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Looking at the pop-up window that emerged before his eyes, Hu Wan said with a sullen face.

"Now I can't even satisfy a craving."

Yiye Zhiqu, who was sitting next to him, laughed.

"Though we can't eat, it's still nice to experience the local culture and customs."

Listening to adventurers chat, he had learned quite a bit about the world.

Leiming County was just in the upper right corner of the Vortex Sea, only a fraction of the human world. The entire Vortex Sea, like an enlarged version of the Mediterranean, not only included territories directly governed by the empire but also had many kingdoms, principalities, and city-states along its coast.

It wasn't just a world of humans.

The dwarves, elves, ratmen, ogres, and even beastmen, goblins, goblins, and other races... they also had their unique cultures and had formed their own nations or tribes on this basis.

In short, this world was bigger than he had imagined.

It was far more than just mazes!

"Such a waste of time," Hu Wan shook his head and flexed his bones that had just been repaired, "I might as well go level up."

Watching this restless guy, Yiye Zhiqu couldn't help but make a teasing remark.

"You're really overdoing it."

Hu Wan glanced at him.

"You have the nerve to say that!"

He could stand anyone else calling him a grindaholic, but he couldn't take it from this king of grinders.

It was his first time seeing a solo player game so hard!

At the table next to the two, Dragon Roaming's members were also seated.

Unable to start eating despite the lavish spread in front of them, Dragon Roaming Wanli's face was filled with envy and frustration.

"Damn, I'm starting to regret it! I should have changed classes with the boss and become a lizardman!"

Being able to look but not eat was too frustrating!

[Failed Eel] and [Failed Dirty Eel] were happily devouring the food on the table, when they heard Baili's complaints, they even found time to offer words of comfort.

"No worries, bro! We'll eat for you!"

"Right, right! Owo, owo, owo! This grilled meat is really good!"

"Absolutely awesome!"

Dragon Roaming Baili: "Awesome your head! Hope you choke on it! %￥#@%!

Dragon Roaming Qianli, seeing his brother Baili becoming infuriated, couldn't help but spit out a quip.

"It's just one meal... What can't you eat back in reality?"

Dragon Roaming Baili shook his head, looking up to the sky with a sigh.

"Is it the same though? Can you find dragon meat in reality?"

Dragon Roaming Qianli looked at him, speechless.

"... They don't have it here either."

The joys and sorrows of lizardmen and skeleton soldiers did not intersect.

While Qianli and Baili were agonizing over their inability to sample the grand offerings, Dragon Roaming Wanli was beside them, drinking heartily and feasting on the meat.

"Hahaha! Delightful! Truly freaking delightful!"

In the real world, he'd worry about higher uric acid levels with every extra bite, but in the game, he could gorge himself without a care in the world, a feeling that was out-of-this-world awesome!

He was willing to bet.

Just this realistic cooking system alone was enough to set this game on fire across the globe!

Dragon Roaming Wanli was chugging beer after beer, the cross-shaped crack on his belly leaking water. Soon, there was a puddle on the floor.

A few skeleton soldiers nearby, green with envy, immediately reported him.

"There's a food waster here!"

"Report! We must report this!"

Heroes fear petty villains the most.

Seeing the group of skeleton soldiers who couldn't stand to see others do well, Dragon Roaming Wanli panicked.

"What the hell?! How is this considered wasting?! Damn it, wait! I'm going out to get killed right now!"

After saying that, he removed his gear and handed it to his teammates, then rushed out of the town to search for indiscriminate monsters to feed.

The Lingbo Little Demon floating in the sky suddenly had a thought.

"Wait, if you keep dying, couldn't you just keep eating?"

Lele, who was nearby, couldn't hold back and burst out laughing.

"Are you out of your mind?!"

Although the entire banquet was filled with eating, not all the members of the Demon King's army were gluttons.

Apart from the players busy eating and watching others eat, there were also a few capable ones who hadn't stopped doing important things since the start of the banquet.

After diluting the gunpowder collected from human soldiers according to a calculated ratio, one gulp took a chemical pool and poured it, along with the ground metal powder, into a conical paper tube to create a simple firework, which he then planted at the top of the town's tallest bell tower.

With the command given to light the fuse, a green light shot up from the bell tower into the sky, bursting into alternating red and green fireworks.

Watching the sparkling stars in the sky, everyone at the banquet showed surprised expressions, including those Dark Night Elves sitting in the corner.

Like the Elves, they naturally loved beautiful things... especially new and novel ones they had never seen before.

Looking up at the sky with her mouth in an 'O,' Sherry couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

"How beautiful!"

Not just Sherry.

Sarah, sitting not far away, was also staring at the sky with shining eyes, her fluffy cat ears twitching.

"Is it magic?" Terrell muttered to himself, then shook his head, "… seems not."

Resting her chin lazily on the back of her hand, slightly tipsy Qianqian watched the fireworks in the sky, her crimson eyes couldn't help but fill with longing.

"Lord Demon King, look at the sky... there are stars."

"Hmm, I see them, but those are not stars, they're fireworks," replied the Demon King.

Luo Yan probably guessed which player had come up with the idea and couldn't help showing a knowing smile on his face.

It seemed that guy was somewhat useful after all.

Not all his works were shoddy jobs.

Meanwhile, beneath the bell tower, the triumphant Yiye Zhiqu bathed in the cheers of his "little brothers."

Gou Shi: "Damn! Awesome, bro!"

Knowledge Exploded: "6666!"

Yiye Zhiqu laughed, without a hint of true humility, and modestly said.

"Low-key! It's just basic stuff."

Not far from the group of skeleton soldiers, a lonely ghost floated under the eaves, staring at the fireworks in the sky in disbelief.

At first, he thought it was magic.

However, as the sparks fell, he was astounded to realize that he didn't feel any magic power at all!

"How is this possible?!" he exclaimed.

Hearing that ignorant voice, Yiye Zhiqu didn't even need a Translation Crystal to guess what had surprised him.

Although the people in this world used gunpowder, their so-called proficiency was like something taught to them by someone else, so that most of them only knew how to use it but never truly harnessed its power.

"It's called fireworks! Ignorant fellow."

Hearing the voice from the crystal on the skeleton soldier's neck, Miranda turned to the skeleton soldier in shock and said,

"Wait—you can talk?"

Yiye Zhiqu laughed proudly.

"Hey, surprised?"

Miranda nodded with a complex expression.

But compared to that, he was more concerned about something else—

"Those 'fireworks'... how did you change the color of the flame? Can you tell me?" he asked.

Watching the ghost, whose face was filled with curiosity, Yiye Zhiqu replied with an air of smugness.

"Ever heard of flame tests?"

Miranda shook his head, looking at him excitedly.

"Please enlighten me!!"

The evening breeze was tranquil and serene, and the banquet was gradually drawing to a close.

But outside that peaceful and harmonious atmosphere, pairs of brass-colored pupils were hidden under the cover of mist in the forest, watching the noisy banquet scene with cruelty.

In those bloodthirsty gazes was not only greed.

But also a touch of disbelief.

Humans?

Demon King?

These beings were actually celebrating together.

Watching the Lizardman Zombie rushing towards the depths of the forest in a hurry, two bulky figures with green, oily skin looked at each other and saw a cautious look in each other's eyes—

This bargain didn't seem so easy to snatch.

"Hunt canceled!"

"We need to report back to the king!"

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