Gourmet Gaming

Chapter 837

“It’s— It’s Viel...!”

“That’s Viel!”

“Hiiiiiiiik!”

“How did Viel appear again?!”

To the residents of Edea, Envoy Viel was an evil villain. He was someone that killed their comrades without even blinking. However, they clearly remembered him dying.

“What’s this? Don’t you think there’s something weird?”

“Why did that guy suddenly appear in front of His Majesty Minhyuk?”

Each and every single bone in Viel’s body twisted and turned until it cracked into place. As it turned out, the one standing in front of the retreating troops of the Luvien Imperial Army was Puppet Viel.

(Viel’s Puppet Doll)

Rank: God

Requirements: The one that owns Viel’s Puppet Doll.

Attack: 7,501

Defense: 6,950

Cooldown: 24 Hours

Special Ability:

•You can control Puppet Viel to show his complete power for ten minutes.

•Puppet Viel can use most of the skills that Viel had in his possession.

•Puppet Viel had a tiny strand of ego left.

•You will be able to obtain 50% of the EXP and all of the item drops from whoever Puppet Viel kills.

•Even if Puppet Viel gets completely broken, it will restore itself within a week.

Description: This is a puppet that contains the soul of the Jade Emperor’s Envoy Viel. The owner can use Puppet Viel however he wants. However, the tiny strand of ego left within the puppet might sometimes reject the wishes of the owner.

As an enemy, Viel was a true and utter menace. However, he was completely reliable as an ally. Just like that, the tide of war in the frontline was completely reversed.

The Luvien Imperial Army’s strongest cavalry charged forward with their spears to take out Viel and Minhyuk, who were blocking their path.

‘Why the hell am I afraid of Emperor Minhyuk?’

Cold sweat dripped down Knight Commander Don’s face. He was recognized as the strongest knight of the Luvien Empire, and yet, the strongest knight was afraid and wary of Minhyuk.

Then, something very shocking happened.

Creak, creak, creak—

Puppet Viel jumped forward. He either evaded the spears that were aiming for his body, or moved to split the weapons apart, the movements that he displayed so close to being called divine.

“Heok!”

Just like that, Puppet Viel swept away the charging cavalry at a breakneck speed.

Shwaaaaaaaaa—

Stab— Stab, stab, stab, stab— Stab, stab, stab, stab!

Hanson, who witnessed everything with his own eyes, could not bring himself to believe the scene in front of him. The enemy was not that different from Knight Commander Don.

Creak! Creak! Creak!

Bang, bang, bang—! Slaaaaash—!

What was worse was that Puppet Viel did not seem to feel any pain. He ignored whatever attacks they sent and just went on his own rampage. In just a few minutes, hundreds of people died by Puppet Viel’s hands.

‘We’re not able to move forward...?!’

The only one that blocked the path of the retreating Imperial Army troops was Puppet Viel. He was moving in a straight line, looked at the enemies around him and immediately raised his divine power.

‘This is crazy.’

Even Minhyuk, the owner of the puppet, was impressed by Puppet Viel’s performance. The truth was, Minhyuk was only barely able to beat Viel before. At that moment, Puppet Viel swung his sword that was brimming with divine power.

“Tiger’s Wind.”

[Tiger’s Wind.]

[The Tiger’s Wind will devour an entire radius of 300 meters and deal 2,000% additional damage.]

Baaaaaaaaaaaaang—!

Slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash—

A huge and ferocious wind devoured the Luvien Imperial Army. The wind sounded like a tiger as it roared and whipped around, tearing apart the imperial army. To make matters worse, the cavalry and soldiers were all in the middle of retreating. Because of that, some of them accidentally entered the skill\'s 300 meter radius coverage.

“...”

Minhyuk was left speechless. He had not seen the Tiger’s Wind skill when he fought with Viel before. Perhaps Viel had found it to be a waste to use an AOE attack skill with 2,000% additional attack on Minhyuk. It was probably also because the casting time was way too long to be used in a war.

‘However, the additional 2,000% attack power on top of Viel’s own attack is enough to wipe out the retreating troops of the Luvien Imperial Army.’

It had a lower additional attack compared to Minhyuk’s Overlord’s Technique. However, the Tiger’s Wind made up for it with its wider radius of coverage.

In just an instant, the Imperial Army’s troops that got caught in the 300-meter radius all turned into corpses that piled high up like a mountain and dyed the ground red.

[You are currently at war with the Luvien Empire!]

[You will be able to acquire 50% of the EXP and 100% of all of the gold and artifact drops obtained from the beings killed by the puppet!]

[You have gained 1,300,010 EXP.]

