It’s an Academic Fact That Rankers Are Model Students – Chapter 91

Chapter 91: BlackChef’s Alley Restaurant: Study Villa (6)

“He’s, he’s here! Bla―!”

Whizz, slash!

The man’s urgent cry was cut short.

Thud!

The man collapsed face-first onto the ground.

Splurt.

Bright red blood poured out from around him.

A giant Chinese cleaver was embedded in the back of the man’s head.

Shatter!

The man’s body shattered and disappeared into light.

“Uh……?”

The players were completely speechless.

Their brains had momentarily short-circuited from the sudden turn of events.

It was as if the man had shouted something before he died……

He’s here? What was it after that?

Bla……

The moment everyone thought that far.

The peaceful atmosphere, filled with idle chatter, instantly changed.

“It’s BlackChef!!”

“Sh|t!”

“Weapons! Everyone grab your weap― cough!”

Thud!

A blade sprouted from the back of the man who was trying to draw his weapon.

It was right near his heart.

Thump! Clang!

The man’s back hit the ground, and the impact dislodged the sashimi knife from his chest.

Shatter!

The sound signifying the player’s death rang out.

Just four seconds.

That was all the time it took for two players to be killed.

“Wha, what’s going on! Why is BlackChef suddenly here……!”

BJMiguning shouted, her face pale as a sheet.

There was a reason why she wore such a terrified expression.

━Holy crap, BlackChef finally showed upㄷㄷ

━He came because the kingdom and mercenaries all withdrew

━Looks like he was waiting for people to leave

━He’s a real hyena

BlackChef had also appeared during the Ogopogo Raid last year.

He came and massacred everyone there after the raid failed.

The only difference from now was that BlackChef had been a member of the raid party back then.

This time, BlackChef wasn’t in the raid party, and even the kingdom’s knight commander had participated, so they thought something like last year wouldn’t happen.

To think he would strike at the very last moment……!

“This crazy chef b@stard……! Guys! There’s no way we can win against him! Just run!”

BlackChef was ranked 11th in the unified rankings, meaning he possessed incredible PK skills.

The important thing here was that the ranking was 11th based on the 『Tower of Trials』.

If they were to rank players based on their PvP skills, he might be even higher.

BJMiguning, ranked 23rd, knew that fact better than anyone else.

‘How many times have I been PKed by that b@stard!’

In this situation, BlackChef was a giant elephant, while she and the other players were nothing but rabbits.

To survive, they had to throw away their weapons and run, not band together and fight.

“Eek! Mass Haste!”

Let’s buff everyone so they can escape faster!

The song she was about to sing was 『Song of Swiftness』!

It was a song that temporarily increased the agility of allies, making them faster!

She lifted her soju bottle (used as a microphone) and began to sing.

[Unique Skill 『Song of Medusa』]

[Petrifies allied targets who hear your song for 10 seconds. In return, greatly increases their physical and magical defense. Does not affect self.]

Flash!

The players’ bodies began to harden from their feet up, turning gray.

“My, my feet won’t move!”

“W, What is this……!”

“Miguning-nim! What have you done―”

“Help―”

The once-noisy surroundings fell completely silent.

As if they had been buried alive in volcanic ash on the last day of Pompeii, the people’s expressions were frozen in terror.

“OMG……!”

BJMiguning was momentarily speechless at the sight she had created.

━??????

━What the hell, why did she use mass petrify?

━What’s going on? Did she decide they’re all better off dead than running?

━Seriously, what the hell

━Group Zhonya’s Hourglassㄷㄷ

The viewers couldn’t comprehend BJMiguning’s bizarre actions!

But unfortunately, it was a mistake.

“Eek~ Sorry, guys~ I accidentally used petrify instead of haste~ No, I’m really sorry…… I’m so sorry, everyone……”

『Song of Swiftness』 and 『Song of Medusa』 were polar opposite skills, but perhaps because of that, their lyrics were quite similar.

She often made this mistake, but to think she would do it even in such a dire situation……

“Hmm. The kitchen’s a mess, ain’t it?”

“Gasp.”

Shing.

BlackChef had arrived at some point and picked up the Chinese cleaver and sashimi knife from the ground.

BlackChef cleaned the blood off the blades by swiftly swinging them through the air.

He looked around.

The ingredients he had hoped to catch fresh were all petrified.

“Frozen meat doesn’t taste as good. Tsk, tsk, tsk. No basic skills.”

Ignoring the petrified players, BlackChef walked past them.

Sharpen, sharpen.

He continued to meticulously sharpen the Chinese cleaver and sashimi knife as he slowly approached BJMiguning.

She stumbled backward, stammering.

“E, Excuse me? Mr. Chef? Don’t you know frozen meat is all the rage these days? You know, frozen pork belly~ It’s pretty good~ Haha…… Hahaha……”

Gulp.

BJMiguning swallowed nervously as she looked up at the gigantic BlackChef.

For reference, she was 25 years old but not even 155cm tall, while BlackChef was well over 180cm.

Thud.

BlackChef stopped walking.

He frowned deeply at BJMiguning, his brow furrowed like a space-time vortex.

“Didn’t I tell you kids not to wander into the kitchen? I can’t stress that enough.”

“Kyaaa! You crazy bast―”

Stab!

BlackChef’s cleaver kicked the child out of the kitchen.

Shatter!

BJMiguning’s body shattered into pieces as she was forcibly logged out.

And not long after.

“Cough! B, BlackChef!”

“Run!”

