Leveling Up Through Eating

Chapter 474: Naval Warfare (Middle)

Chapter 474: Naval Warfare (Middle)

The entire Japanese archipelago was once again thrown into a heated uproar after knowing that the unknown and mysterious player that chased and hunted down the pirates was none other than Korea’s best and strongest, the Food God! The sudden appearance of one ship that was sailing at full speed towards the 300 pirate ships was also enough to shock them.

The ship was owned by the first kingdom built by a player in Athenae and the number one guild of Korea, the Beyond the Heavens Kingdom. Their ship rushed forward and stood in front of the 300 pirate ships confidently. Minhyuk stood in front of their ship and looked calmly at the 300 pirate ships in front of them.

[That’s, that’s crazy. One ship is keeping 300 pirate ships in check.]

[All I can say is… wow. They’re so amazing. They only have one ship, but the aura and momentum that they emit seem to overwhelm the 300 pirate ships in front of them.]

[It feels like the pirates onboard the 300 pirate ships are shaking.]

They were literally shaking. In fact, even the Japanese people were in admiration of Minhyuk. They were siding with him and not the pirates.

[Sugoi-ne!!! Minhyuk-chan! So cool!!!]

[Wow… Did you see? They did not falter even in front of 300 pirate ships? They’re even overwhelming them in terms of momentum! Ah, I can’t believe it. Beyond the Heavens Kingdom’s king and their guild leader Minhyuk has visited our country!!!]

[Ah! Does this mean that we can finally watch Player Minhyuk’s mukbang in our country?!]

[Come to think of it, didn’t Lundnu say that it would be hard for the Food God to deal with him when they met at sea? It was just a few minutes ago too.]

[Hahahahahaha. He said that the Food God would be a loser if they met in the past, there’s just no video so he can get away with denying it. Although everyone knows it, he threatened that he would file a lawsuit if someone spreads this ‘false information’.]

[Can’t Lundnu prove it right here and now? That remark?]

Lundnu and the Food God had indeed come face to face, which made all the media outlets heat up. Meanwhile, Lundnu…

‘Th, this… dog-shit luck.’

…was extremely flustered. He thought that he would only be able to meet the Food God after all of the servers had integrated. That was why he spouted nonsense and made overconfident remarks like that.

To think that the Food God was now standing in front of him.

‘No. I can kill him. This is an opportunity. If I kill the Food God here, then my reputation will soar and the whole world will know of me.’

Lundnu was able to quickly regain his calm. Looking at the situation that they were in, Beyond the Heavens Kingdom only had one ship, while Lundnu was in command of 300 pirate ships.

Would 300 pirate ships lose against a single ship? It was impossible.

Besides, Gorfido’s pirate ship was the strongest and toughest pirate ship in existence. It was a fact that no ship, magic, or skill had ever won against Gorfido’s pirate ship.

However, Gorfido was extremely worried. He said, “What can you do with just one ship?”

Gorfido watched as the captives that Minhyuk had saved climbed aboard his ship. However, even with their addition, there were only around 100 of them.

What could he do with these numbers?

Genie approached Minhyuk and shook hands with him the moment he landed on deck. She said, “I didn’t expect that we’ll be fighting a naval war.”

The ship that they were on right now, was a ship that they had built long before the establishment of Beyond the Heavens Kingdom. Not only did Roadol, the president of Ilhwa Construction, and Olger, the descendant and disciple of Golden Hammer Dwarf Lant, create a fortress, they had also asked for Minhyuk’s approval to create a ship.

‘We will definitely have a chance to set sail and go out to sea in the near future. Besides, there are countless things that we can get there.’

Minhyuk nodded when he heard Olger’s words and said, ‘Right! We can get a lot of good ingredients at sea! Kyaa! Okay. I approve! Making a fishing boat is a very good suggestion! Approved!’

