The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 132
Episode 132: Dragon Boy (2)
The world has become quite unreasonable.
The difficulty of the work and the degree of reward were always proportional.
Dragon’s teeth.
Looking at the achievements upon acquisition, it can be said that there is no possibility that it is a poor item.
The 10 dragon soldiers that can be summoned through this will also be quite powerful.
but.
‘The amount is too small.’
It’s over after summoning only 10.
The moment even one animal dies, irreparable damage is suffered.
And… this is a different story.
Sometimes things like this happen in the military.
‘If the soldier in charge makes a mistake and receives less ingredients for cooking.’
Of course, if the amount of ingredients is small, it becomes a problem.
The ability to improvise and resolve such accidents is the ability of an on-site cook.
“Less ingredients. “Lots of water.”
It might get a little dull, but what can you do?
Since ancient times, military food has been about quantity rather than quality.
It is a trick of a cook who makes the quantity sufficient even though the taste is not good.
A pot full of water.
I placed the hand holding the [Dragon’s Tooth] on it.
OK.
[Caution!]
[This is a high-quality ingredient.]
[The level of the chef is low compared to the ingredients.] [
If you try to cook it, there is a very high chance of failure.]
“It’s just a phrase you’ve seen everywhere.”
Najiman is quite confident in his cooking skills.
So, that means I’m still an [intermediate chef].
It is difficult to handle materials with grand names.
but.
This is none other than [Restaurant].
[Lv.2 Restaurant]
[Corrective adjustments are made to the cook’s skill level.]
During the ammunition battalion.
I remembered what Grandpa Park and the engineers said.
If you build a facility called [Workshop], bonuses will be added to their work and works.
‘They also said that the workshop they created was only a temporary workshop and not a proper workshop.’
It’s a proper facility.
Could this mean a facility created by paying pre-occupation points?
Same as other production workers who receive bonuses through workshops.
If I receive assistance from this restaurant, my cooking skills will improve to the next level.
[Restaurant Lv.2 skill level correction is granted.]
[You will be able to challenge yourself with high-quality ingredients.]
Just like this.
[Caution!]
[It is a rare medium.]
[If consumed as a cooking ingredient, it can never be recovered.]
[Would you like to use it?]
Blood.
“A long time ago, I might have pulled my hand away.”
Even just looking at this material, it looks amazing.
I can’t believe I only use it for cooking.
In the past, I would have withdrawn my hand in horror, thinking it was a waste.
Not anymore.
‘The potential of the act of cooking is greater than I thought.’
Now that I have confirmed it through recent events.
There was no reason to hesitate.
Fondant.
A dragon’s tooth was put into boiling water.
“Hmm. “This alone is not enough.”
Bone broth is not just about boiling bones in it.
Well, in the military, all you had to do was open a can and put it in.
To make it properly, you will need to go through a process such as removing odors with various herbs.
Medicine.
“…There’s something good, right?”
Open the shadow and take out a box inside.
lately.
A box given by Farmer Awakened Cheolwook when leaving the Ammunition Battalion.
In it.
[Kusrak’s roots]
[Ladyall leaves]
Various plants with names I’ve never seen before.
It was filled with ingredients from another world filled with magical power.
“I was saving it to use when it was important.”
I never thought there would already be a place to write.
[Ingredients Identification]
[Ladyall Leaf]
[Freshness – Good]
[It has a unique aroma, so it is an ingredient that people like and dislike.] [It is
not often used in cooking on its own, but it is mostly used to remove unpleasant odors or as an accompaniment to other dishes. ….]
[It has the effect of reinforcing the magic of other ingredients, so it is often used as a healthy food….]
Among them, I selected only the items that seemed useful for this dish.
They were cleaned, cleaned and placed in a pot together.
“…Whew!”
Now all that’s left is to wait.
I watched the soup boil, skimming off the foam from time to time.
and.
[The dish is complete!]
[Successful in cooking high-quality ingredients that do not match the level of the chef.]
[Experience points are gained.]
* * *
I headed to the [Barracks] with the finished dish.
An altar that doesn’t look worthy of its name.
The finished dish was placed on the bowl in the middle of it.
A softly flowing ivory colored liquid.
[Intermediate Chef’s Dragon Tooth Soup]
[This is a soup dish made by infusing dragon’s teeth.]
[The dragon’s magical power has been deeply infused, and the quality of magical energy has greatly increased due to various herbs.] The
finished dish is quite excellent. It was an object.
