The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 61
Episode 61: Abnormal Appetite (2)
[The chef’s archenemy.]
[I encountered a person with an abnormal appetite.]
[Job Quest – Slay the Opponent (Abnormal Appetite)]
[Abnormal appetite.]
[These are beings who have gained distorted power through eating in the wrong way.]
[One of the unforgivable enemies of chefs who lead proper eating!]
[Kill your opponents.]
[During the quest, your combat ability increases significantly only when dealing with opponents.]
[Quest Reward – Random Skill Book]
‘Job quest?’
What’s this.
The world has turned into a game-like system.
But does that mean we have quests now?
‘no. ‘It’s been a while since I was surprised by everything like this.’
After calming down, I slowly read the contents of the quest window.
As a result.
I could understand why that guy had such a strange appearance and powers.
‘Abnormal appetite….’
A being that gains distorted power through incorrect methods.
That may be the wrong method.
“Big brother! Please save your life…!”
Even now, he is killing his former subordinates and growing in size.
You’re probably referring to that action.
And my job is ‘chef.’
I think that kind of ‘eating’ is unacceptable.
what.
That’s not important.
Once a quest comes to mind, the most important thing is the reward.
That’s the problem.
[Quest Reward – Random Skill Book]
‘crazy.’
A skill book?
Not much is revealed about how to acquire skills.
Or achieve an achievement.
Or, pay a huge amount of points at the point store and purchase a ‘Random Skill Book’.
Either one.
In the latter case.
An item that can be obtained only at a price that would make even me, who has saved up a lot of points, freak out.
however.
Are you just giving it to me?
‘I can’t stand this.’
He looked at the flesh monster that was still hunting his men.
When I think about it.
Those looters are also prospective recruits who will be ‘rehabilitated’ through my cooking.
A monster that is growing in strength by absorbing those guys.
You can’t just sit back and watch.
“Everyone focus!”
He shouted at the soldiers.
“That bastard. “It seems to be increasing its power by absorbing humans.”
“Is that something like that? Then how should I deal with it…”
“What should I do?”
I calmly put my hand on my waist.
I took out a kitchen knife.
“Before I absorb more. “I have to do it quickly.”
“….”
They were friendly soldiers who were dazed by the unrealistic sight.
As long as the order has been given.
“Loyal loyalty!”
There was no hesitation.
“Kahahaha!!! Where are you going and leaving me! “You pig!”
Starting with Corporal Jeon Gwang-il throwing himself away.
The attack by our soldiers began.
Unlike the previous time when Jeon Gwang-il and the lump of flesh competed 1:1.
This time, an all-out attack with all our soldiers mobilized.
He directly absorbed the looters who would help him.
I thought it would be easy to defeat.
“Kuhuh…!”
“Corporal Jeon Gwang-il!?”
Corporal Jeon Gwang-il, who attacked first, vomits blood and flies away.
“Tsk tsk. “Now it’s a bit more fun…!”
Although I woke up as if nothing had happened.
He is wiping away blood from the corner of his mouth.
He’s so strong that even that guy, Gwangil, can get fatally injured.
“You monster. “I’ve become stronger than before!”
Is it because they have already devoured numerous looters?
A flesh monster that was already powerful.
The guy had become incredibly powerful.
A monster this strong.
It reminds me of the ‘Mac’ I encountered in a hardware warehouse.
‘hmm. If I attack you, you’ll just die?’
My major is, of course, cooking.
Combat ability is ok.
Even though I was the first in the unit to successfully awaken, wouldn’t I have to perform well to be at the mid-level level?
Corporal Jeon Gwang-il, who is by far the strongest in our unit in terms of combat ability, shows such an attitude.
If it were my usual self.
There is a high probability that it will be folded in half 3 seconds after the battle begins.
‘Still, I can’t just watch.’
With a kitchen knife in both hands.
I approached the monster.
There is also one thing I believe in.
[Job quest is in progress.]
[During the quest, your combat ability increases significantly only when dealing with opponents.]
A buff that is applied while completing a job quest.
Significant increase in combat ability.
It is a ‘significant’ increase.
Even if he’s not as good as Gwangil, isn’t he still stronger?
