The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 271
Episode 272: What is my major?
At the same time, you can feel the characteristic being activated.
The hand that was swinging.
It accelerated in an instant.
??!
With the monster that was trying to attack me.
I was swinging the knife at him.
Two bodies intersect.
The monster landed on the ground behind me.
-…Really?
Did he think his attack had failed?
He turned around and tried to attack me again.
That’s how he turned around.
Right at that moment.
Grumble…
from his waist.
A huge amount of blood flows.
Shake it off…
that guy.
He fell to the floor without even realizing that he was dying.
The blood flowing through his veins spilled onto the floor.
The blood flowed slowly into my shadow.
“…Whoop!”
Only after seeing that.
I realized that my guess was correct.
[Field Cooking]
A trait that adds proficiency and speed correction to cooking on the battlefield.
In other words.
A trait that is completely useless outside of the battlefield.
It’s an effect that most [chefs] would consider trash.
‘I’m a cook.’
I am a chef.
At the same time, he was also a soldier.
To me, it is a battlefield.
It’s like another kitchen that you’ll use more often than the real kitchen!
[The dish is ready!]
And.
When I am on the battlefield, all my fighting actions are towards the enemy.
It is just one of the cooking processes used to prepare enemies.
[War Chef’s quickly and roughly made Grisbelk raw sashimi]
“This looks refreshing and delicious.”
I looked at the small piece of meat in my hand.
A piece of meat from that guy that I just got from that short cut.
Perhaps due to the extremely cold environment, thin ice sticks to the surface as soon as it is cleaned.
‘Originally, cooking like this wouldn’t have much of an effect.’
The greater the care put into cooking, the greater the effect.
No matter how carefully you put into cutting the knife, the effect of a single piece of raw meat will never be great.
but.
[Attribute – The effect of cooking increases due to the effect of field cooking.]
Fortunately, the effect also increases slightly due to the power of the attribute.
Now I haven’t been able to bring the numerous combat rations I made to my unit.
It was nothing short of the best characteristic in disseminating local cuisine.
[Characteristic – Wildness is activated.]
[You will be able to sense the presence around you better.]
Once the cooking trait is applied.
The presence around me is clearly felt.
And the impression I felt…
was simple.
“This won’t be easy.”
It made me wonder if this was even possible.
The presence of monsters densely gathered together.
The battle with that monster we just had.
The monsters that sensed the presence of that battle.
They were flocking towards me.
* * *
‘What do we do? Should I hold out here for now?’
I thought that way too.
The worry was short-lived.
‘There is no benefit to me if I stay in one place for a long time.’
grasp!
After making a decision, I immediately took off.
I headed towards the dark forest covered in snow.
‘It’s fortunate that I have the characteristics of a vampire.’
A large forest that may have originally been ordinary.
But there was so much snow covering the trees.
It was so dark under the tree that not a single ray of light came through.
The only thing that shows my presence in the dark is my eyes, which have turned red due to the vampire’s influence.
An environment in which about 49% of people would not have been able to see even an inch if they had not become vampires.
I made my way through the darkness.
by the way.
I thought about the signs I felt around me.
“There are so many monsters that it’s a bit bizarre.”
I feel it all around me.
The presence of a strangely large number of monsters.
Seeing that.
An unsettling thought came to mind.
‘Maybe… Gangwon-do was an area where monsters appeared less frequently.’
It was only in Gangwon-do that it was our unit that flew and crawled.
perhaps.
‘Gyeonggi-do may have been a real hell.’
Greater ordeals have come to other regions.
Compared to those monsters.
Even our guild, which we thought had become stronger, may not actually be that big of a deal.
Such an uneasy imagination.
This huge snowstorm and cold.
Plus, there’s an absurdly high density of monsters gathered around here.
‘If this phenomenon occurred throughout Gyeonggi-do.’
You can see that my ominous imagination has become reality.
and.
To check that.
“I have to go to the city.”
If it is the same as the case of Gangwon-do survivors.
In any case, the survivors will have no choice but to be around the city where supplies are concentrated.
In order to check whether the humans were alive or not, I had to head to the city.
I steeled my resolve as I chewed and swallowed all of the remaining monster meat.
Wow!!
Driving through a forest covered in snow.
We moved further and further forward.
‘I roughly looked at the map for geography.’
I headed to the wall near Chuncheon.
The nearest city is.
‘If you go straight this way, you will reach Gapyeong-gun.’
At least after getting there.
You should be able to get a rough idea of what the situation is like in Gyeonggi-do.
the problem is.
