<h4>Chapter 887</h4>
Just like usual, discussions about the special yers and the future direction of Athenae’s story took ce inside Joy Co. Ltd.’s conference room.
“Then, let’s do it this way for that part.” Kang Taehoon gave his approval after silently listening to the discussions and suggestions of each team leader and director. However, as he sat calmly in his chair, he recalled one of the yers.
So, he asked, “yer Minhyuk... he has received the recognition of quite a few gods, no?”
Kang Taehoon’s eyes turned to Team Leader Park Minggyu. He was confident that Team Leader Park had already checked and confirmed the situation from the beginning until the end.
“That’s right. Minhyuk has received the recognition of the gods that did not believe and trust in him after he sessfully attacked Argalis Dungeon, a dungeon that not even the gods could clear in the Land of the Gods.”
“That’s amazing.” President Kang Taehoon was impressed.
What kind of beings were the gods? They were the most arrogant and prideful beings in Athenae. Ordinary yers would probably never meet a <i>God</i> for the rest of their lives. But these very same gods had recognized the Food God as the rightful descendant of the Battle God.
Then, Minggyu suddenly said, “President, I have some additional things to report to you.”
President Kang Taehoon looked at him in doubt. Based on Team Leader Park Minggyu’s personality and nature, if he had something to report, he would have already said it right after the meetingmenced. But he only opened his mouth right when the meeting was about to end.
“I was hesitating if I should report this or not.”
“Huh? What is it?”
“We have confirmed that yer Minhyuk has obtained the <i>authority to run a God-rank dungeon once.</i>”
“The authority to run a God-rank dungeon...”
Some people, including President Kang Taehoon, were startled when they heard those words. However, even though they were pretty shocked, it was still debatable whether this topic was important enough to be discussed in the <i>conference room</i>.
The level of Athenae yers had soared tremendously. God-rank artifacts? God-grade skills? Over a hundred yers in the game had obtained those that carried the name of <i>God</i> now. That was even more so the case for cooking ingredients. Since this type of item was a consumable, more than 300 of them had been released in the game.
“It’s possible to obtain the authority to run a God-rank dungeon somewhere other than Argalis Dungeon, no?”
No authority to run a God-rank dungeon was listed among the rewards for Argalis Dungeon. This reward allowed those pursuing quests rted to God of Dungeons Evas to proceed further, and it was not that umon.
Team Leader Park exined the exact details of the story to the rest of the people in the conference room.
“So, you’re saying that Evas’ soul gave the authority to run a God-rank dungeon once to the Food God as an apology?”
“That’s right.”
Evas would not consider it a waste to give this reward to Minhyuk. After all, Minhyuk was the one who cleared the extremely difficult Argalis Dungeon.
“If it’s a problem, then it would be a problem. But if it is not, then it wouldn’t matter at all.”
Hence, Team Leader Park Minggyu was conflicted and wondered if he should report the matter.
“Evas’ authority to rule a God-rank dungeon is better than ordinary authority to rule God-rank dungeons.”
Team Leader Park nodded.
“Even if an ordinary yer obtained the authority to rule a God-rank dungeon, they would not be able to use it properly.”
Hearing what Kang Taehoon said, Park Minggyu added, “Ordinary yers could use the mobs that are given in God-rank dungeons. However, for named monsters or Named NPCs that would be quasi-boss and boss-level beings, they had to be those tamed by the yer themselves or those working under them.”
A collective groan rang out when they heard the word <i>vassal.</i>
“<i>Hnggh...</i> What would happen if Spear God Ben bes the boss mob?” asked one of the team leaders, who btedly realized the seriousness of the matter.
Minggyu’s face shed with a bitter expression. “If that’s the only problem, then we should all be relieved. However, there is a high chance that the Spear God, the Fallen Wretched Emperor, the Great Demon, and many more will only be a quasi-boss mob.”
“...”
“...”
“Well... the boss mob will most likely be yer Minhyuk.”
“...”
“...”
Everyone in the conference room looked like they had been hit on the head.
President Kang Taehoon sighed lightly. “All we can hope for is yer Minyuk to run the dungeon <i>normally</i>.”