‘Eh? N, no… it’s not a fishing boat… uhmm…’

They unexpectedly got the go signal. And just like that, Roadol, Olger, and even Hyemin’sDaddy, the Blacksmith God Hepas’ Descendant, all participated in the creation of the ship. The ship created by the best architect and blacksmiths in existence might not be as strong as Gorfido’s Pirate Ship, but it could still destroy ships with one strike. Even so…

“What can you even do with just this number of people?”

“Huh? Why do I suddenly feel like there’s a chill running down my spine?” Locke, who was also on board, immediately turned around. The reason for the chill down his spine was because Gorfido settled on his shoulders.

“Well, we’ll see about that. After all, we’re all descendants of chungmugong[1],” Minhyuk said, lips twisting in a smile.

Chungmugong? Gorfido could not understand what Minhyuk was talking about. Then, he looked around the ship.

“Hey, runts! You want a taste of my spear, huh? Huh?! Kikikiki!” Said an old man, who was combing his long hair.

On the other side…

“Sluuurp, nyam, nyam! Sluuuurp, nyam, nyam! Tasty ramyeon~” A boy, who was wearing an eyepatch from who knew where, sang as he ate ramyeon.

But was that all? Of course not.

“Music… is the only drug permitted by His Majesty…!”

Drip, drip, drip—

There was also a tall, handsome, fine young man that was mumbling a strange song about butterflies while smiling at the distant seas with tears dripping down his cheeks.

“Poor, pitiful souls… Tch, tch. How can you not have something like this?”

‘What? There’s something missing?’

“Why are the hair on your head so thin?! I will make sure to save all your pitiful souls! Talmor!!!” The man, who Gorfido believed was a paladin, suddenly cried out with his arms raised high up in the sky.

Pause!

Gorfido touched his shiny and empty head for some reason after hearing the man’s words.

“Haa~ haa~” Then, a strange sound suddenly rang out on the ship. It sounded like a man’s low groan. Gorfido’s head jerked towards the direction of the sound and saw a man shuddering with an ecstatic look on his face.

“Come, come! This is the story of a framed and fallen prince that fell in love with the mermaid princess! After being accused of false charges, the fallen prince fled to the seas of Ever to survive. However, despite running away from his pursuers, a stray arrow got him and forced him to fall into the depths of the seas. The mermaid princess, who saw everything, came to the prince’s rescue. When the prince came to be, he was greeted with the sight of the mermaid princess tending to him. The two fell in love at first sight and enjoyed passionate and blazing love every night, creating wave after wave at sea!”

“Wave, wave after wave?!”

“This is a story of two people going inside only to come out as three people!!!”

“Three, three people?! Heok?!!”

Gorfido was shocked. What kind of magic would allow two people to come out as three?!

“But the people at the royal palace realized this and sent troops out to sea to chase after the prince…!”

“What, what happened! What’s next?!!” Gorfido shouted despite himself. At some point, he had fallen in love with the story. After all, he had never heard such a masterpiece in his entire life at sea! This was how charming the hot and blazing story of the mermaid princess and the prince was! And there were even kingdom troops chasing after him!

‘He, he’s definitely a genius!’

But not long after, Gorfido came back to his senses. It did not matter if that mysterious author was a genius, their current situation was still dire. How could these strange men go to war against 300 pirate ships?! At this point in time, Gorfido was still unaware that he would also be categorized as weird and strange in the future!

But right now it was not only Gorfido, even the captives and the troops that decided to stay with Minhyuk, were doubtful of their victory. All of them trembled in fear at the sight of these men.

‘H… how can we trust these people with our lives and fight against 300 pirate ships?’

‘We’ve definitely been scammed! Fighting that number with these people is just plain reckless!’

‘We’re all going to die!’

Fear began to bud in their hearts. The scene made it clear to everyone onboard that their victory in this fight was a long-shot. They did not want to fight in this battle when they would only be ‘forced to die’.

“I… I want to live…”

“I want to go back!”

“Hiiiik! How can we entrust our lives to those fools! We can’t fight with them!”

But Minhyuk did not address them and only looked at the guild members of Beyond the Heavens Kingdom. At that moment, Gorfido felt an unknown pressure weigh down on him.

