The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 62

Episode 62 Absolute Taste

After the subjugation of the marauders is over.

“I will join you.”

“I don’t have anywhere to go anyway, so if you accept me….”

Accept members of Jeong Su-ah’s group and survivors who were held as slaves as members of the unit.

For marauders.

“Hehehehe… hehe….”

“It’s delicious.”

“Please, just one more bite….”

“If you swear to obey me. “I will feed you this dish every day.”

“Loyal loyalty!!!”

It underwent some rehabilitation work.

As a result.

Although the awakening work is progressing, the number of troops in the unit has increased considerably.

The fire did not go out in the workshop to provide customized equipment for the new unit members.

“Are you going to make as much lizard skin as those people?”

“Um, I guess it’s still okay?”

“It looks like it’s still okay because we don’t have enough inventory.”

“Yes. Still, you don’t have to worry, right? It may be impossible to continue using lizard skin, but my skills have improved considerably. “I think we can maintain the same quality as the first time we made it using the skin of other monsters.”

actually.

This was also smaller than the number of people initially expected.

There is no need to be disappointed.

“I told the groups I was interacting with that I decided to join them.”

Jeong Soo-ah said.

Since she was exchanging information with many groups, she wanted to absorb those as well if possible.

“What’s their reaction?”

“I tried my best to persuade him. “I think I’m still hesitant.”

“is it.”

“Not everyone can afford it. Sooner or later you will have to make a choice. “Maybe we can look forward to it in a good way?”

“What is the reason?”

“Those marauders are quite famous. Those guys were wiped out, and it was the soldiers who wiped them out. “Such rumors began to circulate among survivors.”

what?

Were there any people watching us subdue the looters?

“Actually, it’s a rumor spread by our group.”

“ah.”

Well, the source of the rumor doesn’t matter.

What was important was that such rumors began to circulate.

‘If the image of soldiers improves, more people will come to join us.’

This is great news.

* * *

Organizing new unit members and supplies obtained from the marauder’s base, etc.

After the aftermath of the battle was somewhat resolved.

Gather the leaders at a banquet.

My team members and I opened the guild message window.

[Shaman: It’s a dungeon.]

Sergeant Park Tae-jun, who remains in the mountains.

To check the guy’s message.

‘Dungeon.’

After deciding to join the unit.

This was the information that Jeong Soo-ah shared first.

It appears so often that it can be said to be essential in RPG-type games.

The origin of the name is said to be something like a castle dungeon, but its meaning has changed quite a bit in recent years.

A place where certain types of monsters gather.

There are so many different types of shapes and types that it’s hard to define them, but

there is one characteristic that dungeons in the game share.

‘It’s the best farming place.’

Experience.

item.

It’s all incomparable to what you get in the field.

So, Jeong Soo-ah was planning to lead her group and attack after gaining a little more strength.

I felt it during the fight against the marauders this time, too.

Even if we are among the strong right now, we never know when we might fall behind.

It is a difficult situation to try to conquer the military right away.

Can we just pass up the opportunity to become stronger?

If you listen to this point, it may seem like a place with only advantages.

Dungeons have another feature.

‘The level of difficulty is often higher than that of the field.’

so.

I asked our guild’s shaman to tell me the future.

[Shaman: It seems true that there is something in that place you mentioned.]

[Chef: What do you think? Is it okay if we attack?]

[Shaman: Hmm. That is.]

But.

[Shaman: I don’t want to recommend it right now.]

This is the result.

[Shooting leader: Is the fortune telling not good?]

[Shaman: If you consider whether it is good or bad luck. It’s unfortunate right now. I think it probably means that the dungeon is too difficult to conquer right now.]

My lieutenants and I focused our attention on Jeong Su-ah.

“Why are you doing that?”

“In the words of Sergeant Park Tae-jun. That dungeon. “I heard it’s a very difficult place.”

“yes?”

Jeong Su-ah, who was embarrassed, waved her hands and said.

