6kv Chapter 31: People will die from overeating!
Chapter 31: People will die from overeating!
"What's the difference?" Zhou Qing asked, raising an eyebrow.
"There's a big difference," Gina explained patiently. "When you level up your adventurer rank, the number of party quests required is much higher than the number of individual quests, but the number of party quests completed is shared by the whole team, while individual quests only apply to you."
Zhou Qing understood.
Team speedruns are not as valuable as individual speedruns.
Without hesitation, Zhou Qing replied, "Place it under the team's name."
He glanced at Daisy, who stood motionless behind him, completely shrouded in a black robe.
If I were to actually assign the task to her under my own name and make her work for free, I'd probably be secretly cursing myself.
Who knows, one day I might actually turn myself into a corpse servant.
Gina quickly finished counting all the spoils, took out a heavy money bag from the counter, and handed it to Zhou Qing: "Adventurer, this is your reward for the monster dishes your Mambo Squad collected. After deducting the processing fee, it totals sixty-six Ward Silver Coins."
"The reward for the mission to clear out the demon wolves is 120 Ward Silver Coins, which will be paid in a lump sum after you hand in the remaining 24 wolf pelts and complete the mission."
Zhou Qing took the money pouch, weighed it in his hand, opened it, counted out half of the silver coins, walked over to Daisy, and handed the money pouch to her: "Here you go."
Daisy paused for a moment, then hesitantly reached out her pale hand to take the purse.
Before she could react, Zhou Qing counted out ten more silver coins and handed them over: "Here are ten more for you."
After all, the monster dishes I'm going to make will be eaten by Zhou Qing all by herself. Giving her some extra silver coins as compensation will prevent her from feeling resentful and secretly taking revenge on me.
After doing all this, Zhou Qing said, "Team member Daisy, let's meet here again tomorrow morning and continue into the dungeon."
"Now, disperse!"
After saying that, he went straight to the restaurant, found a seat, and waited patiently for the food to be served.
Daisy, holding the money pouch and followed by two motionless, dead servants, stood frozen in place, completely dumbfounded.
Her mind was a jumbled mess.
Huh? The team disbanded?
Who am I? Where am I? What am I supposed to do?
No, who disbands their party in a dungeon?
The normal procedure should be to return to Kara together, find a restaurant to hold a celebration banquet, throw an induction banquet for yourself, drink all night to celebrate, and then rest for three or four days to recharge before continuing the adventure, right?
Why did we break up in the dungeon right after we finished fighting monsters and handing over the loot?
And we have to go to the dungeon again tomorrow, don't we need to rest?
Daisy stood there, her face filled with confusion.
Daisy was stunned for a full half minute before she finally came to her senses.
Clutching the heavy purse, she watched Zhou Qing sitting comfortably in the restaurant, seemingly having completely forgotten about her teammate, and was instantly filled with anger.
Daisy sat down opposite Zhou Qing, reached out and took off her hood, revealing a pale, bloodless face.
Her long, black hair was messy and stuck to both sides of her face, and her fringe covered most of her face, revealing only a pair of purple eyes that looked like gemstones.
Putting aside that gloomy aura, this face is actually quite nice, it's just too pale, making it look sickly, as if it has a serious illness.
Zhou Qing was waiting for the food to be served when she saw her sit down and take off her hood. After glancing at her, she asked, "Why are you still here?"
"We killed these monsters together, so I want to eat their food too!"
Daisy said angrily, slamming the ten extra silver coins Zhou Qing had given her on the table as if to assert her dominance.
"I also eat monster food, so you don't need to give me extra payment!"
Zhou Qing glanced at the silver coins on the table, then at her angry expression, and instantly laughed: "Fine."
Someone actually dares to challenge my appetite?
They're like a newborn calf that's not afraid of a tiger.
How arrogant!
Zhou Qing casually took the silver coin back: "You'll regret this."
"Regret? What's there to regret!" Daisy said stubbornly, though she was a little nervous inside.
She had just heard others mention Zhou Qing's nickname "bulimia," but she had never seen him in person and always felt that there was a limit to how much he could eat.
After all, Zhou Qing is still a human being no matter how you look at it.
People can die from overeating!
……
Is this even human?
Daisy had just picked up her knife and fork when she was stunned to see the various dishes on the table disappearing at a visible speed.
The knife and fork in his hand hung in mid-air, forgotten to be swung.
What's going on?
Can humans eat that fast?
Can a human stomach be that big?
Was he really born to his mother?
Originally, plates of steaming hot roasted wolf meat, stewed pork with mushrooms, and omelet made with walking mushrooms were served one after another, filling the huge table to the brim.
But in the blink of an eye, only empty plates remained near Zhou Qing.
Just as Daisy reached for the fried egg next to her, the plate of fried eggs was empty.
She finally realized what was happening and quickly stuffed food into her mouth.
Even though the girl tried her best, she couldn't even match a fraction of Zhou Qing's eating speed.
Several times, she had just picked up a piece of meat when she looked up and found the plate in front of her empty, and could only watch helplessly as the chef pushed a new food cart over to fill the gap.
Keep in mind that this dish was made from twenty-six demonic wolves and a bunch of miscellaneous monsters. It couldn't fit on one table, and the chef had to replenish the food several times.
Daisy became increasingly alarmed as she ate; she finally understood why others called Zhou Qing a glutton.
This is not binge eating; this is incomprehensible.
"You...you who have committed the sin of gluttony, you should be taken to the cross and burned at the stake!"
Daisy mumbled incoherently as she quickly stuffed roasted meat into her mouth.
Zhou Qing completely ignored her, focusing solely on her rice. Before she could even swallow, her fork was already poking at the next piece. The surrounding staff were already used to this, mechanically pushing the food cart around to replenish the dishes.
A dozen minutes later, the last dish was also finished.
Zhou Qing let out a loud burp, patted his round belly, and squinted his eyes in satisfaction.
On the entire table, only half a roasted steak remained on the plate in front of Daisy.
Even if she ate faster, she only ate until she was about 70% full.
Moreover, he almost choked to death several times.
Zhou Qing glanced at the half-eaten steak on Daisy's plate, his Adam's apple bobbed, and he resisted the urge to reach out and snatch it.
He stood up, patted Daisy on the shoulder, and said earnestly, "Keep it up, young lady, take your time eating. I'm leaving now."
After saying that, he turned and quickly left the stronghold before Daisy could react.
Daisy paused for a moment, then quickly put down her cutlery and chased after him.
But as soon as she ran out of the stronghold's gate, she discovered that Zhou Qing's figure had vanished without a trace.
"Hey! Zhou Qing!" Daisy shouted towards the passage, but only an empty echo answered her.
She stood there, looking at the dark passage leading to the first level of the underground city, and then at the two corpse servants that followed her automatically. She was once again lost in confusion.
Seriously? You're really leaving me to go back alone?
Shouldn't a normal squad return to Kara together?
Why did this guy run away after eating?