The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 255
Episode 256: Morzan (3)
– Would Morzan speak highly of someone who does not deserve it?
There was no time to ask again what those words meant.
-There are a lot of questions I want to ask… but since I don’t have time now, I’ll just give you some advice.
“what?”
-You divided me into three and handed them over… The first two can be used as a last resort when the moment of need arises. It will definitely be of great help.
Power established as a lower stat of divine power.
Stats – I don’t know.
This stat was a ‘consumable’ stat.
I’m not sure what happens when I use it, though.
Just like the guy said.
It will be a secret weapon for me.
-I recommend saving the last one as much as possible.
“Why do you care?”
but.
He advised me to save one of my secret tricks.
-Someday…to achieve transcendence…
transcendence?
-In a world without gods… as you have seen, most of them do not face the right ending.
Like Morzan’s world.
Lives left without God may follow a distorted path.
Just like our world.
Even if the remaining lives somehow find their way.
It could collapse in an instant due to an invasion by an external enemy.
-Even if there are remnants of that world left in your world… even that is extremely incomplete.
“….”
-The moment of need will come.
My flesh merges with me.
Even that last bit.
The moment you completely enter my body.
-When that time comes… I hope you love your children enough.
“….”
-I was blinded by the pain and made the wrong choice.
The guy was trying to say something.
It’s as if it has completely merged with me.
-Unlike me, you have done well so far…
-I will definitely continue to do so…
That is the last word.
No more voices were heard.
and.
[Title – One who satisfies Morzan]
[Acquires the consumable stat Morzan ‘3’.]
In front of you.
A new status window appeared.
[The master of magic and the god of infinite magical power. It is Morzan’s flesh.]
[Consumable stat Morzan normally has a similar role and effect as ‘spiritual power’.] [
As a consumable stat, it can be used by consuming the stat as needed.]
[When consuming the stat , Morzan’s flesh descends.]
[Holy Power – 11 (+3)]
[Morzan – 3]
My spiritual power before starting this operation was 8.
That alone was a significant number, but…
‘After this guy decided to trust me, the number increased to 3… That consumable stat is 3.’
A total of 14 magical powers settled within my body.
Just thinking about what he could do with 1 level of divine power was incredible.
14 times that.
‘The effect is probably much more than a simple 14 times.’
The same goes for all other stats.
The difference between going from 1 to 2 and going from 10 to 11 was huge.
It feels like the higher you get, the more powerful you become.
In my experience, this stat called divine power was much worse.
The power to make the impossible possible.
The realm of the impossible that can be made possible has probably increased enormously.
It’s definitely a great achievement.
It’s a great achievement, but…
‘…Whew.’
Strangely enough.
I didn’t feel very good.
* * *
A mine filled with magical power.
I thought about it as I walked up the mine.
“It’s a remnant of God…”
Most of what Morzan said is something I can’t properly understand right now.
That was the only part that made sense.
‘In the end, the God of Earth is dead.’
There are remnants left, though.
It seems like he has fallen into ruin like that guy.
In the end, just as expected from the beginning.
It means that there is no God left on this Earth.
Although it was something I didn’t even expect.
I realized it again.
I couldn’t help but feel a little sad.
‘If that gentleman had been alive, the world wouldn’t have ended up like this.’
I thought of Chuncheon, where the vimana is located.
Among the cities seen after the destruction.
The place that looked the most normal was Chuncheon.
When it was turned into a dungeon, much of its past appearance remained, except for the buildings that were submerged under water and disappeared.
but.
Even that was a sight no better than a ruin compared to the scenery of the past.
The world was clearly on the path to destruction.
‘…I don’t know.’
What’s even more unfair is.
Those guys who are such great gods.
In the end, they were the ones who could fall to ruin like that.
My unit members, now demon hunters, struggled to get into the arms of such a being.
In fact, even they are beings that can disappear.
There is such a being somewhere in this universe…
“I might meet it…”
Immediately after seeing that being in Morzan’s memories…
he was trembling in fear.
What can I say if things turn out like this now?
It’s such a distant story.
I wasn’t even afraid of things that were too big.
“Okay, what’s the point of thinking about this?”
I don’t know if I can afford it right now.
It’s a world where we still don’t know what’s ahead.
There is no time to worry about such trivial things.
I’m busy just thinking about the immediate future.
There would be nothing more foolish than getting stressed out by investing your attention in that area.
What is more important than that is surviving tomorrow.
And to do that, what you need to do is….
‘The magic storage channel is at least half full.’
It must be to check the performance.
There was a message saying that future charging speed would be slower due to overcharging.
Nevertheless.
When I checked the quest window, I could see that the number was still filling up at a significant rate.
‘Even if I can’t do it, I can fill the amount required by the quest in about a month.’
In the case of upgrading facilities.
Even if I don’t have to do it myself, an artificial spirit can now do it for me.
In the case of reputation level, it was achieved from the time the quest was received.
If so.
‘The special quest to upgrade the vimana… is virtually completed.’
I feel like I quickly achieved my immediate goal.
I headed to the ground with a happy smile, erasing my grumpy mood as much as possible.
“Ah…”
“Sergeant Shi Shin.”
After traveling through an underground mine filled with magic and arriving on the ground.
Let’s go out the gate.
2nd basement floor.
A large number of soldiers were seen gathered near the magic storage facility.
“So, do you think the charging is going well?”
“yes? iced coffee. yes…!”
“Until a few hours ago, it was shining like crazy, cracking, and making a mess… but now it’s okay.”
“uh? “Did you?”
After listening to the story.
It seems that the system’s statement that ‘the magic power storage channel may cause overload’ was not as light as I thought.
“But we managed to solve it somehow. Now I adjust the speed to a level that does not cause overload. It seems to be absorbing magic at a manageable rate.”
