The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 102

Episode 102: Divine Punishment (1)

‘Whew. ‘I don’t know if this is the right choice.’

A man sighed and thought.

He was leading a small group in a flooded city.

The group was doing well because they had their own abilities.

‘The city’s food is running out. There will be a fight soon.’

Food obtained through fishing or bread obtained through points cannot feed all the people in the city.

There was a big fight over food once in the past.

The man, who thought that humans would soon have to use swords against each other again, took his group members and started hunting.

To level up a little and gain points to get more food.

One day for him.

Someone came to visit.

-I found a way to escape from here.

The Avengers, a group made up entirely of crazy battle fanatics.

It was Changsu, the leader of the group.

After hearing this, they joined the soldiers from outside.

He said he was planning a plan to escape from here with them.

The man who first heard that story thought.

‘They are crazy about revenge. ‘It’s nonsense again.’

It is said that there is no one who does not feel hostility towards monsters.

They went too far.

So much so that most of the surviving humans in the city dislike them.

Same thing this time too.

‘Now is he planning to drag us into his revenge?’

I heard stories about soldiers coming from outside.

Taewan’s group welcomed them and then parted ways on bad terms.

When I heard that story, I thought it was really stupid to kick out people who couldn’t even hold on to their legs.

‘but. If those soldiers had said anything about hunting monsters together, I would have refused.’

I’m sorry to say this, but

The man had no intention of getting involved in such a matter.

It is said that he was trapped by an unidentified wall and was unable to escape the building.

Even in such a situation, his desire was to live at least one day longer.

Not just hunting monsters, but going into the center and catching their leader?

It may be said to be a novel method of suicide, but those who value their lives even a little will never participate.

He shook his head and tried to refuse.

-I understand it’s hard to believe. But wouldn’t it be possible to come to our building for a moment and listen to what they have to say?

-Why should we do that?…

-We provide three days’ worth of food.

-…is it worth 3 days?

It takes 3 days.

It was an incredibly unconventional condition in a situation where even food for a day was precious.

‘I was so taken aback by the conditions that I ended up coming here, but I guess it was a good choice.’

There were several other people around who fell for the conditions and came to visit.

There was also an underlying belief that there was nothing wrong with becoming close to Changsu’s group, which was full of strong people in their own way.

Apart from that, the man thought that the method that Changsu had mentioned was unrealistic.

‘Hunting those monsters is risking your life. Is it possible to hunt down their leader?’

Still, whatever.

If you can get three days’ worth of food for your group members in exchange for wasting a little time yourself.

Wouldn’t that be beneficial in its own way?

Thinking like that.

A man who climbed onto the roof of a building.

What he saw.

“…uh?”

Crumbling…

rumbling…

the center of the city.

It was a huge cloud of lightning floating in the sky.

* * *

After entering the dungeon.

Lightning-type wizards have virtually become useless.

The reason is simple.

‘The problem is that it has become too strong.’

This dungeon.

Moisture abounds not only in the water that covers the ground but also in the air.

Although it was less wet inside the building, the floor was still wet.

‘The reason there hasn’t been any disease in this environment yet is because of the uniqueness of being a dungeon.’

anyway.

A situation where water, which boasts the highest conductivity, is spread everywhere.

Lightning-type wizards.

Their magic has become too strong.

‘Even if you throw lightning as far away as possible, it will still affect your allies.’

Even when you are inside a building, the waterfall flowing down the exterior wall of the building ultimately affects the people around you.

Although there were lightning-type awakened people in this city as well.

All of them were treated as out of power.

‘Because low-level wizards don’t have that long of a magic range.’

If you use magic in a nearby area, only your allies and yourself will suffer damage.

On the other hand.

[Food Ingredient Identification (Enhancement)]

[Lee Min-jae]

[Lv. 21 Intermediate Lightning Wizard]

[Hwang Seon-wook]

[Lv. 16 Lesser Lightning Wizard]

Our wizards are quite high level.

“If you really suppress the power to a minimum and only fire at the maximum range… you might be able to use it to some extent. but.”

“We are not specialized in long-distance attacks like gunners. “I don’t know how much help it would be to reduce the power and shoot farther.”

The wizards who had gathered at my request looked unsure.

After hearing what they said, I smiled and answered.

“no. “You can’t suppress its power.”

“yes?”

“Then it will eventually affect our allies as well. The environment of this dungeon itself…”

“That’s true. “Let’s change our thinking.”

Reducing the power just because a problem has occurred.

Isn’t that a very passive idea?

“We should go in the opposite direction.”

“…?”

“It increases power and increases range.”

The magic has already become stronger.

Strengthen it further.

“But shouldn’t there be a range that will not cause damage to our allies?”

“no.”

“There’s no way something like that would be possible…”

“Do you think it won’t work?”

“…?”

If it doesn’t work, you have to make it happen.

‘I have the ability to make it happen.’

Memories of the time we recaptured the tank battalion came to mind.

Corporal Seo Soo-hyuk fainted after eating the dish I had prepared with all my might.

What the guy said right before he passed out.

-It would be best to refrain from using buffs this powerful as much as possible.

-I was able to hold on somehow, but if I had been mentally weak even a little, I would have fainted long ago.

After hearing that.

I have been adjusting the effect of cooking little by little.

‘If you give up controlling it… the story is a little different.’

Sigh.

I put my hand into the shadow.

I took out the ingredients inside one by one.

