Gourmet Gaming-Chapter 1314

Chapter 1315

Hell’s Abyss.

Obren’s Sin, the embodiment of all of the crimes and sins that he has committed, had been standing for several days, staring at the place where Guardian God Obren disappeared.

Obren’s Sin was the version of Obren back when he was still the Evil God. The betrayal that he had suffered left him with anger that could never be quelled unless he killed someone. And this very same Evil God could not understand why Obren had left this place.

[Why did you make that choice?]

‘I am Obren and Obren is me.’

When Obren’s Sin met Guardian God Obren, he could tell that the Guardian God version of him was happy despite becoming weaker and insignificant. He could not understand. Why was he happy when he had become insignificant? At the same time, this anger boiled strongly within him.

‘I am his sins.’

He was brought about by the crime of killing tens of millions of people; thus, he was trapped in this hellish tomb to repent and suffer forever. Whereas Obren was happy despite suffering from the betrayal from before.

[Ha...]

His anger continued to simmer as he found Obren ridiculous for abandoning him, his own sin.

Then, at that moment, an unknown energy erupted somewhere deeper in the Abyss.

There were many beings trapped in Hell's Abyss, mostly reduced to nothing but wailing prisoners clamoring in the walls of the Abyss. However, there were those among them who held significant influence and had a profound impact on the world. They were different and trapped in graves much like the one where Obren’s Sin was trapped, never to awaken to the world again. The only reason why Obren’s Sin was able to awaken was because he had met his main body.

Obren’s Sin went deeper into the never-ending darkness of the pit until he caught sight of another pit. Surprisingly enough, an arm was pushing itself out of this newly discovered pit.

Crack, crack, crack!

Cracks appeared on the edges of the pit. It was apparent how much the person had struggled to get out of this deep and dark hole.

Swooooosh!

The arm, which was struggling to get out, was suddenly pulled back. At that moment, Obren’s Sin met with a hair-raising gaze from the depths of the cracked pit.

Obren’s Sin asked dryly...

[What are you?]

[The people call me Kronos, the Ruler of Time.]

[...?!]

Obren’s Sin had heard stories about the Gaia Continent, a continent that existed beyond the West. He knew who Kronos was. He was the God who had gone against his father, Uranus. He was also the same man who was overthrown by his son, Zeus, and trapped in Tartarus with the other titans.

[So Tartarus is also here.]

The Hell’s Abyss was an unknown and unexplored world. Although the story about how the Abyss was connected to the Gaia Connected sounded ridiculous, it seemed like it was true. That in itself was already surprising. However, what came as a bigger surprise to Obren’s Sin was that Kronos was soon going to be able to escape from this place after years of struggling to do so.

[The woman named Helenia gave me a helping hand.]

Helenia was a woman whose thoughts were completely unpredictable. It seemed like she was of the mind that since she was already going to bring out some of them, she might as well release them all. So, she lent them a helping hand.

After looking at the cracks around Kronos, Obren’s Sin realized that it would not be too long before he could get out. Kronos once again reached out.

[You. Don’t you want to get back at the Obren who left you locked up in this place?]

The reason why Obren’s Sin was furious at Obren was that he was the reason why Obren’s Sin was trapped in this grave. And when he saw that the Obren of today was happy, he was so angry to the point where he almost looked green.

“I will lend you some of my strength.”

Kronos and Zeus fought for almost a dozen days. This meant that Kronos was at least on the same level as Zeus, a powerhouse of Olympus. Of course, there was a high chance that Kronos had already grown weaker compared to his prime. After all, many variables could have weakened him. Regardless, even if Kronos lent Obren’s Sin some of his powers, he would still have more than enough to escape this place.

Obren’s Sin grabbed Kronos’ outstretched hand. Mana flowed through their connected hands and restored some of the mana of Obren’s Sin, who had been in a deep and long slumber.

This version of Obren’s Sin, left trapped and in a deep slumber in the grave, was not the main body. Because of that, he only had around 75% of the power of the Evil God Obren in his prime. With Kronos’ power, that power was restored to around 85%.

A faint golden light shimmered in the eyes of Obren’s Sin as power surged within his veins.

‘This is enough. It’s more than enough for me to get out of this place.’

Obren’s Sin exhaled gracefully and looked at the eyes of Kronos, who was still trapped within the dark pit.

[If someone attacks this place, then Zeus will notice. I will be able to escape soon, so go out first and take revenge on your main body.]

The reason why Kronos helped Obren’s Sin was simple.

[And once you’re done with your revenge, lend me a hand when I go and take down Olympus.]

Obren’s Sin nodded as he began to fly above the Abyss. His destination? It was none other than the Beyond the Heavens Empire.

***

[Sword God Conir is creating the final chapter of the Heart Sword.]

