The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 368
Episode 368: Peak time.
“I don’t think it’s too late.”
-what?
Let me mutter that.
The giants who heard the sound laughed.
-Are you bluffing even in this situation?
-No matter how great your strength is, I know that your physical condition is not normal. That they can’t do anything about us for just one minute.
It is understandable that these guys are confident of victory.
What if there were about 5 minutes left?
No matter how hard I try to make a fuss.
There’s no way we can do anything to those giants here in just one minute.
Jerk.
“You guys let your guard down a little too much.”
-…?
But…
I said as I walked towards the guys.
“No, rather than being careless… should I say it was a lack of research?”
Of course.
That really only goes so far.
This is when you only have one minute.
“You don’t know anything about the sealing mechanism.”
Fortunately.
I knew more about this seal than those guys.
‘I never thought my experience of going to [Cheonsan Military Academy] would be helpful here.’
I have already been through other gates.
There were times when I came across people lying there, sealed inside.
at that time.
I was able to find out a lot about that seal.
For example…
‘The time of this seal is determined by the power of the sealed person.’
The stronger the entity, the longer it is sealed.
The weaker the entity, the shorter the time it is sealed.
also.
If you use this part well.
‘If you pour out a debuff to weaken the target… it becomes possible to move only in that weakened state.’
The executioners of [Seohwan] who were sleeping at Cheonsan Military Academy.
Some of them do that.
I was able to open my eyes faster than the originally scheduled time.
‘Debuffs through cooking can affect that seal.’
and.
If the debuff through cooking affects the seal.
‘You mean it would be normal for it to be the other way around?’
When a debuff is applied, the seal is released only in a weakened state.
So, to put it the other way.
‘If I give a buff… what will happen?’
[Shadow Curtain]
I put my hand into the shadow.
I took out the dishes inside.
[Intermediate Chef and War Chef]
-What are you doing…
-What are you trying to do?
He seemed to sense that my attitude was not just bravado.
There is anxiety in the giants’ voices.
“You must be hungry after being sealed for so long.”
I smiled and answered their questions.
“Let’s eat first.”
grasp!
Dishes taken out from the shadows.
The dishes were thrown at the giants.
Phew!
Giant monsters that are clearly powerful, but cannot move yet.
My cooking touches the ice that is trapping that body.
…That was enough.
[Forced feeding]
Those dishes.
Because it began to seep inwards, regardless of their will.
-This….
-This taste is worse than that.
The monsters were looking down at me triumphantly.
The monsters’ eyes shake violently.
[Sealing…]
[Time remaining until unsealing – 25…]
-I’m sure there won’t be much left…!
The seal that remained on their bodies.
The time was gradually decreasing.
[…26]
[…30]
[…67]
-Nonsense!
Because it started to go backwards.
* * *
-how…!
-What have you done to us?
After taking out the kitchen knife in my pocket.
I looked at them and thought.
[…82]
[…108]
[…189]
[…404]
‘It’s a well-made dish… but in the end, it’s a cold dish.’
The extended time was approximately 10 minutes.
Because they were that powerful to begin with.
They say my cooking made them stronger.
It would have been difficult to significantly recover the sealing time that had already been consumed.
‘It’s unfortunate, but there’s nothing we can do.’
I approached them with my heavy body.
I remembered an entertainment program I once saw on TV.
After famous and talented chefs showed up as a group.
A program that competes against each other’s skills.
‘The time given is 10 minutes.’
There were many ways to compete for that skill.
Among them.
There was only one thing that came to mind now.
‘You have to produce the maximum results within those 10 minutes.’
…within a limited time.
A competition that produces the best results.
“What are you doing?”
Holding a kitchen knife.
I walked up to the body of the giant closest to me, grabbed hold of the ice, and climbed on top.
“I want to try some cooking.”
-Stop it…!
[Soul Cooking Skills]
Look at the essence of the ugly appearance overlaid on the giant’s body.
[Warrior leader of the frozen kingdom]
[Thick crystal Gelimbo]
[One of the 20 overlords who rule over the frozen souls of Belsnickel and the leader of the loyal warriors for the king….]
Leading these mischievous demons. One of the leaders.
A monster that probably possessed considerable power.
Just before the seal was released.
He was the guy who told me he was the guardian of bugs and all.
-Please… stop.
but.
Right now, my body is trapped in a seal and I can’t move.
[Advanced dagger skills]
[Martial arts – food]
[Field cooking]
So bad…
– I apologize for what I said earlier. So please…!
“No, you don’t have to apologize. “I wasn’t particularly hurt by those words.”
The blade of my dagger cuts through the ice.
In the end….
“No matter what the guy who will be my food says anyway….”
[Boss monster Thick Crystal Gelimbo has been defeated!]
“Because there is no reason to get hurt.”
-Warrior leader!!!
-No…
with the body of a giant.
The guy’s soul has been [touched].
* * *
[Thick Crystal Gelimbo’s Trimmed Soul]
I put only the trimmed soul into my shadow.
