The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 111

Episode 111: Liberated City (2)

After conquering the dungeon.

Although it was a strategy that somehow ended successfully.

There were two things that bothered me.

‘One is a man who escaped the dungeon and asked us for help.’

The unit members didn’t seem to care because they had no interest in people outside the unit.

The man clearly escaped that dungeon.

How did they escape the dungeon and reach us?

We will only find out when he opens his eyes, as he is currently lying down at the ammunition battalion base.

And one more thing.

The last battle fought in the dungeon.

There, a phenomenon suddenly appeared in my body.

‘Unbelievable regenerative power.’

The sight of a hole in the stomach healing at a noticeable rate.

Even thinking about it now, it’s strange.

“Did you… turn me into a vampire?”

A sudden regenerative power.

If we say that cooking is not effective, then there is only one incident I have experienced that is questionable.

‘vampire.’

This guy is a monster with the ability to turn normal humans into vampires.

What if you turned me into a vampire without my knowledge?

“No way. “The owner also sounds scary!”

but.

She waved her hand as if asking what she was talking about.

“Is the name vampire a problem? “I’m asking if it’s made out of the night nobles you’re talking about.”

“Because it’s not.”

She sighed and slowly raised her fingernails.

I thought he was going to attack me, so I put some pressure on the knife in my hand.

The moment her nails touched my skin.

Duung….

It seems like there is an invisible curtain.

Nails blocking right in front of my skin.

“I cannot inflict even a single wound on my master without his permission. “That’s what the oath to become a member of the family means.”

“…Then what is this regenerative power?”

“Even if you say so. Umm. “Do you have any guesses?”

The guy frowns slightly and tilts his head.

I was wondering what you were talking about.

“Hmm. “If my guess is correct, that regenerative power is a result of the master’s choice.”

“what?”

“Ah, you don’t know at all.”

The guy said with a faint smile.

“master. “Do you happen to know how I create subordinates?”

“That’s it. “We talked about it before.”

How he makes his followers.

First, it sucks all the blood from the target.

A blood vessel that has lost all its blood.

“Fill it with your blood… right?”

“You know very well. “Then do you remember what happened when you subdued me?”

“that. To be honest, it’s a little vague.”

I was so out of it.

An endless thirst that arose after acquiring the vampire trait.

All I remember is that I sucked its blood and turned it into ashes to satisfy my thirst.

“I sucked your blood, and you sucked my blood, right?”

“…ah.”

This can’t be right.

“therefore. The ordinary human blood that the master had came to me, and the blood containing my magic went into the master’s body and filled the place. “Isn’t this similar to something?”

“It’s similar to secular painting.”

I touched my forehead and recalled a memory.

Come to think of it.

There was a system window that came to mind when I was sucking blood.

[Caution!]

[Excessive absorption of blood can cause changes in the body.]

Crazy.

“Not only did he drink my blood in moderation, but he also sucked the blood that I had collected right before I was promoted to baron until it was dried and twisted.”

“…There was no change like this until I gave you blood. “Why do you come now?”

“Just because you eat a lot of healthy food doesn’t mean you’ll see results in just one day, right? “I guess the changes are finally starting to take effect.”

I had a terrible headache.

“Then does that mean I will become your servant? In this case, what happens to the master-servant relationship? First of all, in terms of the system-.”

“Ah, I wish so. “It’s a little different from when you create a lineage.”

“You mean different?”

“When making a body, it’s more like putting my magic into the sucked blood and putting it back in place. That magic contains the power related to domination. But the blood the master took was truly my own blood.”

“Even if it comes from your blood. “It means I will never become one of your descendants.”

“yes. “It’s a shame~ It would have been really nice to be your master.”

Is it fun to know that I have become closer to my own people?

A guy who speaks with a smile.

‘I’ve let it go a little bit these days. ‘There’s a lot of climbing.’

I’m going to scold you for this later.

“I heard it from my relatives. “I heard there was no magical power in this world originally?”