[You have gained 1,505,130 EXP.]

[...EXP.]

[...EXP.]

[You have obtained 7,513,013 gold.]

[You have obtained 9,413,100 gold.]

[You have obtained 13,000,203 gold.]

[...gold.]

[...gold.]

It was amazing to the point that one might find it difficult to express with the right words.

‘Is this a... ten minute absolute macro hunting...?’

Macro Hunting or, in other words, automatic hunting, was a way where one could obtain EXP and artifacts without lifting a single finger. Although Puppet Viel could only be used for a mere ten minutes, he was clearly very useful.

“Ughhhhh...”

“Crazy...”

Everyone was taken aback by the might that the Beyond the Heavens Empire was showing. To be exact, they were shocked with how the situation changed drastically with just the appearance of Emperor Minhyuk. However, the most important thing to note here was the fact that Minhyuk had not even made a move yet.

Minhyuk slowly took out a potion bottle that contained a liquid that was shining brightly with a variety of colors.

‘Viel’s Mysterious Elixir.’

It was also an item that Minhyuk had obtained after hunting Viel.

Gulp, gulp, gulp—

Minhyuk drank everything in one go.

[You have consumed Viel’s Mysterious Elixir.]

[Viel’s Mysterious Elixir will randomly pick one of your stats and raise it by 10~50 points.]

An elixir that could raise any stat by a single point was already worth tens of millions of won. This elixir could increase a random stat from anywhere between 10 to 50 points.

[Viel’s Mysterious Elixir has permanently increased your STR stat by +36!]

The notification brought Minhyuk delight. He had already planned to show what the emperor of the Beyond the Heavens Empire was capable of in this battle. Obtaining a +36 permanent increase in STR was like giving him wings.

The STR stat had a huge influence on one’s basic or skill attack. A boost on such a stat was enough to increase the damage substantially.

It had to be known that Minhyuk had acquired 200 stat points when he hunted Gaerna in the past. He had left these stat points be so that he could use them for a very critical moment. Now, he used these stat points to increase his STR and AGI.

[You have gained 100 STR.]

[You have gained 100 AGI.]

These 200 points added to his stats was equivalent to twenty levels.

“...He’s coming. Run! At full speed!!!” Knight Commander Don shouted just as Minhyuk charged forward and clashed with the Luvien Imperial Army.

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaang—!

No matter how strong Minhyuk was, it would have been very difficult for him to kill the Luvien Imperial Army all at once. They were at least at Level 450. However, now it was possible for him to deal with them. The Sword of Aeon had an attack power that was beyond 3,000 and he was even able to level up after hunting Viel. He had also invested 250 stat points appropriately.

‘Watch. I will show you the majesty and dignity of the Beyond the Heavens Empire’s emperor.’

The symbol ‘Explosion’ appeared on the blade of Minhyuk’s Sword of Aeon. With every swing of Minhyuk’s sword, numerous enemies died all at once.

“Keheoook!”

“How can this be?!”

The Luvien Imperial Army was terrified. Bloody lightning strikes would fall and cut down dozens of their troops with every swing of Minhyuk’s sword.

‘I will take the lives of your soldiers and return what you did to my soldiers ten fold, a hundred folds.’

Minhyuk was the type of person to return both favor and ill-will that he received several times back. At that moment, a set of notifications rang in his ears.

[You have wiped out 313 enemy troops.]

[You have met the conditions for triggering the Ten Thousand Swords.]

Minhyuk had finally achieved a 100% of the Thousand Swords’ skill proficiency. Now, he was finally able to obtain the Divine Sword’s final chapter, the Ten Thousand Swords. However, the requirements needed to trigger the skill were very tricky.

‘Kill 30,000 enemies with a hundred level difference with you with only your passive skills and basic attacks.’

It had been a very difficult requirement to fulfill. But it was now possible for Minhyuk. The enemies’ numbers and levels were both high.

Shwaaaaaaaaaaa—

Slash, slash, slash, slash, slash—!

Crack—

“Uwaaaaaaaack!”

“Keuaaaaaaaaaack!”

“U— Uwaaaaaaaaaah!”

The sight of Minhyuk charging forward alone as he annihilated the enemies that were at the forefront was spectacular. Thousands of the Luvien Imperial Army’s troops deliberately tried to bypass Minhyuk to flee, while the screams of their comrades rang out. However, Minhyuk unleashed hellish and blazing flames upon them.

“Overlord’s Technique.”

Rumbleeeeeeeee—

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang—!

The hellish flames burst out and devoured the fleeing soldiers. The attack killed thousands and turned them into ashes in an instant. But Minhyuk was not yet done. He immediately used his Lightning skill.