I thought as I climbed onto the body of the next giant.
‘In my heart, there are many things I want to ask.’
What happened in the world of these guys?
Why do other monsters lose their bodies like that?
Are these guys the only ones who managed to maintain their bodies?
I had a mountain of questions, but…
‘I don’t have time right now.’
According to [Gate]’s explanation.
These guys are the ones who created eternal winter in the world they were in and drove it into destruction.
‘I don’t know if a somewhat moderate conversation is possible. They feel that the temperature at which humans can live is extreme heat.’
Just like that Pope.
Beings that can never be compatible as long as the environments in which they live are different.
then.
Now these guys can’t move and only I can move.
What I had to do was fixed.
[Midir, the King’s first blade crystal knight.]
[One of the 20 overlords who rule over the frozen souls of Belsnickel and the one who fought most faithfully by their king’s side….] A being who would become an
enemy.
Removing that power as much as possible.
“You’re next.”
-It is cowardly to cut down an enemy that cannot move. If only you knew the example of a warrior…
“I’m sorry, but I don’t know anything about that.”
This guy is different from the guy before.
The appearance of the soul was not very ugly.
Looks like a knight wearing shabby armor.
“I’m a cook, not a warrior.”
-…is it. It’s just a pity. If only this body could move, I could have had a great duel with you.
of course.
Even if that soul is a little more gentle.
Startling –
[You have hunted the boss monster, Crystal Knight Midir!]
“But you can’t move, right? whatever.”
In the sense that it is just my food ingredient.
There wasn’t much difference.
-Lord Midir!!!
-Ah ah….
Immediately throw down your heavy body and get on top of the next monster’s body.
[Balthazar, the Grand Duke of Winter and the Ice Flame Duke.]
[…as the one who controlled the most territory, excluding the king.]
-Stop. First, listen to my suggestion!
“proposal?”
-You must have seen the brothers from the native species out there. The power he has!
The guy who was looking down at me with an arrogant attitude earlier.
By the time I had climbed halfway up his body.
The arrogant guy shouts out in an urgent voice.
-We gave that brother the power to become a monarch like us. You too have seen its power!
“Oh, that was amazing.”
-If you saw it in person, you would know! We never break our promises!
“so?”
-If you want, no, if you want! You also have the same power as us. It gives us the strength to stand above us…. “
Fuck
you, man.”
of course.
There was no time to listen to all that.
[We have hunted Balthazar, the Ice Flame Blade!]
-Even Lord Balthazar…
-Ah, Grand Duke!
Some spectacular content appears before your eyes and experience points rush into your body.
Ignoring all that.
“next!”
[Valeim, the extreme saint who protects the fallen frost]
[As the person responsible for the miracle of informing the frozen souls of the existence of their king and creating a religion where they could unite, the ‘Belsnickels’ were in fact able to function as an army. It seems that he is the main character…]
-He is indeed the guardian of the native species. I should have expected that a being of his caliber might have more tricks up his sleeve… I’ll admit it. That we were arrogant.
[We have hunted the extreme saint Baleim.]
“Next!”
[Eterek the Wise, Prime Minister of the Frozen Kingdom]
[The Belsnickels, born from the souls of the dead, were beings without any civilization. However, after Eterek, who was a great politician and scholar even when he was alive, joined, they were finally able to establish a civilization with a political system…] -I
never thought that this world would be able to participate in the sealing… I I realize once again that the wisdom I have accumulated is insignificant and fleeting.
[I hunted the wise man Eterek.]
Just like that.
I thought as I cut them down as quickly as possible.
‘Each one… they are called by their individual names, not by their clan names.’
Seen through the eyes of a chef.
Other miscellaneous demons I have met so far include [Belsnickel Junior Knight] and [Belsnickel Watchman].
Although they were called by their tribal names and titles.
These are not such tribal names.
Each person was called by their own name.
‘Named boss monsters.’
Achieve great feats in their world.
Great beings who were called by their unique names rather than their tribal names.
[Patriarch Anador, the understander of lonely souls]
[‘Belsnickels’ were originally souls trapped in extreme loneliness. It was the first thing that healed their souls and made them aware of the existence of brothers who could share their wounds…]
-I never thought my end would be like this… But anyway, it was the second life I was given. I have always been determined that a day like this will come someday. Please do as you wish.
“I was going to do that anyway.”
-If I could give you one piece of advice. Don’t try to carry too much burden alone. I feel sorry for you because I see you are overdoing it.
[I hunted Anador the Understander.]
“…This is useless advice.”
Some of them.
I felt a strange sense of wisdom in those words.
‘Apart from being our enemies… they were probably treated as the greatest heroes among them.’
If it was original.
A powerful enemy that would have required a large-scale operation by the legion to defeat just one enemy.
If you just open your eyes.
These powerful beings would have taken less than a week to dominate the entire Gyeonggi-do.
-Please save my life…!
“no.”
Suddenly.
[I hunted Margrave Lakrond of Glacier, the guardian of the frozen sea.]