Everyone agreed with the president’s words. However, Team Leader Park, whose face had grown even more bitter, said, “President, I still have one more problem.”
“Another problem?”
“Yes.”
“Everyone here knows yer Minhyuk has obtained a ticket to allow him entry to the Field of the Gods, right?”
This was still within Kang Taehoon’s expectations. The Argalis Dungeon was a ce that could make one’s dreamse true.
<i>‘And yer Minhyuk’s dream is, without a doubt, rted to eating.’</i>
Because of that, he already expected the man to be able to reach the Field of the Gods. However, even if that were the case, the duration at which he could stay inside the Field of the Gods would be very short. Furthermore...
“Aren’t the crops growing in the Field of the Gods much harder to harvest than ordinary crops?”
That was right. In addition, the much harder-to-harvest part here did not mean that it was because the crops had a higher grade than normal. Assuming that the same God-grade ingredient was nted in the Field of the Gods and an ordinary field, the crops that grew in the Field of the Gods would be 1.5x harder to harvest.
“Well, considering yer Minhyuk’s high level of DEX, he would definitely be able to harvest quite a lot.”
“However, God of Dungeons Bentley broke the rules and stormed inside the dungeon. Because of that, the <i>all-quest skip</i> condition was added to the clearing conditions of the dungeon. For that same reason, the duration of his stay in the Field of the Gods has increased significantly.”
A solemn expression appeared on President Kang Taehoon’s face.
Just as its name suggested, the Field of the Gods was and filled with <i>God-grade</i> ingredients. Of course, not all of them were categorized as God-grade ingredients, but there were quite a few low-quality ingredients that could only exert powers and abilities on par with legendary-grade ones in the field.
With cold sweat dripping down his back, Park Minggyu said, “What if... What if yer Minhyuk does something big bybining the ingredients that he will acquire from the Field of the Gods and the authority to rule a God-rank dungeon?” he gulped dryly and continued, “If that happened, then our overtime is as good as sealed.”
A dark and solemn expression shed in the faces of everyone present. Some of the team leaders even started to shed tears at the thought.
***
<i>(</i><strong><i>The One Carrying the Hero’s Pride</i></strong><i>)</i>
<i>Unique Title</i>
<strong><i>Title Effects</i></strong><i>:</i>
<i>?Additional 2% for all stats.</i>
<i>?Additional 5% on CHA.</i>
<i>?The Hero’s Story.</i>
The One Carrying the Hero’s Pride was the title that Minhyuk had received when the AI was controlling him to see off War God Veyron. If one looked at its description, one would say that <i>The One Carrying the Hero’s Pride</i> was not such a great title. However, there was something noteworthy in this title. And that was none other than <i>The Hero’s Story.</i>
<i>[Whenever the system recognizes a hero, the Hero’s Story will be triggered. Once the Hero’s Story has been triggered, the title''s effects will improve based on the recognized hero’s achievements.]</i>
To put it simply, it was a growth-type title. At present, this title might seem insignificantpared to the God Above Gods title.
<i>‘However, The One Carrying the Hero’s Pride has a much greater potential.’</i>
To be exact, The One Carrying the Hero’s Pride was a title with infinite potential.
<i>Rumble–</i>
When the sky of Argalis Dungeon started to crumble, a bright light engulfed Minhyuk and warped him away from the ce.
<i>[You will now be sent out of Argalis Dungeon.]</i>
Minhyuk opened his eyes and breathed a huge sigh of relief. <i>‘Thank goodness I did not show up there.’</i>
Based on what Minhyuk had personally gathered, he assumed that many gods would gather in front of Argalis Dungeon. If he warped in that ce, he would have to deal with them, which would be exhausting. Thankfully, that was not the case.
After sending the thought to the back of his head, excitement suddenly washed over him.
