?]

[There’s also the fact that most of the attacks that the two of them sent out were basic attacks.]

[They’re dealing with tens of thousands of enemies with only their brilliant sword techniques.]

[However, they will eventually reach their limits and become exhausted.]

[That’s right. Even if they cut down as much as they could, they would just be able to cut down hundreds by themselves. However, their enemies are tens of thousands.]

[No matter what it looks like, it’s completely impossible to win against tens of thousands of enemies.]

Even the people at the global community site were of the same opinion.

[No matter how strong and high the defense of those players are, it’s impossible for them to win against tens of thousands of soldiers.]

[I agree. Their stamina will reach the limit. Their stats will fall, their MP will run out, and they will be taken down once their skill cooldown starts.]

In the eyes of everybody else, this was an undeniable fact. Their odds of winning were extremely small. Hundreds of cameras moved along the battlefield, but they remained unaware that the enemy commanding officers were being swept away.

Minhyuk had not used any of his skills yet. So far, he only used basic attacks to fight against the enemies. His armor and sword were already beyond anyone’s imagination. They could never imagine what these items would do to them later.

In order to stop Minhyuk in his tracks and prevent him from attacking, several rankers joined forces and sent their attacks towards him.

“Boom Spear.”

“Dragon Sword.”

“Fire Field.”

Baaaaaaaaaang—

Craaaaaack—

Crackle!

A long spear lanced straight at Minhyuk’s chest, while a sword in the shape of a dragon slammed into him. Blazing flames also bloomed on the ground. However, something shocking happened not long after.

Minhyuk used his toes as a fulcrum and twisted his body to evade the incoming spear. Then, he lifted his sword and deflected the incoming dragon sword. And just like what Ellie did before, Minhyuk used ‘Like the Wind’ and stepped into the sky.

Dash—

Minhyuk, who stood high up in the sky, held a millstone and began turning its handle.

Turn, turn, turn, turn, turn—

“…?”

“…?”

“…?”

“…?”

“This bastard. He’s doing something weird!”

“Now!!! Rankers, attack!!!”

The enemy players did not know what Minhyuk’s millstone was and thought that he made a wrong judgment by swapping his equipment. There were dozens of rankers hiding among countless troops below Minhyuk waiting for the perfect moment to attack. Just when they had prepared their skills and waited for Minhyuk to fall…

[Lightning Hell]

[Powerful lightning strikes will strike down indiscriminately within a 20 meter radius and deal 120% damage for one minute.]

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!

“Keuaaaaaaaack!”

“Aaaaaaargh!”

“Aaaaaaaaaaaack!”

Lightning Hell was a skill where lightning struck within a 20 meter radius and dealt 120% damage. In fact, 120% damage was nothing to the rankers. However, when placed on top of Minhyuk’s extremely high attack power, the damage would be huge.

There was also the 20 meter radius, assuming that there were three people in every meter that the entire radius covered, there would be more than 100 players that would be hit by the skill.

Crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack!

The worst part was them falling into a stunned state the moment the lightning struck their bodies. Minhyuk landed on the ground and swiftly dashed around, slashing the dozens of rankers that tried to attack him, in one fell swoop.

[My, my goodness!!!]

[The Chinese rankers have been swept away in an instant!]

[The power that Player Minhyuk is showing us is enough for him to be considered as the world’s best and strongest!]

[He hasn’t shown this much power until much recently!]

[What the hell happened in that short amount of time of his absence?!]

The world was in awe and admiration of Minhyuk’s brilliant use of his skills and his excellent combat ability. Meanwhile, the other operation and tactic that Minhyuk had prepared…

[Mei Wei: The preparations are complete.]

With this whisper, Mei Wei, who had already found Da Zhuang long ago according to Minhyuk’s instructions, used her skills.

Thwaaaaaaaaaaaang!

Light Pistol!?This was a skill that could be used, even if there was a 100 meter distance between Mei Wei and her enemy. This was her most powerful one-shot kill attack skill that she could use to deal 1,000% damage against her enemy. This skill was very useful, especially when her enemies were concentrated in an area.