“Sergeant Shi Shin!?”
“Go away!” “This is us…!”
The warriors who were engaged in close combat were surprised when they saw me approaching.
I guess they are asking why I, who is not in a combat position, came to such a dangerous place.
I ignored their dissuasion.
I focused my attention on the lump of flesh in front of me.
[The chef’s eyes activate.]
[Acquire ‘Secrets of Low-Level Cooking – Enlightenment on how to prepare a person with an abnormal appetite.’]
I reminisce about the grooming methods that come in waves through my head.
The Chinese food held in my right hand also gave strength to the [Black Chinese food].
A thick and heavy knife.
I swung the knife, hoping it would work against that big guy.
however.
‘…uh?’
The moment you swing your sword.
I felt something had changed.
I expected that he would have become somewhat stronger due to the effects of the job quest.
This.
It’s not ‘to some extent’, is it?
‘My body is too light.’
My body became strangely light.
It penetrated among the soldiers as naturally as water.
The guy who was busy dealing with the warriors didn’t notice my approach.
I follow the grooming method of the guy that comes to mind.
His hand holding the knife moved naturally.
Suddenly-
A blade that cuts through thick leather like a sheet of paper.
It didn’t end there.
[The last queen’s sorrow digs into her wounds.]
[Inflicts critical damage to enemies.]
[Black Chinese] and [Dokgo Old School].
The two swords were made from the paws of the white spider queen that occupied the ammunition battalion.
The last queen who led a race.
Her resentment burrowed into her cut wounds.
“KWWWWW!!!”
The huge lump of flesh screamed in pain.
“What is it?”
“This is Sergeant Shin! “Sergeant Shin Young-jun’s attack worked!”
Warriors, of course.
A monster that could even withstand attacks from rear-guard wizards.
“it hurts. it hurts. it hurts…!”
A guy like that suddenly starts to glow in pain.
I could feel our soldiers looking at me with eyes filled with astonishment.
‘I’m surprised, but I wonder if other people are surprised.’
but.
There was no time to sit still and be surprised.
“I’ll kill you…!”
Because it caused so much pain.
The guy’s aggro transferred to me.
This guy seems to be twice as big as when I first saw him.
The huge hand rushed towards me.
The moment you get caught there.
Every bone in his body will turn to dust.
but.
‘It’s slower than I thought.’
no.
‘Have I become faster?’
After dodging his attack by moving my body lightly.
He swung the sword in both hands towards the loophole created by his attack.
Suddenly-
“Kaaaa!!! “It hurts, it hurts!!!”
The guy starts crying from the pain.
While the guy was screaming.
“You look like you like to eat.”
Mouth open to scream.
He puts his foot between that huge mouth and forces it open.
and.
[Arakron Jerky with a deep sense of helplessness filled with the sincerity of a low-ranking chef]
“Would you like to try some of this too?”
“Kruk.”
[Combat rations] were thrown in.
“What are you doing, you guys! Let’s join in!”
“Help Sergeant Shin!”
The emotion contained in [Combat Rations] is a deep feeling of helplessness.
“Oh, it hurts… stop…”
The spirit of the helpless guy noticeably decreases.
His soldiers helped me and joined the fight.
No matter how much you have become stronger due to the effects of the quest.
If we fought 1:1, it would have been impossible for me to beat him.
Of course, his spirit was broken by the cooking of [Dense Helplessness].
‘It’s different from you who swallowed up your colleagues.’
For me.
There were soldiers to fight with.
‘There is not even the slightest variable.’
With my head empty.
I just continued to swing the sword in both hands in a trance.
Suddenly.
Suddenly.
Stab.
Cut.
Take a picture.
Gargo.
How many times did you repeat that process?
“it hurts. it hurts. it hurts. it hurts….”
The result of repeatedly cutting off the grotesquely swollen lump of flesh.
A guy who has been reduced to the size of an ordinary human.
The guy fell to his knees on the floor and sobbed.
“it hurts. it hurts. it hurts. it hurts. It hurts… I’m sorry. I’m sorry. Help me. Help me….”
I took a deep breath and watched the scene.
A guy crouching down holding his dwarfed shoulder and begging for his life.
