The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 104

Episode 104: Battle of Dasmur (1)

“This guy is the last!”

“KIYOOOOOT!!!”

A man screams and suffocates a monster.

As he said, the battle ended with the last one being killed.

I said, wiping the blood off my knife.

“Report the damage.”

“yes!”

Soon one of the soldiers approached and reported the results of the battle.

“Among the people from the city who came to help, there were three injured. One person in the unit was slightly injured. “Other than that, there’s nothing wrong.”

“Not bad.”

It’s only natural that the unit members are so used to fighting.

People with low level and little combat experience.

They also seemed to be active in battle in their own way.

‘Are we still completely superior?’

I have just come down into the water to conquer the dungeon.

If what Changsu said is true, the monsters in the outskirts are relatively weak.

Even if I had my buffs, that would have been a big part of the reason why those people were able to do so well.

[Ingredients Identification (Enhancement)]

[Dasmurian Fluid of the Deep Sea]

The monsters on the outskirts are weak.

That means.

The more you enter the dungeon ….

“Kaaah!”

“Ugh!”

It means that a stronger monster will appear.

“What are these kids!”

“be careful! “It’s incredibly strong!”

While advancing towards the center while killing monsters on the outskirts.

Monsters stronger than ever before began to appear.

[Dathmurian sub-adult of the deep sea]

[This is the sub-adult of Dasmurian, the guardian race of the deep water world of Dasmur.]

[For the creatures of Dasmur, whoever eats the flesh of Dasmurian, the fish that protects their world, will receive immortality. It is such a rare food ingredient that there is even a folk tale that it can be achieved.]

[It is a race with high potential, but it is unable to use most of its potential.]

Previously, the fish people were [Fluid].

If you look closely at their size, they are slightly smaller than an average adult male.

The ones that are starting to appear now are [subadults].

He was almost 2 meters tall, and his hands and feet were grotesquely long.

It feels like not only the size has increased, but also the strength and the hardness of the skin have doubled.

“Everyone calm down!”

“There aren’t that many! “If two or three people attack each animal, we can easily deal with them!”

The good news was that the number was not large.

Let the leaders of each group take command and form a formation to face the enemy.

The damage was somehow reduced.

“It’s fortunate that the number is small.”

“okay. “It’s probably thanks to that magic from last time.”

“Once again, this is amazing. “Aren’t the huge numbers of corpses that surfaced on the water at that time all monsters of this level?”

Basically, the closer you get to the center, the more monsters there are.

It was said that the strength would become even stronger.

An attack created by replacing Minjae and wizards.

Due to that large-scale lightning magic, the number of monsters in the central area was greatly reduced.

“Originally, monsters of this level would have literally come in droves.”

“It’s scary to even imagine…”

Even though battery fishing is illegal.

The effect was direct.

I’m glad I did it.

furthermore.

The only people struggling against the stronger monster are the people of the city.

Seoseok –

A kitchen knife in the shape of a sashimi knife.

He held the [Dokgogu-sik] and cut down the fishman.

Is he happy to be used for his own purposes?

I feel like I’m sharper than ever.

‘Although the average level of monsters has risen. ‘It is enough to deal with not only the unit members but also Changsu’s group members alone.’

It wasn’t just the monster that was the problem, but also the level of water that rose toward the center.

Perhaps thanks to the damage done to the boss, the level has now lowered.

There were no obstacles to advancing toward the center.

* * *

The moment I wiped away the blood and was about to move on to find the next monster.

-Karanac…. Darth….

“….”

A monster that is about to die after stabbing its weak point.

The guy mumbled something.

“These guys use language.”

Gwangil, who was fighting nearby, said.

As the saying goes.

Unlike the monsters on the outskirts.

These guys from inside spoke some kind of language.

“It definitely seems different from the monsters out there.”

“I felt it too. What can I say? “Should I say I feel intelligence?”

The monsters on the outskirts are [fluid].

These guys were [sub-adults] who went one step further than that.

‘If you’re a human, you’re probably in elementary school, so isn’t it strange that you’re talking like that?’

This isn’t the first time I’ve seen a monster that uses language.

The same goes for the goblins who were controlling Inje County Office.

Vampires who are currently dealing with monsters outside of the unit’s line of sight.

Ariella, the leader and one of my subordinates, also spoke normally.

If there’s anything different.

I was able to communicate with those two, but I couldn’t understand this monster’s language at all.

“Take a break!”

“Go into the building next door!”

The advance paused for a moment while the troops rested.

I sat down, lowered my head, and spoke to the shadow.

“Now that I think about it… how did you and those goblins from back then communicate with me?”

Extraterrestrial being.

Isn’t it normal to just say things you can’t understand like those fish people?

-It’s simple.

Before long, an answer came from within the shadows.

-I learned the language.

“You learned the language?”

-It’s probably the same reason for the dwarves. Although it is rare, there are some races that quickly learn the languages of other races. Considering that his speech was slurred, it may be that he only learned language quickly, but that his intelligence was not high.

“Those guys aside. you?”

-My case is a little special.

It’s special.

Does that mean it wasn’t cooked like those goblins?

-The first thing I did after being suddenly summoned to the bunker was to make the human in front of me my first member.

“and?”

-At that time, I gained some knowledge by drinking his blood.

“what?”

Bringing knowledge.

Is something like that even possible?

-of course. Because blood contains a part of our being. Among high-ranking vampires, there are cases where they prey on humans and pretend to be those humans.

“oh my god.”

Eating humans.

Based on the knowledge gained in that way, we pretend to be that person.

‘Isn’t this a different monster than a vampire?’

why.

A doppelganger or something.

“I don’t think any vampire I know has such a setting.”

-….The name of the race Vampire was wrong in the first place.

“?”

