T0 Gaming Guild Saves the World.

Chapter 76, Section 75: Peppermint's Past

According to the description, when in the Awakened Gluttonous form, one can still use the skills of their original class.

It's equivalent to the superposition of skill sets from two special professions.

In this way, having 5 passive skills is really great.

only……

The boundary between reality and illusion is somewhat confusing for the Glutton's skill set.

It seems that only the skills "Eating Impulse" and "Gourmet" are closely related to the name of a glutton. Zhong Zemo admitted that the other skills felt like randomly generated terms in a roguelike game.

The prison guard demonstrated his strong ability to make associations and divergent thinking.

"The nemesis of the sea creatures can be roughly understood as a glutton who likes to eat seafood."

"Water element suppression is also a skill to enhance the ability to eat aquatic products."

Plain Fries pouted: "Very well, how do you explain the animal ear collector?"

"Since he's a glutton, he must be a pervert. It makes sense that he would eat the heads of the beast-eared demi-humans and keep the ears as a collection."

Goodness, there's no background information, but the jailer guy managed to fill in the blanks with his own character design, and... it's actually quite reasonable?
Complete the first round of sacrifice to awaken the Gluttonous Avatar, which can be used once every 4 rounds of gameplay.

The transformation can last for 6 hours.

When using this product, one deer, one rabbit, and one perch must be offered as a sacrifice.

According to the game's setting, using an avatar is to request the knowledge of extraordinary individuals from another world to manifest and descend upon oneself.

The Awakening Ritual is a test to verify whether a player is qualified to merge with the knowledge bestowed upon them by a transcendent being.

Completing multiple rounds of sacrifices means that the player's knowledge bestowed by the extraordinary beings is becoming increasingly integrated, allowing them to unleash a more complete power.

After the first round of sacrifices was completed, the tree-like ladder diagram on Jiang Heyi's avatar interface was lit up.

The next round of awakening requires 200 incarnation fragments.

“200, what a ditch…” Zhong Zemo shook his head. “It would be difficult to save up even 100.”

"I just need to sleep it off. As for pursuing something higher, I feel it's not as good as everyone in the guild achieving Awakening of their Avatar," Jiang Heyi said.

"The 6-hour, 4-round game time limit is clearly designed to make players act as strategies to deal with some special levels," said Original Fries. "Although there are definitely solutions without avatars, avatars are simpler and more straightforward."

Jiang Heyi kept turning around in the blankets: "But how can we know just how strong the Gluttony Avatar really is...? The Stars don't put the data out in the open."

Orange Tea chimed in, "Then we can only test its quality when powerful sea creatures or water elemental monsters block our way. We don't know when that opportunity will come."

The jailer glanced at everyone and said, "Speaking of which, we can't benefit from the [Beast Ear Collector] buff."

The available races in Stellaris are actually quite diverse, but this might not be apparent if you only look at the boundary between reality and illusion.

Jiang Heyi, Jailer Brother, Orange Tea, and Four Primals are all human races, and the reason they chose them is that they feel more immersed in the story.

The original flavor fries are made by a white-haired, red-eyed forest spirit who chose them because "I like them."

Zhong Zemo is also a forest elf. When creating the character, he felt that blonde hair and elf were a great match. Influenced by stereotypes, he decided on this design.

There's only one reason I chose Dark Elf in bed: "It's sexy!"

In fact, the race selection at the boundary between the virtual and real worlds is highly consistent with the player character map announced by the Stars after the guild war.

The most popular race among Chinese players entering the game in the first phase was the Forest Elf among the Elf species.

The second species in order is the human species.

The third in order is the diverse sub-human race.

Among the demi-human races, the leading figures are none other than the fox demon and the half-dragon.

Every demon fox Jiang Heyi encountered had its tails pinched so thick, long, and bushy that they were covered in fur.

Half-dragons will maximize the luster of their dragon horns and the scales revealed by their incomplete hybridity.

The races with the lowest selection rate are naturally those that look somewhat repulsive. The official team thoughtfully categorized them as "Others" without directly naming them, thus saving face for these races with a total selection rate of less than 0.1%.

The strange passive ability that appeared when the Gluttonous Avatar appeared made everyone rethink the problem of the guild's race being too monotonous.

There's no way to change it now; we can only wait for the [Character Race Reset Scroll] to drop someday—the fact that StarCraft doesn't sell this service is something many players don't understand.

Furthermore, with so many races, there should be unique racial talents, so why aren't there any?
The jailer called out: "Orange Tea, I order you to transform into a bunny-eared beauty after you drop the reset scroll!"

"Ah, ah?" Orange Tea panicked. "Me...me?"

"Believers already have strong perception, and with the added enhancement of gluttony, they are like tigers with wings."

Orange Tea hadn't realized everyone's bad intentions and simply assumed it was a team need, so she nodded.

Back at the guild, Jiang Heyi found Mint.

