The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 153

Episode 153 Trainer NPC

“There is a high probability that I will lose my life the moment I guide you there.”

There is a high probability of dying.

What does this mean?

Let me open my mouth and stare.

Monk Seungju opens his mouth with a faint smile.

“The sparring earlier was very impressive.”

After persuading the temple people was somewhat resolved.

There was a brief sparring between the unit members and the monk Seungju.

“It was really amazing. I honestly never imagined that there would be people this strong other than the awakened people belonging to our temple. In particular, the movements of the big man who fought at the end….”

You must be referring to Corporal Jeon Gwang-il.

This guy is kind of amazing.

“It was really powerful. It makes me wonder if Geumgang Station would look like this if it existed in reality. but.”

As for whether it is strong enough, it is not.

Monk Seungju also seemed to understand that part.

“It seemed like he couldn’t handle that powerful force properly.”

That’s right too.

A sparring between monk Seungju and our unit members.

The result was….

‘It was a crushing defeat for our unit members.’

At least Gwangil, who has not unleashed his madness, has reached the same number of people.

From my perspective, who has worked tirelessly day and night to grow our unit.

To be honest, the result was almost meaningless.

‘This guy. He is an incredibly talented person.’

Compared to the monk Hyeyeon I met in front of the mountain gate…

he was a powerhouse on a completely different level.

Despite his overwhelmingly lower abilities compared to his unit members.

It showed that level of combat ability.

If you wear equipment made in our unit.

I wonder if it would be worth competing against Corporal Jeon Gwang-il, who liberated the madness, and Ja-woong.

It is strong enough to be compared to the best of our troops who have fought fiercely.

That’s the source.

“Martial arts… are registered in the status window.”

What the monks of this temple are learning.

That’s the technology.

“Perhaps the Lord wants to share this power.”

Slowly extend your hand back.

Monk Seungju takes out an iron bar from behind his back.

“You may have seen it in the sparring earlier. “The martial arts we learned are basically martial arts.”

“yes. “You said that last time.”

“Before we awaken people, we basically teach them some of these ‘monk martial arts’ first. “It is a martial art that does not have much significance before awakening, but if you use this method, the probability of having the skill skill in martial arts increases even after awakening.”

indeed.

It seems that they also had their own know-how for efficient awakening.

But the problem is.

“You guys won’t be like that.”

“Well, whatever.”

As for me, my occupation is ‘chef’.

The weapon trait it has is ‘dagger proficiency’.

Unlike skills that can be learned new through skill books.

It is difficult to learn new characteristics.

“I am sure that if you can learn it, your skills will become many times greater. “I think it would be difficult to give what I have.”

No matter how special and excellent this monk’s ‘martial arts’ are.

You can’t just grab a baton without having any relevant characteristics.

“So, let me show you where I learned my skills.”

“….”

“I don’t know if it will work out well, but I think you can get the martial arts that soldiers need there.”

Well, that’s good.

Because I was the one who asked you to tell me where you got it in the first place.

“What do you mean there’s a high chance you’ll die if you go there?”

the problem is.

Why did this man suddenly write a will and commit suicide?

“A trap or a monster. If that’s the case, please tell me. “It’s not the first time our unit has solved something like that.”

“Haha…. Thank you for your words. But I think it might be difficult.”

A monk adjusts his posture and speaks.

“Now that we are ready, would you please follow us?”

But questions still remain.

I followed Monk Seungju to the place he was leading me to.

“Sir.”

“Yes…”

“Have you seen how the other monks at the temple treat me?”

Those words made me think back a little.

I didn’t stay at this temple for long.

I didn’t see much though.

“hmm. The monk who fought with Gwangil at the temple also bowed his head very respectfully, and the head monk also seemed to have a lot of trust. Even back then, many people lived thanks to Monk Seungju and his merits were enormous.”

“Haha…”

“You said you were the first person to awaken, right? Moreover, he said it was a monk who learned this [martial art] and spread it to people, so didn’t he actually save many people? “The problem was that those people opposed awakening.”

The monk smiled bitterly as if he was embarrassed by those words.

“I’ll be honest. “I am ashamed of that assessment.”

“Ah, I kind of understand that feeling.”

It is true that I have tried in many ways.

If you praise it too much, it can be embarrassing.

“No, that’s not what I’m talking about.”