The problem is that it is not for eating.
Food that is sure to give you a huge buff if you eat it.
the problem is.
“It’s just one bowl.”
According to the original plan, the amount should have been a little larger.
But just before the dish is finished.
All of a sudden, that much water boiled down and reduced to about one bowl.
“It is a phenomenon that is difficult to understand. Does it matter?”
My [cooking] and the ingredient called [Dragon’s Tooth].
Little has been revealed yet.
Even if something difficult to understand happens, I have no choice but to just assume it is so and move on.
One important thing.
I wonder if the thing that has been turned into a dish like this also acts as a medium for summoning…
I carefully approached the bowl holding the dish.
OK.
[The medium is confirmed.]
[Dragon Tooth Soup]
[Summoned Troop – Deteriorated Dragon Soldier x200]
“Phew!”
I think the most important part went well.
If you cook it and say that it can’t be used as a medium, it’s because it’s just sandfish.
“The number increases 20 times. Instead, it seems like his combat power has decreased a bit.” When I cooked
[Dragon’s Tooth], which was previously said to be able to summon 10 dragon soldiers, I
was able to summon 200 degraded dragon soldiers.
[Barracks Lv.2]
[Troop: 0/200]
If there are 200.
Exactly the maximum that a Lv.2 barracks can handle.
The intended goal of raising sheep has been achieved to some extent.
“It’s a little disappointing that the quality has declined.”
Even if you summon it like this, it will be a pretty good power.
but.
“From 10 dragons to 200 degraded dragons.”
The numbers only increased.
There is a high probability that there will not be much difference in the total power itself.
Considering the herbs used in the dish, this one might be a little stronger…
Sigh.
“I’m not satisfied with this.”
I smiled lightly and placed my hand on the dish.
And muttered softly.
The real reason I chose to bother cooking these teeth.
This is
“five loaves.”
[Skill – Five Loaves and Two Fish]
[Do you know the story of the miracle of feeding thousands of people with five loaves of bread and two fish?]
[Now it is not a miracle but a reality for you.]
The finished dish.
Ability to copy.
Of course, it wasn’t as easy as I thought.
[This is a high-class dish!]
[Skill activation is cancelled.]
Last time.
The same message appeared when I cooked Dasmur’s Pope during the dungeon raid.
Cooking that is too high quality cannot be copied.
But there was one thing different from then.
“If it doesn’t work out, we have to make it happen.”
The power to make the impossible possible.
Quite full of spirit… cheat.
Or nuclear.
[Conditions have been met.]
[Spiritual power: 2]
[It makes impossible things possible with the divine power of ‘2’.]
The chef’s intuition was speaking.
This would probably not have been possible with only 1 divine power.
but.
Now, my spiritual power has reached 2 by turning Lee Hyun-jin into a human.
[Skill activation resumes.]
[Please select the amount to copy.]
This is impossible.
It means that it can be made possible.
“As much as my spiritual power and magical power allow.”
[Effect of the dish being applied – 4]
For this time.
I ate a lot of dishes that increase magical power beforehand.
[Skill activates.]
Five slices of bread.
Two fish.
A miracle that fed thousands through this.
A miracle that can only be found in myths.
It comes true under my hands.
I felt the magic power inside my body rapidly draining away.
I poured the dish I was holding into the bowl.
An antique bowl erected at the center of the foundation.
The inside was filled with an ivory-colored liquid.
An ivory-colored liquid that flows continuously.
The altar vessel that accepts this endlessly.
Even though the bowl was filled with enough water to overflow.
The vessel accepted it all without overflowing.
“Cough.”
[Caution!]
[Magic power consumption is extreme!]
[Status abnormality – Magical exhaustion]
When all the magic power in my body was depleted.
The flow of ivory liquid naturally stopped.
[Barracks Lv.2]
[Production of degraded mercenary soldiers begins.]
[Time required per unit: 3 hours]
[Calculating troops waiting for production….]
[Calculating….]
The barracks’ altar was erected behind the altar. Huge door.
A large light leaks through the gap in the door.
[Calculation complete.]
[Unfathomable.]
Eventually.
It seemed like figures wearing armor were walking out one by one through the open door.
Crash.
He knelt in front of me.
[Barracks Lv.2]
[1/200]
“With this…”
Preparation is complete.
* * *
As the date of the Legion’s anticipated monster wave approached.
