Chapter 248 – Is It Already Over

Ten minutes after the main dish came out,

Kkueng!

Kquik!

Cuengi and Yuren raised their hands at the same time.

“Yes! Contestant Cuengi Park and Contestant Yuren, who emptied their plates!!! Staff, please hurry and bring the dishes for the two contestants to eat!”

Along with the host’s words, the pigs brought a plate containing 100 steamed fish-carrots and placed it in front of the two.

And they did not take away the finished plates, but piled them up next to them. This was to calculate how much they had eaten later by the number of plates piled up beside them.

By the time the pigs brought out the dishes for the participants dozens of times like that,

“Ugh!”

“I… I give up…”

Dropouts began to appear.

Ummeo…

The Black Minotaurs, who had remained without a single one dropping out until the main dish, also could not hold out in the end and dropped out one by one.

After a short while,

As the plates piled next to Cuengi and Yuren exceeded 15,

Ummeo…

Woo Sam-i, the last remaining Black Minotaur, dropped out, and

“Now there are only two participants left! Contestant Cuengi Park, who shows skills not at all inferior to the legendary food fighter, Contestant Yuren, is fighting incredibly well!”

Only Cuengi and Yuren remained.

And,

Munch. Munch.

They began to eat the food in earnest.

Until now, because of the other participants, the speed at which the dishes came out was delayed, so the eating had been interrupted several times in the middle.

Kkueng!

Kquik!

Thanks to that, the time for the two of them to eat their food and raise their hands became faster, and

“Staff, please bring the food quickly!”

The staff could not even rest and had to continuously carry the plates.

Munch. Munch.

Kkueng!

Kquik!

Cuengi and Yuren ate without rest. Although they ate an immense amount, their eating speed was no different from the beginning.

Before they knew it, as the plates piled next to the two exceeded 30,

Kquik!

The size of Yuren, who was eating the food, grew a little larger. It seemed maintaining a small size was burdensome because of the food in his stomach.

Kkueng!

In contrast, Cuengi had no other changes, except that the red light emitting from his body became a bit stronger.

Kkueng!

Kquik!

“Yes! This time too, Contestant Cuengi Park and Contestant Yuren raised their hands at the same time! Already the 50th plate for both! Staff, please refill the food quickly!”

The host urged the staff.

However,

Kquik. Kquik.

The food that was supposed to come out did not come, and a pig ran to the host and began to say something.

“Ah… unfortunate news has been delivered. It is said that all 50 chefs who were cooking just now collapsed from exhaustion.”

The chefs, who were overexerting themselves to make the dishes to match the eating speed of Cuengi and Yuren, had worn out.

Yuren, who emphasized quality as much as quantity, wanted to compete while eating the best dishes, so he had hired 50 top-class chefs to prepare the dishes for the contest.

However, the plates piled next to Cuengi and Yuren alone added up to 100 plates.

Since one plate contained 100 servings of food, the main dish eaten by the two alone was 10,000 servings, and when combined with the main dish eaten by the other participants, it exceeded almost 20,000 servings.

And if the five large appetizers were added to that, the amount of food prepared by the chefs became far greater. It was no wonder the chefs were exhausted.

“Therefore, we inevitably have to substitute the food the contestants eat with raw carrots from now on!”

Kquik!

Along with the host’s words, the pigs brought a plate containing 100 carrots in front of Cuengi and Yuren one by one, and

Crunch. Crunch.

The two began to eat the carrots.

And before they knew it, 100 plates were piled next to the two.

“Wow. They ate that in just one hour?”

While the audience was astonished by the amount the two ate,

Kquik!

Yuren’s body began to grow larger again. Yuren’s size, which grew little by little, had already changed to a size of 3 meters.

At that moment,

Kquik. Kquik.

A pig ran to the host again and began to say something.

And,

“Ah… it seems we must deliver unfortunate news once again. It is said that the prepared carrots have completely run out.”

The host announced the shocking fact to the audience. An unprecedented situation of running out of food in a Food Fighter contest had occurred.

“If food supply cannot be secured within an hour, it seems we must end this contest in a joint championship.”

Since they had already bought up all the surrounding ingredients for the Food Fighter contest, it was highly likely the contest would conclude like this.

“Chairman Park, if it’s a tie, don’t we lose, meow?!”

