The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 286

Episode 286: The person who came to help you.

‘I can’t help it. There is no right way to do it right now, so I have no choice but to just do my job.’

He let out a small sigh and headed towards the place where the warehouses were gathered.

Shaman Han Yi-seo borrows the power of the spirits to determine the direction of the group.

If Jung-gu commands the combatants with his force.

Druid.

Jaeho produces food using his own abilities.

And he was in charge of managing the inside of the wall using abilities specialized in defense.

Management of materials.

His most representative work.

“uh?”

So I was heading to the warehouse.

Those eyes opened wide.

‘Why is it open there?’

Buildings used as warehouses.

among them.

A warehouse that was not usually open was open.

Some people managing the warehouse were just closing the door.

“Is there a problem?”

“Ah, Mr. Jaeho.”

Jaeho approached the warehouse and asked people.

Then, those who were closing the warehouse door turned their heads.

To be exact.

It was a warehouse where the corpses of monsters were stored.

“This warehouse is filled with nothing but the corpses of monsters. Did someone hunt the monsters?”

Those who were closing the door looked at Jaeho.

It wasn’t long before we started collecting the corpses of monsters.

Some production workers have only recently begun to stand out.

After it became known that they needed monster skin or teeth to demonstrate their abilities.

The combat workers went around and brought back the corpses of the monsters they had defeated and stored them.

Should I say that I am fortunate?

The cold weather itself acted as a freezer, so managing the warehouse was easy.

Just put the monster in, close it, and that was it.

Things like meat were useless.

The remaining by-products had many uses as ingredients.

There’s nothing to rot in this cold anyway.

Rather than having to take care of it outside, I just put it in the warehouse.

Later, production workers just had to prepare the materials whenever they needed it.

Unlike other warehouses.

I don’t think it’s a place that will cause any major problems if it disappears.

The corpses in this warehouse were not necessarily strictly managed.

There were so many different types and numbers of monsters that I didn’t even bother to classify them, so I didn’t count them.

“Oh actually.”

But then I saw that the warehouse was open.

It’s not like the combatants have gone out to suppress…

right now.

A fact that may not be a big deal.

Kang Jae-ho felt a great sense of discomfort.

“You know that person who came in recently?”

“If it were him… yes. “I think I know who you’re talking about.”

“The man came to us and asked us for a favor. “I want you to give me the monster’s body and some materials.”

“…I beg your pardon?”

In the man’s next words.

His complexion turned pale.

“What have you done!”

“Yes yes?”

“The man was an outsider. “But you opened the warehouse so easily without asking my permission!”

“Oh no. “That…”

Jaeho got angry.

Those who managed the warehouse could not help but be embarrassed.

“Didn’t Jaeho know this too?”

“What is that…!”

“We were also hesitant as to whether we could freely hand over the corpse of a monster, no matter how useless it was, to an outsider like this! “There were a lot of stories from people in the combat profession that they were talking about something suspicious.”

“You know very well. But why…!”

“That’s it.”

Next, the words that came out of the man’s mouth.

Jaeho could not help but be astonished.

“Miss Lee Seo came with me and said it was okay.”

“…!”

“You’re the same executive, right? So, we definitely discussed it with Jae-ho…”

Jae-ho turned around without hesitation.

“Shit!”

He urgently.

I started looking around to find out where the outsider who had recently joined was.

‘I should have told you not to trust Lee Seo so quickly because she might have become strange…!’

Han Yi-seo has been working as an executive for a long time.

I thought that even if I suddenly stopped trusting her, it might cause internal confusion.

I did not inform all group members of this fact.

Unlike himself, who joined this group only later.

Han Yi-seo was the leader of this group even before it joined the association.

Just heard that the man was trying to gain access to the restaurant.

We only requested strict management from those who manage the restaurant.

Other than that.

I just observed them doing strange things.

But of course.

For a moment, he excluded Yi-seo and talked to Jung-gu.

‘He started acting suspicious!’

That too.