“I also tried to attack when there were about 30 awakened people in our group. “I didn’t know it would be such a difficult place…”

“Can’t you see inside the dungeon with that spirit?”

“I wish I had. Because it’s not that fraudulent. “Even Bangul couldn’t go into the dungeon.”

but.

Even if you found out the location of the dungeon through reconnaissance, it would be impossible to find out its difficulty level.

“Rather, the one who gives me goosebumps is me. “I have now passed on the information about the dungeon to you all, but originally we were planning to attack it with our group.”

“If you tried to attack the group after raising it easily, you would have ended up in big trouble.”

“If the difficulty level was such that the corps was difficult, it would have been difficult to get 30 awakened people. Ugh. Thinking about that gives me goosebumps…”

Jeong Su-ah’s ability specialized in reconnaissance.

And Park Tae-jun’s ability, which is close to a kind of precognition.

Although it was the same information series, there was quite a big difference.

‘…I guess Taejun was able to avoid major damage because of this guy.’

You can discover new information through Jeongsooah’s spirit eye, but you don’t know what will happen when you touch it.

Taejun Park’s astronomy is too random.

The good news is that the two abilities compensate for each other’s shortcomings.

Discovering a new area through Jeongsooah’s spirit.

Because through Taejun Park’s astronomy, you can decide whether you can go there or not.

‘It’s not a drone. By recruiting a spiritist. The stability of our activities has increased overwhelmingly.’

anyway.

There is a high possibility that the dungeon will be difficult to conquer right away.

We decided to increase our strength by awakening the newly joined survivors.

“Increasing strength… la.”

After finishing work at the restaurant.

When I returned to the room, I fell into thought for a moment.

‘I was lucky this time.’

The leader of the marauders.

According to the information given by the ‘rehabilitated’ marauders, it was originally ordinary, but after repeated cannibalism, it took on that form.

At first, it was quite manageable.

Not after devouring all the looters.

A powerful enemy that even Gwangil would find difficult to deal with.

I’m lucky that the job quest Slayer the Adversary appears.

If it weren’t for the resulting increase in combat ability, he would have suffered great damage.

‘No matter how much strength you increase, it is not enough.’

After gathering my thoughts, I sat down on the bed and opened the status window.

[Awakened: Shin Yeongjun]

[Job: Junior Chef (2nd job) Lv. 19]

[Strength: 19]

[Dexterity: 30]

[Magic power: 18]

[Luck: 24]

[Attributes: Lesser Dagger Skill, Lesser Cooking Skill, Lesser Ingredient Identification (Enhancement) Lesser Flame Affinity]

[Skill: Chef’s Eye Chef’s Special Source Combat Food]

[Points: 8182pt]

[Random Skill Book x1]

It’s been a while since I opened the status window.

Since I’ve had quite a lot of work to do so far.

Compared to when I opened it before, I could see that the number had risen considerably.

What stands out the most among them is the point.

“Eight thousand? “You’re crazy.”

Usually, you don’t accumulate points like this.

When all the other soldiers gather as much as they can, they start using it right away.

But I’m not in a combat position.

I saved about 4,000 points because I didn’t feel the need to use them.

When I added the points I got from the ‘abnormal appetite’ guy I killed this time, I came up with this number.

Slowly.

It’s time to write.

‘ah. Previously.’

I should use the item that appears in the status window first.

Let’s put our hands in our arms.

I caught an intangible book that only my eyes could see.

[Random skill book]

[You will randomly acquire one type of skill related to your job.]

[The skill book you obtain as a reward cannot be transferred to others, so be careful!] A

thin book without even a cover.

If you read this, you can gain new skills.

I opened the book without hesitation.

OK.

A wave of information rushed into my head.

[Skill – Absolute Taste (new)]

[To make delicious dishes, you must first know about taste.]

[The best chef is also the best gourmet!]

[Your sense of taste reaches its limit.]

