Ethan suddenly received a notification from the magic book and said in surprise, "Huh? You can actually take screenshots?"
He hurriedly opened the magic book and only then discovered that there was an extra photo inside it.
The content of the photo was exactly the scene inside the cafeteria. All kinds of food were laid out on the tables, and the residents were staring at the food with longing expressions, practically drooling.
Only then did Ethan realize that without his permission, the residents didn't dare to casually start eating.
So he waved his hand and said, "Alright, everyone, eat!"
"Thank you, Lord!"
The residents thanked him in unison, and only then did they finally begin eating.
As Ethan looked at the image on the magic book, just as he was about to give up on sending it, he suddenly noticed a red exclamation mark on the magic book.
'Hm?'
'The magic book can actually have prompts too?'
This was the first time Ethan had encountered this. After all, the magic book itself belonged to this world's legitimate hint system. It could be said to be the game's beginner guide.
So what was this prompt coming from the magic book about?
[Sending photos can unlock a hidden mission: harvest admiration points from players in District Seven. Admiration points can increase Lord Prestige and grant additional score bonuses in the Lord Tournament. At the same time, when admiration points accumulate to a certain amount, special rewards can be obtained.]
"Holy crap!"
"There's actually a hidden mission, and this mission sounds like… isn't this just Humble-Bragging?"
"As long as you're Humble-Bragging enough, you can get enough admiration. Once you get enough admiration, you can get better rewards, and then take those rewards and keep being Humble-Bragger."
"Tsk! Tsk! Tsk! This is basically an infinite reward loop!"
"Not bad, not bad!"
"If it weren't for the cheat system's prompt, I really would've almost missed such a good mission."
"This cheat system is finally kind of useful."
"Send."
As soon as Ethan heard there were rewards, he immediately sent out the buffet photo without any hesitation.
Right after that, it stirred up a huge uproar in the regional chat.
After all… This time period was everyone's rest time.
When they couldn't go out to explore, all they could do was eat, then chat with other players through the magic book. There wasn't even any entertainment.
You couldn't even ask someone out for dinner on 521, so other than flirting, what else could you do?
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[Regional Chat Channel]
["Holy crap! What am I looking at? A buffet!"]
["Aren't those Lord Ethan's residents? They're eating way better than I am. Waaaah, I'm so jealous! If I'd known earlier, I would've ranked outside the top hundred and gone to be Lord Ethan's resident instead!"]
["So many different kinds of food, and there are even dumplings. How did Lord Ethan manage this!"]
["Having dumplings is one thing, but there's even bread! That's just too much!"]
["Bread is nothing. Didn't you guys see the cheese?"]
["Lord Ethan's diet is way too balanced. And it looks like there's even a pale yellow drink on Lord Ethan's table. Don't tell me that's alcohol?"]
["What, there's even alcohol!",] Sunny said in shock, ["Are you kidding me? Food is so scarce right now. How could anyone afford to brew alcohol!"]
["That's just because your food is scarce. Does Lord Ethan look like someone short on food to you? He raises so many residents and still has this much to eat. He's not on the same level as us at all!"]
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[Admiration +10]
[Admiration +5]
[Admiration +2]
[From Sunny's jealousy, Admiration critical hit +20]
[Admiration…]
Watching the admiration points explode wave after wave, Ethan felt as if he could hear the sound of rewards dropping into his pocket.
He decided to Humble-Bragging a bit more and said, ["That's right. These are fruit wines brewed by treants. It's fruit wine made from hundreds of fruits, super fragrant. And drinking a small amount can give a short-term strength boost of +10%."]
["Wow! It's actually alcohol with a buff effect!"]
["There's really alcohol to drink. I'm so jealous my useless mouth is drooling tears of envy!"]
["Is no one focused on the same thing as me? What exactly is a treant?"]
["Probably a tree that's gained sentience?"]
[Admiration +5]
[Admiration +2]
[From Jerry's jealousy, Admiration critical hit +15]
[Admiration…]
At this time, Ethan saw the content in the regional channel.
So he casually replied, ["Treants are trees that mutated and gained sentience. They can use vines and ground spikes as ambush tools, and they can even put out fires themselves. A ridiculously overpowered kind of plant."]
["What? None of you have encountered one before?"]
["This world actually has something that magical? I thought the lord was joking!"], player Romeo said, ["I've been here so many days and only seen a few white wolves, plus some rabbits and pheasants or whatever. Luckily, with the slide-tackle skill the lord loaned me, I barely managed to kill one while injured, just so I could have meat for dinner."]
["There really are treants! Is this A Ghost Story or something? How could something like that exist in the world! I've only seen one red fox and that was already scary enough!"]
["I ran into a Siberian tiger. Its paw was bigger than my head. I was so scared I didn't even dare use slide tackle!"]
["There's a green dwarf not far from my doorstep. It's ugly as hell and scared me so much I don't even dare go outside! But that treant the lord mentioned, I really haven't seen one!"]
["What's a treant? Can you eat it?"]
Everyone had different things to say.
But the players' comments brought Ethan a huge question.
He had always found it strange. If in the fog world, every player encountered monsters at the same level as the ones he faced, they would've all been wiped out long ago. There was no way they could've survived until now.
After all, those players didn't have all kinds of magic, nor could they possibly have equipment as overpowered as Ethan's.
And… Even he himself was risking life and death when facing those monsters, let alone others.
So Ethan decided to take this opportunity to ask clearly, ["Then… has anyone run into a scary chest, the kind of mimic that disguises itself as a treasure chest? Or goblins that can use tools, rats that can use nightmare magic, or monsters like poison dart frogs or lightning leopards?"]
["I've seen frogs, but they were just normal frogs,"] Player Juliet said, ["I even caught a few and brought them back to cook soup!"]
Ethan: ["Did those frogs spit poison?"]
["Lord, you really like joking,"] Juliet said, ["If those frogs could spit poison, do you think I'd still be here chatting with you like this?"]
["And lightning leopards, goblins, this isn't some game world. This is a real forest adventure, okay!"]
["No, I really have seen them!"]
Ethan refuted the player above.
At the same time, he used his mind to take photos of some materials and posted them into the regional chat channel.
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