The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 256
Episode 257: Conversation leaked.
“The thought… was having a conversation with someone.”
“….”
“A thought so high-level that it makes my head hurt just hearing it… That alone was surprising, but he was talking to someone.”
The miasma of the underground mine.
The result of that fleshy guy’s thoughts becoming distorted.
and.
Before it got distorted like that.
The essence of that miasma was the magical power that flowed from its corpse.
in other words.
As I headed toward the center of the thick poison, those thoughts seemed to flow into my head.
When the magic power that was the essence of that poison came out like an explosion and covered the fortress.
‘Morjan’s thoughts…’
flowed into the soldiers’ minds.
It goes without saying that it was his thoughts at the time.
‘The conversation I had with you.’
The conversation between me and this guy.
The soldiers heard it in its entirety.
“It sounded fragmentary, but…”
No, it’s not completely accurate, is it?
You couldn’t hear the entire conversation, and you probably couldn’t hear what I was saying.
What Morzan told me.
It seems that only some of them were heard by the soldiers.
The problem was
the few fragments of conversation that he heard .
-Thanks to you…
that existence.
I achieved something thanks to the person I was talking to.
-Successful in annihilating me…
-A great achievement in annihilating the godhead…
Also, that existence.
It was destroyed by the person I was talking to.
-Thank you
– I believe in you…
Of course, I expressed my gratitude to the person I was talking to.
I even trusted him.
“….”
“When we heard that story, we came to one conclusion.”
The soldiers
spoke with expressions as if they could not believe it, but had no answer other than that.
“Please answer me seriously. “Sergeant Shin.”
“uh?”
“You also asked me to shoot the cannon downward.”
As if he couldn’t believe it.
Corporal Lee Gong-woo asks while breaking into a cold sweat.
“Did you mean to kill the divine being down there… by yourself?”
“….”
No, that’s it.
What should I say?
“It’s not wrong, but…!”
“also…!”
As astonishment spread among the soldiers.
I thought to myself.
‘It’s not wrong… but it’s very wrong…!’
It is said to kill the divine being below.
That is correct.
This is to resolve his twisted thoughts and allow him to choose extinction on his own.
In the end, it is right to kill.
“That voice. “It seemed like it was welcoming its extinction.”
“It may have been a being that became corrupted without realizing it… Sergeant Shin sent that to me.”
What the soldiers say too.
It’s not wrong, though.
‘It doesn’t feel like that…!’
All I did was help him regain his senses.
Thanks to this, I was only able to choose extinction.
I was wondering how to explain this.
There was no time to open my mouth further.
“To destroy such a being…”
“…How far ahead are you?”
It seems like I’ve already come to a conclusion in my head.
Guys talking nonsense.
“….”
Seeing that he was already talking with confidence.
I had no choice but to keep my mouth open, not knowing what to say.
[Spirit increases by 1.]
* * *
Like that.
After the situation is roughly resolved.
“First of all, we succeeded in stabilizing the magic power storage channel.”
After I gathered with the leaders.
We have started to sort out the current situation.
“Thanks to you, we have overcome the crisis, but the absorption speed has slowed down a bit.”
“The absorption speed is decreasing, so shouldn’t I just absorb it all?”
I tilt my head and ask.
The faces of the leaders turn sour in an instant.
“Eh? “Why is the atmosphere like this?”
“…You can say that because you haven’t experienced that situation. “I was on the verge of explosion with that save.”
“Well, to what extent was it…”
All the magicians waiting in the unit rushed in and controlled the direction of the runaway magic power.
Demon hunters rush through it, slowing down the storage channel’s absorption speed.
After experiencing all kinds of incidents and accidents that could be made into a movie.
They say they barely managed to prevent an accident that could have exploded.
“In the process, some soldiers gained new insight into the use of magical power.”
“….”
How intense it was.
It seems that by overcoming it, the level of wizards was raised to the next level.
Conversely, if that gate had not been opened.
The runaway magic power inside the magic mine must have caused another accident.
Although it was something that could not be helped.
“At least I succeeded in absorbing more than half of the amount required for the quest that Yeongjun received at once, so I can absorb the rest slowly.”
“How long will it take to absorb the other half?”
“Hmm, well. At the current rate, one month at the earliest. “I think it will be filled within two months at the latest.”
“Crazy speed.”
“I really agree.”
Even at this moment.
The infinite magical power trapped in the underground mine was slowly rising to the ground and being absorbed into the storage channel.