“yes.”

“I felt it while looking at other humans. In many cases, resistance to magical power was strangely low. “The blood that is equivalent to the identity of a night noble has been mixed into a body that is already sensitive to magical power.”

Grinning.

“Master, you may be closer to a night noble than a human. “Shall we check it out?”

He said so.

A guy who slightly lowers his collar and shows the nape of his neck.

“If you suck just a little more, I think the species will completely change. How do you feel?”

“….”

“If I make you a subordinate, your job will be fixed to one, but wouldn’t the job of chef be maintained in this way? “It would be better for me to submit to my own people than to submit to humans.”

“It is an absolute refusal.”

There may be benefits such as being able to increase strength through blood sucking.

They are weak to the sun and their abilities deteriorate if they are unable to absorb blood regularly.

This race also has significant penalties.

No, even excluding that.

I have no intention of giving up on humans.

‘Becoming a vampire. ‘That sounds terrible.’

When I sucked this guy’s blood.

The amount of ability level increased was significant.

Later, when this guy regains some of his abilities, I was thinking of using the same method to increase my abilities again.

“You almost got into big trouble…”

If you try that trick one more time, that will be the end of it.

As it is, I as a human being disappeared and Shin Young-jun as a noble of the night was almost born.

…no.

But isn’t that a bit strange?

“No matter how blood-related the race is, that’s true. “Doesn’t it make sense for your species to change just because you drink blood?”

“As I said, humans in this world have particularly weak resistance-”

“If you think about it that way, how many monster dishes have I eaten?”

Most of my blood and flesh is probably occupied by monsters.

then.

I should have become a monster a long time ago…

‘Ah.’

Something.

There’s one thing that’s stuck in my head.

When I tried to recall the sticking point, Ariella spoke first.

“Wouldn’t there be a difference?”

“…?”

“You said you cooked and ate the meat of monsters, right? On the other hand, when he drank my blood, he did so without hesitation.”

By cooking.

This means that the chef’s power must have had some influence.

We had this conversation in that dungeon as well.

A person that Changsoo spoke about.

A being that was said to have lost its mind while eating monsters and ended up eating humans as well.

‘A person with an abnormal appetite.’

I felt like I had gained some insight.

Humans are vulnerable to monster magic.

So much so that if you swallow it thoughtlessly, you yourself will turn into another monster.

‘Refining magical power that humans cannot control.’

perhaps.

Isn’t that the essence of a chef?

‘Because my race hasn’t changed. Having the ability to regenerate isn’t a bad thing in itself.’

We can pass this off as a good thing.

But I think I need to check some questions about this chef.

“I’ll have to visit later.”

“yes?”

There was also a means of checking nearby.

The human who became the monster that Changsu talked about.

Changsu and his group members were unable to subdue the monster.

This means that the monster was probably wandering around somewhere in the dungeon even when we conquered it.

The dungeon is now closed.

He, too, must be living somewhere in this city.

‘We’ll see each other soon.’

Only when that time comes.

It might resolve my doubts.

* * *

“I’m back from work!”

“OK. “I prepared a meal for the shift workers, so eat it and then go in.”

“yep!”

There is one main reason why our unit decided to stay here.

It was to attract the overflowing awakened people nearby to our unit.

and.

Now a few days have passed.

“So… how many people decided to enlist today?”

“ah. “There are two people.”

“Hmm.”

Two people.

The soldiers who were eating their meals were also awkwardly scratching the back of their heads.

“There were fewer people wanting to join than I thought.”

The purpose of our decision to stay was to increase the number of unit members… but

only a woefully small number of people were willing to join.

“what? “Those people probably haven’t met a deserter who turned into a looter, so they probably don’t have a bad image of soldiers.”

“It wasn’t very good. “It’s famous that the dungeon was closed because of us.”

“still. Rather, it would be normal to take it to mean that you are capable enough to defeat the boss of that dungeon.”

A time when the world is destroyed and monsters roam around.

