The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 270

Episode 271: Field cooking

[1. ‘Guild messages’ are blocked.]

[2. The strengthening effect of ‘Absolute Taste (Enhancement)’ does not activate while leaving the area.]

[3. If the fact about regional movement becomes known to humans in the movement area, a penalty is imposed.]

3 penalties.

[Return to the region of origin or survive until inter-regional protection ends. (0/1)]

[Reward: Differential payment depending on the influence exerted in the movement area.]

One quest.

When I saw that, I thought.

‘It’s worth it.’

When I only looked at the penalty, I thought it was uncomfortable.

From what I have experienced so far.

This world really makes people roll around like dogs.

There is also a price to pay for being so mean.

It was always taken care of.

‘It’s a huge penalty, though. If you survive even with those penalties… the reward is sure to be huge.’

What if there is a problem?

Could it be that compensation is paid differently depending on the influence I exert?

This means that you can’t get a reward just by hiding somewhere and spending time.

and.

Eat.

‘I didn’t plan on hiding in the first place, so it doesn’t matter, right?’

No matter how great a cook I am, I am ultimately an individual.

There may be limits to what I can do alone.

Finish.

My goal is to contact and help people in Gyeonggi-do.

then.

‘It was already something I had to do, but they only gave me a reward.’

If it affects many humans.

It will soon come back with greater rewards.

There are more reasons to help the people here.

perhaps.

‘This ‘system’ may have been targeting that as well by giving out quests like that.’

like that.

After checking all penalties and quests.

I raised my head and looked around.

by the way.

‘Wasn’t what I felt when I first put my hand in it a mistake?’

When I first put my hand on that burning wall.

I could feel a cool chill at the end.

What was that at the time?

Have you ever heard that if you get a really bad burn, you actually feel cold?

I just assumed that was the reason and moved on.

I see it now.

It wasn’t an illusion.

‘What the hell is this?’

You can clearly feel tremendous heat coming from the wall behind your back.

I am sure that there will be no difference in the heat between the wall I came over and this wall.

Fortunately, the ground near the wall didn’t look that weird.

Right in front of the wall, not a single tree could grow due to the intense heat.

Vegetation was growing normally for about 100 meters nearby.

the problem is.

Even though the heat radiating from this barrier is enormous.

‘The point is that there is land with ordinary vegetation growing 100 meters nearby.’

This means that there is something to relieve the heat.

Actually on the other side.

‘A huge snowstorm….’

An intense snowstorm was raging.

Because of the snow piled up in the surrounding area.

It’s hard to even tell what kind of area this was originally. It can’t be said

to be a simple weather phenomenon….

‘Gangwon-do was relatively fine again.’

what the.

A world covered in snow.

If you see something like this.

I thought I would only see that in Gangwon-do, the northernmost part of Korea.

No way.

I never thought Gyeonggi-do would end up like this.

I frowned and thought.

‘Is it like some kind of dungeon?’

At first glance, it is an abnormal phenomenon.

There is one fortunate thing.

In order to get over that wall, I’m trying to gain fire resistance through cooking.

[Cooking effect being applied – Advanced attribute resistance]

[Attribute resistance] was also obtained.

‘It’s worth holding on for now.’

The extreme cold that I would never have been able to endure in my underwear.

I think it was thanks to that that the pain wasn’t that great.

‘Then… what should we do now?’

Penalties incurred by moving.

And we succeeded in checking the environment here.

What to do next.

‘I guess I should check the cards I have.’

Thinking like that.

Open your mouth wide.

Hehe.

Just before crossing the barrier.

Spit out the object you put in your mouth.

“Oh, I had a hard time not swallowing.”

I guess I should say I was lucky that I didn’t swallow it when I passed through that barrier.

I couldn’t speak because I was holding this in my mouth, so it wasn’t really a problem.

I looked at the floor.

I could see the things I spit out.

Two objects so small that they had to be placed in the mouth.

These were items that were passed around with one in each cheek.

One is a small circular box.

And the other one was a small bead.

I roughly picked up a small box among them.

I looked at the other side.

‘I won’t be using the box right now.’

What needs to be checked immediately.

Right next to that bead.

no.

To be exact.

“hey.”

[Ingredients Identification (Enhancement)]

[Water Drops of the Legion]

“Is it alive?”

It was the [Core] side.

Let me talk to you.

Fine gelatinous substances remaining around the core gather to form a mouth shape.

“yes. Lord Seong.”

He answered what I said.

‘Droplets of Legion.’

in other words.

A being who became my descendant by the spirit of Vimana.

The reason I wanted to bring this guy.

If it’s natural, it’s natural.

This was because, as a supporter, there was bound to be a limit to what I could do on my own.

‘We must move forward with as much force as possible.’

so that.

I decided to take a few gambles.

among them.

The first gamble is this guy.

‘The heat radiating from that wall is definitely enormous.’

It is normal for most things to burn the moment they come into contact with them.

Even those military uniforms armed with fire resistance could not last long and were reduced to ashes, so all was said and done.

but.

If there’s one place that won’t burn.

As now proven.

‘It’s just my body.’

so that.

Power that I can carry inside my body.

A core big enough to fit inside your mouth.

With this in mind, I jumped over the barrier.

‘Anyway, this guy said he could increase the number on his own.’

Even if they say this guy disappears.

The other [Water Drops] that will remain at the base will fill in the numbers on their own.

It was a gamble with no significant loss even if you lost.

“I’m glad you’re alive. “Please report on the current situation.”

When you succeed, you have made a big profit.

“As expected, most of the spiritual body except the core evaporated due to the heat.”

“Tsk.”

If it’s natural, then it’s natural.

No matter how much I put it inside my body, which was tightly wrapped with all kinds of resistance.