“And this is something I learned a little about later.”
“huh?”
“That horsepower. “I think it will have a variety of uses other than simply charging the fortress.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“For example… our wizards could use it.”
ah.
thinking about it.
When I first checked the contents of that gate.
I thought that too.
‘Since it’s called a magic civilization, wouldn’t what we can gain from there be helpful to the wizards as well?’
It turned out that all the wizards had fainted.
As a result, only production workers experienced explosive growth.
Now that I’ve woken up from fainting.
“First, I’m looking at the books you said you translated.”
“ah.”
“It seemed like it would be quite helpful.”
Even though Minjae is in an official position.
He said with a smile, as if it was difficult to hide how happy he was.
“After acquiring that [martial art], the combat power of the warrior group has increased tremendously. “At least I was able to catch up with it by gaining a lineage, but other wizards had nothing.”
“Not anymore?”
“Tsk tsk. “You’ll see.”
Really.
It was something that could only be expected.
“And Chief Lee Sang-ah will tell you a particularly encouraging part.”
“huh?”
In those words.
Leader Lee Sang-ah reacted immediately and opened her mouth.
“Big… Corps Commander.”
“hmm?”
“Do you know the word enchantment?”
Enchantment.
Could that be….
“Are you talking about an enchantment or something?”
“Enchant? I guess they call it that too? I’m not sure. I’m glad you know. “It’s literally a way to enchant things.”
Enchant.
Or enchantment.
‘An essential element in any game.’
By giving special magic to ordinary items.
Explosively increase the performance of that item.
Or, it is a technology that allows people who cannot use magic to use magic.
however.
There’s no way we’re talking about that now.
“It may be difficult right now, but we have started research at [the research institute].”
“It’s a collaboration between wizards and production workers.”
“It may take some time, but on the other hand, it will be possible if given enough time.”
“Crazy…”
I don’t know what form it will take in this world.
someday.
This means that it can become a reality in the hands of our troops.
“Besides, if you use that magic power, you might be able to implement something quite strong. Do you remember? Something like the large-scale magic used in the [Dasmur] dungeon.”
“Ah…”
A magic used after gathering all the wizards’ magical powers into Sergeant Lee Min-jae.
Because of the dungeon environment at the time, it was possible to subdue a huge number of monsters at once.
That magic was the key to defeating [Pope], which would have been difficult for our unit to defeat at the time.
but.
This was only possible after putting in enough magical power to make all wizards faint.
In order to gather that much magical power, the wizards had to be overworked, but it was rather a loss to have dozens of wizards fainting for a single spell.
In the end, it was never able to be reproduced because it could not handle the enormous consumption of magical power.
but.
To put it the other way around.
“They also say that if you have enough magical power, it will somehow be possible to recreate it.”
“All that magical power is underground?”
“At the same time, it’s tied up near that storage tract. If we do it well, we might be able to utilize that magic power. Well… as you said, in order to implement the level of magic used in that dungeon, you would have to be on top of this fortress.”
“Hmm. “Even if it is only useful in defensive battles, it would be quite useful.”
Our unit was already stronger in defense than offense.
That defense power has increased significantly.
“There is no room for use in attack.”
“huh?”
“Well, no matter how much I can fill the storage channel with those magic powers, that’s true. Have you forgotten it already?
“I forgot…”
“The magic stone.”
“ah.”
A stone that contains powerful magical power.
Magic stone.
In the first place, our first goal was to mine those magic stones.
It was to fill the reservoir with magical power.
As it turned out, the purpose was achieved in a slightly different way.
Nevertheless.
There is still a significant amount of magic stones buried underground.
“If you refine it and give it to the wizards, they will be able to use enhanced magic equal to the number of magic stones.”
“Crazy….”
“I tried it once. Although magic stones are consumed, a wizard without any buffs can express magic at the same level as if he had received the buff from your cooking.”
“…That much without the buff. Then what if all of the unit’s buffs are applied?”
“Well, I haven’t tried it that far yet.”
Sigh.
Minjae hyung smiles with confidence.
“Even if you don’t test it, you can roughly estimate how much it will be.”
Even though all the wizards fainted during this operation.
There were no major problems in carrying out the operation.
The reason was simple.
‘After acquiring [Martial Arts], warrior classes became the focus of battle.’
Also lacking in rear firepower.
It is filled with captured military weapons.
