The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 323
Episode 323: Replenishment of power.
“The liquid state is the best…! “What is that!”
“If you think about it, there’s nothing strange about it, right?”
like that.
In-feed training began.
“It was a material that had no choice but to harden in the first place, so it was only used in a hardened state. As a cooking ingredient, it’s much more often used in liquid form, right? “When cooking, I often melt it on purpose.”
“But, senior… you can also spread pork fat on bread and eat it.”
“Is this pork fat? “It’s monster oil.”
“….”
Howard still had a hard time accepting it.
I said firmly.
“I’m not telling you to think of other ingredients that way. “I believe that the best state for animal fat from this monster is when it is in a liquid state.”
Howard said with a skeptical look.
“Does this ability change just because I believe that?”
“of course. “Because the subject of cooking is the chef.”
The moment I recognized everything as food ingredients.
As if my skills were truly starting to be applied to all things.
‘This guy is just more hard-headed than me.’
The moment when you change your perception of cooking.
That skill will also change accordingly.
“Shit.”
Howard ran his hands through his hair as if he was having a hard time.
He soon opened his mouth as if he had made a decision.
“If your senior tells you to do that, you have no choice but to follow.”
“…!”
“It’s just as you said. Anyway, oil made from monster fat is an ingredient I’ve never seen before… so there’s little sense of discrepancy. “Let’s give it a try.”
So in the end.
[Mixed Magical Animal Oil (Managed)]
[Freshness: Best (Fixed)]
[This is an ingredient that has received ‘ingredient management’ by an intermediate chef.]
[As long as the chef in charge of managing the ingredient is alive, this ingredient will always be of the best quality. It remains in its original state.]
[It does not harden no matter how long a period of time passes, does not rot in any environment, does not deteriorate in quality, and deterioration in quality due to external intervention is extremely slow.]
Before my eyes.
There was grayish-white oil glimmering softly.
* * *
“You can just do it.”
“…Really.”
Even though he did it himself.
Howard reads the state of the oil with disbelief.
“Really… I can’t believe I changed my mind this much.”
It is probably a characteristic that has been utilized only to the extent that it literally has a long shelf life.
Then, by changing his thoughts, the effect of the skill changed.
‘You must have realized something about the potential of a chef.’
perhaps.
This may speed up your acceptance of my other teachings.
“But….”
Animal oil that you made yourself, glistening even at room temperature.
Howard saw that and looked at me and said.
“With this amount, a vehicle, let alone a tank, wouldn’t be able to run for long.”
“huh? “I guess that’s right.”
“Didn’t you say that this is not for cooking, but for collecting oil to run a tank?”
Just a moment of admiration for your own abilities.
Howard said, still shaking his head.
“To collect oil this way, tens of thousands of monster corpses would not be enough.”
Well, definitely.
Although it is a very reasonable concern.
“Don’t worry about that.”
I did it because I had something in mind.
“Anyway, you just turn the fat of the monsters you bring in this way into oil. “I’ll take care of the rest.”
“Don’t worry… It’s absolutely impossible to move a tank like this…”
“It’s impossible.”
Eat.
In those words.
I smiled lightly and answered.
“also. “You still have a lot to learn.”
“…?”
“You say it’s impossible, so you don’t know anything about [the chef’s] potential?”
and.
“I’ll show you.”
Completed by Howard.
Oil that has received [management].
“What is real [cooking]?”
He placed his hand on it and spoke in a low voice.
“[Five loaves and two fish]”
In a small and shabby kitchen.
A dazzlingly brilliant light falls.
“…uh?”
Under that light.
A miracle from an old myth has been recreated.
* * *
“Whoa….”
In a room in the southern branch dormitory.
A man was sighing in frustration.
“…I understand how you feel, but it’s something that can’t be helped, Mr. Jongdu.”
“It’s something that can’t be helped… I know, but still!”
The middle-aged man who was with him tried to comfort him in his own way.
“I can’t believe we have to carry out such a dangerous operation…!”
The man’s words weren’t very helpful.
The identity of the man who was sighing was Kim Jong-du.
He was an awakened [architect] of the Eastern Branch.
[Heo Yun-chang]
[Intermediate Spearman Lv.26]
The man who was trying to comfort him was also.
He was one of the three leaders of the Eastern Branch and the person in charge of military affairs.
“If you were that dissatisfied, you should have stubbornly opposed it during the meeting in the center.”
“I used to be like that too! but.”
Jongdu said, wiping his face.
“That’s the message from the Corps, but I wasn’t in the mood to do anything on my own.”
“…Well, I was surprised to hear that too.”
