The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 26

Episode 26 Hassan (2)

Dishes I make as a chef.

The effect was enormous, but there was one most fundamental penalty.

‘First of all, I have to cook.’

This is essential to give a buff through cooking.

First of all, you have to cook and feed them.

It is itself.

Fortunately, there were no major problems while I was in the military unit.

I also tend to actively participate in battles.

But that doesn’t mean there wasn’t time to cook at the restaurant.

But once you get down to the ground, the problem becomes bigger than you think.

‘It is highly likely that the environment necessary for cooking will not be provided.’

Cooking in the field always involves great risk.

Of course, there is a high possibility that your location will be exposed to enemies due to smell or smoke.

In a situation like now, where you never know when you might be attacked, you can’t even set up cooking equipment.

Until we established a stable base at the foot of the mountain.

It is difficult to cook safely.

Then, even if you think about packing a lunch box, the lunch box tends to spoil quickly.

And this wasn’t just limited to fighting monsters.

Since ancient times, how to feed soldiers going into battle has been a headache for many monarchs.

So, something was born.

‘Combat rations.’

[Skill – Combat Rations (new)]

[It becomes possible to manufacture preserved rations for combat.]

[Combat rations have slightly lower stats compared to regular meals. However, it has a long shelf life and makes it possible to consume high calories even with small-sized foods, making it easy to carry. Of course, the taste is guaranteed!]

After resolving Lieutenant Kim’s matter.

A skill acquired when reaching level 10.

The basic effect of food made using this skill is slightly reduced.

However, such a penalty has the strength to be considered laughable.

The expiration date disappears.

[Lizard meat jerky filled with the courage of a low-ranking chef]

This is the first dish I made using this skill.

Beef jerky that allows meat to be preserved for a long time.

A long time ago.

Until the groundbreaking invention of canning.

The most traditional type of combat ration used by armies around the world.

‘If I go later, I think lunch boxes will be able to be used as combat rations. ‘This may still be the limit.’

Still, the effect was great.

[When consumed, all abilities increase by 5.]

[When consumed, the magic power of the ‘Steel Lizard’ contained in the dish seeps into the body. Physical resistance increases significantly.]

Fixed stat increase.

Physical resistance even increases due to the influence of the lizard used as a material.

It doesn’t end there.

“Lieutenant Kim.”

“Hmm. Everyone in combat readiness!”

After confirming that all unit members have eaten my food, let’s give Lieutenant Kim a notice.

Lieutenant Kim nodded and shouted.

[Command command – Battle stance rings out!]

[Allies’ combat ability increases by 10%.]

[Characteristic – Battle stance is temporarily granted to all allies.]

[Characteristic – Battle stance]

[Attachment of a certain size or higher When engaging in battle by forming a formation with allies, combat efficiency increases and you are immune to confusion caused by battle.]

Lieutenant Kim’s occupation is ‘new commander’.

Rear support similar to mine.

It is a buffer-type job.

Lieutenant Kim’s buff increases allies’ abilities by a certain percentage.

And the characteristics of the percentage increase type buff.

‘It creates synergy with the fixed value increase buff.’

My cooking buff and Lieutenant Kim’s buff create synergy to create an even greater effect.

Plus the effect of the ‘courage’ contained in the dish.

“It’s going to be a fun fight.”

“Come, you bastards!”

Monsters that jumped into the friendly formation.

They had come to a place to die.

* * *

like that.

The first battle that unfolded as we came down from the mountain has ended.

“There are about ten injured, but I think they can be sufficiently treated.”

“I’m glad.”

Fighting in unfavorable terrain.

Of course, there was no damage at all.

Still, it is a level that two healer-type awakeners can somehow cover.

The injured party was fortunate.

“Sergeant Shin’s cooking had a great effect.”

Private First Class Sa Ui-jun, a medic, said.

The guy looked at me curiously as he took out the beef jerky I made from his biscuit bag.

“Honestly, I thought I wouldn’t see the effects of Sergeant Shin’s cooking if I left the unit. “I can’t believe such a small piece of beef jerky has this much effect.”

“Thank you for the compliment. There are still a lot of things to improve. “I’m not skilled enough, so it’s just beef jerky for now, but I need to improve it further.”

Beef jerky made from combat rations.

He performed well in this battle.

Being able to receive a cooking buff with just a small piece of beef jerky that you can carry around is definitely an unprecedented effect.

‘but. Beef jerky is nothing more than the most primitive form of combat ration.’

Combat rations that were used before the advent of canned food.

There is a reason why it was replaced later.

At best, it’s just beef jerky, so it doesn’t reach the level of a full-fledged dish.

As I increase my skill proficiency, I will have to increase the effectiveness even more.

“Are you serious?”

“huh?”

Private Sauijun, who heard my answer, responded as if it were absurd.

“It’s amazing right now. “Isn’t there room to become even greater?”

“ah.”

“It’s scary enough.”

“greatness.”

The efficiency of the chef profession is something that amazes me every day.

Since his combat ability is lacking, it is understandable that the buff effect improves in return.

‘I was lucky too.’

Basically, the effectiveness of my cooking increases in proportion to the number of people eating it.

It’s a kind of wide-area buff.

Since more than 100 unit members receive the effect of this buff, my ability shines that much.

I’m not alone.

Even if there were ten to twenty people in the group, it wouldn’t have seen the light of day like this.

Should I be glad that it is a cooking disease?

In any case, the soldiers’ injuries were at a level that could only be handled by priests and healers.

As the conversation with Private Sauijun ended, one of the soldiers waiting said with a frown on his face.

“I can’t save these cars.”

An engineer awakener who was investigating a vehicle.