A guy who had quite a bit of power.
If you keep it alive, you might find a corner to use it somehow.
but.
[Identification of food ingredients]
[Abnormal Appetite]
[He was once a human being, but through wrong means, he completely escaped being a human being.]
Unfortunately.
This guy had already ceased to be human.
“I’m sorry, but… I don’t think you will be able to be rehabilitated.”
A monster that grows its strength by eating humans.
I recalled that the marauders who chased Jeong Soo-ah’s group asked that they hand over only the humans since they had enough supplies.
Even the thought of using them as slaves is a pretty scary thing.
Just look at the way this guy absorbs other marauders to increase his size.
‘The marauders’ demand to hand over only humans….’
Rather than simply using them as slaves.
Wasn’t there also a purpose to increase this guy’s size?
“It hurts, it hurts. “Mom… save me…”
gulp.
They say they keep them alive by feeding them [special sauce].
It would be difficult to control a guy who has little sense of reason left, even with my cooking.
Suddenly-
I tightened the hand holding the knife.
I ‘trimmed’ the guy’s neck area.
OK.
Just like when killing monsters.
[Experience points have been obtained.]
A strange sense of satisfaction flowed into my body.
I feel a huge amount of experience filling my body.
[The player has been killed.]
[Points owned by the player – Gain 3271pts.]
‘Even the points you own?’
The point he had was passed on to me.
no way.
If you kill a person, can you even get the points that person has?
As I was thinking about that.
Suddenly I realized.
‘Is this my first murder?’
It has already taken the lives of many monsters.
This guy too has become closer to a monster than a human.
‘Tsk.’
Nevertheless, he was once human.
He wasn’t in a very good mood.
Although I could feel his fingers holding his sword trembling slightly.
I gritted my teeth and suppressed my trembling.
‘You shouldn’t get lost in useless thoughts.’
I am so depressed thinking about the enemy I killed with my own hands.
I didn’t have time for that right now.
‘What I need to care about. ‘I’m not dead.’
Those who survived.
The most important thing is how to survive with them.
In that sense.
The amount of points received this time is:
It was enough to surprise me.
‘3271?’
The guy who chewed up and swallowed all the other marauders.
Among the humans who were eaten that way, even the points that the awakened ones possessed were gained at once.
It didn’t end there.
[Job Quest – Killing the enemy has been completed.]
[Reward – Random Skill Book]
Even a random skill book.
‘It was a forced subjugation to increase the number of troops.’
The reward I received was more than I expected.
Covering your mouth with your bloody hand.
He let out a happy laugh.
What a reward.
It’s hard to stop laughing.
* * *
“Wow, you’re smiling.”
“…You can’t believe you’re laughing so leisurely after fighting such a monster. how.”
When Sergeant Shin Young-jun was smiling while checking the reward.
The soldiers who watched this muttered.
“I wonder what on earth I just saw.”
“Is it the same thing I saw? “Sergeant Shin literally cuts off that monster.”
“right? “You didn’t see it wrong, right?”
“Corporal Jeon Gwang-il is also a monster who fell out. So easily…”
The soldiers were in confusion.
The force that Sergeant Shin Young-jun showed against that grotesque piece of flesh.
Because it was at a level that I couldn’t believe it was shown by someone with a job called ‘chef.’
Plus, the sight of him smiling while covering his mouth with a bloody hand.
The appearance of a battle enthusiast you only see in movies.
Isn’t that what it is?
“I didn’t know because he was usually seen serving food and directing from the rear.”
“That is Sergeant Shin’s original appearance.”
“Sergeant Shin didn’t even use a gun when he woke up. “I heard he tore a lizard to death with just a kitchen knife.”
“crazy. “Is that humanly possible?”
Let’s reexamine the story of the time of awakening.
The soldiers looked at Sergeant Shin Young-jun in astonishment.
“No, at that level, wouldn’t it have been better to come forward in person on a regular basis?”
“I know. “Why are you always in the rear?”
Soldiers with doubts.
The answer to that was.
It was a huge man, over 2 meters tall.
“haha. you. “You still don’t understand?”
“Former corporal?”