Despite being in Gangwon-do.
A corps that exerted tremendous influence on the survival of humans in Gyeonggi-do.
When they sent the message, the association’s opinion immediately turned to proceed with the strategy.
“You just have to endure within the wall…!”
He thought as he looked at the southern branch wall.
Among the walls he created, it was the tallest, excluding the central branch and the eastern branch where he stayed.
On top of it was a battery recaptured from the military base.
‘Objects obtained by General Cho Beom-seok while attacking military bases.’
Beomseok Jo acquired various equipment by targeting military bases.
I heard that most of them were left in warehouses because they did not have the resources to properly operate them.
but.
That fixed battery was different.
‘I said there is no oil, but there is enough ammunition and shells.’
This is why it is said that the southern branch is the strongest except for the central branch.
In particular, that was the reason why I heard that it was better than the central branch when it came to defense.
“I even have a barrier to things like that. “If we go into a defensive battle, we’ll be able to hold out somehow!”
Although the strategy was decided,
Jongdu’s anxiety only grew stronger as time passed.
“Then what should we do? “Why don’t you just go back to the Eastern Branch?”
“Ha, I told you not to be sarcastic.”
“I’m not being sarcastic.”
A man holding a spear.
Heo Yun-chang said calmly.
“If Jongdu wants to do it, I’m really willing to do it.”
“…what?”
“Why are you playing around? “Then did you think I was going to say that we had to fight?”
Heo Yun-chang calmly sat down on a chair and said.
“You know? First of all, I am confident in my fighting skills, but I am not crazy about fighting like Jung-gu from the northern branch. “There is no need to fight a fight that is not beneficial to us now that the president of the association is missing and there is no need to follow the association’s wishes.”
“….”
“Don’t you think we can just tell them to carry out the attack among themselves and then we just have to return and protect our base? Maybe it’s another group. There’s Jongdu in our group, right? Whether or not those monsters suddenly turn around and attack. “Shouldn’t we somehow repair the wall, hold a sit-in protest, and hold out until that army comes to help?”
Cheo-o-ok.
Yoon Chang speaks while lifting his spear with one hand.
“I may not be the strongest warrior in the association. “If we limit it to defensive warfare, that is my specialty as a spearman.”
In those words.
Jongdu thought for a while, then sighed and said.
“…I’m not against the strategy either.”
If only the Legion’s message had arrived.
The side that proceeds with this strategy is probably the right one.
He didn’t just want to blurt out opposing opinions.
The problem that made him anxious was on the other side.
“The problem is that we are attacking with this force.”
“hmm.”
especially.
When the troops gathered from each branch are captured at a glance.
The anxiety grew even more.
“There is no one as strong as the president of the association. “The only strong people comparable to the executives are you and Jung-gu.”
“Well, compared to Jung-gu, I’m a little behind, but anyway.”
“At least I know that the awakeners in the southern branch are experts in large-scale battles. I know, but…”
“Well, compared to the troops that went on the attack with the president of the association at that time, it’s not much.”
and.
The source of that cold air is the place where even the president of the association failed to attack.
“so? “Should I come back or not?”
at last.
A choice needed to be made.
“Let Jongdu make the decision. “I only know how to fight, because Jongdu is the core of our group.”
“….”
“Going back after coming this far is a bit… you don’t have to think about it the same way, so don’t worry. They are all people who think survival is the most important thing. “If it is a slightly more advantageous option for survival, I can tolerate a few wasted steps.”
In those words.
Jongdu was unable to come up with an easy answer and was troubled.
‘If you consider survival… the possibility of returning is actually higher.’
An expedition that has an overwhelmingly high probability of failure with current power.
They say that in the future, the cold gets stronger and you die.
Because you will be able to live longer than if you die from a failed expedition.
But…
‘Going back from here… means betraying the Association.’
It is said that we are going in a different direction from his opinion.
Having to betray other groups that have been fighting together.
The survival of the group you lead.
Loyalty with other groups.
When you are having a hard time deciding between two options.
Doo doo doo doo….
“…!?”
Somewhere.
An unidentified vibration began to resonate.
* * *
“What is it? “What is this vibration?”
“…How could something like this happen in an era like this?”
At that sound.
The man in front of Jongdu said while holding a spear.
“They must be monsters.”
“…!”
“I’m sorry, but the time to choose has been greatly reduced.”
The man holding the spear looked down at Jongdu with a calm expression and said.
“If we just try to return to the east, the humans here will try to capture us. “If this tremor is due to an attack by monsters… it might be best to take advantage of the panic caused by the attack and return.”