It wasn’t usually something suspicious.

‘It’s nothing else, but why are you taking the corpses of monsters…!?’

It would be better if you took food with you.

You might take it lightly, thinking it’s just a hungry petty thief.

But they took the body.

Isn’t this such an unpleasant thing?

‘what? What are you going to do with the corpses of those monsters?’

Countless ominous premonitions.

A thought passed through Kang Jae-ho’s mind.

What comes to mind when you think about collecting corpses as something to do?

Like summoning a demon by offering a corpse.

Like scattering some kind of ominous curse within this base.

That kind of thing.

Terrible and disgusting imaginations.

‘Damn it, damn it…!’

He tried to push away the ominous thoughts that dominated his mind as much as he could.

I asked around and ran to find where the man was.

And only then did I know.

That man now.

“You…!”

It’s not enough to just take the monster’s body.

The area he manages.

“How are you?”

I was inside the orchard.

A staple food in the northern Gyeonggi area.

The very place where the food is made.

“I would have said that if you do something suspicious, I won’t let you go…!”

Jae-ho’s angry body.

Change began to occur.

Kuuuung…

Jaeho takes a step.

What was heard was not that of a human…

but that of a huge beast.

“You disobeyed the warning, so you will have to pay.”

[Nature Painting – Wood]

[Beast Painting – Woong]

What appeared there.

It was a huge bear.

It’s not just that it’s big.

Tree trunk-like things sprouted from various parts of the skin, covering the body like armor.

Transforms into the form of a beast and gains tremendous power.

It is a unique fighting method that transforms only the skin into thick and hard tree roots.

‘Druid’ is basically a combat profession.

This is what it looks like now.

This was his true appearance when he was active as a combat officer.

If you use both skills at the same time, the consumption of magical power is enormous.

In this state, he was strong enough to overwhelm even Park Jung-gu, the best fighter in the group.

Now, that ability is only being invested in food production.

Once leading a group.

He is a strong man who has slaughtered countless monsters.

Those huge, sharp claws.

Swinging towards the man in front of me.

On that attack.

Just before the man’s body is torn apart…

‘What…?’

Jaeho Kang.

He could not help but be astonished by the phenomenon that occurred before his eyes.

* * *

“You will have to pay the price.”

By saying that.

The man’s appearance changed into that of a huge bear.

Those huge paws rush towards me.

The moment I saw that, I thought.

‘You look really strong.’

They say that [Field Cooking] has improved your combat ability.

In the first place, I am not in a combat position.

Against such a large enemy, it tends to be a little outmatched.

Looking at that armor-like skin that looks very hard even though it is made of wood.

It seems difficult to inject poison.

The moment you get hit directly by that attack.

I will turn into an unrecognizable corpse.

Is that why?

-Your master’s master?

-Shall we take a stab at it?

The escorts spoke to me, warning me of my danger.

A shadow swayed along with a voice expressing anticipation.

Its shape took the shape of a sharp blade.

Two sharp knives.

No matter how strong the wooden armor that surrounds the bear is.

It wouldn’t be able to withstand the swords wielded by two elite vampires.

I didn’t join this group without thinking.

Even if the fighters in this group are hostile to me.

My combat power has also improved considerably.

Even those two elite vampire siblings.

If it has that much power.

Because I had the confidence to overcome any crisis.

but.

‘Don’t do this, you guys.’

I didn’t come here to fight.

This group of humans is not the enemy.

If I had to define it.

‘These are the customers who will eat my food.’

I am still just a cook.

I have never opened my own restaurant or anything like that.

‘I know that I have to go through a bit of trouble to secure customers.’

and.

The moment an acquired customer becomes a regular.

I also know that the hard work I have done so far will be rewarded many times over.

I looked out of the corner of my eye at the bear charging at me.

At the bottom of this orchard.

I scattered the ‘dishes’ I brought.

[Improvised, unfinished animal fertilizer made with the care of a war chef]

Sreuk….

“No!!!”

A huge bear shocked at what I did.

