Leveling Up through Eating
chapter-8-1

Chapter 8.1

Translator: ChubbyCheeks

Team Leader Park, Lee Minhwa and the other employees were observing the Ardo hunting training grounds sharply.

“Do you think the users will be able to hunt it this time?”

In Athenae, the golden chicken would only appear once a month at a random hunting training ground. The golden chicken they’re watching was literally an event, this was the reason why it was extremely strong.

Even now, the users were rapidly being forced to log-out. However, none of them were complaining. That was how much merit the golden chicken has. It was after all a big event for beginners and the only penalty for death was to have no access to the game for 30 minutes.

“I don’t think it’s possible this time.”

“Is that so?”

No one has ever caught the golden chicken before. They had no choice but to just continue watching.

‘The users form teams but they are distracted by each other, is there even any teamwork here? I can’t believe them.’

Team Leader Park shook his head.

In the first place, the golden chicken was way stronger than any of the users at the hunting training grounds. Besides, it would automatically disappear in 20 minutes after its initial appearance.

Currently, Lee Minhwa and the other employees were looking at the golden chicken. She wasn’t aware of anything since she was just a newcomer. So she went to ask Team Leader Park after hearing them talk.

“Team Leader, this golden chicken is funny.”

“Why?”

Team Leader Park turned to face Lee Minhwa who was suddenly laughing.

“You can choose between two rewards right?”

“Yeah.”

Team Leader Park smiled wryly.

The golden chicken actually has another reward aside from gold and the user could only choose one from those two rewards.

“It could lay a golden egg or it could lay an egg that’s more delicious than a regular egg. They could only choose one from those choices. And if you choose the delicious egg you would be able to get a hidden piece… Pffft…! I don’t think the hidden piece will ever be obtained.”

“Yeah, after all 200,000 gold is 10,000 won in cash. Which idiot will choose the delicious egg? Even if the cash conversion rate drops over time, you could literally deposit 100 million in a year and get a 3%~4% interest rate.”

“Ah, you’re right.”

Lee Minhwa turned her head to look at the screen after hearing them, when she suddenly said huh?

“Why?”

“T- team leader. There’s a user running towards the golden chicken with his sword.”

“Hmm?”

Team Leader Park narrowed his eyes.

There was a man running with blazing eyes, like his running towards the school cafeteria on lunch break.

That man looks familiar.

His sword is familiar too.

“That— that user…!”

The moment those words came out of Team Leader Park’s mouth…

[Aaaaack!]

Another user turned to gray and was forced to log-out.

They saw Minhyuk fly out of the crowd of users.

And…

Slash!

Then he brandished the Sword of Rebellion.

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Slash!

“bok, bok!”

Minhyuk broke through the gaps between the users and he then slashed at the golden chicken.

Blood splattered. This was an effect that was 100% identical to reality.

But Minhyuk was still calm. His calmness was only because of one goal.

‘I want to try and eat it.’

Guuulp—

He gulped again.

He then saw the knife-like beak of the golden chicken up close. When he was farther away, he wondered why it always got embedded in the other users bodies but now that he was closer he finally understood why.

“bok… bok!”

The golden chicken glared at Minhyuk, and Minhyuk did the same to the golden chicken.

There was a tension in the air. The other users couldn’t even get anywhere near the golden chicken.

The angry golden chicken shot straight at Minhyuk.

“bok, bok!”

Minhyuk stabbed the angry golden chicken’s head but it suddenly twisted its body away.

“That, I don’t think that’s a chicken. And that human too.”

A user muttered to himself but Minhyuk wasn’t embarrassed.

The chicken stabbed at him again but he dodged and kicked the beak away.

Slam!

“bokbok!”

“He- he’s fast…!”

“Omg… He’s taking on the golden chicken alone!”

The users who have compiled and researched the data about the golden chicken were shocked.

According to the official data released by the operators, the golden chicken could only be caught with the combined strength of several users. This was because it was a very difficult target.