“…!…”
“Choose quickly, Mr. Jongdu. “Should I return like this… or should I fight with them?”
“What bullshit is that!” Jongdu said
that
as if it wasn’t worth worrying about.
“Let’s fight together!”
“…Mr. Jongdu. “You know your attitude has changed a lot since before, right?”
“What I was worried about was whether to follow this expedition or not!”
An expedition with a high probability of failure.
Although whether or not to participate there may be something to worry about.
“Even if I have to leave without carrying out this operation… “It is right for us to fight this battle together.”
In a situation where the same human being was attacked.
The option of not helping was non-existent from the beginning.
“The reason I was considering returning was because there was a high probability that the operation would fail and our group members would die. “If you are not involved in the operation and are just attacked by a monster… we have to fight together.”
“Even if it becomes more of a hassle when I decide to return later?”
That too.
He stood up and said, holding his hammer, his weapon.
“At that time, I’ll have to hold on to my pants and beg for them to let me go home.”
Eat.
“Well, if that’s the case Mr. Jongdu.”
In those words.
The man holding the spear laughed lightly and shouted as he walked out the door.
“Warriors of the East!”
“yes!”
“Everyone ready for battle!”
The awakened people of the eastern branch gathered in one dormitory.
They quickly gathered their weapons and gathered outside the building.
“Captain! “Did you feel the vibration?”
“okay. “Maybe large monsters are approaching.”
There is tension on the faces of the awakened people.
“It’s a large monster… how should we deal with it?”
“It would be good if we started subjugating right away, but unfortunately, this is not the Eastern Branch.”
He turned his head and looked towards the central part of the southern branch.
I looked at the place where the southern leaders, including Beom-seok Cho, would be.
“The defense system here will be different from the Eastern Branch. For now, everyone stand by ready for battle. “The battle will be led by the expeditionary force commander, General Cho Beom-seok.”
“yes!”
“We respond organically according to their orders.”
like that.
When they saw the reaction of the southern branch and were about to respond…
“You can put down your weapons.”
“…?”
very.
A man who must give orders.
“General Joe?”
Beomseok Jo.
He walked slowly next to them and said.
“You can put down your weapons.”
“What is that…? “Is that an order?”
“What an order. “What kind of grandiose words are you talking about?”
While the warriors of the Eastern Branch were embarrassed.
Beomseok Jo said with a chuckle.
“You’ll just know when you see it.”
Doo doo doo doo doo….
Amidst a huge vibration echoing.
The humans in the Eastern Branch saw an unbelievable sight.
With a cooing sound.
A huge barrier created by Kim Jong-du himself.
“Opening the barrier…!”
“Have you gone crazy!”
The sight of the barrier door opening.
Given the circumstances, a monster invasion is certain.
In the meantime, the door to the wall was opened.
“You can’t believe it.”
The humans in the eastern branch were astonished.
He pointed the weapon he was holding towards Beomseok Jo and said.
“Are you planning to betray us!”
A situation where most of the association’s remaining power is gathered.
In other words.
The moment the power in this place disappears.
It was safe to say that humanity in Gyeonggi-do would be wiped out.
‘You’re opening the barrier!’
The Southern Branch’s actions can only be seen as intent on the annihilation of humanity.
The humans in the eastern branch could not help but be astonished.
“Well, actually, I still don’t quite believe it.”
“…?”
“I completely understand your confusion.”
He still calmly turned his back.
I sighed and shook my head.
“No matter how hard it may be to attack with our current strength, that’s true. “I can’t believe they solved it like that.”
“So what are you talking about?”
“I can’t even imagine how something like that is possible.”
I can’t believe I solved it.
‘…who? What on earth did you solve?’
The moment I was confused by such thoughts.
The gates of the huge wall were wide open.
Beyond that, a snowstorm begins to rage with great force.
From across the darkened field of view due to the blizzard.
An object was seen approaching inside the barrier.
“Anyway, the reason I came to see you was because I had a favor to ask.”
“….”
“They are already sturdy items, but I heard that they may not be enough.”
All awakened people who succeeded in recognizing the identities of those objects.
I open my mouth blankly.
“Jongdu, I hope you can use your skills to remodel those items to make them more sturdy. “Can you help me?”
In those words.
Kim Jong-du looks at the objects listed in front of him.
“Uh…uhh yeah.”
I could only nod my head blankly.
Of course.
For humans living in the 21st century, it is more powerful than anything else.
A being that was nothing short of a symbol of humanity’s powerlessness.
“All right.”
Dozens of tanks and armored vehicles.
Because they were lined up in front of their eyes.