[The influence rating of the Pillar of the Gourmands has increased by 1.1%.]

Minhyuk knew that the stubborn Conir did not like receiving help from others. To be honest, most of the high-rankers thought the same.

‘This is something that only I can do.’

‘I have to get through this by myself.’

The stronger and better these powerhouses became, the deeper this stubbornness and bias got embedded in their bones. However, if they tried to break away from such bias, there was a high chance that they would be able to take a giant leap forward, just like Conir.

Conir had gone beyond the level of growth that Minhyuk expected him to have.

‘Someone else created this Ten Thousand Li Sword.’

Yet Conir wanted to surpass even that. That was why he was challenging the creation of the final chapter of the Heart Sword.

At that moment, Minhyuk turned to look at the countless people standing near the walls of the empire. These were the people who were chosen after Haze imposed strict restrictions and supervision.

Minhyuk turned his gaze to Ascar. Asura Ascar was one of the Absolute Demigod-class players. However, her growth had stopped at Level 699. It was a well-known fact that she would experience another awakening at Level 700, gaining new powers and increasing her strength.

Minhyuk had heard reports that Asura Ascar had challenged Asura’s final ordeal more than five times already. For three straight months, she kept on failing. The repeated failures had lowered her level, and she kept coming back to Level 699.

Then, his gaze turned to his girlfriend, Genie. Whip Warrior Maiden Genie was once the guild master of the Legend Guild. However, she stepped down from the position and gave it to Minhyuk.

In the early days of Athenae, she was a powerhouse who could be said to be one of the high-rankers. Because of the limitations of her class’s characteristics, she had long been removed from the list of the high-rankers. Although she had kept silent about it, he knew that she was under a great deal of stress and pressure.

From what he heard, she was challenging a new God class, the Empress. Alas, she had been failing to conquer the dungeon where she could be crowned as the Empress.

This time, he turned to look at Gorfido. Great Pirate Gorfido was currently at a prolonged standstill. His growth had been stagnant for a long time. Although he had been keeping things to himself, Minhyuk had heard that he went out to sea and did not return after several days.

Minhyuk, who could see his status window, could gauge the man’s thoughts to some extent. It seemed like Gorfido no longer wanted to be the Legend of the Seas and was now trying to challenge the God of the Seas.

It was not just them. Countless other people had been trying to achieve something for a long time, yet they had failed to do so. Unfortunately, they were trapped by the wall that they had erected themselves. They could not get past this wall and could only struggle and flounder around it.

Most of these people were proud and could not bring themselves to ask for help. Nonetheless, with Conir’s precedence, their thinking had started to change.

‘There’s no shame in getting help.’

‘We’re also helping Minhyuk by raising his influence rating.’

‘All of us are from the Beyond the Heavens Empire. We will be able to make our empire stronger.’

However, they were still hesitant. They couldn't openly ask for help like that. Just then...

THUD!

“Your Majesty, please cook a dish for me!!!” Gorfido shouted as he knelt and bowed his head.

Among the NPCs of the Beyond the Heavens Empire, Gorfido was not only the most eccentric but also the one with the highest pride. The fact that he bowed down showed how high his desire to become stronger was and how thirsty he was for success.

Minhyuk smiled faintly. He nodded and said, “I will make the best dish for you.”

Minhyuk began to cook. Now that he has gone beyond the gods, he could easily ignore the damage that the God-grade ingredients inflicted when being cooked. No. To be exact, he was taking the damage and pressing it down by force. Just like that, a dish was completed.

“Genie.”

Immediately after that, he began to cook for Genie, his friend and lover. Perhaps he had been neglecting her too much. Why? Although he knew what was troubling her, he had turned a blind eye to her plight because he was too busy. So, he put his heart into it and gave it his all to make her the best dish he could.

He also prepared a dish for Asura Ascar.

Ascar had a crush on Minhyuk. However, she knew that her love would never be reciprocated. Even so, she still wanted to become stronger and protect him. This just showed how pure Ascar was when it came to love. Even if she could not have him, she would be happy if she could stay by his side and protect him. So, she had set a new goal for herself. She would become the best and the strongest Absolute Demigod.

The people who ate the dishes Minhyuk had prepared quickly headed to their destinations after eating.

[This is nuts.]

[Shit! That’s nine God-grade dishes in a row!]

[The bastard who said that it was impossible earlier, come out!!!]

[He’s made over fourteen of them...]

[Is he a monster?]

[Wow. It’s only been five hours, but he’s already made over twenty? Is this fr? Lolololol.]

He sincerely hoped that they would all do well in their challenges and trials and wished that they could shed their old skin and grow wings to fly through the skies.