Theo, who knew the contents of the contract, looked at Se-jun with a shocked expression and asked. ‘No way?! Chairman Park loses, meow?! Then is Chairman Park not amazing, meow?!’

“That…”

Se-jun had never thought the contest would end due to a lack of food.

Since Se-jun had anticipated Cuengi’s overwhelming victory, instead of adding a condition to hand over the deposit to the seller even if it became a draw, he had increased the reward ratio when Cuengi won.

‘I cannot lose like this here!’

‘Chairman Park is amazing, meow!’ Se-jun did not want to disappoint Theo, who believed him to be amazing.

Step. Step.

Se-jun went up onto the stage.

As that,

“You must not come up here! Please go down quickly!”

The host tried to restrain Se-jun.

At that moment,

Kkueng!

[It is Cuengi’s dad! If you block Dad, Cuengi will get angry!]

Cuengi jumped up and shouted, and

“Since that person is an honored guest, do not act rudely.”

Yuren also stopped the host.

Step. Step.

Thanks to that, Se-jun arrived in front of the host without any restraint.

“Continue the contest. I will supply the food.”

Cheolkong.

Se-jun said to the host, opening the sub-space warehouse.

***

The 4th floor of the Black Tower.

At that moment,

“Vice President, you have arrived?!”

As Michael McLaren, the Vice President of Gagel, arrived through the waypoint, the waiting Experience Farm staff greeted him with a 90-degree bow.

Gagel had turned all of the 2nd and 3rd floors of the tower into experience farms and was making an experience farm on the 4th floor of the tower.

“Yeah. Is the farm pioneering going well?”

“Yes! Currently, half of the 4th floor of the tower has been completed!”

At Michael’s question, Paul, the team leader in charge of pioneering the experience farm on the 4th floor of the tower, answered.

“What?! Why is it still only half?!”

Michael asked in an annoyed voice at the pioneering speed, which was slower than expected.

“That… as reported earlier, the resistance of the Black Skeletons is too fierce.”

The Black Skeletons, whom they did not even know existed because they were in a corner of the 4th floor of the tower. Unlike other skeletons, they had black bones instead of white bones.

“Even though all the slave soldiers were deployed?”

The average level of the slave soldiers was around 15, which was not a level to be pushed back by monsters on the 4th floor of the tower.

However,

“Yes. The number of slave soldiers who died in battles with the Black Skeletons is exceeding 1,000.”

The Black Skeletons were much stronger than ordinary skeletons.

“What is the number of remaining enemies?”

“Now most of them have been cleaned up, but since the remaining ones are mostly elites, it seems cleanup will take a bit of time. If you wait just a little…”

“Submit a request to the Crash Guild.”

“What?! The Crash Guild?!”

Paul was horrified at Michael’s words.

The Crash Guild was an organization secretly operated by Gagel, and because all team members consisted of lowlife criminals, everyone was reluctant to work together.

“Yeah. Time is money, so how long must we wait. Clean it up quickly and move on to the 5th floor of the tower.”

Michael’s goal was to conquer one floor at a time like this, and ultimately become the owner of the tower. There was no time to be dilly-dallying like this.

***

“Everyone, there was a temporary problem, but thanks to Park Se-jun-nim’s help, we can continue the contest!”

“Park! Se! Jun!”

The audience chanted Se-jun’s name at the host’s words.

And,

“Puhuhut. As expected of Chairman Park! Chairman Park is amazing, but he is even more amazing, meow!”

As Yuren agreed to buy Se-jun’s carrots at a high price, Theo’s praise of Se-jun also rose sharply.

“Hehehe. Crop Gigantification.”

Hearing the audience’s cheers and Theo’s praise, Se-jun gigantified the Agility Carrots that were inside the sub-space warehouse and delivered them to the pigs, who were the staff, and

Kquak!

The pigs weighed the carrots, made the weights of the carrots identical, and took them to Cuengi and Yuren.

Crunch. Crunch.

The Food Fighter contest resumed with Cuengi and Yuren eating the carrots.

“Huh?! Why is it so delicious?!”

Yuren, who ate Se-jun’s carrots, wore a surprised expression. It was far more delicious than the carrots he usually ate.

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Dad’s carrots are indeed the most delicious!]

