The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 218

Episode 218: Desire to Survive (1)

“That’s the price. Our…! Mo… carpenter… carpenter… u….”

Be prepared to make sacrifices.

Contractors sitting together in one place with their eyes closed.

“…Carpenter?”

“What are you saying…”

They raised their heads at the strange atmosphere.

They looked at their leader who was stuttering.

“What are you doing now?”

“That’s it. “I have to tell you the price…”

“…Guide. no way!”

In that atmosphere.

Some contractors became angry with their eyes lit up.

“Are you afraid of death now?”

Just a few more words.

The contract is fulfilled.

However, the leader is unable to say anything more.

Shouldn’t that be the only reason?

“It’s not like that!”

“No, no, damn it!”

Come now.

Probably because I was afraid of death.

“All this time, you’ve been sacrificing others!”

“Isn’t it true that when it’s time to sacrifice yourself, you can’t do it because you’re scared!”

Contractors who were kneeling in a noble atmosphere just moments ago.

They shouted with great anger.

Even.

Pow!

“This is outrageous! “If you’re that scared, I’ll do it for you.”

As a guide.

The man who led their contractor.

Another contractor stood up, roughly pushing Wonjun’s body.

“I made a contract with the master first, and it seemed like I was moving for the greater good, so I called him a guide and followed him… but I never thought he would turn out to be such a shabby person.”

“So, that’s right. “It’s not like that!”

“I pity the others who died following your orders. “Just get out of the way!”

Pushing Wonjun away.

Another man took his place.

He looked into space.

They shouted as they saw their master there.

“It’s a contract! The wish is the same. “Please annihilate that army!”

[What is the price?]

“It’s obvious! “Me and everyone here…”

the man shouted confidently.

“Of the four people….”

“…?”

“Moh… Moh….”

That’s how he is.

At some point, I couldn’t speak.

“…Are you still not talking?”

“Mok… huhm. I guess it’s because I’m thirsty. “Wait…”

The man thought that the reason he couldn’t continue speaking was because his throat was burning.

He quickly looked around.

I grabbed the water bottle next to me and drank it quickly.

Jump… Jump….

“Whoa!”

A man who drank all the water in his water bottle.

He opened his mouth with a solemn expression.

“The neck of all of us here…”

But.

The tail of the horse starts to grow again.

“Mo… Mo…”

“Mo?”

“…can not! “No I won’t!”

Suddenly shouting something like that.

A man leaving his position.

“Oh, you’re not doing it?”

“Damn, I was crazy. “You’re trying to sign a contract like this.”

“you! “What does that mean?”

“Then isn’t that crazy!?”

Just before.

The very person who pushed the leader and admonished him shouted proudly.

“Is it my business to save humanity?”

“…!?”

“After all, isn’t my life the most precious thing? “It’s crazy to offer that up!”

“Now what do you mean? “A topic we all knew about together!”

“I was crazy until now. “I almost lost my precious life.”

Be prepared to make sacrifices.

Those who prayed earnestly.

“Damn it, isn’t sacrifice scary in the end?”

“We all decided to sacrifice together, but is our life such a waste!?”

The sublime atmosphere collapses in an instant.

The atmosphere is rapidly changing, like a fight breaking out in a market.

Looking at that.

‘Well, something is strange.’

Guide.

Wonjun broke into a cold sweat.

‘I definitely would have been prepared to make sacrifices.’

It wasn’t an illusion.

He was willing to sacrifice his life to fulfill the [contract] at any time.

Not only that.

Even if everyone here sacrifices their lives.

For the future of humanity.

I was planning to sacrifice my life to annihilate that army.

however.

‘Do you feel like your life is a waste now?’

We will give our lives in return.

The moment I thought it would be over once I said those words.

What dominated his mind.

A stronger desire than I have ever felt in my life….

‘The drive to survive.’

so that.

Wonjun could not help but be astonished.

“Nonsense…!”

Even before the world became like this.

He didn’t have that much attachment to life.

That kind of confidence.

You are ruining your great cause because you are afraid of death.

It’s definitely a feeling I felt myself.

Reason, not emotion.

The alarm bell kept sounding, ‘Something is wrong.’

If there is a reason why this happened.

That’s clear.

Chuck chuck…

heavy leather military boots studded with studs.

I can hear the sound of people going up the stairs of the building.

“You guys…!”

Looking in the direction from which the sound was heard.

The guide gritted his teeth and shouted.

“What have you done to us…!”

“ok?”

Soldiers coming up the stairs.

The moment when the corps and the contractors looked into each other’s eyes.

“What is it?”

The chef who stood in front was.

He answered with a calm expression.

“It’s cooking.”

* * *

Borgin said.

Minions sent by the devil to protect the contractor.

Those monsters may be numerous, but they are not that strong.

‘Because the devil is a being who makes contracts, not a being who gives money.’

It’s like a ‘bonus product’ that they send out to protect their contractees.

It’s bound to be weak compared to the main one.

Definitely true to what it says.

Bargast, Hell Knight, etc.

There were monsters that were stronger than expected.

Other than that, he was swept away by Minjae’s magic at once.

Among the minions that the devil said he sent down for free.

There were many relatively weak monsters.

‘…Is this because Minjae has become too strong?’

Minjae isn’t the only one like this.

There were many unit members who became stronger than expected after experiencing various battles.

