Inside Gluttony House, the atmosphere felt less like a restaurant and more like a courtroom.
The thirty "lucky winners" who had spent lavishly sat stiffly in their seats, each wearing a different expression.
There was some curiosity, some suspicion, and—more than anything else—the arrogance of people waiting to watch a good show.
They sized up the room, so plain it was almost shabby. Their gazes swept over the oddly shaped copper pot on the table and the red-hot coals beneath it, and their doubts only grew heavier.
The goblin merchant who had paid the astronomical sum of 250,000 to win the top spot already had oily sweat beading on his forehead. His little eyes darted around as he frantically considered what vicious methods he would use to take revenge on this audacious human if he'd been cheated.
Just then, the kitchen curtain was lifted.
Chu He came out carrying a huge tray, with Xia Yao and Kachi following behind him, each holding several items.
The moment the guests saw what was on the tray, the air in the entire room grew heavy.
There were plates of meat sliced so thin they were almost translucent, their red-and-white marbling certainly pretty.
But anyone who knew their stuff could tell at a glance that this was just scraps that slaughterhouses wouldn't even feed to low-level monsters. And those were unwanted innards!
The mushrooms and vegetables beside them were just as bizarre. Some had slick tentacles, while others gave off a faint earthy smell. None of it looked appetizing.
"So this is... the feast worth hundreds of thousands?" A bull-headed beastman rumbled, his voice brimming with fury at being made a fool of.
"This human's treating us like idiots!"
"He's dead! How dare he fob off garbage on us!"
The unrest began to spread.