“?”

“In my case, it’s something I really should be ashamed of.”

however.

It seems that Monk Seungju’s case is a little different from mine.

yet.

The place where monk Seungju stopped.

A temple built high on a mountain.

The most remote place in the temple.

“This place…”

“As you can see, it’s a cliff.”

spread out there.

It was a steep cliff.

“oh my god. If you step on it by mistake, you will die immediately. “I’m glad I was able to stop it from falling.”

“Surprisingly not.”

“yes?”

“The slope is not as steep as it looks.”

…huh?

“If you go down carefully with the mindset of a rock climber, even an ordinary person can somehow make it down alive.”

“Is that so?”

“yes. “I’m probably the only one at the temple who knows this.”

uh.

What should I say?

“Are you talking as if you went down and saw it?”

“yes. Because I actually went down there. “A couple of times.”

“Why do you have to come here…?”

“It was a mistake at first.”

Monk Seungju looks down the cliff with strange eyes.

“The day those monsters appeared. “Do you know what I did?”

“well. “The head monk said he went missing on the first day and was thought to be dead.”

“I ran away here. “Because I’m afraid of monsters.”

“…!”

I opened my mouth and looked at Monk Seungju.

Running away?

“Even the monsters seem to have a hard time climbing up the cliff, so most of them come towards the mountain gate. “The other monks and guests who were trapped in the temple served as good bait.”

The problem our unit and this temple had in common was:

It was necessary to awaken people.

I remembered why I tried to wake up all my unit members.

‘If you don’t do that, your unit will become weaker.’

If the unit becomes weak.

Soldiers who become anxious about being in the unit may desert, accelerating the weakening of the unit.

That was the decision… but

this guy.

‘Was he that deserter?…’

The first deserter of this temple.

That was the monk Seungju.

* * *

“Sigh… ugh.”

A middle-aged man sobs like a child.

A man holds on to a protruding stone and carefully steps down a cliff.

“At least one person has to survive….”

It has been a long time since I became a monk.

Seungju actually did not have deep Buddhist beliefs.

It is said that many of the famous monks who are said to be nandagin are actually quite wealthy.

I didn’t have to worry about what to eat, and life at the temple didn’t seem too harsh.

It was a decent job.

I thought it wasn’t that bad, so I just went to college, got a license, and became a monk.

It is commonly said that if there is a guy named Taengjoong, it would be him.

He even thought about it himself.

Nevertheless.

Life at the temple was satisfying in its own way.

An ordinary person whose hobby is playing foot volleyball with other monks after work.

That ordinary human one day.

I saw monks from the same jokgu club being brutally murdered.

“Pfft…”

Myoyangsa Temple was a famous temple.

There were many monks and visitors.

Was such a temple considered a food warehouse with plenty of food to eat?

Monsters that suddenly appear.

They climbed over the temple wall, dragged people with them, and disappeared into the forest.

It’s a good thing that he disappeared into the forest.

When I saw a fellow monk who had died from having his internal organs ripped out and was pulling himself up with a sound.

Really…

– Dammit, what the hell is going on?

-First, let’s take something that can be used as a weapon. I can’t die like this.

Those who had excellent mental strength in their own way held meetings in order to survive.

They are armed with something like a long baton for monks, which was used only for decoration.

Although there were several countermeasures.

‘Those monsters aren’t even the neighborhood mutts. Do you think you’ll die if you hit me with a baton…!’

In Seungju’s view.

It was an unexpected response.

-Escape… seems impossible as expected.

-yes. Those monsters… they’re surrounding me.

-under. It would be better to attack right away.

– Are you planning to lock them up and take out one person every time they get hungry?

When the topic of escape came up.

Unlike other monks.

One way came to Seungju’s mind.

‘That cliff.’

Although we are surrounded on three sides.

At the very back of the temple.

No monster has yet appeared on the cliff.

Seungju once sipped alcohol without the other monks knowing and almost fell off that cliff.

at that time.

That steep-looking cliff is actually not that dangerous.

Surprisingly, if you are careful.

I found out that it wasn’t difficult to go down or climb up.

The monsters were crowded on three sides of the temple like customers at a buffet.

If only I could somehow escape to a cliff with fewer monsters and then leave the mountain.

You might be able to ask for help from the city’s police or military.

-Oh, there.

With that thought in mind.

