281 Mid-day Banquet, Part 2 (2/2)

As if the floodgates opened, Reena was the first to grab a piece of crab from their table. Also, she was already eating sneakily before Jun could even announce the start of the banquet.

The Castro family had three people. The family head, together with his wife and daughter. It was with great luck that they were able to survive together. The only unfortunate thing that happened to their family was the loss of animals when wandering carriers attack their farm. Also, their caretakers died while reinforcing the defensive perimeters of the farm.

It was a fortunate thing that their animal farm was established far away from the populated part of the town due to the smell of animal feces. It helped maintain a high animal population and the animal noise didn't become much of a problem.

The Montano family had four people. Three men and two women. Since they were a metalworking family, they have a lot of tools on hand when the apocalypse happened. They were trapped in their workshop but were able to fortify it, making it a fortress where they could hide from the carriers prying eyes.

The three men were father and sons, while the two girls were the sons' post-apocalypse girlfriends. Both son were muscular and robust. They could fight carriers with ease but has trouble with fast enemies.

Rene Galicia brought his pre-apocalypse neighbor to the party. He received a lot of help from this man a lot of times, and he could repay him with this opportunity to make friends. Also, the man has become his trusted aid like a personal secretary.

Aries Nicor pointed on several dishes that he liked and waited for the mutated Golden Retriever beside him to answer. It was his personal pet that mutated from defending him from carriers. It was also the reason why he received the ability to communicate with animals through feelings.

When his dog got bitten, he tried his best to speak with it while performing first-aid. He knew that first-aid might not do anything to help his dog, but with a streak of luck, his dog survive.

Aries was already 42-years old and were already used to peculiar stares coming from people all around him. He doesn't care about anything else, except for his dog.

After the Golden Retriever pointed on several dishes that it liked, by hovering its paws over the dishes, Aries divided the food and conceded some dishes that both of them liked. The dog wasn't greedy and new that his owner still had to eat. It only chose food that appealed to its sense of smell.

Jun watched everyone before eating the dishes in front of him. He grabbed a regular-sized steamed crab and started sucking the meats out of its body.

Marvin and Mia Logro waited for him to chew his food before smiles blossomed on their faces.

Jun felt that something was wrong upon seeing the two's reaction, however, he didn't sense any evil intents, and both men had green nametags above their head.

He couldn't be poisoned, right?

”Is there something wrong? Why are you guys looking at me?” Jun asked in puzzlement. If the two decided to be mysterious, he might flip the table and cause a scene.

”Something good will happen when you finish the dish. I was also surprised when I first ate his dish.” Marvin responded with a smile, followed by Mia Logro nodding his head.

Seeing Marvin's look of encouragement, Jun forced himself to finish the steamed crab.

What came after shocked him.

[Satiation increased. Bonus effect: Energy Recovery increased by 10% for one hour.]

Jun grabbed a fried milkfish and started devouring it. After eating almost every edible part of the fish, a new notification appeared.

[Satiation increased! Bonus effect: Speed increased by 1 for one hour. Energy Recovery increased by 10% for one hour. Total Bonus: Energy Recovery increased by 20% for two hours.]