“Euaaagh!”

The players, freed from their petrification, all started running for their lives.

But it was already too late.

Before the players could even take ten steps.

BlackChef’s twin blades began to dance.

In a flurry of blood.

[Rare Skill 『Bloody Meat Salad (Lv.10)』]

[Unleashes a barrage of indiscriminate blade attacks in front of you. Damage increased by 50% during PK.]

“Ugh―”

“Run―”

“Oh, sh―”

Slash, slash, slash!

The players were cut down before they even knew what hit them.

Thump, thump, thump!

The haphazardly severed chunks of flesh fell like rain and gathered in a heap.

Swoosh.

A blood-red dressing then coated the pile, painting it a crimson hue.

[Epic Skill 『Ser|al K|ller (Lv.1)』]

[Slaughter solely for the sake of slaughter 17/17]

[Unique kill achieved.]

[Absorbing stats.]

[Strength permanently increased by 4.]

[Agility permanently increased by 9.]

[Stamina permanently increased by 6.]

[Dexterity permanently increased by 8.]

[Maximum daily kill count reached.]

[Further PK will not increase stats.]

“I just came as a 『customer』 this time, but next time I stand before you, sir, as a 『chef』…… Oh my, it makes my mouth water already.”

Slurp!

BlackChef licked the blood off his sashimi knife with a chilling grin.

His smile was directed toward the path he had just passed.

Towards the Study Domain.

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

[Subject: What the hell is wrong with that BlackChef b@stard? Freaking terrifying Xㅂ;]

[Author: BlackChefIsAMadman]

[Content: I’m a warrior who finally got his 1st Promotion quest after hitting level 150.

The quest told me to go to the Whale Forest and get something called Ariv’s Crystal.

But when I got there, those damn Russian botters from the Ruski Komrade guild had taken over the whole place.

I tried to buy it from the auction house, but they were buying up everything, so there were no listings. When I finally contacted them to buy it directly, they quoted me a ridiculously outrageous price.

I didn’t want to be at the mercy of those botters, so I tried to get the Ariv’s Crystal myself while avoiding them, but they caught me.

I was surrounded and about to die;

Then suddenly, I hear this crazy voice saying, 『Loaches are best in loach soup, wouldn’t you agree?』ㄷㄷ

I look up, and there’s this insane chef walking towards me with a cleaver and a sashimi knife in each hand.

What happened next…… words can’t even describe it.

That crazy chef literally turned those Ruskis into loach soup, just like he said.

He must’ve minced at least 10 of them in the blink of an eye.

I couldn’t just stand there and watch, so I thanked him for the help and joined in.

But that chef b@stard Xㅂ

The moment I stabbed one of the Russians next to me, he instantly frowned and said, 『A country is doomed when someone who isn’t a chef wields a knife, wouldn’t you agree?』 and then chopped my head off;

Seriously, what a psycho!

Thinking back on it now, it’s just absurd Xㅂ…….]

“Huh.”

Kyung-joon looked at the date the post was created.

It hadn’t even been three days.

That meant BlackChef had come to his domain after finishing the events described in this post.

“So the blood on his clothes was from there……”

Geographically, it made sense.

If you crossed the river from Kyung-joon’s Study Domain and headed east, you would reach the edge of the Whale Forest.

From there onwards, it was all part of the Whale Forest.

“He seemed crazy when I talked to him, but it turns out he really is insane.”

Kyung-joon recalled what BlackChef had said to him before they parted ways.

━Chulup~! I should do some more research before I serve the next dish. The meat’s not plump enough yet.

━I’ll make sure to season it just right~ Nice and evenly~

━I can’t just go around bragging about finding such a rare ingredient, can I? I should keep it all to myself. Chomp, chomp, chomp, chomp.

The ingredient he was referring to could only be Kyung-joon himself, judging by the context.

Now certain of that fact, Kyung-joon shuddered in terror.

It wasn’t that he was scared of BlackChef’s PK skills.

“First, there was that street talent scout in Plovdiv…… Then that perverted paladin in the Slime Labyrinth…… And now this crazy psychopath chef…….”

TheWorld’sGreatestMerchant.

DPSPaladin.

And now, BlackChef.

That made three already.

Three people had already set their sights on him.

“……Why am I only popular with men? Sigh, life.”

Kyung-joon swallowed his bitterness, turned off his smartphone, and lay down.

Yes, even if things were like this now, maybe they would be different if he studied hard and got into a good college.

There were many stories of people who weren’t popular in middle and high school but experienced a complete transformation in college.

If he could date a girl and enjoy a campus life like in the dramas……

“Oh right, I have to go to the military.”

He would go there and share a passionate camaraderie with other men while doing all sorts of training.

And then he would pick up a bar of soap.

And everyone knows what happens next……

“……I’ll just get some sleep.”

Kyung-joon decided to stop fantasizing and just go to sleep.

He had to study again tomorrow.

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

The next day.

Having perfectly completed his general chemistry and general physics studies, Kyung-joon picked up a new book.

It was a book he had received over a month ago but hadn’t been able to understand due to its difficulty.

After all, this was a 『Grimoire』 that required a basic understanding of general chemistry and physics.

[Venom Grimoire]

▶The magnum opus of Sever, the master of poison, written as he faced death. It offers a glimpse into his fascinating attempts to apply the knowledge of another world to magic.

▶When used as a skill book, teaches the unique magic spell 『Sulfuric Acid』.

▶Item Grade: Unique

“I should be able to understand it now.”

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