However, no one has ever gotten the rewards. The users were aware that if they teamed up they would not know who would get the rewards after the fight and since all of them were greedy for the price then it just became a solo play. Furthermore, since all of the users were novices the concept of party was still unknown to them.

But right now, Minhyuk has the highest stats among the users. This was because he had the Sword of Rebellion and he hit the scarecrow the most compared to everybody else plus he continuously exercised for four hours everyday in reality.

[Dauntless Strike]

[Your strikes will now have an additional 20% attack power.]

Minhyuk used his skill.

The golden chicken once again flew straight at Minhyuk.

Flap, flap flap!

“Buooooook!”

“I— it’s like an eagle, what the hell!”

Some users started to get scared of it but Minhyuk still did not back down.

He glared at it and stabbed its body with all his strength.

Stab!

Of course, what he stabbed was the golden chicken.

Minhyuk quickly stepped away.

“bok… bok…”

The golden chicken was weakened. He wielded his sword while he quickly narrowed the distance between them.

Stab!

He then slashed at the chicken’s neck with all his strength.

Slaaaaaash!

Splash!

Blood rained down.

Which was followed by a notification.

[The event monster Golden Chicken has been successfully hunted.]

Minhyuk saw a golden statue the size of a regular chicken appear in front of the dead golden chicken. Next to it was a golden ticket [1] with 82,135 written on it and the golden chicken’s beak.

Minhyuk reached out his hand to pick it.

[You have acquired 82,135 gold.]

[You have acquired a chicken that lays a golden egg.]

[You have acquired the golden chicken’s beak.]

There was a lot of gold that dropped because it was an event boss monster.

Minhyuk quickly reached out to the body of the dead golden chicken.

“Collect.”

For the body of the monster, it won’t be acquired just by reaching out your hands. You have to say collect yourself or touch it personally.

However, even if it was inside the inventory it did not mean that the body will remain fresh. It would still go bad depending on the temperature outside.

Minhyuk sucked the body of the golden chicken in his inventory.

“Hehehe.”

He gave a satisfied smile.

‘I’m pretty sure that this guy would taste extremely delicious when it’s cooked.’

He saw it when they fought.

Those legs are plump and that breast part is well-bred.

The others would have definitely turned their eyes on the gold but Minhyuk was clearly focused on what he could eat.

He suddenly felt hungry so he munched on a hard bread while he checked the chicken that lays golden eggs.

(Chicken that Lays Golden Eggs)

Class: Event Artifact

Special Abilities

> It can lay a golden egg worth 200,000 gold once a day.

>It can lay ten eggs that are more delicious than a regular egg once a day.

Description: This can be acquired once you defeat the event monster, golden chicken. The user can choose between the two special abilities and receive the reward every day.

“Oh!”

Minhyuk wasn’t able to listen to the other users talk about the gold reward.

He was thinking about how delicious the golden chicken looked.

He nodded his head in agreement to himself.

‘Isn’t this a really great reward?!’

Oh my god! How can there be such an amazing reward?!

This is a reward that adds innovate in innovation! [2]

“I would definitely pick the 2nd option!”

[The Chicken that Lays Golden Eggs. You have chosen the delicious egg reward, is this your final choice?]

Minhyuk did not even need to think about it a second time. For him, the second reward looks the best!

“Omf chourse!” [3]

[The Special Ability of the Chicken who Lays Golden Eggs have been chosen.]

Ring!

[You have achieved the Hidden Piece: He Who Knows the Happiness in Eating.]

[You have acquired a food storage inventory.]

[You have gained +5 in all your basic stats.]

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Footnotes

[1] It just says gold with 82,125 written on it… But I think golden ticket would work better ^^

[2] innovate is 혁신 so it adds 혁신에 in 혁신을 is what it says.

[3] he’s totally munching on that hard bread.

TL’s corner:

LOL OMG. The author was like… He stabbed it, but ofc its the chicken and I’m like author-nim he was ofc fighting the chicken… Who else would he stab????