Seungju was trying to say something about the cliff.

-Why are you doing this, Monk Seungju?

-ah… it’s nothing.

The reason why monsters are concentrated near the mountain gate.

This is because we know that people will be trapped anyway, unable to escape.

‘There’s no way the monsters would say goodbye if you run away from a cliff…’

Then.

There was only one way to escape through the cliff.

‘When the monsters’ gaze is fixed on the people of the temple, they secretly escape.’

I was not without remorse.

It’s like running away and abandoning everyone else to live alone.

but.

Anyway, nothing changes when you are in a temple.

‘I should escape from the country and report that a monster has appeared at the temple…!’

After going through such self-justification.

That night.

Seungju decided to escape by climbing a cliff.

“Ok…”

In the dark, relying only on the light of a smartphone with low battery life.

Climbing the cliff was never easy.

widely.

In the end, Seungju succeeds in coming down the high cliff and landing on the ground.

Just when he was about to breathe a sigh of relief.

-Crrrrrrr….

A sound coming from behind my back.

It was something very familiar to Seungju.

“Ah ah….”

Monsters suddenly appeared in the morning and ate his co-workers.

One of the monsters was waiting for him at the bottom of the cliff.

I abandoned my conscience and ran away alone.

The result is dying alone in a place where no one can see.

“Hehehe…. It’s karma.”

Seungju was not confident that she could even defeat a medium-sized dog.

I didn’t even have the will to fight against the monster.

at that time.

There was one thing that Seungju did not notice.

The cliff he climbed down from.

In one part of them, there was something that looked like a black curtain.

and.

His steps backwards.

Coincidentally, it was facing that curtain.

* * *

“Hee hee hee…!”

Just before the monster bites his neck off.

Kwasik!

“…Kwasik?”

Behind Seungju’s back.

Something protruded from there and grabbed the monster’s neck.

“What?”

Let’s look back.

The black curtain that was there.

A long arm was visible protruding from within.

Quick.

A hand protrudes from the wall and twists the monster’s neck.

A monster that loses its mind with a ‘gwaggang’ sound.

It was a situation where I couldn’t understand the English text.

All I knew was that those hands had saved my life.

“Thank you. Thank you so much…”

-Whoa. You are too weak.

“yes?”

-But since I have no choice… I have no choice.

Whether Seungju expresses gratitude or not.

A muttering sound as if he doesn’t even care.

and

you. Do you want to live?

The hand pointed to Seungju and asked.

It was a situation where I couldn’t understand the English text.

Anyway, I think I survived.

Seungju nodded, shedding all her tears and snot.

“I want to buy it. “I don’t want to die like this.”

-Then let’s make a deal.

“Big deal. “You mean?”

-Bring the monster’s corpses.

“yes…!?”

A hand appears from within the tent.

That in itself was embarrassing, but what followed was even more ridiculous.

“This is ridiculous! Killing monsters. Precepts… aside from that. “They are monsters who destroy prose with their bare bodies!”

-Don’t worry about that part.

“Don’t worry.”

-As long as you accept the deal….

The hand inside the tent touched Seungju’s head.

It made me look at the monster lying unconscious on the floor.

-I will give you the strength to live.

After that.

The ‘hand’ taught him martial arts.

A technique that is completely different from the martial arts of ordinary humans.

A ‘martial art’ that can utilize the physical abilities of the awakened person.

* * *

“It took about three days to learn martial arts.”

“….”

“After that, when he saw me trying to return to the temple, he gave me a hand.”

-I will even allow you to improve your skills and teach them to others.

-It is not acceptable to teach the original text to others. The same goes for letting others know about my existence.

-If you violate this…

-I will chew your heart and eat it myself.

“That’s it.”

“…hmm.”

“I don’t really know either. “A being who asks you to sacrifice your life in exchange for another life… I thought that such a thing could not be a normal being.”

The past story of monk Seungju.

I guess I spoke about my shameful past out of guilt.

“I decided to make a deal with such a being… Even if he didn’t tell me to keep quiet, it wasn’t something I could share with others.”

I’m sorry.

Honestly, from the middle.

‘I couldn’t even hear the other parts properly.’

There is only one thing that concerns me.

If it is as monk Seungju said.

The hand behind the curtain is probably.

‘Trainer NPC…!’

Amazing, Great.