Fortunately, the magic leaking out of the mine only hovers around this magic reservoir.
There was no leakage outside.
“This magic power. Doesn’t it go all the way outside the fortress?”
“It was like that at first… but it got better after the first surge of magic power.”
“I’m glad.”
It is said that the magic power storage channel also has the ability to trap magic power.
I guess it’s thanks to that.
‘No matter how much magical power you have, it is meaningless if you leave the fortress.’
Endless magical power remaining in the underground mine.
It will be slowly absorbed by this magical power reservoir.
“hmm. “Everything worked out well.”
“Yes… yes…”
“Yes… right?”
however.
What can I say?
“…?”
Something from earlier….
“What’s wrong with your faces?”
The expression the soldiers looked at me.
It seemed a little strange.
Of course, he stutters strangely.
He doesn’t seem to be able to meet my face easily.
like.
It seemed like he was seriously shocked by something.
“what. Could it be because of filling the magic furnace with magic?”
These soldiers already looked at me like I was a great person.
Meanwhile, I experienced an explosion of tremendous magical power.
It’s surprising.
“I told you. “I have a method for everything…”
“Oh no.”
“That’s it too…”
“Huh?”
but.
I think that wasn’t the whole reason.
“Sergeant Shin…”
Among the soldiers, he was someone whose emotional changes were rare.
Corporal Seo Soo-hyuk is breaking out in a cold sweat, which is rare.
He answered with a frown.
“I don’t think Sergeant Shin knew because he was underground.”
“huh…?”
“When that magical power exploded out… it only lasted a moment, but it covered this entire fortress.”
“Uh huh.”
They said that when the magic power first came out like a runaway, they couldn’t even keep it contained here.
I could understand that so much magic power had enveloped the fortress.
however.
“All the soldiers in the fortress were covered by that magic.”
“…?”
“The problem lies next.” Even
I couldn’t help but be shocked
by what came next .
“I could hear something like resignation… contained in that magic power.”
“…I can’t believe it’s a thought.”
“I couldn’t hear clearly, but it seemed like I was having a conversation with someone.”
and.
In what the guy said next.
‘….’
I am.
I couldn’t help but open my mouth and be shocked.
* * *
Sergeant Shin Young-jun heads underground.
After the operation to pour in specially produced artillery shells was carried out.
“Something is coming up from below…!”
“It’s magical power!”
The miasma that had stayed deep in the underground mine disappeared everywhere.
A powerful magical power that I had never experienced in my life exploded like an explosion.
The magic power that was trapped inside the gate.
The moment the gate opens.
It went on a rampage like crazy and covered the entire fortress.
[A powerful magic power surrounds the surroundings!]
[The magic power stat is temporarily increased by 5.]
[The magic power consumption due to magic is temporarily drastically reduced.]
“What the hell is this…!”
“I just stood there and I got this much of a buff?”
What a powerful magical power it was.
The people inside were even given such buffs.
and.
That wasn’t the real problem.
“Look over there! The magical power storage channel…!”
Let too much powerful magic pour out at once.
A magic storage channel that was intended to absorb that enormous amount of magic at once.
However, no matter how great the fortress’s technology was, it was built.
It is a storage path that is only level 2.
“It’s about to explode!”
Absorbing that enormous magical power in an instant.
Impossible from the beginning.
Intense light leaked from the storage channel that had been absorbing a certain amount of magical power.
There were cracks everywhere and it started to tremble as if it would break.
“You need to calm down!”
“How can you calm me down…!?”
“I don’t know, damn it! “I have to try something!”
With demon hunters who created a magic concentration camp.
Wizards with magical knowledge.
And the engineers in charge of managing the facilities rushed in.
“Damn it, everyone, dope Sergeant Shin’s cooking and get stuck!”
“KIYOOOOOOOOOT!!!”
Although it was a short time.
This is the result of a series of urgent events that could be worthy of a movie.
“Wook… Sigh….”
“Ooh, did we do it?”
“It seems so…”
They somehow changed the absorption method into the magic storage channel.
By reducing the absorption rate, it was possible to prevent the explosion of the facility due to overload.
-You guys… are pretty good.
That’s what we have to say.
What a bloody struggle it was.
There was even a strange bond established between the demon hunters and the soldiers who were unable to fit into the unit.
and.
That moment.
[…interesting….]
“!?”
The soldiers who were under that dense magical power.
In their heads.
An unidentified voice was heard.
“What the hell is this…!”
A voice that comes directly into your head.
Soldiers who participated in the Dasmur invasion battle had a similar experience.
Soldiers who did not have no choice but to be embarrassed.
Even experienced soldiers.
“…Ugh!”
Let’s listen to that voice.
I fell to my knees, clutching my head.
“My hair…!”
“Is this voice… an enemy attack?”
In a sudden situation.
When everyone is panicking.
“No, it’s not like that…!”
The person who realized the identity of the voice.
The leader of the demon hunters.
It was Wonjun.
“This feeling… is the same as when I made a contract with the devil…!”
“!?”
Just once in the past.
What I experienced while changing jobs to [Demon Contractor].
“Ordinary humans… have no choice but to suffer like this when they hear the voice of an overly high-ranking being.”
“This voice is the voice of such a being?”
Just as Sergeant Shin Young-jun had no choice but to look away when he saw the external enemy in Morjan’s memories.
When a being of lower rank encounters a being of a higher rank than that.
its form.
voice.
Presence.
It is inevitable that you will be greatly influenced by each and every one of them.
What’s even more curious is:
When it is said that the identity of that voice is a being of great stature.
[Very satisfied….]
The person he is talking to.
Who is it?
[Thank you.]
To whom?
Was he conveying his gratitude?