Corporal Jeon Gwang-il, who was listening nearby, tapped the soldiers on the shoulders and said,
“He wanted to give us a chance to grow.”
“What an opportunity to grow. “What do you mean?”
“Sergeant Shin is a chef, so you can gain experience through cooking. But combat-type awakeners like us can’t do that, right?”
“That’s right.”
“Oh no way!”
Let’s continue the explanation there.
Some soldiers were able to sense what Corporal Jeon Gwang-il was trying to say.
“okay. It would be easily resolved if Sergeant Shin himself took up the sword, but then we wouldn’t be able to grow. so.”
“Are you saying you gave up the monsters for our growth?”
“okay. “I can’t help but be moved by Sergeant Shin’s consideration.”
Corporal Jeon Gwang-il speaks while wiping away tears from emotion.
Then one of the soldiers tilted his head and asked.
“Then, were you seriously injured when the ammunition depot exploded last time?”
“Because combat ability and physical ability are different. “You might be a little slow at running.”
“That monster in the hardware warehouse….”
“Are you talking about ‘Mac’? They must have decided that it would be more useful to keep that guy alive rather than kill him. “After actually capturing them, the engineers are putting them to good use.”
Whatever the reason actually was.
A conversation that seems to fit together well.
“I can’t believe it was something like that.”
“Sergeant Shin….”
“In that respect, I think we have a lot to reflect on.”
Corporal Jeon Gwang-il clenches his fists as if he is angry.
“Sergeant Shin has made such concessions for us. Because we were weak, we couldn’t defeat that pig. “I can’t believe how frustrating it must have been for Sergeant Shin to see this.”
“Ah, that’s why Sergeant Shin came forward this time…!”
“He was so frustrated that he pulled out a knife with the feeling that I was running. “He must have felt relieved to see us in such a weak state and then smiled because he felt relieved when he cleaned it up himself.”
“oh.”
Let the soldiers be amazed by the plausible interpretation.
Corporal Jeon Gwang-il said to them with a grin.
“Because Sergeant Shin is so considerate to us. “There is only one thing we have to do.”
“What is it?”
“I’m going to hone myself and become stronger so that Sergeant Shin doesn’t have to step forward like he did today. That would be a way to repay the sergeant’s consideration.”
After Corporal Jeon Gwang-il finished speaking.
The soldiers of the warrior group spoke with their eyes shining brightly.
“Indeed… I understand.”
“I’m Corporal! “Can I ask you to spar with me as soon as I return to the unit?”
“Me too…!”
“Of course, I can’t train with just one person, so I’ll deal with about five people at the same time.”
“thank you!”
like that.
That the soldiers’ desire for training is burning because of him.
The person involved was not even aware of it.
* * *
After clearing up the battle scene.
The soldiers of our unit began searching the villa village.
The resources accumulated by the looters are also resources.
What matters is humans.
The reason we carried out the subjugation of the marauders was not about resources.
Free and recruit slaves oppressed by marauders.
Captured prisoners are ‘rehabilitated’ with [Chef’s Special Sauce] to increase the number of unit members.
Separate about half of the power for that.
As a siege team, they were placed in various places around the villa village.
“We waited patiently, but only a few looters came to us.”
Minjae, who was in charge of commanding the siege team, said.
“Honestly, I was exhausted. I thought you guys succeeded in taking most of them prisoners. Now that I look at it, it doesn’t seem like that.”
“Unfortunately, that’s how it turned out.”
Marauders who tried to take them prisoner.
Most of them were eaten by that ‘abnormal eater’ to increase his strength.
How fast is that big body?
They caught the marauders who tried to escape and swallowed them up.
Thanks to this, the only looters captured were a few captured early in the battle.
Next are those who were held as slaves.
“Soo-ah!”
“Guys!”
“Miss Sua, I never thought you would come to save us.”
Including those kidnapped from Jeong Soo-ah’s group.
They succeeded in finding and rescuing several slaves.
However, this number was not as large as expected.
The reason became clear as the search continued.
“Wow.”
“This….”
A corner of the villa village.
Soldiers searching a building in a remote location were disgusted as they saw the scene unfolding before their eyes.
slave.
Some of them were abused as slaves while still alive.