The city began full-scale preparations for war.
“This is equipment provided temporarily.”
“Wow…”
In front of a huge fortress that suddenly appeared in the middle of the river.
There were quite a lot of awakened people gathered there.
It wasn’t just the soldiers of the Iron Legion.
‘Civilian collaborators.’
Those who came forward to cooperate with the Corps and assist in defensive operations.
Among them, there were those who helped the Legion fight against the fishmen during the last dungeon raid.
“These supplies are only temporary. “When the war is over, enough loot will go to everyone.”
Those who decided to assist the corps.
From the Legion’s perspective, it was impossible to miss out on friendly awakeners.
Although he promised to give generous compensation at the end of the battle.
In the first place, if you die in battle, you are a dead fish.
The corps contacted the distant ammunition battalion base.
In a hurry, we decided to mass-produce the equipment and rent it out temporarily.
“Your occupation is a prosecutor. “Here it is.”
“Oh yeah.”
When they said they would rent equipment, they were awakened people who thought so.
Let’s actually get the equipment.
“what is this.”
“Just by wearing it, your abilities increase?”
The eyes of each boxer widened.
“Is this an item?”
“…I have seen items sold by blue-collar awakened people. It was effective, but it was so poor that I skipped it because I thought there was no need to buy wasteful combat rations, right? But this…”
“It’s a different level.”
Items made by the Legion’s blue-collar awakeners.
Although it was an inferior item compared to the items supplied to unit members.
“I was wondering why all the soldiers are so strong!”
“You don’t know that I have these items wrapped around my body? “I understand.”
Those who have just come out of the dungeon and start leveling.
To them, it was no different from an extremely luxurious item.
“The equipment supplied was ordered to increase the absolute level of abilities. “The lower the level, the greater the effect will be felt.”
“Oh…”
It was originally mass-produced for low-level awakeners.
An absolute increase, not a percentage increase.
If you are at a low level, you will feel that your abilities have nearly doubled.
“But that monster wave.”
“hmm?”
“You’re really coming, right?”
at that time.
Someone among the survivors said something like that.
“He will come. So, isn’t this how you are preparing?”
“That’s right. But if we form a formation like this and hold on, won’t those monsters avoid it too? They’re not stupid either. “I wondered if there was any reason to attack an enemy who had strengthened his defenses.”
One of the soldiers who was supplying goods glanced at the awakened people.
He sighed slightly and opened his mouth.
“They will come as long as we protect this place.”
“How can you be sure?”
“If we ignore a force the size of ours and pass by, we may be attacked from behind.”
It’s a monster wave.
According to what Sergeant Park Tae-jun said, they were an army made up of monsters.
“If they want to move east, they will have to pass through this city where we are. “If you overdo it, it’s actually better.”
It appears that they are actively carrying out the [occupation war].
In other regions, other monsters are already taking hold.
No matter how many they are and how strong they are.
It is no easy task to overcome the overflowing monsters and take over the city.
“If they pass us by and try to attack another city first, we can just hit them in the back.”
“Ah~”
“That’s why we tried to defend this city. If they give up and retreat here, the area in which they can act freely will increase. “It will be difficult for humans in that expanded area to survive.”
“uh? Then the reason I said I was going to protect this place….”
“That’s because it’s a way to minimize damage to people. “The corps commander’s judgment was that we had to stop here even if it meant annihilating us.”
The eyes of the people who heard the soldier’s words changed strangely.
Civilization was destroyed and many people died.
The world now was nothing short of wild.
A world where it is natural for the strong to prey on the weak.
If they had great power, it was no wonder that they treated others like slaves.
There won’t be any force that has the power to stop them, at least not around here.
however.
‘You defended the area to reduce damage to other people.’
If it’s just like what you said.
Those soldiers are still
saying that their goal as soldiers is to protect humans.
In fact, from the Legion’s perspective, it was judged that the more humans survived, the better it was for the Legion’s survival.
It was difficult for the awakened people here to think that way.
From the perspective of the awakened, these soldiers…
seemed truly faithful to their duties as soldiers.
He is faithful to his duty even though it would be entirely possible to try to dominate others by force.
It was difficult to understand the reason, but
one thing was certain.
The reason they are still alive today.
And, we don’t know yet, but if we succeed in surviving in the future, the reason will be that too.
“…I should be thankful to that person called the corps commander.”
The fact that it was probably thanks to the judgment of the corps commander.