A path in the middle of the troops had been created in an instant. Minhyuk’s line of sight was clear as he looked at the middle of this path. There, he saw Da Zhuang standing loftily and looking at him.

Dash, dash, dash, dash, dash, dash!

Minhyuk dashed forward, as Carr shook off the enemies and dashed forward with him. Just when the enemies tried to fill in the gap that was cleared…

Thwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang—

…another Light Pistol was linked and fired again. The Light Pistol was a ridiculously strong skill that could be linked and fired three times in a row. Carr and Minhyuk continued to dash forward as the Light Pistol extended once again.

[Carr has taken the lead and has started to beat the enemies that tried to block Player Minhyuk’s path!!!]

[Player Minhyuk was swiftly following behind him!]

[This is crazy!!! That’s the only thing that I can say!!! Where is the woman hiding?!!!]

[Who in the world is that woman?!!]

[Bread Shuttle! The people call her Bread Shuttle!]

[…What a unique name.]

[We can easily predict Players Minhyuk and Carr’s position. We can clearly tell from their actions that Player Carr and Player Minhyuk are going to attack Da Zhuang!!!]

Then, Minhyuk flew high up in the sky.

Shwaaaaaaa—

At the same time, a whip of light extended out of Mei Wei’s hand and wrapped around Minhyuk’s body.

“You, you b*tch…!!!”

Da Zhuang was very shocked. He did not think to care about this woman at all!

Mei Wei continued to hold Minhyuk’s waist with her whip.

Graaaab—

Tiiiiing—

Mei Wei grabbed her whip tightly and pulled Minhyuk down. Minhyuk’s body descended rapidly, like a bird of prey descending down to bite its prey. As he descended, Minhyuk triggered his skills. The moment Da Zhuang’s dagger was about to strike down on Mei Wei.

Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang—

A shield of light blocked Mei Wei’s body. When the dagger slammed into the shield…

[You have attacked the Shield of Arrest.]

[You have fallen into a stunned state for 2 seconds.]

“…!”

Da Zhuang, regardless of who he was, was still a legendary figure, even though it was in the past. That fact would remain true. He was also the person that pushed Ellie to her limit and had assassinated more than 20,000 enemies.

But this very same Da Zhuang had now fallen into a stunned state. And currently, Minhyuk, who had never cursed much in his life, was boiling in anger.

Meanwhile, Da Zhuang was left in surprise. He thought, ‘Half…Half Pinnacle…’

Truth be told, the power emanating from the skill was far beyond that of a Half Pinnacle. In the first place, skills were also greatly affected by the skill user’s attack power and artifacts. And right now, the skill that Minhyuk used was none other than Sword of Frenzy.

[You will have additional 400% damage to your attack upon a successful strike to your enemy’s vital point. The six consecutive attacks that would follow the attack will have additional 100% damage. Upon a successful vital point attack, enemies within a five meter radius will receive six consecutive attacks with additional 100% damage.]

Stab—

Minhyuk’s sword pierced through the stunned Da Zhuang’s ribs and through his chest. The first thing that hit him was the 400% damage, followed by the six consecutive attacks with additional 100% damage!

“Keuhaaaaaaack!”

Da Zhuang shrieked as his body was ripped apart by the sword strike. The enemy troops tried to rush forward to save Da Zhuang. However, the Sword of Frenzy had an additional effect. The effect would strike the enemies within a five meter radius, six times in a row, with 100% additional damage.

Ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping—

Blood spurted out from the bodies of the enemies all around Minhyuk. It did not end there.

[Intangible Sword.]

[Your sword strike has ignored all of the enemy’s defenses.]

[Lightning]

[You have a 5% chance of triggering 2~4 consecutive lightning strikes.]

[4 strikes.]

Bang, bang, bang, bang!

“Keuaaaaaaaaack!” Da Zhuang shrieked loudly, as blood spurted out from the wounds littering his body. He looked at Minhyuk incredulously, wondering where this fury was coming from.

However, Minhyuk just gripped his sword tightly with both of his hands as he swung his sword sideways. He declared, “Ellie’s my noona! You f*cking bastard!!!”

Slash—