“Those despicable bastards!”

When Minhyuk heard the story from Conir, who had turned into a spirit body, he looked genuinely angry. Genie, Khan and Locke understood the reason why. Minhyuk was after all someone that knew what hunger was, more than anybody else.

In a way, Athenae was just a game and the NPCs were just virtual people created inside it. However, Minhyuk thought differently from the others. For him, this world that was called Athenae had given him a second life.

He had met a lot of people in this world. Instructor Valen, Instructor Roina, and Ellie cared for him like he was their own brother. There had been countless people that he met and Minhyuk had treated them genuinely. He treated them like they were real people and not NPCs. After all, even though they were just NPCs, they still had their own thoughts and feelings. He thought that even though this world was just a game for the players, for the people that lived in this world, this was their reality.

“They make children go hungry and feed them to the dragon to make chimeras…”

Genie pondered over the words that they had heard earlier. The process of creating chimeras was extremely horrifying. Meanwhile, the huffing Minhyuk checked the information about the Essence of Flavor as he tried to calm his anger.

[Essence of Flavor. Just one drop can help boost all stats. Dropping a single drop of this on any food will tremendously improve its taste due to the concentrated desire, hunger, and cravings. If one drinks all of the content of the cup, one will be able to overcome their limitations...