-If you’re going to kill him, kill him quickly. I have no intention of pleasing your ears with miserable begging and screaming.
“You seemed to enjoy that.”
Suddenly.
[I hunted Ilaon, the watchman and inspector general standing at the end of the icicle.]
Without any resistance.
Your soul will be cut off by my blade.
‘Whoops…!’
How many monsters did you cut down like that?
Suddenly, I felt a sharp pain attack my entire body.
At first, I thought the pain was caused by overexerting my injured body.
But… it wasn’t.
[Experience points are acquired in large quantities.]
[Experience points in large quantities…]
[Experience points…]
‘What experience points…!’
Blue grade monster.
He defeated such a monster alone.
Until now, I have encountered monsters of a similar level several times.
Most of them were in a weakened state.
Otherwise, it was handled by forming a friendly alliance rather than subjugation.
[I hunted…!]
Hunt it myself like this.
This was the first time I gained that experience.
[The level has increased.]
[Lv.37]
After reaching level 30.
The experience level didn’t really rise to the point of death.
[The level has increased.]
[Lv.38]
It fills up in an instant.
‘It’s a level comparable to what I got after solving Morzan…’
That Morzan did not disappear, but came into me.
The experience I gained at that time was the experience gained from clearing one gate and achieving achievements.
But it’s different now.
‘A race that brought destruction and ruled a world.’
The history built up by the rulers of that race.
The incredible power they must have accumulated while achieving great achievements…
[A large amount of experience…]
was flowing into my body.
* * *
‘Kruk….’
I felt like my body was going to explode from the rush of experience.
Even in the midst of all this, he somehow managed to hold on to his senses and spoke.
“20 overlords… la.”
Recall a few words from a phrase you saw in passing.
-Ah ah ah ah ah…!
-It’s a miserable end fitting for my miserable life…
-…Everyone, take it easy, brothers. The time has come to accept our end.
-Oh, it’s a nightmare. This must be a nightmare…!
Guys in despair.
The number of giants was clearly exactly 20.
It seems like everyone is already dead.
These guys seemed like they had given up and put everything down.
‘…There’s not enough time to cut them all down.’
I wouldn’t know if my body was normal.
Right now, I can’t even walk properly.
The limit was to cut down about one animal per minute.
then.
“They said there was a king.”
-…!
You must defeat enemies as efficiently as possible.
-The ones who fought most faithfully by the king’s side…
-The loyal warriors for the king…
According to the text of the system.
These guys have more than 20 lords.
There was a being called a king above their heads.
-….
-….
“Ah, will you keep your mouth shut?”
Let me bring up the king’s name.
The guys even stopped screaming in embarrassment and kept their mouths shut.
‘Even if you don’t want to die, you have to protect the king, right?’
I quickly looked around.
and.
Only then did I see one thing.
“That…”
This huge royal castle.
A huge wall in the deepest part of it.
…no.
“It was a giant.”
Because it’s so huge.
A being that I mistakenly thought was a wall because it did not enter my field of vision at once.
It was located in the deepest part of this castle.
[Created Emperor Ariant]
[This is their emperor, created by the great empire Ariant with all his might.]
[To fight against the invasion of frozen souls, the surviving free people came to desire a powerful being to lead and command them. The created Emperor Ariant is the result, created by concentrating all the technological power of a world…]
[Status – Possession]
[The frozen spirit Belsnickel’s progenitor and king resides within him.]
Even other giants look like children. huge body.
No, big isn’t everything.
What is more important is the energy emanating from that body.
[Combat Power Meter]
‘Indigo…!’
The magical power that emanates from this body.
It was a color I had never seen before in my life.
Even.
‘There is a different color inside.’
Deep inside that body.
A slightly darker color was flickering faintly.
-Stop it.
-The king… unlike us, has not yet opened his eyes.
As the saying goes.
Considering that the stronger the seal, the later it is released.
It will be a while before that being opens its eyes.
Unlike other guys whose souls were awakened from the seal first.
This guy, the king, didn’t even seem to have come to his senses yet.
And to put it the other way:
‘The only chance to easily deal with such a strong enemy…is now.’
A monster with a dark-blue body.
If he comes to his senses, he is now a monster that has the potential to cause great trouble to humanity someday.
Wow.
Before my eyes.
I was exposing my neck defenselessly.
-no…!
I somehow got on top of that body.
He aimed the blade at his neck.
“…At this level, the knife wouldn’t even have gone in.”
An incredibly hard and powerful body.
If it was original.
They say I am now a person with [Advanced dagger skill].
With my injured body, it would have been difficult to inflict even a single proper wound on this body.
…If there is one good thing.
one.
-O king…!Only our king!
This guy is the king.
and.
If the opponent is a king.
[Title – Kingslayer]
[All types of effects against leader-level entities increase by 100%.]
My power.
It becomes a little more efficient.
Crack, clap,
clap, clap.
Creep Creep Creep-
“That doesn’t cut that well!”
-Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!
My blade.
Dig into the giant’s neck.