Can They Even Fight Over a Meal?

Seeing even Noelle, a noble young lady who had seen the world, eating so happily, everyone immediately began looking forward to Carl's cooking.

Almost everyone was scrambling for food, and they drank with frightening intensity, their glasses clinking constantly.

But at this moment, Charmy and Noelle's table manners were truly beyond description.

Vanessa, on the other hand, seemed somewhat quiet.

She still drank wine and looked at the egg fried rice before her, finding it pleasing to the eye, but she had no intention of touching it.

Seeing this, Charmy fell silent for a moment before lowering her head and continuing to stuff herself.

Asta, beside her, had practically shoved his whole head into his bowl.

Noelle felt a little stifled and looked at Vanessa. "Why aren't you eating, Vanessa?"

Vanessa sighed.

Her appetite had long since been ruined by alcohol. She wasn't like Yami, who could preserve his appetite by extending his life in the restroom.

Having drunk too much, she truly had little interest in ordinary food right now.

Or rather, even if the flavor was outstanding, she simply could not eat much.

Seeing this, Carl fell into thought.

Vanessa was his biggest favorability customer.

If this ancestor wasn't around to farm favorability for him, how was he supposed to achieve his dream of becoming the Wizard King sooner?

Carl immediately revealed a thoughtful expression.

The next moment, he put the egg fried rice back into the pan.

Vanessa stared blankly at Carl's actions.

Seeing her confused expression, Carl smiled. "How about you give it a try?"

Vanessa really did have a favorable impression of Carl.

This man was exceptional in every way, and he was now her captain. Whenever she thought of him, an inexplicable shyness always rose in her heart. Moreover, as long as the two stood close enough, they could sense each other's feelings.

To Vanessa, this was naturally an extremely strange experience.

Seeing Carl's gaze, Vanessa found it unusually difficult to refuse.

She then reached out, picked up a spoon, and took a bite of the egg fried rice.

Originally, she had only intended to casually compliment Carl, but the instant she put the rice into her mouth, a rich aroma completely filled her mouth.

But that was not the important part.

She only felt that with every bite, her appetite grew stronger.

Such a thing was completely unheard of under normal circumstances.

After a while, she finally tasted the tiny bits of sour plum and minced meat mixed into the rice.

Vanessa was truly moved.

She began wildly farming favorability for Carl.

Noelle, Charmy, and the others beside her felt a sense of danger when they saw Vanessa's actions. After all, everyone only had one plate of rice. If Vanessa kept eating like that, there probably would not be enough for her alone.

As the saying went, three women made a show.

At this moment, the three women just made their stomachs rumble.

Their eating manners completely stunned the people around them.

"This is mine! Mine! Carl, can I have another bowl?"

"Carl, give me some too! I'm hungry too!"

"Are you all fighting over food now?"

"Three Strikes of the Silent Sheep!!" Charmy's eyes were nearly spitting fire.

"Do you want the first strike, the second strike, or a tragedy?"

Watching the women fight and scramble, the people around them all felt their hair stand on end.

Carl, on the other hand, kept smiling at the side and occasionally took a sip of wine.

Of course, Asta and Yami did not dare to challenge Carl over drinking.

After all, there were precedents.

It was simply impossible to outdrink Carl.

This man was practically the reincarnation of a wine barrel. He could not get drunk at all.

At this moment, Carl listened to the constant system notifications in his mind announcing increases in favorability, and he felt delighted.

In an instant, he smiled.

He had finally gathered enough.

He had never expected that in such a short time, he would gather enough favorability for the Third Gate of the Eight Gates—the Gate of Life.

It was a threshold of more than a thousand favorability points.

Carl had originally thought it would take a long time, but the people before him kept taking turns wildly farming favorability.

Carl smiled and said in his mind, "Eight Gates, Third Gate—the Gate of Life, open!"

As his aura erupted, boundless magic power gathered from all around.

Yami was the first to react.

The next moment, Dark Magic trembled, and the gates of the Black Bulls were actually severed by a single slash.

The outside air connected with the Black Bulls' base.

The magic power of the entire surrounding forest seemed to be stirred, constantly gathering toward Carl.

Dense green life magic power surrounded Carl like an ocean, forming a vortex as it poured madly into him.

Feeling his physical abilities rapidly soar, Carl revealed a trace of joy.

