[Magic Feast - Meal Preparation Period]

Chief Magician - Jian seemed to have anticipated something, deeply valuing this Magic Feast,

even removing his mask and employing skills related to the Third Abyss while cooking, which attracted quite a bit of attention, making it fair to say that the pressure was at its peak.

However, Jian was also silently observing another person in the kitchen, the Clown Art, who he had not seen for several months,

Not only had Art’s physique become more slender, but his behavior and actions had also become much more restrained, no longer exaggerated, and even his aura had become different from before.

In Jian’s view, even though there was no outburst of malevolent energy, the concentration of malevolence within Art was much higher than before, which even made him feel waves of danger.

Art, who was busy preparing a mysterious dish, naturally noticed Jian’s scrutiny,

did not avoid it,

but instead looked back at him, confronting Jian’s Abyss Eye directly, squeezing out his signature clownish grin through his withered features.

Time was up,

Head Chef Timi rolled his nimble tongue into a megaphone,

"The serving channels are now open, please complete all servings within fifteen minutes, overdue participants will lose their Magic Feast qualification and pay 100% of the kitchen fee."

This time, Jian chose to be the first to serve, followed by the Natalie sisters, and Mr. Rabbit seemed to have made a main dish and stayed in the middle.

The Clown Art, however, did just the opposite,

His dishes were ready and kept warm in the pot, yet he delayed plating and serving, seemingly intending to be the last one.

Nevertheless, there seemed to be one other person in the kitchen who wanted to compete with Art for the ’last to serve’ title, and that was Nash, a supporting actor attending the Magic Feast for the first time.

He seemed all flustered throughout, even making multiple mistakes while processing the boss’s meat,

and only managed to finish cooking just in time for the serving period, currently in the middle of the final frying, anxiously stamping his foot while plating.

The fifteen-minute serving time quickly dwindled down to the last minute.

Not too far away, Clown Art had a look of discomfort, his pupils fixedly staring at Nash, seemingly on the verge of losing patience.

In the final twenty seconds, Nash finally completed the plating and scurried to the serving channel.

Seeing this, Art followed suit, arriving at the serving channel just in the nick of time.

The two naturally bumped into each other head-on, Nash, being a first-time participant in the Magic Feast, was too nervous and focused on the dish in his hands, only now noticing Art’s presence.

Nash, previously acting as the impassive manager "J", had dealt with numerous elimination tasks under Art, and was fairly acquainted with him.

He rotated his scattered eyes, hands on hips, "Oh! If it isn’t Big Boss Art? You also finished just in time... Whew, that was close.

No worries, I’ll be the one at the bottom, you go ahead, Big Boss Art!

It’s all good, I’m used to being at the bottom. As long as they don’t strip me of my deputy status, the boss can scold me however he wants."

However, Art only responded with a malicious stare.

"Oh! My apologies... I see Big Boss Art wanted the bottom spot, indeed, I was inconsiderate, my bad~" Nash immediately stepped forward to let Art be the last one.

The evil subsided slowly, Art continued to nourish himself and did not stoop to the level of this person.

Yet Nash, who was now second from the bottom, continued saying,

"It’s a pity, my boss couldn’t participate in this Magic Feast.

Otherwise, with his cooking skills, he would have definitely taken the top prize~ and he could have dazzled you, Big Boss Art, with impressive food, give your shriveled body a boost."

Art remained silent, either not wanting to waste energy on meaningless exchanges, or simply because he did not deign to speak to such a newcomer who couldn’t even handle his dish properly.

But far from being deterred, Nash went even further, "I heard during the last Magic Feast, my boss seemed to have outdone you, Art.

Ah~ who knows if I can continue my boss’s fine tradition and outdo you once more? But by the look on Big Boss Art’s face, you seem pretty confident, especially since you were vying with me for last place, seems a bit challenging.

Though, as a newcomer, losing probably isn’t much of an issue, I hope your dish doesn’t end in disaster."

These words directly caused Art’s face to begin contorting, with malevolence about to erupt.

"Oh dear, only three seconds left! Let’s hurry and serve, Big Boss Art!"