<i>‘Kghhk! The Field of the Gods!’</i>
The thought of the ce, which must be filled with countless mouthwatering ingredients, alone was enough to delight him. However, before entering, he checked the ticket that would allow him entry to the <i>Field of the Gods.</i>
<i>(</i><strong><i>Field of the Gods’ Entry Ticket</i></strong><i>)</i>
<strong><i>Rank</i></strong><i>: God</i>
<strong><i>Entry Details</i></strong><i>:</i>
<i>?The duration of your stay inside the Field of the Gods is six minutes.</i>
<i>?You can take away the ingredients if you can sessfully harvest them.</i>
<i>?You can use all of the skills that you own inside.</i>
<i>?Even if the crops are of the same grade as those from the outside, harvesting the crops from the Field of the Gods is 1.5x more difficult than usual.</i>
As he looked at the ticket’s description, Minhyuk thought, <i>‘Is there a way for me to take as many delicious ingredients as I want?’</i>
If he could harvest for six minutes, he would take all the God-grade ingredients. However, he wanted more. At that moment, Minhyuk’s concentration reached a terrifying level. This was how tenacious he was when it came to food and eating. As he pondered deeply, Minhyuk recalled a method that would probably allow him to do what he wanted there.
“Ah...!”
This was none other than the <i>skillbination.</i> When his God Above Gods title waspleted, Minhyuk acquired the chance tobine two skills and another chance tobine three skills. He quickly clicked on the detailed description of the skillbination.
<i>[You have to choose the skills that you want tobine.]</i>
<i>[You have to exin in detail how the skills will bebined and how they will be used.]</i>
<i>[The system will determine if the skills are suitable and if they can bebined.]</i>
<i>[If it is determined to be suitable, the sess of thebination of the skills would depend on their suitability.]</i>
<i>[The Two Skill Combination can only try tobine the two selected skills twenty times.]</i>
<i>[If the skillbination fails, you can no longer try anybination of the skill 1 + skill 2 varieties you have attempted.]</i>
Just because Minhyukbined two skills did not necessarily mean thebination would work. He had to determine if the skills would fit together. Also, based on what he could see with thebination sess rate, a considerable portion depended on luck.
<i>‘Of course,bining two or three attack skills will greatly help me.’</i>
However, what would happen after that? Was everything about increasing his attack power? At this moment, Minhyuk thought he should at least use one chance to help him eat something delicious.
<i>‘Whatbination will allow me to increase my harvest yield significantly?’</i> Minhyuk pondered.
In his head, Minhyuk began tobine various God-rank skills, the minimum requirement for the rank of the skills he couldbine with his God Above Gods title.
<i>‘It should be a skill that will help me harvest more crops from here on out.’</i>
Various skillbinations popped up in Minhyuk’s head. However, the most crucial thing that popped up was...
“Can Ibine artifact skills with the skills in my possession?”
He hoped tobine Divine Will with the Dual Swordsmanship Technique. Minhyuk already imagined himself holding two pickaxes as he worked through the field!
<i>‘I will be able to harvest more quickly.’</i>
However, Minhyuk’s fantasy was instantly shattered.
<i>[Artifact skills cannot bebined.]</i>
Minhyuk sighed ruefully. He had been very excited when he imagined himself holding two pickaxes, but the dream was instantly shattered, and he was left sad and depressed.
<i>‘Then, how should Ibine my skills?’ </i>Minhyuk thought, his eyes closing as he pondered about this matter deeply.
Suddenly, his eyes blinked open. “This is it! Two Skill Combination.”
At that moment, a hologram screen appeared right in front of Minhyuk.
<i>[Please select the skills you want tobine.]</i>
Minhyuk quickly clicked the two skills that he wanted tobine.
<i>[Passive Skill Lightning: Destruction.]</i>
<i>[Passive Skill: Divine Will.]</i>
<i>[You have selected two skills.]</i>
There was something significant to take note of about these two skills.
<i>‘Both of these skills are Absolute God’s Secrets.’</i>
If thisbination seeded, Minhyuk was confident he would have a jaw dropping harvesting skill.
<i>[Please exin in detail how thebined skill will be cast and what it is used for.]</i>
The hologram screen quickly filled with letters as he typed. How would the skill be used? Well, he intended to use it to harvest crops. How would it be cast or used once triggered?
<i>‘The Destruction skill sends sixteen lightning strikes and inflicts additional damage once triggered.’</i>
What if Minhyuk applied that to harvesting crops?