It was Corporal Lee Gong-woo.

“I thought it might be of some help.”

“This proves it. “Ordinary vehicles are of little use against monsters.”

The vehicles used as barriers were large vans and small trucks.

However, the exterior walls of those cars were completely torn apart by the Lizards with their claws.

It would be difficult to expect much in terms of protection ability.

“Let alone regular cars. What about military vehicles? “Is it similar?”

“Of course, military vehicles are sturdy. “It looks like it survived being completely torn off by the claws.”

Unlike vans that were torn apart horribly, military vehicles were still in good shape.

“But when you see the vans like that. Even military vehicles would be hard to fully trust.”

“If a stronger monster comes out, even military equipment can be destroyed.”

“It’s not an armored vehicle, after all, it’s just a military Letona.”

After finishing speaking, Corporal Lee Gong-woo clicked his tongue and muttered.

“If we had had enough materials, we would have done something.”

Corporal Lee Gong-woo’s occupation is ‘engineer’.

As the name suggests, it is a job specialized in creating or strengthening something.

If you had the materials, it wouldn’t have been difficult to reinforce the vehicle’s defenses.

“There’s nothing you can do about it. Our unit is not a large unit. “There can’t be many materials to deal with monsters.”

“I understand the situation is like this, but… I am also disappointed.”

However, there is not enough material for a small unit in the mountains.

The performance of the unit members who were awakened as engineers was limited to strengthening the unit’s defense facilities.

These guys are now working like warriors, taking advantage of the fact that they have the ‘Hammer Mastery’ skill.

‘If I go down to the ground, I’ll have to secure useful materials.’

Same goes for my cooking.

The same goes for the effects of the equipment made by Lee Sang-ah, a ‘tailor’ awakener.

In this ‘game’, production workers are stronger than you think.

If these guys were able to utilize their abilities properly, wouldn’t they be able to demonstrate incredible abilities?

Although there is nothing we can do about it right now.

* * *

After clearing up the battle scene to some extent.

We re-established our lines and began our advance.

“Stop for a moment!”

“huh?”

However, not long after the movement started.

A stop order came from the front.

I don’t think it was a monster attack.

What’s going on?

“Loyal Sergeant Shin?”

“uh. what’s the matter.”

“There’s something I need you to look at for a moment.”

The soldiers moving at the front came to me and reported.

“Did you find something?”

“yep.”

“Guide me.”

Let’s follow the soldiers’ guidance and move to the front of the procession.

I could see what they had discovered.

What you see in front of you is a few guardrails on the road leading to the unit.

And that guardrail…

“It’s broken.”

It was roughly torn apart, as if there had been a major accident.

“It wasn’t like this from the beginning, right?”

“yes. “It’s a guardrail that was fine before the monsters showed up.”

For a moment, I thought it might have been torn apart by a monster.

The shape of the broken guardrail is also like that.

There was no reason for the monster to attack the guardrail.

“…This can’t be right.”

The shape of a broken guardrail.

It looked as if something huge had rolled down and been torn apart.

‘The only places where guardrails are installed are cliff sections, which are especially dangerous if you fall.’

Just in case, I moved closer to the cliff.

“Sergeant Shin! “Be careful!”

“Don’t worry it won’t fall.”

A cliff that is even dizzying.

Let’s stick our head down there.

In the distance, I saw a Letona rolling down near the ground.

It was a familiar vehicle.

‘Jaemin and Seungho….’

Not long after the monsters appeared, the soldiers left to contact higher-level units.

It was the vehicle they left in

* * *

“This is the vehicle the drivers left in.”

Beyond the guardrail, a Letona vehicle used by the unit was overturned.

The two drivers who traveled in that vehicle probably did not survive.

“Corporal Kim Jae-min and Corporal Kwak Seung-ho…”

“They said they were going to contact a higher-up unit, but I never thought they would have made it down the mountain alive.”

When you realize that contact with the outside world has been lost.

Although I and other unit members were against it.

There is an agenda that Lieutenant Kim pushed.

Now that wired and wireless networks have been disabled.

Let’s send drivers to contact higher units.

Even though volunteers were selected and sent.

In the end, it seems he died here without even being able to come down from the mountain.

“If you hadn’t come down from the mountain, I don’t know if you would have been with us until now.”

“….”

Since the two were not awakened, they would have been helpless against the monster’s attack.

He must have run away in a hurry and ended up helplessly being hunted.

however.

As I looked at it, there was one thing that bothered me a little.

“I can’t see the body.”

“yes?”

“Jaemin and Seungho. “If he died, his body would still be there, but I can’t see it.”

Retona at the bottom of the cliff.

The door of the half-smashed van was torn off.

However, the driver’s seat where the soldiers would have sat was empty.

“Did I get lucky and move somewhere?”

“From this height? “Even if we, who are now awakened, fall that far, we will be at least seriously injured.”

Among the roads leading to the base, the only places with guardrails are steep cliffs where you can only die if you fall.

It is difficult to think that the two drivers, who were not even awake, survived the fall and moved on their own.

“Monsters took it for food.”

That’s probably the most likely guess.

The monsters that attacked the unit clearly weren’t just killing humans, they were eating them.

This means that they are living creatures that need to eat something to survive.

but.

Other possibilities kept popping up in my head.

‘I feel sorry for the two guys, but… I might just pray that they get eaten by a monster.’

Of course, you can’t just pray.

You should prepare in case of an emergency.

“Lieutenant Kim, Minjae. I will leave the command to you.”

“hmm?”

“I have something to do for a moment.”

After entrusting command to two people.

I moved into the back truck.

Squeak…

Inside the truck are the lizards we just hunted.

The bodies were piled high.