The point was that the road would never be easy.
Ssssssuk….
baba baba bak….
at the same time as I move.
I could feel the monsters gathered near me starting to move as well.
‘A move aimed openly at me.’
They didn’t even think about hiding their presence.
It was blatantly tying up those around me.
It wasn’t difficult to guess why.
“This is probably the weakest prey.”
No matter how many penalties have been applied.
If it were me in my condition.
There was no way I would have been ignored like this by those monsters.
But not now.
‘My wounds haven’t completely healed yet.’
From experience.
Unlike monsters, which tend to travel in groups to some extent.
It’s not enough that I’m hurt.
To those guys, it would seem like they were wandering around alone without any companions.
From the perspective of monsters that retain their wild nature.
It was worthy of being considered the best game.
Wide forest.
A strong blizzard rushes through the trees and hits me in the face.
I ran with all my might, blocking everything as much as possible.
And after a while.
Exactly as I thought.
grasp!
“You came so quickly!?”
It doesn’t take long to run.
I saw a group of monsters rushing towards me.
[Grisbelk]
It looks like the wolf I saw earlier.
‘Are we in the same group as that guy from earlier?’
I wonder if those monsters are taking over this area.
The shapes of the monsters peeking out in the surrounding darkness were quite diverse.
Nevertheless.
The guy attacking me is of the same species as the guy I dealt with just before.
‘These guys… have a love of family just like that [brood mother].’
The eyes of the charging monsters were full of hostility.
Unlike other monsters that flock to hunt.
The guys.
It was clear that he was running to avenge his compatriot.
but.
Suddenly!
[Advanced dagger skill]
The kitchen knife held in both hands became lodged in the body of a monster that was attacking from the front.
[Assistant Chef]
Pabababak!
There were five poisonous blades following me as they flew through the air.
It got stuck in the bodies of two monsters that were attacking from both sides.
Blades that pierce through flesh without being pierced.
A huge amount of blood poured out between them.
[Acquire experience points.]
A monster you have already defeated once.
They say it’s a situation where you can’t receive cooking stacks.
I was able to kill the monsters I had already encountered with the power of [Field Cooking].
the problem is.
‘Wolves… hunt very cleverly.’
I felt it intuitively when I cut down the guys that were attacking me from the front.
The fact that it attacked me before any other monsters did.
These guys belong to the same group of monsters as the ones I killed.
That there is a high possibility that he has the intelligence to feel angry at the fact that his colleague suffered.
Such monsters.
Attacking head on without thinking…
‘Is that possible?’
This.
It was not a good news to succeed in killing the enemy.
‘Rather… it’s a crisis!’
The moment when the hand holding the kitchen knife is swung and the monster’s flesh is cut.
-Cow!
At exactly the same time.
A tree in the direction I was running.
A huge figure hiding in the branch falls on my head with tremendous force.
Three monsters appeared in front.
Two of them had 10 [assistant chefs] attached to them.
Also the two kitchen knives I held in both hands.
A situation where a monster is stabbed and then stuck inside its body.
A very short gap appeared in the meantime.
A monster attacking me for that split second to bite my head off!
‘You mean you can sacrifice a few more if you can kill me?’
A strategy to make even greater sacrifices for revenge.
It was just dumbfounding how brutal it was.
‘Pulling out a sword and swinging it… ‘I’ll be late.’
Now I don’t even have the armor that had always reliably protected me.
A detailed design that gives you goosebumps.
Sharp judgment that is not typical of a monster.
The guys.
You probably think you’ve succeeded in putting your prey in danger.
I am.
There was no attempt to remove the knife stuck inside the monster’s body.
“Unfortunately…”
After letting go of the kitchen knife he was holding in both hands without hesitation.
Pop!
“I misjudged the strength of my prey.”
Reach out that hand.
He grabbed the monster by the neck.
-Really!?
It’s as if he didn’t expect to be caught like this.
A monster with bewildered eyes.
‘I got over that barrier and am being left behind in a place like this?’
That can’t be possible.
…what.
If it’s natural, then it’s natural.
No matter how high the stats were originally.
A monster that attacked me, perfectly targeting my gap.
That I, who am not even in a combat position, can capture such a monster.
There was no way it was possible. There is only one
reason why this was possible
.
[Field cooking]
This act of catching a monster with bare hands is also.
This was because it was now judged to be an act of cooking.
of course.
[Grooming] cannot be done in a situation where you are not even holding a knife.