<i>‘One harvest attempt would turn into sixteen harvest attempts. Then, the buff effects of Divine Will would be added.’</i>
Minhyuk suddenly stopped typing.
<i>‘Isn’t this going to be very crazy?’</i>
If this skill could bebined, then it would definitely produce a very ridiculous and crazy skill. Finally, Minhyuk clicked the <iplete</i> button.
<i>[The suitability of the skillbination is being determined.]</i>
<i>[Determining... 6%... 15%... 25%... 38%...]</i>
<i>[The skills can bebined!]</i>
<i>[Thebination sess rate will now be determined!]</i>
<i>[Thebination sess rate is at 3%!]</i>
<i>[You have twenty attempts tobine the skills!]</i>
<i>[If the skillbination fails, you can no longer try anybination of the skill 1 + skill 2 varieties you have attempted.]</i>
Minhyuk took a deep breath. It has been a while since he found something that he truly wanted to obtain. He stared at the hologram screen momentarily before clicking the <i>attemptbination</i> button.
<i>[Attemptingbination.]</i>
Light engulfed the two skills shing on the hologram screen. However, a red light suddenly covered the entire screen.
<i>[Combination failed!]</i>
However, it did not stop there.
<i>[Attemptingbination.]</i>
<i>[Combination failed...]</i>
<i>[Attemptingbination.]</i>
<i>[Combination failed...]</i>
<i>[Attemptingbination.]</i>
<i>[Combination failed...]</i>
<i>[Attemptingbination.]</i>
<i>[Combination failed...]</i>
“Keuaaaaaaack!”
Ten failed attempts in a row. Perhaps this was only the natural oue. After all, thebination sess rate was only 3%. Even so, the loss that wrapped around Minhyuk’s entire being was too great.
<i>‘This skill will help me eat more delicious food!’</i>
Minhyuk steeled his heart as he tried to calm himself. Then, he tried tobine the skills once again.
<i>[Attemptingbination.]</i>
<i>[Combination failed...]</i>
<i>[Attemptingbination.]</i>
<i>[Combination failed...]</i>
<i>[Attemptingbination.]</i>
<i>[Combination failed...]</i>
<i>[Attemptingbination.]</i>
<i>[Combination failed...]</i>
Minhyuk’s expression grew ugly as continuous failure rang in his ears.
At the same time, most people sitting inside the Joy Co. Ltd.’s conference room were tightly sping their sweaty hands.
<i>‘If yer Minhyuk can sessfullybine those skills, he will be able to harvest more ingredients in the Field of the Gods.’</i>
<i>‘If that happens, our fate of doing overtime will be sealed.’</i>
They never know what Minhyuk, who always did something new and unprecedented, would do if he obtained such a skill! That was why everyone was praying for the failure of the skillbination.
However, Minhyuk was roaring for the sess of his skillbination. “Combiiiiiiiiiiiine!!!”
<i>[Combination failed...]</i>
“Combiiiiiiiiine!!!”
<i>[Combination failed...]</i>
“<i>Combiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine!!!</i>”
<i>[Combination failed...]</i>
“<strong>COMBINE!</strong>”
<i>[Combination failed...]</i>
Minhyuk’s face shed with disappointment when his 19th attempt atbining the skills failed. On the other hand, the faces of all the team leaders present inside Joy Co. Ltd.’s conference room were smiling.
Team Leader Park said, “It seems like we’ll prevail this time.”
Hope bloomed in their hearts. It seemed like they would not work overtime for this.
Minhyuk sighed, his face dejected. ‘It would be more strange if everything went<i> well for me.’</i>
With a click of his tongue, Minhyuk pressed the <i>attemptbination</i> button one final time. He was thinking, <i>‘Let’s do this so I won’t have any regrets.’ </i>but his eyes were closed tightly, his heart thumping wildly and even his breathing had turned almost non-existent. And finally, a very happy tune rang in his ears.
<i>Ring!</i>
<i>[Combination sessful!]</i>
<i>[The Passive Skill: Striking Will has been created!]</i>
“Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!” Minhyuk cheered loudly.
“...”
“...”
“...”
The Joy Co. Ltd.’s conference room was plunged into deep silence.