Either that or not.

I thought as I scattered the finished dish.

‘Because I didn’t have enough time, I couldn’t go through the process of properly decomposing the fertilizer.’

If there is no power in the ground.

To replenish that strength, just feed it food.

Fortunately.

I have already fed the land.

The quality may be a little inferior compared to what was made by a proper [farmer] awakened person.

I heard that the taste is incomparable.

Although it was good that they tried to make fertilizer like that.

It turns out that the Druid was in charge of managing the ingredients.

It was not possible to make fertilizer perfectly, which took a long time.

I thought it was inevitable that I would get caught quickly if I stole the ingredients.

‘In fact, it is a half-baked fertilizer that does not go through most of the important processes.’

You can see remnants of the monster’s flesh here and there.

Even if the effect is second to none in this state.

It was clear that it would not penetrate the ground properly.

so.

In times like this, what is needed is…

‘force-feeding’

this dish that cannot even properly penetrate the land.

It was a force that could be force-fed.

[Characteristic – Forced feeding activates]

The power to feed even those without a mouth or stomach.

Originally, this would only apply to ordinary dishes and ordinary people.

‘For me, there are no limits to cooking ingredients.’

If you look at it from my perspective.

All things in the world are simply divided into those who will become my food and those who will eat my cooking.

“Eat.”

It would have been normal for unfinished fertilizer to not be mixed into the land.

What is contained in it.

These are definitely nutrients that can give strength to this land.

* * *

-Waah…!

“What the hell is this!

Something unidentified that the man sprinkled on the floor.

As if it were a liquid.

It naturally seeped into the ground.

Within.

It spread throughout the surrounding land.

The land was drying up and losing all its intelligence.

Not only was it cracked, but it was also frozen in places due to the cold.

The very land that was clearly dying.

‘The vitality is replenishing…!’

That moment.

He came to his senses and thought.

‘No, don’t be fooled. Kang Jae-ho! ‘This too may be an illusion!’

Kang Jae-ho.

His profession is Druid.

Commune with nature.

It was his ability to find strength in nature.

‘In the past… I got into trouble because I didn’t trust this ability.’

How many times have you regretted it?

at that time.

If only I could have figured out the identity of those trees through this power.

He would never have made a wrong choice.

Is it because such thoughts are deeply rooted in my head?

After making that wrong choice.

He doubts everything else.

Just one.

‘This power I have.’

As much as the voice of nature.

I decided to trust it absolutely.

If you believe this voice.

The matter of that day could have been resolved well.

Because I believed that.

But…

‘What is this!?’

The voice of nature.

Something was strange.

Until recently.

-I’m hungry….

-I want to die….

-I’m thirsty….

The earth’s intellect is drying up.

Because I couldn’t even get enough sunlight.

Trees that were just slowly dying.

-delicious…!

Those trees.

-Happiness, just happiness…!

-Sweet….

-Hehehe…hehehe!

Because he was making such a voice!

“How?”

The amount of energy he extracted from the land to create food was considerable.

So much so that the healthy earth becomes as dry as a desert.

Skills have continued to be used to help people survive.

Those were days when I was overcome with guilt when I saw the trees screaming in pain.

There were times when they tried to revive the brain power by applying fertilizer or something like that.

Ordinary fertilizer could never keep up with the enormous consumption of intelligence.

Priests and healers.

Something no one else has been able to do.

It’s none other than that.

‘That guy did it?’

It was extremely suspicious.

That guy did it.

“What are you…”

The form taken to tear the man in front of me to pieces.

Transforming into that of an ordinary human again.

“What are you doing, human?”

“So how many times have you said it?”

Let’s look at him in disbelief.

The man behind him slowly turned his body to the side.

He answered by extending his hand towards the scenery unfolding behind him.

“The person who came to help you.”

“….”

In the direction he is pointing.

The dry land that had turned into a desert gave off a strange glow.

“Why are you still going to doubt me?”

It was regaining its beautiful vitality.