Nash sprinted away from the serving channel, placing his dish on a platform at the side of the restaurant, to be served according to the sequence later.

Scattered Eyes also converged at this moment, first expressing belated apologies to the boss before sliding gracefully into the seat next to William.

"Boss, I made your favorite dish today, hehe~ And I just intentionally held up Art a bit to mess with his mentality, teehee!

I know you don’t get along with him, so consider it a breath of fresh air on your behalf."

"Hmm? Did Art come?"

"Look, isn’t that him? Check out his eyes, doesn’t he look like he wants to kill someone?"

Following Nash’s pointing, William also saw Art, whose appearance and aura had undergone tremendous changes,

The once ’plump’ Chief Jester now sustained his physique only through an inflated jester suit, with his exposed body looking utterly skin and bones.

However, though physically weakened, the malice within set William covered in a cold sweat.

"Art, this guy, how did he grow so much after just a few months of seclusion?!"

The serving of dishes ended,

and just before the magical feast began, head chef Timi interjected a last-minute comment,

"Today’s magical feast is quite special. Since William and Catherine have been exempted from cooking by a special exception, they still came to the kitchen yesterday, wishing to add variety to the magical feast. They plan to collaborate on a dish without participating in the comprehensive evaluation.

Based on my taste judgment, I determined that their collaborative dish meets the magical feast qualifications, and the boss also agreed with this matter.

Therefore, their collaborative dish will be inserted as the ’main course’ during the middle stage."

Nash, whose eyes were continuously moving, also opened his mouth in admiration, "Wow! Boss, you really got involved... It’s a pity not to participate in the rankings, with your standard, you’d definitely take first place.

I can’t wait to taste the food you’ve made."

The magical banquet began.

It started with a big move.

Magician - Jian Kiruiet, poured his passion into making the starter - ’Eternal Bacon Bean Roll’.

The impeccable knife skills turned the boss’s most tender lean meat into transparent bacon, perfectly wrapping around a peculiar bean with a ’secret’. As everyone began to chew the starter in their mouths,

the teeth pierced through the bacon and the surface of the bean,

anticipating to encounter juicy beans inside, but there was nothing.

The bean was hollow, and even its inside was carved into an abyssal structure,

The abyssal structured bean quickly burrowed into every part of the body, clearing everyone’s digestive tracts, while the juices secreted by the bacon moistened everything, adding a layer of fatty protection and achieving a glossy finish.

The starter seemed to have cleaned and unblocked everyone’s digestive system, and even expanded the internal space, enabling a deeper appreciation of the subsequent dishes.

From this, it appeared that Jian didn’t intend to take the top spot at this magical feast;

instead, he wished for everyone to have a nearly perfect magical feast experience.

Due to the effect of the appetizer, the consumption of the following dishes was exceptionally fast and satisfying. Everyone’s faces glowed with a flush of satisfaction, and even Art’s killing intent seemed slightly tempered.

Soon after tasting Mr. Rabbit’s ’Supreme Wellington Muscle Fillet’,

the collaborative dish made by William Catherine was brought to the table by a poker-faced attendant,

in front of everyone was a bucket-like item, adorned with colorful patterns of sea life and marked with text.

[Fresh Shrimp and Fish Noodle Soup (Deep Sea Version)]

William also stood up to explain how to eat it,

"Please open the package, take out the ingredient packet, powder packet, and concentrated soup packet one by one and pour them into the noodle bucket. Then pour in boiling water, and wait for three minutes.

In the meantime, Catherine will lightly touch your noodle buckets to complete the final flavor."

Everybody started soaking the noodles with skepticism;

after adding water and sealing the lids, Catherine touched each with her fingertips.

Time’s up, open the lid!

Rich aromatic steam rose as the lid was lifted,

a ’sea within a bucket’ unfolded before their eyes, with the softened noodle cakes as islands and cooked fish swimming joyfully around them.

The moment everyone slurped the noodles with their forks,

bursts of abyssal aura escaped from the hollow structure of the noodles, spiraling and pulling everyone’s consciousness into it, falling into the noodle bucket, sinking into the deep sea, descending towards the endless ocean floor.

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