The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 106
Episode 106: Battle of Dasmur (3)
[Tsk tsk…]
The being that
was lying in the water inside the temple
got up.
‘…How big will it grow?’
2m… 3m…
I thought he was getting up from the water.
Straighten your legs, straighten your bent back, and raise your head.
[You’re quick to notice. Something like a bug.]
Let the guy fully stand up.
Its height is more than twice that of Corporal Jeon Gwang-il.
It reached almost 5m.
‘They said the size of the building was too big.’
Was that the size for this guy to be active?
The guy who not only created this dungeon, but also tried to communicate in a strange way.
I guess it has to do with something more than just size.
[The stronger one survives. That’s correct. but. We’ll have to wait and see who will survive.]
Gulp….
The sound of nervous people swallowing their saliva could be heard at the giant’s declaration.
but.
There’s no need to be too scared.
“This guy tried to persuade and deceive us with words! Do you understand what this means!”
He shouted without taking his eyes off the giant.
I could feel the people standing behind me concentrating on my story.
“It means our presence is a threat to him too!”
Until you enter the dungeon.
I was a little afraid that I would be able to defeat the monster that created this dungeon.
but.
Not anymore.
“If he is truly a transcendentally powerful being. “There’s no need to pull pranks like this!”
If that guy is really so strong that he can’t be defeated.
Rather than trying this kind of mentality, just trample on us and be done with it.
That it wasn’t so means only one thing.
“It’s a monster that can be defeated!”
The guy.
This only confirms that he is not an absolute being.
Doo doo doo….
“Combat vehicle! “I’m ready!”
Was it built so that the giant could come and go?
The size of the temple was particularly large, and so was the door at the front.
‘Enough so that even combat vehicles can enter and exit.’
Vehicles that have been modified to be able to operate in the water.
Although it may be difficult to operate it in a charging manner like on the ground, the role of a moving barricade is sufficient.
“He’s a big guy, so even if you shoot him casually, he’ll get hit! Grind with ease!”
“Don’t be scared, let’s just go like we did when practicing against large monsters!”
High-level senior soldiers encourage other soldiers.
“Is… that bastard trying to trick us?”
“In the end, the plan was to kill them all by drowning them. Damn it!”
Awakened people from the city who had been measuring the angle of flight until a little while ago.
They also became very angry and entered the temple with their weapons drawn.
As I watched the people forming their formation, I also drew my sword and prepared for battle.
A formation to deal with large monsters.
Just before the formation was fully formed.
[My situation is pitiful. In the past, against insects that could have been easily killed by stepping on them…]
The giant muttered in a somewhat depressed tone.
[I can’t believe I had to struggle like this.]
The body of a giant that had just risen from the water.
It falls backwards.
‘uh?’
Kwaaaaaaa!!!
A giant over 5 meters tall jumped into the water.
A huge wave hit our troops’ formation.
* * *
Kwaaaaang….
“Cough keuh!”
I was swept backwards by a large wave.
A huge wave caused by that huge giant throwing his body.
‘no. ‘It’s not that bad.’
I just don’t have the right combat skills.
Based on my stats alone, I am at a level where no one can bow down to me.
A wave so big that I couldn’t withstand it and was pushed away.
‘It has been strengthened with some kind of ability.’
I somehow came to my senses and checked my body condition.
Fortunately, there were no major injuries.
Although it had considerable power, it was just a wave.
I don’t think anyone will suffer much damage from this.
the problem is.
“The formation has collapsed…”
Let’s raise our head slightly.
In the distance, I could see the figure of a giant who created waves.
Kuung…. Kuung….
It seems like the reason I stood up in the first place was to create that wave.
A giant is now crawling around the large temple in a bizarre posture.
Although it may seem comical at first glance.
The speed and intimidation were too fast to let one’s guard down.
and.
“Save me…!”
[die. Something like a bug.]
Kwasik.
The guy slapped his palm down at the awakened person in the city.
After a while.
Floating….
The body of a man being chased on the water came to mind.
I don’t know if he’s dead or unconscious.
What was certain was that he was rendered incapable of combat in a single blow.
‘Are you planning to collapse the formation… and destroy our troops individually?’
That man would not have collapsed like that in vain.
When unit members gather together and form a formation, even large monsters cannot easily break through.
That monster.
Knowing that, they collapsed the formation.
“Shit. “What kind of monster would do something like that?”
“Sergeant Shin!”
“Take care of the scattered people first! Restoring formation is the top priority!”
The soldiers who came to their senses began to gather little by little.
It seemed like it would take some time to get back into formation.
“Even if you tell me to restore the bridge.”
“I don’t think he will tolerate this easily.”
Below article.
I don’t think we’ll just sit back and watch the collapsed formation being restored to its original state.
‘ha.’
He said with a short sigh.
“I guess I’ll have to hit and run.”
“yes?”
“You believe me and focus only on restoring the formation. And… Jeon Kwang-il! Seo Soo-hyuk!”
Let’s look into the distance and shout.
Two people who were each taking care of their troops looked in my direction.
“You are coming with me!”
“yep.”
“Loyal loyalty!”
I said to the two guys following me.