“Do you really think it won’t work?”

“…uh.”

The wizards who saw my expression asked back with a curious look.

“Is this okay?”

* * *

The result is just that.

That thing that appears in the sky right now.

“What on earth have you done?”

A huge dark cloud formed in the sky.

There were sparks fluttering around the dark clouds that looked dangerous at first glance.

Changsu broke into a cold sweat looking at the clouds.

“After I was trapped here… the sun didn’t rise and it stopped raining. There wasn’t even any wind. “The normal weather phenomenon itself did not occur.”

“Is that so?”

Come to think of it.

I think Taewan also said something like that.

Did you say that the sun did not rise and the clouds themselves disappeared?

“That… is definitely not an ordinary weather phenomenon.”

Well, whatever.

There is no way dark clouds suddenly appear in a space where there was not a single cloud.

Dark clouds, a meteorological phenomenon, are a type of natural disaster.

Lightning and pouring rain are things that are considered impossible for humans to recreate.

‘It’s not at that level, though.’

Everyone was looking at me in cold sweat.

In fact, if you compare it to a real lightning cloud, there will be quite a difference.

Inside a dungeon where all sides are blocked and there is not a single cloud.

Even the altitude at which it is located is rather low, so it looks unnecessarily large.

In fact, the size of the dark cloud containing lightning itself was not that big.

‘It’s just big enough for us.’

It is said that it does not exactly reproduce the scale of an actual natural phenomenon.

Still, it’s clear that it’s an amazing thing.

To that extent.

It wasn’t without a cost.

“Kuhuh….”

“…Krrrrrrrrrrrrr.”

Lightning-type wizards.

And even fire-type wizards who had nothing to do as the power of their magic was reduced.

They all cried out in pain.

Some even foamed at the mouth.

The reason they suffer like that is none other than me.

‘It must be to die for because I ate the dish I put my all into.’

It would have been delicious, though.

The key is the buff obtained as a result.

‘Excessively strong force puts a strain on the user.’

It’s a bit embarrassing for me to say it myself.

As I experienced various incidents, my abilities and level increased significantly compared to other unit members.

The dishes I cook with all my might provide buffs that are difficult for my unit members to handle.

Thanks to this, they look quite painful.

However, receiving a buff is not the end.

‘Magic power transfer.’

These are basic characteristics that wizards have.

Wizards whose magic power increased explosively after eating my cooking.

they.

The amplified magical power was being transferred to one place.

Pajjijijik….

The strongest wizard in the unit.

Sergeant Lee Min-jae.

Toward the magic he casts.

“I’m dying…”

Sergeant Lee Min-jae also ate the dish I made ‘with all my might.’

In that state, he is even able to receive all of the magic power of other wizards.

‘He’s probably feeling the greatest pain right here.’

perhaps.

Pain worse than what Corporal Seo Soo-hyuk experienced.

but.

This means that he is the next most awakened person in the unit right after me.

“As soon as I said I was going to be useless in the dungeon, I went through such a hard time…”

“That’s what I said. “I think I’ll have to go through some trouble.”

I, the most senior member of the unit, am also working.

But where are you going to suck honey alone?

And….

“Because you fed me a delicious meal. “I have to work.”

“Tsk tsk…. “You son of a bitch.”

Sergeant Lee Min-jae raises his hand without losing consciousness despite breaking out in a cold sweat.

The lightning spear, the magic he likes to use, is held in his hand.

grasp!

It was thrown into the dark clouds in the sky.

‘Minjae hyung’s magic.’

Although he is quite a bit later than me, he is Minjae, who recently passed level 20 and became an intermediate wizard.

Of course, the number of types of magic I could handle was different from when I first awakened.

One of them is that one.

The effect is simple.

It allows magic to be condensed within the dark cloud and manifested all at once.

‘It lasts for a short time and originally couldn’t be moved that far, so it wasn’t very useful.’

It’s different now that I’m wearing the buff.

The dark clouds that continued to swallow up the lightning were far away in the center of the city.

Probably just above the place where the monsters and bosses of this dungeon are gathered.

It is quite a distance from the building we are in.

No matter how powerful the lightning is.

So much so that no harm comes to us.

I glanced back.

“What about those clouds…”

“What’s happening?”

Another group of humans brought by Changsu.

They were all shocked as they looked at the dark clouds forming in the sky.

The reason I wanted to do this in the first place was to persuade them.

People who won’t participate in dungeon raids if they aren’t sure.

then.

‘All you have to do is show overwhelming power… enough to convince you.’

I think this is enough to attract attention.

I had an idea that I wanted to increase my power a little more.

“Crrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrhmmm

to say that it seems that if it takes more time, some people will start fainting.

I put my hand on Minjae’s back and said,

“Start shooting.”

“…Initiate!”

Sergeant Lee Min-jae repeats my orders.

I looked at that and thought at the same time.

‘Surely…fishing with electricity in the sea was illegal?’

This is because there is a risk of injury to anglers due to the force being too strong.

Nevertheless, anglers who consistently inserted batteries into the sea used to appear in the news.

It’s so risky that you could lose your life if you’re not careful.

Nevertheless, the reason why those who take that risk appear periodically…

is actually simple.

‘Because it’s so effective.’

That moment.

Lightning struck the center of the submerged city.

Qarring…!

I don’t think there’s any way to describe it other than a divine punishment.

A huge spear of lightning.