Host: Carl Rock

Luck Level: SSS (Top-tier Child of Fortune)

Charm Level: SS (Yan Zu + Yu Yan)

Vitality Level: B+

Magic Power Level: C (Magic Stone bonus)

Magic Attributes: Purple All Attributes MAX, Gold (Dark Magic, World Tree Magic, Gluttony Magic)

Eight Gates Progress: Fourth Gate of Pain (Completion Progress: 1%)

Current Skills: Purple Common (Dragon Fist, Dragon Claw, Divine Dragon Tail!) Gold Legend (Morning Peacock)

Bonded Close Friends: Charlotte 2x, Vanessa 5x (Becoming bonded close friends can multiply favorability gains)

Special: 3000 Gold Vitality

Long-Term Missions Activated:

Mission 1: Hundred-Victory Wizard King!

Use my strengths to attack your weaknesses. Defeat opponents with special magical talents in any field to obtain Gold Legend magic attributes. (Repeated defeats can improve quality)

Mission 2: Redemption of Good and Evil!

Purify the souls of Elves or demons to obtain Imperial Arms Armor: Unparalleled components (0/7).

Binding a single Imperial Arms Armor component can specifically amplify an ability by 200%, with unlimited stacking.

Mission 3: Master of Nero!

Absorb the energy within Magic Stone Fragments to obtain special skills (Purple) or exclusive Eight Gates skills (Gold)!

Absorb the magic power of Magic Stones of all attributes to become the Master of Nero.

Mission 4: Time-Space Summoning of the Wizard King!

Consume Eight Gates vitality to summon the eleventh Wizard King, Wizard King Princia, from a time-space node to fight! (First summon: 10,000 Gold Vitality)

Mission 6: Vanessa's Red Thread of Fate

Help Vanessa activate Fate Magic. Reward: 3000 Gold Vitality.

Mission 7: Noelle's Three-Stage Valkyrie Form!

Defense, attack, ultimate transformation; help Noelle complete her transformation to receive the reward: Loyal Water Spirit!

He had taken another step closer to becoming the Wizard King.

And this was not the end.

The most important reason he had agreed to let Noelle and Vanessa become captains and participate in that mission was the information mentioned in the report—Elf Remnant Souls.

Among the core missions granted by his Favorability Point System and the Eight Gates, the thing that tempted him the most was undoubtedly that so-called set of "Imperial Arms Armor."

To obtain Imperial Arms Armor components, the most important prerequisite was purifying the souls of Elves and demons, thereby gaining component rewards.

If he could complete that step, would he not have a truly suitable piece of equipment?

That was his real plan.

At present, his strength had already risen to the level of the Third Gate of the Eight Gates—the Gate of Life.

Given the density of magic power in this world and the extent of his improved physical abilities, he could now barely use the exclusive skill of the Eight Gates—Morning Peacock.

And aside from Morning Peacock, the Third Gate, the Gate of Life, itself possessed powerful supportive capabilities.

Furthermore, if he could obtain Imperial Arms Armor components in the future, his strength would experience exponential growth.

As his strength increased, the matters he could participate in would grow more numerous, and naturally, the benefits he could obtain would also increase.

His dream of becoming the Wizard King, wielding power and enjoying beautiful women while ruling the world, was practically within reach.

Carl was extremely excited.

The people around the table all stared at Carl as if he were a monster.

Even Noelle, whose total magic power was terrifyingly vast, stared at him blankly and said, "How... how is this possible? This guy... did he break through?"

"But with such dense magic power fluctuations, how did he do it?"

As her words fell, the Grimoire beside Carl automatically floated into the air. That Grimoire had only a cover, but the Four-leaf Clover on it was dazzling.

The Grimoire flew up and settled above his head.

A vast amount of magic power surged madly into the Grimoire's cover, as though it had been completely sealed within.

Carl let out a breath and felt every bone and sinew in his body resound.

An indescribably satisfying ache swept through his body.

At that moment, he had a powerful feeling. He truly had the confidence to punch several cows to death with one blow.

This feeling was simply too good.

Farming favorability really was worth risking his life for.

This meal had been an absolute jackpot.

The way Yami looked at Carl completely changed as well.

Among all the geniuses he had ever seen, Carl was definitely the most absurd.

In such a short time, his strength had improved more than once.

Asta fell completely silent at the side.

He had originally thought that the gap between himself and Carl could be gradually closed through hard work.

But now, Carl had broken through right in front of him.

This truly exceeded his imagination.

Carl seemed to have experienced something similar while drinking earlier.

Comparisons killed people, and goods were thrown away when compared.

Asta's sense of crisis was now completely maxed out.

They had clearly joined the squad together, yet Carl had thrown everyone so far behind. Had he considered how everyone else felt at all?!

Asta began wildly reflecting on himself.

But no matter what, even if he could not surpass Carl, he still had to defeat Yuno and become the second candidate for Wizard King!

Asta suddenly roared, "I am the true Wizard King!"

The instant those words fell.

He suddenly felt the Sheep Head Chef behind him, its eyes glowing red.