“Our goal is to kill time.”
“…I thought so.”
Corporal Seo Soo-hyuk said as he inspected his firearm.
“The three of us will hold the monster down until the formation is restored. “It’s reasonable, but… is it possible with three people?”
“Kahaha. Suhyuk, you bastard. “What do you not know?”
In response to Corporal Seo Soo-hyuk’s question, Corporal Jeon Gwang-il smiled arrogantly and said,
“What is military life?”
“what?”
“If it doesn’t work out, make it happen!”
“…but it’s ridiculous. “You’re not wrong.”
Corporal Seo Soo-hyuk let out a deep sigh and calmly followed along.
“Hee hee hee!”
The man who was about to be caught by the giant’s chase let out a scream.
A giant’s fist slamming down at him.
thud!
“Where are you going, you bastard!”
Corporal Jeon Gwang-il received it.
“Thank you.”
“It’s okay to say hello! “Join the formation!”
The man who was being chased runs away in a hurry.
Two soldiers stood in front of the monster that was trying to chase him.
‘Except for Minjae hyung… they are the best elites in our unit.’
These three must take as much time as possible.
[You guys… are really big bugs.]
The giant is looking down at us.
We also looked at him.
[Ingredients Identification (Enhancement)]
[Chef’s Eyes]
[Pope of the Deep]
[Freshness – Medium]
[Dasmurian, the guardian race of Dasmur, the world of the deep sea.]
[An entity that reigned as their religious leader and king. .]
[The freshness has significantly decreased due to aging and injuries.]
‘A religious leader?’
Look closely.
It was a fish-man that looked even more bizarre.
It looks similar to a human, but its skin has scales and its face is closer to that of a fish.
Although it was incredibly large, its limbs were so thin that the bones were visible.
The sight of it crawling around the temple with those thin limbs was like seeing a monster from a horror movie.
‘Is that the Pope?’
There is not even the slightest hint of sanctity in sight.
Is it some kind of devil worshiping cult?
[of course. A bug needs to grow a little to be a bug.]
Let the guy finish speaking.
It seemed like the water around it was slowly rising into the sky.
It swirled in the air and took the shape of a huge spear.
“haha. crazy.”
“Is this the ability to control water…!”
I remembered how strangely powerful the waves were earlier.
Was it the result of adding that force to the waves created by the body?
The guy hit the spear in his hand hard.
“Ugh…!”
Corporal Jeon Gwang-il crossed both hands to block the spear.
Although he was not rendered incapable of combat by a single blow like others.
“Cough…. keuh…. kahaha. okay. “This is what it should be…!”
The damage seemed significant.
We were not left alone.
Ride, ride, ride…!
[Hmph!]
Suddenly-
[Phew…!]
The moment Gwangil catches the spear.
Corporal Seo Soo-hyuk unleashes his boastful firepower.
Confident in my physical abilities, I approached the guy and cut off his flesh.
‘Tsk. ‘It would have been nice if I could have targeted the weak spot.’
This guy’s weak point, like other fishmen, was the gills on its chest.
It is as big as 5m.
Accessing the weak point itself was not easy.
[This strength. It far exceeds the standards of ordinary bugs. It’s clearly not normal.]
Even though they couldn’t target the weak spot, was the damage still significant?
He also seemed to be feeling a little pain.
Although it is an incredibly strong monster.
If I can somehow pass the time like this-
[Indeed. I asked what the cause was. Was it cooking?]
“…What?”
however.
There was something strange about the words that came out of the guy’s mouth.
[It looks like you have a decent cook.]
What is it?
This guy.
‘How did you know about cooking?’
and.
It felt like what I knew wasn’t everything.
[If you find out the cause. It is not difficult to respond.]
The guy slightly raises his body and raises his head.
The guy’s abdomen was greatly swollen.
and.
-Gooooooooooo!!!
[The sound of the ‘Pope of the Deep’ rings out!]
[The combat ability of the ‘Dasmurian’ race increases significantly.]
[The stats of all races except the ‘Dasmurian’ race decrease.]
[ Buffs for all races except the ‘Dasmurian’ race are lifted!]
Peer.
My body felt heavy and the resistance of the water was great.
As a result, the effect of cooking has disappeared.
Abilities decreased and the [Environmental Adaptation – Water] trait also disappeared.
[Because the effect of cooking has disappeared.]
“….”
[What should we do now? Would you like to try cooking here again?]
This guy is looking down at us and laughing.
He seemed to think that we, who lost our buffs, could be sorted out later.
He began to move towards his allies who were trying to restore their formation.
‘It must be stopped.’
In the first place.
I had expected a situation where the buff would disappear.
“Bring out combat rations!”
“yes!”
[Hmm?]
I took out some food from my waist pocket.
‘The [Battle Rations] skill is meant to be used in times like this.’
The buff has been lifted?
If you eat it again, that’s it.
[Intermediate Chef’s Dasmurian Subadult Fish Cake]
I knew something like this would happen.
[Environmental Adaptation] We have prepared combat rations of the type that are given the characteristic.
[A dish whose effects can be preserved? Ridiculous stuff…!]
It seems like he knows something about cooking.