-I roughly understand why the master calls me the name vampire. I am a noble of the night. When I read my race name in the language of my world, the pronunciation does not overlap a single syllable with that of vampires.

“ah.”

thinking about it.

It was said that the monsters were actually beings from another world.

‘Vampires are a species that appears in human creations.’

It is rather strange that the monster’s species name is a species we commonly know.

Now that I think about it, I don’t think this guy has ever introduced himself as a vampire.

‘I always introduced myself as a nobleman of the night.’

The same goes for this guy’s descendants who fought before.

The reason they were called vampires…

[Vampire Baron]

‘It was because of the status window.’

The status window doesn’t lie.

In fact, this guy was a race that it wouldn’t be strange to call him a vampire at all.

…no way.

Since there was no suitable name to translate, they roughly wrote it as a vampire with similar characteristics.

What is it?

‘This is outrageous.’

This status window.

I think it’s often a bit sketchy in many ways.

anyway.

This guy just learned human language himself.

This means that communication with regular monsters is impossible.

‘No, wait.’

This guy is a special case?

then.

I looked at the shadow again and spoke.

“You said you learned human language by sucking blood, right?”

-yes.

“Then can you learn the language of those fish people?”

The fishmen who turned this city into a dungeon.

From our perspective, it’s not much different from other monsters.

‘Not only did they use their own language, but they even had their own architectural style.’

perhaps.

They may be monsters with civilization and knowledge more advanced than expected.

‘I might know something.’

Monsters that suddenly appeared on Earth.

The cause of the invasion was still unclear.

The monster that succeeded in taking her as a servant was Ariela.

She only said that after being sealed, she came to her senses and found herself on Earth.

‘Why did you come to Earth? Even he didn’t understand himself.’

But those monsters are a little different.

At that number.

These guys are even carrying out terraforming towards the Earth.

‘Maybe we can hear about the reason for the invasion of Earth.’

however.

-I understand what your intention is, but… it will be difficult.

“Why?”

-I’m just a low-level noble.

It seemed that the expected method could not be used.

-It is only possible for a high-ranking noble to absorb all the memories of that being. For me, absorbing language knowledge is only possible if you are of a similar race…

What is this guy?

You’re more incompetent than you think.

-…Ho Ho. I didn’t know my master would say something like that…!

“?”

-… Originally, I was planning to increase my strength and rise to at least the rank of Baron, right? If only Mr. Who hadn’t come and killed all the family members he had worked so hard to raise and even sucked their blood.

“ah.”

indeed.

My current incompetence is a result of my own creation.

When I thought about it, the [Shadow Curtain] also became extremely narrow as it became weaker.

Originally, the [Mobile Fortress] was large enough to be easily implemented, but it is not now.

and.

There was one more important point.

‘Even monsters can grow?’

If you think about what we’ve encountered so far,

unlike us, there is a clear standard for growth called level.

Monsters did not have separate levels.

So I thought growth was impossible, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.

The phrase that came to mind when I made this guy one of my servants suddenly came to mind.

[Although their blood relative rank is only at the bottom, they are quite talented.]

[Treat your relatives with respect and raise them!]

[There is a possibility that they will reach a higher level with your help.]

‘They are considered monsters . I was just thinking about using it.’

In order to use it properly, you may need to grow it to a certain extent.

A guy who is only a baronet seems completely useless.

Even if I can’t do it, wouldn’t it be useful if I became a count?

‘anyway… Does this mean that communication will be difficult?’

It’s unfortunate, but there’s nothing we can do.

Like talking casually with other races.

For something like that to be possible, you would have to be a truly extremely high being.

* * *

After taking such a short break.

We continued to advance through several battles.

“The water is slowly rising.”

“hmm.”

How many battles did you go through?

When I suddenly came to my senses, I felt that the water, which had only reached my waist level before, had risen quite high.

The short soldiers began to feel a little uncomfortable as the water reached their chests.

“excuse me! “I can see it!”

The scenery of the submerged city that had been seen just now disappeared, and a

huge building made of pure white material appeared.

“A temple… is it the same?”

“I don’t know.”

A building surrounded by huge pillars.

Unidentifiable patterns were engraved on the walls of the pillars.

The strangely majestic atmosphere was reminiscent of a temple.

I don’t know if it is actually a building for that purpose.

Other small buildings were also built near the central building.

It feels like seeing a submerged ancient city.

What makes it different is that the building was built underwater from the beginning.

I thought as I looked at the water that rose up to my chest.

‘The time to attack is now.’

Originally, even that large building was entirely submerged in water.

Even if you got the [Environment Adaptation – Water] buff, fighting in the water wouldn’t have been easy.

Entry was made possible because the wizards’ large-scale lightning magic also damaged the boss.

‘In other words, we need to quickly settle the matter before the boss recovers.’

That was the reason why we entered so quickly that it felt a little hasty.

If he recovers again and the environment here changes, the difficulty of the strategy will be on a different level.

I approached the temple-like building.

There was a large door in the center.

“It’s so big.”

“Even considering that those monsters are about 2 meters long…”

“Isn’t that a bit too big?”

A huge door that seems to be at least 5 meters tall.

The moment I stretched out my hand to open the door.

[Step back.]

“…Huh?”

I looked around at the sudden sound.

Other people were also seen looking around in surprise.

[Step back.]

And the sound echoes again.

I only noticed it after hearing the second sound.

‘It’s not Korean.’

Probably the language those monsters used.

Although the sound itself was still difficult to understand.

For some reason, only that meaning was translated and flowed into my head.

A thought from just a few hours ago came back to me.

In order to communicate with people with completely different languages.

‘He must be such a high being.’

It’s as if he’s trying to prove that idea.

-oh?

A voice coming from the shadows.

-There is a very delicious smell of blood from inside.