The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 253
Episode 254: Morzan (1)
There was one reason why I silenced Morzan’s thoughts.
That eliminates that poison.
I thought that if the poison disappeared, I would be able to mine the magic stones inside the mine.
But…
the result far exceeded my expectations.
‘Because the magic stones in this mine were created because of that guy in the first place.’
You have to get rid of Morzan’s thoughts to get the magic stone.
When I think about it now, it was nonsense.
The moment when his twisted thoughts are resolved.
There is no need for magic stones.
‘of course.’
okay.
The magical power is so overwhelming that the magic stone becomes like nothing.
The infinite and powerful magic power of the old gods.
The magical power that had been distorted into the form of miasma.
“Because it will regain its original form!”
The magical power that had regained its form was in the form of blue light.
Exactly the same color as the blue light giant in my memories.
A deep underground mine filled with darkness.
A blue light so brilliant that it is difficult to even open your eyes fills up there in an instant.
And that wasn’t all.
Paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
“crazy…!”
Are you glad that it has regained its original appearance?
Brilliant magical power filled the mine.
The magical power began to surge towards the ground as if exploding.
‘No… I’m not excited!’
I wasn’t gushing with joy and excitement at having regained my original form.
The reason for that magic power surging is another.
‘It’s not enough to contain this overflowing magical power!’
Even the mine that I thought was endlessly deep and wide.
It is far from being able to contain that magical power.
The moment I realized that.
I screamed instinctively.
“Gate Summoning Ticket!”
This is an item I obtained through an achievement.
An item that allows you to summon this space.
The effect is.
Besides being able to summon a gate, there was one more thing.
[Gate Summoning Rights]
[The beings inside the summoned gate cannot affect the outside unless the summoning authority gives permission.]
Originally.
A force that exists to prevent hostile beings inside the gate from escaping.
Considering that there might be some powerful monster inside the gate.
It is an effect that only benefits the summoner.
[Do you want to liberate the gate?]
But.
It was also an effect that was completely unnecessary now.
“Liberate!”
[Caution!]
[Once the gate has been released, it cannot be closed again.]
[If the power inside the gate is leaked to the outside, it may cause serious damage depending on what the being inside is….]
“I understand. So shut up and open it!”
[The disconnect between the other world and the real world is lifted.]
[The gate is opened.]
The wall blocking the inside and outside of the gate.
It collapses in an instant.
Infinite magical powers were wandering around, lost and lost in a narrow space.
But there was a hole there.
The magical powers were on the verge of runaway because they couldn’t find a place to go.
Those magic powers found an escape route.
Quagagagagagagagagang…!
It seems as if being locked up until now has been oppressive.
Magical energy pouring out toward the hole with explosive force.
and.
‘This gate is open on the second basement level of the [Vimana].’
The gate is liberated.
The trapped magical energy must have begun to escape through the hole.
“On the second basement level of the vimana…”
And.
The first place where the magic power that escapes will be encountered is.
as soon as.
[Magic Storage Lv.2]
To operate this enormous fortress.
It must be a magic power storage furnace!
[Gunnery Leader: Sergeant Shin…! The magic power is going out of the gate!]
[Magical Youth: The magic power storage channel… started spinning like crazy!]
As expected, it was just as I thought.
Soldiers on the ground immediately reported the change.
‘It’s so far away that I can’t see it.’
What is happening outside the gate?
There was a way to know without having to see it in person.
“Special Quest.”
-Tiring!
[Special Quest]
[Condition 4 – The operating magic power of the vimana must be met. (987/10000000)]
It is not enough to draw all the magical power that the [Demon Hunters] have prepared for the devil.
Even though the wizards in our unit received a stunning buff and poured out magic power.
The vicious quest conditions were not even 1/10,000th of that fulfilled.
‘I wanted to summon this gate. That’s why.’
And…
the magic power that the demonic contractors had accumulated.
Wizards who ate the dishes I put my all into.
Even though we mobilized all of that.
The magic power was not even 1/10,000th of that.
[…1465/10000000]
[…6872/10000000]
[…19872/10000000]
At an incredible rate.
It starts to fill up.
“…Haha!”
Corporal Seo Soo-hyuk said:
When I threw a magic stone into that storage chamber, the amount filled was about 3.
The amount that needs to be filled is 10 million.