There were many who did not.
“Have they been tortured here?”
“no. “Look closely.”
I pointed to the bodies piled up in the building.
The degree to which limbs are cut is mild.
Of course, there are traces of it being used as a toy to satisfy their desires.
Beyond that, there are corpses damaged by meaningless violence.
“It’s not like torture. “I killed him while playing with him as a toy.”
“Anyway, that’s true. “It would be efficient to use them as slaves, but why kill them like this…”
Puzzled soldiers.
I almost knew the reason.
“I guess they were trying to provide food to that lump of flesh.”
“ah…!”
That flesh monster.
He was definitely called big brother by the marauders.
“That guy was the leader of the marauders.”
“The guy who swallowed up his men….”
“okay. “He’s a guy who absorbed his subordinates just because he was in a hurry, but it’s unclear what he was like in normal times.”
This is probably a place where slaves were kept before being provided as food.
The looters probably played with it little by little before processing it into food.
“that. “There are also traces of it being used to relieve desires.”
“Did you hear what that piece of flesh said? “Did you think you had the intelligence to care about such things?”
“….”
Vocabulary skills that seem to be similar to those of a 3-year-old baby.
I don’t know if it’s a side effect of gaining strength through ‘abnormal appetite’ or what.
Aside from becoming stronger, most of his reason seemed to have been blown away.
“….”
“Tsk.”
The expressions of the soldiers darkened as they looked at the terrible scene.
but.
You shouldn’t just think of this sight as disgusting and move on.
“We could have ended up like this too.”
Because we have grown our strength from the mountains.
From the position of the strong, they were able to subdue them.
If our strength was lacking even a little.
On the other hand, it could have been one of the corpses piled up there.
“Keep in mind. You must never let down your guard. “Even if we are the strong side right now, we never know when we might be overtaken.”
“yes.
“Monsters are monsters, but don’t trust humans easily.”
“Don’t trust humans.”
“Then who should I trust?”
Who should I trust?
You’re asking the obvious.
“corps.”
What you can trust.
Only colleagues from the same guild.
While we were in the process of organizing the scene.
Someone came up to me and spoke to me.
“It’s the same with the eyes and the group members. “How should I repay this favor?”
Jeong Soo-ah.
And it was the members of her group who had been taken as slaves.
“thank you. Please say hello to everyone too. “He is the savior who saved us.”
“This is him.”
“Soo-a, for healing her sister’s eyes….”
“Thank you!”
A savior.
I felt it a little bit last time too.
‘This woman likes grandiose expressions.’
anyway.
“The transaction is complete with this.”
“yes.”
“Now, we need you to become a member of our unit. “Can I understand that there are no complaints?”
“Sure.”
“Then let’s stop talking from now on.”
Among the group members, there were many who looked older than me at first glance.
However, my location is location.
I even had to speak informally to Mr. Park’s grandfather in front of many of his unit members.
‘It’s a bit cringy, though.’
If you do not show dignity commensurate with your position, the organization may be shaken.
What should I do if I endure it?
“I actually feel more comfortable that way. “Please call me whatever you want.”
“The guild membership process will proceed as soon as you return to the unit.”
Non-awakened people will proceed with awakening in turn.
In the case of awakened people, craftsmen in workshops will make and distribute equipment.
After that.
These people will become full-fledged members of our unit.
“yes. however….”
“hmm? “What do you have to say?”
“Now that I have officially become a member of the unit.”
ah.
Come to think of it.
“As a member of the unit. “I want to pass on some information I have.”
Jeong Soo-ah used to scout various places through the spirit eye.
There must have been limits to my range before I tried my cooking.
However, if you have been on the ground for a long time and have used the Spirit Eye.
Isn’t she the one with the most information in this area?
I asked back with anticipation.
“What information?”
“You already know that this world has become like a game, right?”
That’s it.
This is something that awakened people cannot fail to know.
“Have you ever played any games?”
“…I’m not a huge fan of it, but I like it as much as others.”
“Then you can see how important this information is.”
I wondered what on earth he was taking so long to say.
What she said with a grin on her face.
To be honest, she couldn’t help but be surprised.
“It’s a dungeon. Have you heard of it?”