The reason this act was judged as cooking was for another reason.
“Elemental cuisine.”
[Elemental Cooking]
Past.
When I saw the memories of [Chef Dasmur].
He fought alongside his god in the final battle.
And in that fight…
[Chef Dasmur], unlike me, is a pure cook.
They showed great performance and swept the battlefield.
okay.
It is enough for me to imitate….
‘Suitable for imitation.’
That kind of performance.
[Attribute – ‘Elemental Cooking’ is activated.]
[You can process food ingredients and convert them into specific elements.]
From the hand that succeeded in capturing the guy.
I can feel the magic power being sucked into my body.
-Kruk…!
He seemed to sense that my magic was trying to interfere with him.
The monster also resists my actions and tries to push away its magical power.
‘It’s laughable.’
I’m just not in a combat position.
He is more confident in his abilities as a chef than anyone else.
I grabbed… right…
the neck of the guy I was holding on to.
An element that is very familiar to me.
[The dish is complete!]
[Grisvelk’s ‘Lightning’]
[This is an elemental dish made from Grisvelk, a demonic beast that hunts as a family.]
Transforms into [Lightning].
I even tried cooking it myself.
The thing I saw most often nearby…
‘Sergeant Lee Min-jae’s lightning.’
dump.
The area around his neck turned into lightning and I held it in my hand.
The head and body of the decapitated wolf separated and fell to the ground.
The cut surface was incredibly smooth.
Through there.
Puhwaak…!
A huge amount of blood began to pour out like a waterfall.
The blood flowing from the bodies of the fallen monsters wets the pure white snow and pools on the floor.
It moved as if it had its own will.
It begins to flow towards my shadow.
‘
I thought this might be the end…’
A feeling suddenly crossed my mind.
‘It can’t be happening.’
It can’t end like this.
Following that strange intuition.
‘under!’
I hold the [Lightning] dish in my hand.
I threw it at my feet.
-Keeng!!!
While other monsters attack.
A monster that dug into the ground at incredible speed and settled under my legs.
That scream was heard.
“Whoop… Whoop!”
A meticulous combination of five monsters.
I thought I was going to die.
I somehow got through it.
‘This is… a method of combat through [elemental cooking]’
Unlike ordinary cooking.
[Elemental Cooking] was a very difficult skill for me.
The reason why such elemental dishes could also be used in battle.
It was thanks to that [field cooking].
‘The phrase that cooking skills increase on the battlefield…’
Thanks to the increase in skill, I was able to handle elemental cooking more naturally.
Because it was the hand that was wielded to use that elemental dish.
The process of grabbing the monster’s neck could be judged as a [cooking act].
“Wow…”
I barely managed to overcome it.
As I overexerted my injured body in a short period of time, my breathing became heavy.
I somehow calmed down my rough breathing.
I focused on the signs I felt around me.
‘There are a lot of monsters, but they are starting to be wary of me.’
There were still many monsters gathered around.
Let’s kill another group of prey, who just looked wounded and weak.
The monsters that were flocking around did not rush to attack and began to examine the situation.
‘It’s a relief for now, though.’
This situation too.
It won’t last long.
‘Even if there are a few more battles like this… I won’t be able to withstand it with my current stamina.’
They are only wary of me for a moment.
If you want, you can hunt leisurely after exhausting my stamina.
Time is on their side.
“Haha, damn it.”
It’s like a meal for the monsters that flock in the dark.
My situation is so pathetic.
A little sense of shame comes over me.
‘What if it wasn’t me who was here but Gwang-il?’
Injuries and all.
If you didn’t have to go through any trouble like me, swinging your fist two or three times would have been enough.
The monsters that flocked to that strength must have fled.
No, there is no need to go all the way to Gwangil.
If they are squad leader level soldiers in our unit.
Without the help of any equipment.
Even if the injuries are worse than mine.
Monsters of this magnitude could have been easily shaken off.
It would have been extremely easy for them.
for me.
It was only after going through all kinds of hardships and using all kinds of means.
It’s a level that can barely be imitated.
“Yes, Shin Young-jun, you bastard… Let’s not be mistaken.”
Only now that I have not received the strengthening effect of [Absolute Taste].
You will feel it properly.
‘My specialty is not combat.’
My job is a chef.
This is a production job, not a combat job.
“Including the first one and excluding the one who got hit by lightning. There are five in total!”
And of course.
“Still not enough!?”
The battle is.
-This blood….
-Ah, it looks like they will finally live….
Combat workers.
It’s something that needs to be done.