It is said that all unit members will be deployed to mine.
It would take several months at most to fill even half of that storage tank.
Maybe it took over a year.
But what about now?
Less than 5 minutes have passed since the gate was liberated.
[…5462114/10000000]
“Aren’t you crazy…?”
More than half.
It filled up in an instant.
[Caution!]
[Due to absorbing too much magic power, the magic storage capacity has reached its limit!]
[Information – There is a limit to low-level facilities.]
[If you try to store too much magic power at once. Overload may occur in the reservoir.]
[Absorption speed is reduced to prevent overload.]
Due to too much horsepower.
That storage channel can’t even absorb it all at once.
What’s even more creepy is.
Even though the reservoir must have absorbed a huge amount of magical power.
The point is that it felt like there was no change at all in the amount of magical power overflowing in the mine.
I feel cold sweat running down my back.
‘How much is this?’
The description of this gate came to mind again.
[The Dwarven civilization was tragically destroyed, but the deep and wide mines still boast a huge amount of magical power.]
[More than what they mined before their destruction!]
Those Dwarven people.
The driving force that created a civilization so large that it could unite the world and even surpass other worlds.
Much more magical power than that.
‘Into our arms.’
Legion fortress.
It is soaring like crazy towards the vimana.
That scene.
I was just staring at it in fascination.
-Tiring.
A familiar notification sound rang in my ears.
[Achievement achieved!]
Announcement of a great achievement.
That’s the sound.
* * *
[Achievement achieved!]
“…!”
[Although it is said that it has fallen, it was clearly once a great god.]
[As a result of its decline, it has succeeded in returning the god who only spit out distorted thoughts to normal.]
[This is one of the level of achievements that is rarely seen even in the entire universe. ]
[Even if it has been achieved through cooking… hmm, has there ever been one before?]
[This is one of the greatest achievements a chef can achieve.]
[A miracle rarely seen even in all of history.]
[We have achieved an achievement that will be featured on the front page of mythology in the distant future!]
[Achievement: An Inescapable Taste (3)]
[A fitting reward is given to those who have achieved a great achievement.]
[The achievement reward is ‘Top Quality Ingredients: Ancient’. ‘Sage’s Brain’ is given.]
[The trait – ‘Field Cooking’ is given as an achievement reward.]
[A title is given as an achievement reward.]
A phrase notifying the achievement of the achievement.
Well…
‘He may have become like that now… but he used to be quite a great guy.’
A being who was once a god.
It changed the emotions of that being.
It was so difficult that I wasn’t even sure if it would work or not.
As long as you’ve done that.
It is not strange for achievements to be achieved.
‘okay. The achievement itself is not surprising, but….’
The important thing is.
That’s the reward.
“Top quality ingredients…!”
I saw that name.
Immediately, the [Food Ingredient Identification] attribute was activated.
[Potion of Increasing Stats (Power)]
[Differential Result of ‘Potion of Increasing Stats (Power)’]
[Heart of the Subdragon – 10%]
[Precious Blood of Forgotten Saint – 10%]
[Core of Millennium Glacier – 10%]
[ World Stone Drop – 10%]
[Perennial Snow Ginseng – 10%]
[Old Sage’s Brain – 10%]
[Unidentified Ingredient – ??%]
Ingredients for cooking ability potion.
Before I knew it, more than half of the ingredients were gone.
No, what is half?
Until all the ingredients are gathered….
‘Only 4 more.’
The highest quality ingredients for potions are only given as rewards for achievements.
I’m not sure when I’ll be able to get the remaining 4, but…
it’s a huge achievement compared to the beginning, when all the ingredients only appeared as question marks.
‘Amazing, Great…!’
There.
What was gained in addition was none other than a characteristic.
[Characteristic – Field cooking]
[Meals and cooking are essential to maintain vitality.]
[In any environment, even during a serious war! Cooking had to be done.]
[Some monarchs tried to solve this problem through combat rations.]
[Others sent cooks into battle!]
[They specialized in cooking in a field environment.]
[ The mastery and speed of cooking on the battlefield increases significantly.]
[A bonus is granted to all dishes made on the battlefield.]
‘…Hmm.’
It’s not a bad trait.
but.
‘If it didn’t have the combat rations feature.’
A meal in the field.
That is already possible to some extent with combat rations.
‘But it’s better than nothing.’