It’s enough for squad leader-level soldiers to leave the corps and start a guild if they want.

There is equipment from various military units.

All of the equipment specialized for war was destroyed.

We’ve become too strong.

It’s not that they’re weak…

but whatever!

The real problem when subjugating those contractors is.

These aren’t the usual minions.

‘Monsters that they will sacrifice their lives to summon in moments of crisis.’

The monsters summoned like that are by no means weak.

It is said that even the chieftain of the Green Mane tribe lost his life to a monster summoned like that.

We imported equipment from various military units and improved it.

They say our unit has figured out the weaknesses of all kinds of minions in advance.

You will never be able to deal with it easily.

Besides…

‘There’s still a lot to catch up on.’

The humans over there too.

There are a lot of parts that feel a bit uncomfortable to just let him die.

Then what?

Isn’t there only one way?

“Isn’t it okay to prevent it from being summoned?”

-…Cruk.

When I first heard this story.

-If there was a way, do you think we wouldn’t have done it?

Borgin dismissed my words as nonsense.

-Native species seem to mistake the intelligence of my species as being similar to that of wild animals, but that is not the case at all.

“That’s it… I guess it’s because it’s croaking.”

-You can tell even if you ask a one-week-old child in the tribe that preventing summoning itself is the best thing!

One week.

I heard that it grows quickly, but is it possible to speak after a week?

-The problem is that it is impossible to prevent its summoning.

“It’s impossible. why?”

-If you try to block it, doesn’t it mean just physically covering your mouth? You can’t stop their contract that way.

That’s….

‘I know because I’ve experienced it too.’

The first demon contractor I met.

They were quickly subdued by our troops.

I immediately covered my mouth to prevent him from doing anything strange.

but.

With his mouth covered, the guy said, ‘Eupeup…!’ The contract was concluded with just a whisper.

A monster has been summoned.

The end result was that those guys were reduced to dust in vain.

‘…I didn’t feel very good.’

to be honest.

It wasn’t a pretty sight.

-In the end, we have to stop them from trying to make a contract… but I can say with certainty that this is impossible.

This part.

It was something we had talked about before.

-I don’t know why, but the devil’s followers… have beliefs.

“It’s a belief.”

-They truly believe that what they are doing is right. That’s justice… That’s right. I don’t know how they were brainwashed, but they didn’t even listen to their mother.

“…Hmm.”

-You have decided to save our species, so I will give you this advice seriously. It would be more efficient to research how to subdue the powerful enemy they will summon. Preventing the summoning… is absolutely impossible unless you cut off its head before it even opens its mouth.

In those words.

I looked at Borgin’s face indifferently.

I fought against demonic contractors.

It is said that the species suffered damage close to extinction as a result.

A survivor of a race that eventually succeeded in subjugating.

The information this guy gave me was quite useful.

Let me actually describe the appearance of the monsters I found inside.

It was enough to tell me all the information about him and his weaknesses.

‘It was consistent with the information obtained through [Chef’s Eyes], and there was actually a lot of better information.’

For the survival of the species.

A guy who decided to fully cooperate with us.

The advice this guy gives is probably quite useful, just like the information.

I was planning on respecting it to some extent, but…

“Hmm. “That’s not right.”

-Really?

As for this part.

I should point this out and move on.

“As long as you agree to cooperate with our unit. “There is something you need to know.”

It’s impossible to prevent a summons?

oh my god.

Anyway, this is why I can’t talk to people who don’t have a military mentality.

“What can’t be done?”

-…?

“Just keep trying until it works.”

Even if it is said to be impossible.

Giving up because it is impossible is not the mindset of a military barbarian.

If you keep trying with evil and cruelty…

surprisingly, there are quite a few cases where something that is impossible is easily possible.

-Indigenous species, I wonder what you are trying to say. Anyway….

“Just watch.”

like that.

After ordering my troops to carry out a subjugation operation through a guild message.

“The stream I saw earlier… ah.”

A place where contractors stay.

I found a stream leading there.

Gurgling….

A stream that doesn’t seem to have a lot of water.

But because the number of humans who survived was small in the first place.

Now the water supply facilities are not working properly.

This is a fairly useful source of water.

And at the same time.

‘Those guys are also people who eat and drink.’

Used by humans living nearby.

The only source of drinking water.

If you start working too close, you might get caught.

After moving as far away as possible.

Soak….

Soak both hands.

I scooped up some flowing stream water and drank it.

“Hehe.”

A stream in midwinter.

A cool taste so cold passes through my stomach.

The stream flowing in nature was quite delicious in itself.

but.

Well, in the end, it is raw material.

“There’s plenty of room for it to become more delicious.”

Sigh.

I laughed happily.

I placed my hand on the flowing water.

lately.

I remembered the story Minjae told me.

‘Originally, there was no such thing as mana on Earth.’

but.

After Doomsday.

Mana came to exist in the world.

Mana permeates even the smallest details.

Even in the invisible void.

Maybe even between the cells in my body.

and.

‘Even in this water flowing in the stream.’

and.

Mana has taste.

Mana cuisine enhances the taste even more.

That branch of Mana cuisine is just that.

“Elemental cuisine.”

[Activates skill – Elemental Cooking.]

Putting both hands into the cold water.

Let’s mutter like that.

Purrrrrrrrrrrrr….

The flowing stream stopped flowing.

It starts moving along with my hand.

like that.

Cooking has begun.