The battle was possible with just the manpower and warriors capable of utilizing those military weapons.
The Wizard Team… is powerful enough, though.
It is true that there were some shortcomings compared to those military weapons and warriors.
“Now again… wizards may become the main force.”
It seems like it was a while ago.
Minjae has a confident expression.
If my brother says something like that, I can trust him.
“what… Anyway, this is all I have to report right now.”
“It’s a great achievement.”
“okay. What a great achievement. In fact, Youngjun is the one that you achieved most of.”
“huh?”
Words that suddenly lifted me up.
I opened my mouth in embarrassment.
“What can I achieve? “It worked because the production guys made the equipment.”
“As for the part that made magic stone mining possible, as you said, the proportion of production workers could have been increased to more than 50%… or even up to 90%.”
but.
The key event that made this achievement possible was.
Right after that.
“You… went to the bottom.”
“Big.”
A meeting place where only leaders gather.
“Now that we’ve said all the good things, let’s get serious.”
Minjae hyung.
He opened his mouth with a sharp expression.
“What happened down there that caused the miasma to suddenly disappear and magical power to explode?”
“Uhm, that’s…”
“No, let’s get this out of the way first. “I decided to trust you last time and move on, but there were a lot of strange things about what you did this time.”
“What strange behavior.”
To my doubts.
The person who answered was Corporal Seo Soo-hyuk.
“Underground monsters… I understand why they tried to kill them. If you listen to the story, it was quite a terrible thing. “Even if they weren’t human, the fact that they tried to kill those who were suffering… Well, I don’t think I would have done that, but I thought Sergeant Shin might have done that.”
“….”
“The problem was next. “I asked about it in the basement at the time.”
Corporal Seo Soo-hyuk asks with his arms crossed.
“Why did you go to such lengths to go to the basement?”
“….”
“Once we succeeded in digging deep enough to mine the magic stone, we could have retreated. In the end, it worked out much better. Sergeant Shin’s decision was right this time, so I don’t have any intention of pointing out his choice, but…” It
was as if he didn’t understand at all.
Corporal Seo Soo-hyuk asks, tilting his head.
“Still, I’m curious. I couldn’t understand why you were pushing yourself so hard. “I’ve thought about wanting to kill the monsters down there as well… But even so, I don’t think he’s someone worth risking his life for just because of that.”
If I do something wrong, I could die.
Definitely as I said.
If it were just for that reason, I wouldn’t have gone to such lengths.
“The last time I returned to the ground, Sergeant Shin looked like this… I really didn’t think it would be surprising if he died soon.”
“Uh… was it that bad?”
“It was something that couldn’t be conveyed in words. It is true that Sergeant Shin, whom I have seen, is a person who is very concerned about the lives of other people. I also think that because he was that kind of person, the unit members could trust and follow him. But… at the same time.”
The guy who looks into my eyes and speaks.
“He considered his own life to be very important.”
“yes?”
In those words.
Lee Sang-ah responds in surprise.
“is that so? “You seem to be doing a lot of unreasonable things.”
“…sometimes I don’t hesitate to do things that risk my life. “I used to get angry when I saw things like that.”
Not long after coming down to earth.
I guess I’m talking about what happened during the attack on the tank battalion.
“However, unless it involved the lives of other unit members, all other actions were fundamentally helpful to one’s own survival, even if they seemed a bit reckless.”
As the saying goes.
This is what I do most of the time.
Unless you become stronger even if you overdo it to some extent.
Because I thought I wouldn’t be able to survive in this world for long.
“Not this time.”
If you don’t attack that underground area, your unit members won’t get hurt.
There is no promise of growth by targeting that underground area, and the magic stones have already been secured.
Definitely as he said.
What I did this time was a little different from what I had done so far.
Unlike the behavior he has shown so far.
Because there was another reason.
“After Sergeant Shin went down, we heard a voice when magical energy poured out of there as if in a rush.”
“…hmm.”
“It must have something to do with that voice.”
A question that strikes me quite sharply.
It’s hard to just ignore it….
All the soldiers have already heard the contents of that conversation to some extent.
“Sergeant Shin. As I said last time, I respect Sergeant Shin’s choice. “In this case, you were right in the end.”
“I’m grateful for that.”
“But that and this are different. “What on earth happened in the basement to cause something like this?”
“….”
Corporal Seo Soo-hyuk only asked a question on behalf of him.
All the other leaders too.
He was looking at me with doubt.