‘The aura and momentum changed?’

They all stopped what they were doing the moment Minhyuk’s eyes passed by them. The tall man, Elpis, quickly pulled out the earphones in his ear, while the old man, Ghost Spear Ben, tucked away his comb. Even the boy who ate ramyeon, Conir, stood up and looked at Minhyuk with bright and clear eyes.

“Heed my orders.”

At Minhyuk’s words, everyone’s momentum changed. Even the look in their eyes changed. Their eyes glinted sharply, like lions prowling at the peak of the food chain, as Minhyuk finished his orders, “Destroy all of the pirates of Ever Seas.”

“We have received your orders!”

“We have received your orders!”

“We have received your orders!”

Ghost Spear Ben banged his spear strongly on the floor, while Elpis, Conir, Corr and Aruvel knelt down on one knee. Then, Genie started to push the ship’s lever. Then…

Shwaaaaaaa—

…their ship began to accelerate and rush towards the 300 pirate ships.

Minhyuk walked on the ship’s deck as he began to say, “The pirates of the Ever Seas have looted, plundered and taken the lives of many people so far. The souls of the lives that they reaped hover above this very sea, as they wail and cry sadly for their justice.”

Minhyuk looked at the captives, now turned soldiers. He could see that they were trembling in fear at the thought of fighting against these pirates once again. However, he also watched as they lay witness to the change in momentum of his men. Then, Minhyuk made eye contact with each and every single one of them.

“Stop letting those that took away your families and your happiness get away. Fight. Even if your sword breaks and your comrades die, fight and rush forward bravely with your weapon. If you collapse, then grab your enemies legs and help your comrades survive. If you lose your weapon then use your teeth and bite your enemies. Never, ever, back down! We will all survive and take the victory!!!” Minhyuk shouted as he lifted his sword high up in the skies. The men onboard recalled their dead family and the countless torture that they suffered when they were still prisoners, and finally regained their courage once again.

“Drive out the pirates from the Ever Seas!!!”

“May divine judgment fall unto those that have taken my family away from me!!!”

“Fight! Fight! Fight!”

“Uwaaaaaaaah!”

They only had one ship. But, in an instant, the momentum and voices ringing from their ship suppressed the 300 pirate ships in front of them.

“Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”

The Beyond the Heavens Kingdom’s lone ship sailed at full speed towards the 300 enemy ships.

Gorfido was extremely surprised. He thought, ‘He’s sometimes playful and joking, sometimes like a child and sometimes like a swindler. You’re telling me that this man is a king?’

Minhyuk smiled softly as he looked at the soldiers. He said, “Never fear. These people that are standing before you…”

He stood at the deck of the ship as he looked at the members of Beyond the Heavens Kingdom that were preparing to take off. When their lone ship clashed against the first line of enemy ships…

Craaaaack—

Bang!

Boom!

Crack, crack, crack, crack—

Their ship, which was only 2/3 the size of ordinary ships, continued to rush forward while trampling those that blocked their path. And as the ship shook, Minhyuk turned to look at the soldiers to finish his words. He said, “…have the strength of a thousand men.”

As if on cue, the ten key figures of Beyond the Heavens Kingdom flew to the skies and jumped in the middle of the hundreds of enemy ships. When Ghost Spear Ben landed, he caused a huge explosion and destroyed several ships in one go.

Rumble—

Sword Saint Conir swung his sword hundreds of times, accurately stabbing one ship after another with every blow.

Slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash!

Hundreds of magic arrows poured out of Golden Mage Ali’s hands and rained down on hundreds of pirate ships in a brilliant display of light.

Rumbleee—

Thud, thud, thud, thud, thud!

Bang, bang, bang, bang!

Seeing this, confidence in gaining victory started to fill the soldiers' eyes once again. And Gorfido, who watched everything on the sidelines, was also shocked. He was witnessing the display of power of people each with the strength of a thousand troops.

1. ???(???) - Lord of Loyal Valor, a posthumous title granted to great military commanders of the Joseon Dynasty. ?