Did he not even know about the combat rations skill?
The giant muttered as if embarrassed.
[no. wait for a sec. That thing you just put in your mouth…?]
After confirming that other soldiers were putting food in their mouths and getting buffs.
The moment I too was about to eat combat rations.
[That meat. It’s the children’s.]
“…Ah.”
The eyes of the bizarre-looking giant seemed to waver a little.
‘Now that I think about it, I cooked without any problem.’
This dish.
If you think about it from that guy’s perspective, he’s of the same race.
It is also a dish made with children of the same race as ingredients.
‘I think it’s a bit like that, though.’
No, that’s still true.
Would a monster care that much about his own people?
I also had the same thought.
-Gooooooooooooo!!!
It’s not like I was attacked by anything.
A giant screaming in pain.
…I guess he was a guy who cared a lot.
[Killing children was an unbearable pain… but you guys…! They were eating those children!]
The Pope only saw that a child of his own race had been turned into minced meat before his eyes.
He shouted, shedding bloody tears.
[I will never forgive-!!!]
The Pope, filled with anger, began to rampage even more violently.
[you! You were the cook!]
And that too.
Directly towards me.
“Ugh!”
First, he hastily swallowed the fish bag he was holding in his hand.
[The magic contained in the dish seeps into your body.]
[The effect of absolute taste is activated.]
[The effect of the dish increases only for you.]
A buff that is applied with greater amplification than others.
It’s not as good as proper cooking, though.
Still, I acquired a significant amount of abilities and the [Environmental Adaptation – Water] trait.
Kwaaaang!!!
Thanks to this, I was able to somehow avoid its attack.
Even once or twice.
[Gooooooooo!!!]
“Damn it!”
“That guy. “You’re only targeting Sergeant Shin!?”
The attacks continue to target only me.
Two corporals rushed to my aid, but they were of little help.
“Sergeant Shin! Please be patient! Gwangil is coming!”
“…no. for a moment.”
While the game of tag between me and the Pope continued.
Corporal Seo Soo-hyuk said while holding Corporal Jeon Gwang-il’s arm.
“It might actually be better this way.”
“What man!? Sergeant Shin says it’s dangerous. “What is that!”
“Have you forgotten? “Our goal is to kill time.”
A giant who tried to destroy us individually while breaking the formation.
It was obvious that they would try to prevent the recovery of our formation.
Our goal was to somehow stop that guy and buy time until the formation could be restored.
“That guy. “Right now, I’m not interested in breaking up the formation, and I’m only targeting Sergeant Shin.”
“What is that….”
“On the contrary, it is a good thing.”
Attention is drawn to the formation being restored.
Sergeant Shin Young-jun, the person who cooked a child of his own race with minced meat.
in other words.
The Pope who only follows me.
After making his judgment calmly, Corporal Seo Soo-hyuk seemed to nod.
shouted at me.
“Sergeant Shin! “We’re going to reorganize the formation!”
“what!?”
“I’ll try to fix it as quickly as possible, so hold on! “If you’re as strong as Sergeant Shin, you’ll be able to do it!”
“What kind of bullshit are you suddenly saying-”
I heard these words while I was busy avoiding the giant’s attack.
I was dumbfounded and tried to question him.
“then! Let’s hit and run!”
“Hey, you crazy…!”
There was no hesitation in the guys turning around.
The guys run to restore the formation, leaving only me standing in front of the monster.
‘It’s good to have no hesitation in carrying out operations, but…!’
the problem is.
‘A man as strong as Sergeant Shin would be able to do it?’
It is an operation whose prerequisites are flawed.
[Have I been abandoned by my colleagues?]
A giant approaches as if it wants to tear me apart as I am left alone.
I can’t believe I have to spend time alone against that guy.
‘It was hard for the three of us, but is it really going to be like that?’
If you’re as strong as me, you’ll be able to do it.
To begin with, I was a chef, a back-up support position.
Combat-related characteristics are almost non-existent.
‘I knew that the unit members strangely mistaken me for a strong person… but I was so busy with work that I didn’t have time to resolve the misunderstanding.’
Anyway, that’s true.
I never thought the result would be like this.
[You turned the children of your race into minced meat… so it would be natural for you to become like that too.]
But.
A monster approaching me, excited to turn me into minced meat.
What can I say when I see him approaching triumphantly, as if the battle has already been won?
‘I’m pissed.’
Because I don’t have a very good personality.
I don’t want to do what he wants.
“Tsk. “I can’t help it.”
If it doesn’t work out, make it happen.
This is something I often said to my successors.
This also applies to me.
I have no choice but to struggle until it works.
‘Besides…it’s not like there’s really no way.’
I put my hands in my pockets.
I went back a bit through the logs in the system window.
[Random skills are being strengthened.]
[Selecting random skills-.]
[‘Absolute Taste’ skill has been strengthened!]
[‘Absolute Taste’ – > ‘Absolute Taste (Enhancement)’]
Immediately after the skill is strengthened, Changsu Although I couldn’t confirm the effect after talking to him.
Afterwards, the effect was confirmed separately.
and.
If the effect is as I expected….
‘I think it’s worth a little bit of rubbing.’