[The taste of cooking You will be able to feel the ingredients more carefully than anyone else and be able to catch even the smallest characteristics contained in the ingredients.]

[Effect 1 (Passive) – The effect you gain from cooking will greatly increase in a positive way.] [

Effect 2 (Active) – When using the skill, you will be able to bring up small [characteristics] contained in the dish.]

The name of the newly acquired skill is [Absolute Taste].

It’s a skill that allows your sense of taste to reach its limit.

Um…

this.

“That sucks.”

What if you can taste the taste well?

You must feel good when you eat delicious food.

But it didn’t seem like it would be of much help in battle.

‘The first effect is not bad. This means that the effect will increase when I eat my cooking.’

The effect of the dish I made is stronger only on myself.

In other words, the effectiveness of the buff increases.

The problem is that I’m not that strong by default, so even if the buff effect increases, I think it’ll be there.

Compared to full-scale combat characteristics, it is a bit lacking, but it’s not bad.

The problem is the second effect.

I have no idea what you mean by enhancing the features.

“What kind of skill only applies to myself?”

It would have been nice if it was an effective skill for the unit members.

It’s unfortunate, but there’s nothing we can do.

Next, finally.

It’s time to shake off the points you’ve accumulated.

“Points Store.”

Let’s mutter that name softly.

[Point Shop]

[Recent Purchase Items – Ordinary Kitchen Knife – 5pt]

[Hard Rye Bread – 10pt]

[Ordinary Steel Sword – 30pt]

[Ordinary Shield – 30pt]

I skimmed through the list of useless items without even looking at them.

So let’s get to the bottom.

A reason has emerged to force soldiers to use their points right away.

[Potion of ability increase (Strength) – 1000pt]

[Potion of ability increase (Dexterity) – 1000pt]

[Potion of ability increase (magic) – 1000pt]

[Random skill book – 3000pt]

[This is the last page.]

[Through a later patch . Items may be added.]

A lot.

Items that allow you to gain abilities and skills.

“I’m not in a combat position, so there was no reason to invest in a hurry.”

This is not the case for combat-type awakeners, such as warriors or wizards, so they invest their abilities through potions as they accumulate points.

“Let’s see.” With the points I have, can I buy eight potions or two skill books and two potions?”

in other words.

No matter how you use it, you can purchase at least two potions.

First, I decided to purchase [Potion of Increasing Stats (Power)].

[Pay 1000pts.]

[Remaining points – 7182]

A red potion appears in front of you.

“I still know something about this potion.”

Because other unit members are already purchasing items as soon as they have points.

Of course, I heard this from people who have already tried the ability-boosting potion.

‘A potion that randomly increases abilities from 1 to 3 when consumed.’

This is also random, in case anyone says it’s not a game-like world.

It would be a shame if 1 came up.

According to what the unit members said, even if it were only 20,000, it would be more than worth the points.

They say that if 3 appears, you can’t even brag to others.

The reason why people criticize me for being a deceiver.

As a bonus, even though it is a potion, it tastes pretty good.

Tastes like a drink like Col

“Please 3 no. “It’s okay to go for 20,000, so don’t go for 10,000.”

Saying prayers that don’t have much meaning.

I opened the cap of the potion and poured the contents into my mouth.

A refreshing taste with a subtle lime scent.

I felt the magic contained in the potion pass through my mouth and spread throughout my body.

and.

Tiring.

[You have consumed the potion (power) to increase your ability level.]

[Your ability level is increasing.]

The phrase that your ability level has increased appears before your eyes.

It’s the same thing you’ve heard so far.

‘They said that 3 increased from 1. What matters is how much it increased.’

I waited slightly nervously for the message to appear.

I hope it’s not just 1.

however.

A message that was completely different from what I expected first caught my eyes.

[Skill – The effect of Absolute Taste is activated.]

[The effect obtained through cooking is greatly increased only for you.]

“…?”

[Strength stat increases by ‘5.’]

Huh?