He wanted to know what kind of existence the extraordinary power under the Avatar System would be in the eyes of the NPCs in the original StarCraft worldview.

"Gluttons, what are those?"

Mint blinked her big eyes, looking completely bewildered.

"You haven't taken up some weird religion, have you?" she suddenly became anxious. "Those sects in Anna are all bastards, carrion maggots. Don't believe in them."

The Anna Empire is not only home to numerous schools of thought, but also to a wide array of religions, leading to frequent conflicts of faith between these sects.

Mint's aversion to religious sects was blatant. While showing them around the capital, she coldly dismissed a group of street preachers, calling them "living corpses without the capacity for thought." Her attitude towards deities was simple.

If you appear to me, I will believe.

If there truly is a God, then it is the nun who rescued her from the mint field and brought her back to the church, granting her a second life.

Only she responded to her infancy.

This undisguised aversion led to her being harassed at the Star Speakers Academy. The conflict between her and her mentor stemmed from the latter mixing his own beliefs into the course explanations.

Mint instinctively loathed hearing these discordant notes before the sacred halls of knowledge and mystery, as irritating as playing a rap DJ in an auditorium where classical symphonies are being performed.

They were just waiting for the weapons at Garcia's workshop to be finished forging, and had nothing else to do at the moment.

The conversation unexpectedly touched on Mint's past at the college.

Jiang Heyi moved a chair and sat down next to Mint, who was mixing potions: "I don't believe Conrad's description that day, saying that you were so ashamed that you blew up the house because of a failed potion that you dropped out of school."

"I believe you, Mint."

Mint's pupils trembled.

"Although you are greedy, childish, dishonest, and like to show off..."

"Stop it!" Mint gritted her teeth. "You've gone on and on for too long! Give me a twist!"

“Okay, what I mean is, although you have many shortcomings, your willingness to keep trying and improving the potion formula shows that you are not someone who gives up easily.”

"Someone like you, how could you possibly choose to run away after making a mistake?"

"So, what happened?"

When the past is mentioned, it's hard to describe Mint's expression—hesitation, confusion, and a touch of sadness?
After Jiang Heyi's "turning point," all that remained in her eyes was smugness and an uncontrollable smile.

“It’s not something that can’t be said… After all, you’ve all called me Mom, the kids wouldn’t betray the ‘Mint Mom’ you’ve been calling me for so long, right?”

Mint wiped her hands, leaned against a clean table that wasn't used to store potions, and sat down with her hands supporting her weight.

"I want to prove my talent to some people and get more resources allocated to me."

"The potion-making program at the Star Speaker Academy is very famous and highly competitive. If you don't strive to be the best, you won't be qualified to enjoy certain things... After all, funds are limited."

Mint remained silent for a long time before letting out a long sigh.

"I can't beat her..."

“I’m not trying to make excuses… it’s just…” Mint’s eyes welled up with tears, but she stubbornly held them back, “She comes from a prestigious family. There are two Rank 8 Grand Mages in her family, and four who can be called Potions Masters.”

"If I had her resources... I would definitely be no worse than her, and I would definitely be better than her."

"I don't understand. She clearly has countless resources, so why does she insist on competing with us..."

"What does the Star Speaker's potion-making knowledge amount to compared to the countless books in her house?"

"What does the potion research funding allocated by the Star Speaker Academy amount to compared to a life of extravagance?"

"Why does she have to compete with us ordinary people who have nothing and can only participate in the trials layer by layer and climb up the ladder with great difficulty!"

Jiang Heyi remembered.

Mint said she came in second place in all the competitions she participated in at Star Speaker...

She was a genius of that year, a genius who, without resources, relied on her own talent and hard work to try to reach the highest peak of the empire's highest academy.

However, there was more than one genius that year.

Mint isn't afraid of relying on talent; she's only afraid of encountering a monster who has talent, resources, and connections all at once.

She tried her best to surpass her opponent in every trial, but was ruthlessly crushed each time.

The other side seemed to enjoy having such a talented runner-up, as it highlighted their own strength, and so...

Mint wants what she cares about.

Even if you don't care, you should still take it.

Even if she doesn't need it at all, as long as Mint can't get it, that's fine.

Mint did not give in, even when the other party bluntly stated, "Your resistance looks like a pet dog throwing a tantrum at its owner."

In private, mint is also described as a "toy".

Even though those who say this may not actually get close to the truth, they are happy to jokingly discuss how one genius is crushed by another.

This struggle lasted a whole year, and the unyielding mint finally fell.

It wasn't that her heart was broken, but rather that the other party had plundered all the research funds for potions.

Mint monopolized all the resources for every trial she planned to participate in.

Not a single grain was left.

Not daring to denounce the visitors from the sky, they vented their anger on Mint.

When her roommates stared at Mint with strange looks, she knew that the only way to maintain her dignity was to leave.

The other party wanted her to kneel down, but she didn't want to.

She just wouldn't accept it!
(End of this chapter)