Baaaaaaaaaaaang—

A huge lightning bolt fell down from the sky and devoured the Sword of the Gods that tried to restrain Minhyuk. It was immediately followed by hundreds of lightning strikes that killed the Sword of the Gods and the troops around Minhyuk, making them disappear without a trace.

[You have wiped out 33,514 enemy troops.]

[You have met the conditions for triggering the Ten Thousand Swords.]

‘Not enough. It’s still not enough.’

“Not a single person will leave this place alive.”

Those words were not some kind of nonsensical declaration. He truly meant to kill each and every single one of them, with the exception of Nerva and his Swords of the Gods.

Slash, slash, slash, slash—!

“Uwaaaaaaaaack!”

“Aaaaaaaack!”

The Luvien Imperial Army started to tremble in fear when they saw how frightening and vicious Minhyuk was as he charged at them. The man was not showing them any mercy.

[The morale of the Luvien Imperial Army has dropped sharply!]

[All of the troops’ abilities will drop by 20%!]

“Hiyaaa!” Knight Commander Don could only groan in both shock and terror as he carried Emperor Nerva on his horse and ran.

‘Is he really going to kill all of our troops?’

It sounded like it was impossible. Of course, Don had already thought that Minhyuk and his troops might be able to catch up to them and kill around 40% of their Imperial Army. However, looking at the situation right now, it seemed like what he said earlier was not just nonsense.

The Luvien Imperial Army had already lost 800,000 of their troops. In other words, it was 40% of the total number of their troops, while they were trying to run away from the Beyond the Heavens Empire.

In the end, the Luvien Imperial Army broke down.

“Please— Please let us go!!!”

“Please spare us!!!”

“Aren’t— Aren’t you supposed to be a benevolent and kind person?!!”

It was quite funny to hear someone spit the words benevolent and kind in a situation like this. Minhyuk could not help but laugh. However, just in case, he unleashed God’s Voice upon those that depended and leaned on him.

[You have triggered God’s Voice.]

[He was called the kind and benevolent king.]

[He loved being with his people, laughing and crying along with them.]

[The people served their king.]

[And the king cherished and cared for his people.]

[The people trusted and believed in their king up until the moment they died.]

When they heard the part ‘until the moment they died’, the Luvien Imperial Army realized... ‘Ah. We’re at war. We laughed at the people of the Beyond the Heavens Kingdom when we were slaughtering and trampling on them.’

[My king will return as an emperor.]

[He vowed to the dead soldiers and people of the Beyond the Heavens Empire...]

[I will not let a single person leave this place alive.]

Minhyuk took a deep breath as he stood in front of the fleeing army. At that moment, a huge amount of divine power slowly started to seep into his sword.

[The Ten Thousand Swords is now available for use!]

[Due to the penalty for triggering the Ten Thousand Swords, the skill’s level will drop to Level 1.]

[Guardian God Obren soothes the pain that you feel over losing the people that you cherished and loved dearly!]

[Obren’s Embrace.]

[With Obren’s Embrace in effect, the skill will be 50% better than normal.]

Minhyuk finally unlocked the Ten Thousand Swords, one of the chapters under the Divine Sword that his beloved teacher Sword God Valen had left him. The moment he triggered the skill, a shocking notification rang in everyone’s ears.

[Ten Thousand Swords]

[Pierces the hearts of the enemies.]

[Ten Thousand Swords.]

[Ten Thousand Swords is a skill that can demonstrate great power when it comes to large-scale battles!]

[Ten Thousand Swords will chase after the stronger enemies and pierce through the hearts of ‘Ten Thousand’ enemies!]

[Each sword of the Ten Thousand Swords has 6,000% additional attack!]

[Those that had been grazed or cut by the Ten Thousand Swords in passing will receive an additional 3,000% damage!]

The Ten Thousand Swords was a skill that sounded more like a homing missile. It would go after centurions, legions commanders, knights, and all other commander-level individuals among the hundreds of thousands of enemy and pierce through their hearts.

Not long after, a bright flash engulfed Minhyuk’s sword as ten thousand swords shot out toward the hearts of the enemy troops.

Stab, stab, stab, stab, stab, stab—!

[You have killed Luvien Imperial Army’s Legion Commander Ardal.]

[You have killed Luvien Imperial Army’s Knight Foldo.]

[You have killed Luvien Imperial Army’s 13th Knight Order Commander Auburn.]

[...Luvien Imperial Army’s...]

[...Luvien Imperial Army’s...]

The notifications rang non-stop in Minhyuk’s ears.