I thought that the title of military would provide quite a sense of stability in this situation.

I didn’t expect so many people to come.

“reason? well. “There may be many things.”

The reason I am from this area is because I am close to our unit.

I decided to ask Changsu.

“Perhaps the biggest thing is that the people in this city are difficult to unite in the first place.”

“?”

“How many times haven’t I told you this? “There was a big fight between people in the middle.”

ah.

“It was a fight between those who secured a lot of food and those who did not. Quite a lot of people died back then. “Our group is relatively relaxed and our combat power is quite high, so we were not attacked.”

“Huh.”

“Anyway, because of that fight, several groups broke up and people from the disorganized groups joined other groups… and things like that happened a lot. “There are probably quite a few cases where Cheolcheon supporters are in other groups.”

Changsu shrugs his shoulders.

“I heard from other soldiers that if more than 100 awakened people gather, they will form a guild?”

“Yes.”

“There were quite a few awakened people in the city, but there wasn’t a single guild. There’s a reason for everything. People’s relationships are too complicated to unite just because it’s good to do so. Since everyone is an awakened person, they don’t necessarily have to form a large force, but they can still serve as guards.”

indeed.

The thoughts I had when I first awakened came to mind.

-If it were a job like a prosecutor or an assassin, I would have tried to stand on my own.

They are the ones who stand on their own.

If he were a powerless ordinary person, he would have wanted to join our guild.

Those who become their own guards don’t necessarily have a big reason to join.

Because our relationships with other groups are too difficult to bring us together as a focal point.

Even.

“It’s even more unfortunate that it happened like this. “Are you still not planning on joining our unit?”

The man in front of me.

The same was true for Changsu and his group.

“that’s right. “Captain.”

“Don’t do that, come with us.”

His group was already small in number.

About half of those people have already decided to join our unit.

‘People and their families who have been healed by my cooking.’

Those who were lying down until recently will have to slowly go through the awakening process from now on.

The people who were taking care of those people were awakened people whose level was high enough to be used immediately.

It’s not a joke, they really welcomed us with open arms.

“I’m sorry, but it’s already been decided.”

But including Changsu.

Some members refused to join.

“I’m also the type of person who doesn’t like to be tied down… Actually, there are things I want to do by growing this group.”

“?”

“They said that if there are more than 100 people, it becomes a guild. First of all, let’s try to grow the group up to that point. And after gaining some strength….”

His eyes looked into the distance.

“Why is the world like this? “I plan to find out properly.”

After conquering the last dungeon.

Changsu seemed to have a lot to think about.

“Those monsters. I thought it was no different from a man-eating beast that just saw humans as prey… but that wasn’t the case. In the end, I did it to save my children. “It’s not like I have any intention of forgiving you, though.”

It seems that Changsu also felt what I realized when I cleared the subway dungeon.

The conclusion I came to at that time was that they were ultimately different races that could not understand each other.

It was natural that each person would struggle to survive and that the strong would survive.

“Think about it. “If those monsters had a reason to do that, then those fish are not the end of our enemies.”

All of the monsters initially targeted for revenge died.

The monsters spread throughout the city gasped for breath and naturally suffocated when the dungeon was closed.

However, ‘revenge is vain.’ And it looks like it’s not over.

“As long as this phenomenon that caused the monsters to appear remains, our revenge will not end.”

I guess he plans to continue his revenge even deeper.

“what. That doesn’t mean we should have a bad time. Since most of the group members chose to join that unit, wouldn’t we have no choice but to remain close in the future? “If you ever need our help, come visit us anytime.”

but.

There are many people who did not join the military unit in Inje-gun.

We should be thankful that our friendly forces have increased.

“I understand. Mr. Changsu, if you need any help, please let me know at any time.”

“Oh, is that really okay?”

“yes?”

“Actually, there was something I wanted to ask you.”

Did it feel a little shameless to speak up right away?

Changsu speaks with a shy smile.

“I was wondering if we could hand out some combat rations.”

Combat rations?