In the first place.
Just obtaining the highest quality ingredients is a huge benefit.
Wanting something with good characteristics is probably greed.
however.
[As an achievement reward, the title – ‘He who satisfied Morzan’ is granted.]
“…?”
Were the top-quality ingredients and characteristics alone not enough?
The final reward has been given.
[Title – One who has satisfied Morzan.]
And the effect is….
[The title’s effect is determined through consultation with the person concerned.]
Not yet.
It was undecided.
“…Eh?”
Negotiated with the parties involved.
what is it.
‘Who are the parties?’
A ridiculous message whose English language is completely unknown.
The moment I was puzzled by that phrase.
-…It’s an amazing experience.
“…!?”
It gets stuck in my head.
A voice that seems to have been heard somewhere.
I was startled by that voice and turned my head.
Just one here.
I saw someone who could talk to me.
-Is this really called cooking?… The children I saw were just about to go on a systematic hunt. There was no time for this concept to be born.
“….”
A large lump of flesh.
A portion of the giant’s thigh flesh that glowed blue on its own.
-Anyway, it was a great dish.
That guy.
He was talking to me.
-It was a very satisfying taste.
* * *
Morzan,
a being who has already had most of his body eaten away by an external enemy .
-Thanks to you… I feel like I woke up from a long sleep.
“….”
-Thank you.
That guy.
He was talking to me casually.
This is a bit much.
Honestly, I was very embarrassed.
I couldn’t hide my embarrassment and opened my mouth to him.
“…How can you speak so normally?”
-It’s normal. Do you call it normal to speak through thoughts without a mouth?
“No, that’s not it.”
This is the result of being eaten by an external entity.
Only a small portion of the thigh remained like food residue.
Mouth to eat food.
I didn’t even have a stomach to digest it.
‘You don’t even have the brain to think.’
This guy, with only the flesh left on his thighs, is in a state where normal thoughts are impossible.
He only spit out fragmentary thoughts.
“But what now…?”
-Well… I guess you could say it’s thanks to you.
“…?”
-Do you not notice even though you are a party to it? The magic contained in those dishes gave me reason, even if only for a moment.
After hearing that.
I was able to realize
The reason this guy was only repeating his feelings right before he died
was because the pain and resentment at that time was so great.
But of course, all those distorted thoughts melted away thanks to my cooking.
‘Calmness and stability…’
If it’s general.
I fed him a dish that had the effect of helping him regain his senses.
-The person I am now is nothing more than a residual thought… but you can make me think rationally, even if only temporarily. The use of magical power you performed is truly mysterious…
The residual thoughts of the old god remaining in that lump of flesh.
That’s what brought back reason.
‘…Anyway, that’s it.’
The reason I tried to get rid of his distorted thoughts was simple.
That thought…
the resentment contained therein was preventing its extinction.
‘It’s impossible to resolve resentment, so it’s a half-forced method to just resolve the emotion somehow.’
Even when the surrounding magic was purified.
I thought this method worked.
“To talk to me like this. “Are you saying something was lacking?”
Actually, it was just my imagination.
I wondered if this guy still had a grudge that he couldn’t extinguish…
-No.
“huh?”
-Your intention was successful. Right now, I’m just… taking some time off.
With that being said, let’s take a closer look at the flesh.
I could see that the outside of the flesh was turning into something like blue dust.
-You succeeded in completely annihilating my existence.
“…I see.”
-Are you not happy? A great achievement was achieved by annihilating one deity.
In those words.
I answered, scratching my head.
“Achievements like annihilating someone or something… are something only warriors would enjoy.”
-hmm?
“I’m a chef. “What would be good about a chef getting rid of someone?”
-Haha… Is that so?
Did what I said sound interesting?
I could feel the magic spreading around me smiling.
‘I guess these magical powers also contain that guy’s thoughts.’
When I harbored deep pain and resentment, it turned into poison.
That’s not the case now, so it’s just regained its original appearance.
In the first place, it seems that this man’s thoughts are contained in this magic power.
-I can’t believe you’re not happy. I feel a little sad.
“huh?”
-It is said that the person who gave the favor does not feel joy…I can’t help but feel sad.
…A benefactor?
What does that mean?
There was no time to think deeply.
-Thank you.
That lump of flesh that was once a god.
Because they started telling me that.