Gourmet Gaming

Chapter 1: Prologue

“Phew.”

Black Mage Ali, the person who ranked 15th on the official global rankings of the virtual reality game, Athenae, had reached the summit of Berest Mountains.

'It took me two months just to find this thousand-year-old ginseng.'

The thousand-year-old ginseng was a rare medicinal item that could permanently increase one’s mana reserves by 1.5 times.
It was an item that was considered to be worth at least 200 million won in cash.

It was a well-known fact that the higher the level of a player, the harder it was to raise their mana reserves.
Hence, the thousand-year-old ginseng was considered to be the best item for this drawback in the game.

'I can break through the limits of the game.'

The thought brought a smile to Ali’s lips.

Shortly after, Ali arrived at his destination.
However, his smile soon distorted into an ugly expression.

“Huh, it's not here…?!”

He felt only shock after seeing obvious traces that someone had already taken the thousand-year-old ginseng.

'Who the hell took it…?!'

Did someone receive a duplicate quest? No, completing this quest is impossible if you're not a high ranker.

Ali scratched the thought from his mind and tried to approach the matter objectively.

'Perhaps he's still in the vicinity.'

‘I've spent two months just to get here.’

A blue light appeared out of Ali's hands.

[Tracking Magic activated.]

Once Tracking Magic was triggered, one could easily find the item that they were looking for, as long as it was still within one kilometer from its origin.

Ding! 

[Target is within a 300m radius.] 

[Commencing tracking.]

An arrow slowly bobbed in front of Ali.

‘I have to get it no matter what, even if I