It’s not like all that terrible heat is going to go away.

Two types of bodies that made up the body of that ‘water drop’.

A core and a slime-shaped spiritual body surrounding the core.

Among them, the spiritual and physical side could not withstand the heat and disappeared.

“But you say it can be regenerated over time?”

“yes. But unfortunately, effective mimicry seems difficult now. “It will take quite a long recovery period to achieve its original performance.”

Well, this was actually something I expected to some extent.

I can’t help it, so I’ll just move on.

“The main body, the spirit of the fortress… Is it connected to Vimanar?”

“It’s disconnected.”

‘Water Drop’ is the result of the core being hacked by Vimanar.

They just became attached to the fortress and began to act according to the Vimanar way of thinking.

Each one was an individual entity.

“It is unfortunate that the connection was lost… but we do not expect any problems with this entity’s activities.”

“indeed.”

No matter what.

It’s just impossible to use right now.

‘The first gamble was a success.’

And the second gamble.

Unlike the first gamble.

It was a gamble with a big loss if I lost…

but I was a little nervous.

I looked down at my feet.

And after a while.

I was able to realize one thing.

“Isn’t the second gamble… a complete failure?”

It’s okay to say it’s a hit.

It seems like it didn’t fail somehow.

‘This is roughly the end of my understanding of the situation.’

I got up and checked the surroundings.

“It’ll be cold if you go there.”

It’s only warm right now because of the wall behind my back.

In order to do the activity properly, you would have to walk through that snow.

The fact that he was naked wearing only underwear.

“Shop window.”

I somehow got myself up.

I moved my hand, which was still in pain as the regeneration had not yet finished, and opened the store window.

[Point Shop]

‘…Now that I think about it, it seems like it’s been a long time since I’ve seen anything else here.’

At some point, I started using only the equipment made by my unit members.

It’s a shop window that I’ve never used except for buying ability potions.

[Winter Clothing Outerwear – Purchase 30pts.]

[Winter Clothing Tops – Purchase 20pts.]

[Winter Clothing Bottoms – Purchase 20pts.] The

rest of the military uniforms were all shattered.

It was also extremely useful to me now that I was thrown into this cold with my bare body.

however.

…Rustling.

“…?”

I can’t believe I’m dressed like that.

There was a sound coming from afar.

‘ah.’

Due to severe burns.

A situation where the skin on the whole body is burning little by little.

Thanks to.

My senses were duller than usual.

So there is one thing I didn’t notice.

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respectively….

You can feel it around you.

It was this enormous presence.

“…Point shop.”

After I reopened the closed point shop.

[Kitchen knife – Purchase 10pt.]

[Kitchen knife – Purchase 10pt.]

[Kitchen knife – Purchase 10pt.]

Purchasing items.

I tried to be as rational as possible.

‘hmm. Let’s look at the situation calmly.’

After awakening.

Without ever being separated from me.

The unit members who always fought with me.

‘…is beyond that wall.’

A powerful skill that allowed me to exert the strength of just one person.

Strengthening effect of [Absolute Taste].

‘You mean… can no longer be used due to a penalty?’

and.

There now.

-Grrr.

The sound of an animal that has been starving for several days.

It was resounding violently.

in other words.

To summarize the current situation.

‘…Isn’t it X?’

That too.

Very, very well.

“Why is there no easy way…!”

Still, whatever.

From the moment you cross the barrier in the first place.

I never thought things would go easily.

It’s something that can’t be helped.

Besides…

‘I just happened to have acquired a trait that can be useful in times like this.’

holding a knife

He said, looking through the dark forest covered in snow.

“It’s my first debut in a different region.”

Paang!

“Let’s try something.”

A huge shape.

Jumping towards me

I look at that figure. The

[Characteristic – Field Cooking]

trait was activated.

* * *

[Characteristic – Field Cooking]

[Meals and cooking are essential to maintain vitality.]

[Cooking had to be done in any environment, even during a serious war.]

[Some monarchs addressed this problem by providing combat rations . [Some people also came up with the inhumane idea of sending cooks into battle!]

[The chefs who joined the battlefield with such an idea specialized in cooking activities that took place in extreme field environments .

.]

[The mastery and speed of all cooking actions performed on the battlefield are greatly increased.]

[Bonuses are granted to all dishes made on the battlefield.]

Characteristic Field Cooking.

What I thought when I first got this trait.

‘It seemed like it might be more useless than I thought.’

Cooking in the field.

The content is plausible, though.

‘Because it can be used as combat rations.’

Combat food that can be eaten anytime, anywhere.

As long as it exists.

There was no reason for me to cook in the field.

but.

There was one thing I realized only later.

My job is a chef.

and.

Whatever kind of trait it is.

‘The trait that grants a bonus to [cooking] is bound to be a scam!’

A monster that looks like a wolf running towards me.

Let’s look at that guy.

The trait has been activated.

[‘Chef’s Eye’ activates.]

[Advanced Cooking Secret – Obtain ‘Enlightenment of Griesvelk Preparation Method’.]

A preparation method that comes to mind.

Depending on the route.

[Skill – Assistant Chef activates.]

[Martial Arts – ‘Sik’ activates]

The store-bought kitchen knife floating in the air flies at incredible speed.

I leap after him, holding two kitchen knives.

[Martial Arts – Expression] presents muscle movements appropriate for someone with magical powers.

Just follow that movement.

A ‘cooking knife’ that runs to cut down the enemy

. And.

‘[Cooking] is ultimately a part of cooking.’

in other words.

[Characteristic – Field Cooking is activated.]

[The mastery and speed of all cooking actions performed on the battlefield are greatly increased.]

To the swinging blades.

The power of the characteristic is imbued.