Minhyuk had fallen into a trance amidst the constant notification of the Divine Will being triggered. As he fell deeper and deeper into a trance, the sounds around him began to disappear. He could no longer see anything except the dish that he was cooking in front of him.

[He’s made over thirty dishes...]

[GG. tremble, tremble]

He did not even know how much time had passed since he started, nor what the people were saying about him, or what was going on around him.

[You have proven to everyone in the world that you are the Pillar that Supports All of the Gourmands.]

[Your influence rating has increased by 1%.]

He just continued to cook one dish after another, doing the best he could, so that he could help the people who had spent time on him break through their limits.

[A new god has been born to the world.]

[This new god is the absolute existence who rules over the seas.]

[The god’s name is... God of the Seas Gorfido.]

[Your influence rating has increased by 1.2%.]

[The Absolute Demigod Class Asura has reached a new realm.]

[Asura is the greatest among the Absolute Demigod Classes. It surpassed even the Hegemon King.]

[She has completely absorbed Hell’s Asura and is reborn as the true Slaughterer.] freeweɓnovel.cøm

[Your influence rating has increased by 1.8%.]

Now that they were in their best condition, good results finally started to bloom for them.

[He’s already made 64 dishes! Minhyuk is not joking around!]

[He hasn’t failed a single one when making those 64 dishes! This is f*cking insane!]

[Hyung, take me! Hyung, take me! Hyung, take me!]

[Guys. Did you notice that 39 hours have already passed?]

[His influence rating is already at 15%... shake, shake]

[Wow. Can a human even do that without taking a single break...]

[Even so, I don’t think he’ll be able to catch up with Athenae at that speed.]

[The ratings will be refreshed in 20 hours. He’ll be in 2nd place, but he won’t be able to catch up with Athenae.]

[That’s a bit too much.]

Minhyuk, who had been working in a trance, slowly came back to his senses as he heard the following notifications.

[You have gained 1 DEX.]

[You have gained 1 DEX...]

[You have gained 1 DEX...]

The reason for this was that the easter egg that he had obtained after he made more than a hundred legendary-grade dishes in a row had increased his DEX Acquisition Rate by four times. There was also the fact that the stat acquisition rate would increase significantly the longer he cooked higher-grade ingredients.

Minhyuk, who left the trance state, was covered in sweat. Despite the shocking achievement, a bitter smile still crept on his face.

‘I can’t catch up with Athenae.’

Although he had little expectation for himself, he still found it regrettable. What was interesting was...

‘At the end of the day, I am also facing a wall of limitation myself.’

He could not remember when it started. The DEX stat was like a lifeline to the non-combat classes. The higher their DEX, the greater the correction effect and the better the products they produce will be. For a very long time, Minhyuk’s DEX had not changed, no matter how hard he tried to increase it. He had truly reached the end of the DEX stat. This meant that he had already reached the limit and was also blocked by a wall.

Minhyuk smiled bitterly as he looked at his DEX, which could be said to have already gone beyond common sense. Yes, it had not changed at all.

‘Even if I can’t increase my DEX, I will still give it my all and try my best as I am! I will continue to move forward even if there’s no reward. Even if there’s a wall in front of me, I will try my hardest to get over this wall!’ Minhyuk thought as he slowly fell into a trance again. This was just the kind of person Minhyuk was.

Then, at that moment...

[One of the Absolute Gods, the God of Will who never backs down, is looking at you.]

Minhyuk had met the God of Will many times in the conference room. He didn't talk much and had only ever smiled at Minhyuk when they first met. Regardless, this god was the god who created the Will stat.

[Your DEX has gone beyond common sense.]

[The God of Will, who never backs down, changes your DEX.]

[A new stat that goes beyond DEX has been created.]

A pillar of light fell from the sky and fell upon Minhyuk. At that moment, the tens of thousands of DEX points that had accumulated in Minhyuk seemed to flow out. Then, the light that fell upon Minhyuk slowly turned red and began to seep into him.

[The DEX stat has changed into the Divine DEX.]

[The transformed Divine DEX removes the restriction on obtaining more stats than the ordinary DEX stat. If you receive more points than the allowed ordinary DEX, you will be able to retain the stat points.]

[The Divine DEX is 1.2x better and more potent than ordinary DEX...]

Ring!

[Recalculated and fixed.]

[The ordinary DEX in your possession far surpasses the Divine DEX.]

[You have broken through the limits.]

[You have broken through the limits.]

Ring!

[Congratulations!]

[You are the first player to open the Pillar’s DEX.]

[The Pillar’s DEX has no limits.]

[The more your stat increases, the more powerful you become, the more strength you will obtain.]

[Pillar’s DEX is 1.5x more powerful than ordinary DEX.]

Just like that, Minhyuk had also broken through the wall that was blocking his path forward.