Cuengi also rejoiced when he ate Se-jun’s carrots, after eating only tasteless carrots.

As the two ate Se-jun’s carrots deliciously like that,

“Is it that delicious?”

“Can I not try eating it too?”

The audience began to show interest, and naturally Se-jun’s carrots were publicized.

At that moment,

“Excuse me… Se-jun-nim…”

The sellers came and asked if they could sell Se-jun’s carrots.

“Sure.”

Since they offered to sell it on their own, there was no reason to refuse.

“At what price should we sell the carrots?”

When the seller asked at what price they should sell the carrots,

“Puhuhut. Let’s discuss such things with me, Vice President Theo, Chairman Park’s right arm, meow!”

Theo was overflowing with respect for Se-jun. He was overflowing with a desire to do something himself too.

And,

Snip. Snip.

Theo cut one giant carrot into 200 pieces.

“Skewer the carrots on sticks, meow!”

“Yes!”

Sellers were deployed, and after cutting the carrots and skewering them on sticks, they began to sell carrot skewers at 0.5 tower coins each.

“Crop Gigantification.”

While Theo and the sellers sold the carrot skewers, Se-jun gigantified 3,000 carrots, and

[The proficiency of Crop Gigantification Lv. 5 increases slightly.]

[The proficiency of Crop Gigantification Lv. 5 is filled, and the level increases.]

As the level of Crop Gigantification rose, the skill effect increased, and the size of the giant carrots became slightly larger.

When he gigantified 3,000 carrots again after the level of Se-jun’s Crop Gigantification skill rose like that,

Kquik…

Yuren’s body grew larger again. It was a situation where he had now grown to almost 10 meters.

But compared to his growing size, Yuren’s eating speed was rather decreasing. He was gradually reaching his limit. The end was in sight.

After a while,

“Is this what it feels like to lose? I lost…”

Thud.

Yuren, who could no longer eat, finally admitted defeat and fainted.

“Contestant Yuren, eliminated! Therefore, the winner is Contestant Cuengi Park! Everyone, a new legend of Food Fighter has been born here!”

Crunch. Crunch.

Kkueng? Kkueng!

[Is it already over? No! Cuengi is still hungry!]

At the host’s words, Cuengi, who was eating carrots deliciously, became angry, and the red light emitting from his body became stronger. It was the side effect of activating Gluttony 100%.

“Cuengi, it’s okay. Dad will keep giving you things to eat. Crop Gigantification!”

Se-jun calmed Cuengi.

After Cuengi ate about 1,000 giant carrots like that,

Kkueng!

[Cuengi will stop eating carrots now!]

Cuengi finally refused to eat, perhaps because he was full.

Kkueng!

[Cuengi wants to eat sweet potatoes now!]

No. It was not that he refused to eat, but rather that he was just sick of carrots. Indeed, since the carrots Cuengi ate today would amount to tens of thousands…

“Understood. Crop Gigantification.”

Se-jun took out a sweet potato, gigantified it, and gave it to Cuengi. Since Yuren agreed to pay all the food costs, there was no need to save.

Only after Cuengi ate 5,000 more giant sweet potatoes in the end,

Kkueng!

[Cuengi is full now!]

The red light that was emitting from his body disappeared.

And,

Kkueng!

[Cuengi is sleepy now!]

Dadada.

He ran over and threw his body into Se-jun’s embrace.

Thud!

“Ugh!”

Se-jun received Cuengi, catching a heavy impact.

The food Cuengi ate today was tens of thousands of servings. Even though his body weight was reduced to one-thousandth, the weight was considerable. ‘My back almost went out.’

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng…

[Hehehe. Dad takes the winner’s prize…]

Cuengi, who wanted to give the winner’s prize to Se-jun, spoke in a sleepy voice while smiling beamingly.

“Yeah. Good work.”

Seuk. Seuk.

When Se-jun stroked Cuengi’s head,

Kyurorong.

Cuengi fell asleep while snoring in no time.

At that moment,

“Meow?! Chairman Park! Get away from Cuengi, meow!”

Theo, who was selling sweet potatoes to the audience, discovered the power about to explode from Cuengi’s body and shouted to Se-jun.

The food Cuengi ate was only now being digested, and Cuengi’s power began to increase explosively.