The Gourmet Innkeeper: Cooking Monsters in a Fantasy World-Chapter 336: Consolidating Foundations

Other than the scandalous news of the Bhissit Family, Finn had also become a household name in dozens of towns.

Finn was, after all, the legendary man who shot up from Toughened level to the peak of Fortified State! This was miraculous and unthinkable! Not to mention, the thought of rising so much so quickly was too tempting.

One had to know that most people, if they were to undergo the same situation, would explode upon contact if they dared absorb that energy. This wasn't counting the fact that others might not trigger the absorption at all.

Naturally, in the past week, hordes of people started to investigate. This included elders from other adventurer and mercenary teams to reconnect/harass several Elders from the Lotus Town branch!

At some point, it was revealed that he was an S-Class talent!

S Class!!

Talent that hadn't been seen in hundreds of years!

Don't blame the elders for this. The leak did not come from them. Rather, it came from the documentation department who had accurate records of people's data!

Within a few days, Finn became somewhat of a celebrity. Not to mention, with the [Communication Center], a lot of 'live' news about him also spread out, making his influence so vast.

Even what he ate for breakfast was reported.

The Reputation of the Inn had now gone to seven digits, though he had already maxed upgrades, so he didn't have any use for it anymore.

More and more people headed to the Inn. While it was still too miraculous to some, most were curious! Many also headed there to be associated with him.

There were even some who tried to use the beauty trap. They failed of course. Finn was a man of iron will. Not to mention, poisons could be detected by the system, and there was also Syl right there.

Often, she'd shield him from the advances, and he found it so endearing. Of course, he would never falter in reassuring her of his loyalty and would perform public displays of affection.

In the end, Finn had to add another rule on harassment, especially against him, and only then did things calm down.

Besides, while many people went to the Inn just to be associated with him, an S-Class Talent, after spending a day at the inn, they 100% would fall in love with it on their own.

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The number of people targeting him was particularly cumbersome when he had to go outside. Within the barrier, the panda and sprites could defend him, but that was not the case outside. It was fortunate that his barrier area was large, but it was a pity his movements had to be limited.

He had to head out and fight as soon as he recovered to consolidate his new power. It felt like he was on the verge of overheating, and he could only improve this if he improved the 'vehicle,' i.e. his body.

He took a Class B mission with Syl, now that he was fortified level. The mission required a hundred pairs of eyes of a fortified-level beast called the Blackeye Beast.

According to the intel, their eyes were completely black and some gem-like stones formed as their pupils. It was found deeper into level 2.

Nobles sometimes collected this as jewelry but, according to Syl, it was also one of the main ingredients in many runes.

What they did was to settle down in the extension while Gideon and Syl attracted the necessary monsters back to the barrier. It did not feel good to be trapped inside, but they did not dare underestimate their enemies.

While waiting, Finn fought fortified level monsters there first, to let him get used to his powers as well as to see the difference.

And it was not small.

Even his favorite [Sticky Soil] now encompassed a ten by ten meter area, and a three meter depth. It also lasted longer, enough to imbalance a few fortified-level beasts at a time.

Soon, the Black Eyed Beast mob arrived.

The monsters were large beasts more than two storeys tall, even on all fours. It was like a gorilla, except it only had the arms. It had a snake-like bottom that allowed it to slither around, giving it higher flexibility.

It also had strong arms and could jump up, and even use its tail as a whip while it hung on a height, which was very annoying.

They were solitary monsters, though, so they would attract the beast and look for more beasts at the same time, gathering more and more until they became a group. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

It was a dangerous baiting mission, and Gideon and Syl helped him out without question.

Fortunately, those two were not weak. They were even stronger than their peers, and in many ways than just their fighting strength.

During this time, especially when he was unconscious, Syl created a few runes. She apparently had talent in it and could make far more than her peers.

She made some minor barrier runes, healing runes, and speed runes. Runes didn't have miraculous effects, and in terms of functions and buffs, the inn was still better, but it had the convenience of easily fitting in one's pockets.

Not to mention, it could also overlap with the inn's effects, increasing its effectiveness by folds.

Another thing he realized with this growth spike was that his weapon changed, too. True to its name, the growth-type weapon really adjusted to his level and was able to absorb all the skills he could do.

With a single swipe of the blade, it could cut a toughened level monster in half!

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The whole time he was training in the extension, he unfortunately had quite a number of audiences. Some were not even there to fight, which was cumbersome to those who was in the extension to train.

It wasn't like he could add a new rule that required people to fight, right? What if people came by and really weren't able to?

It was just that before he could deal with this inconvenience, an alarming notification popped into his head.

[Poison detected in a number of canteen foods.]

He narrowed his eyes.

So they're here.