The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 93

Episode 93: Erosion of Another World (1)

“Hmm. “It will probably take some time for you to wake up.”

“Is it that much?”

A man suddenly came to see us in a meeting and fainted.

The medic said after checking his condition.

“It appears that his nutrition was extremely low to begin with. I don’t know why, but even in that situation, it seems like I overdid it quite a bit…”

“No matter what, it’s still like that. “Even with your medical skills, it’s difficult?”

Private First Class Sa Ui-jun, a medic.

What if I gained experience by cooking my unit’s dishes alone?

The only two medics and chaplains in our unit gained experience by taking responsibility for treating the wounded from numerous battles.

Both healers have reached fairly high levels.

Even if he was seriously injured, he could be saved as long as he didn’t die.

“In the first place, it wasn’t an injury problem, it was a problem of energy.”

“What’s different?”

“If it’s something like malnutrition, I’ll give him nutritional supplements, but this person seems to be an awakened person.”

After hearing those words, I belatedly looked at the man.

[Ingredients Identification (Enhancement)]

[Freshness – Low to Medium]

[Awakened: Kim Young-gwan]

[Job: Lesser Messenger Lv. 11]

[Status: Mana depletion]

“This is what I learned after watching for several months. Awakened people rarely suffer from malnutrition. In fact, even if there is a problem with nutrition, the magic power within the body somehow makes it work.”

“Then this man…”

“He has overworked his body to the point where even his magical power has been completely depleted. “No matter how low you put it, it looks like it will be like this for a week… or a month at the most.”

Even without Private Sa Ui-jun’s words, I could tell that it was not a normal condition.

Results obtained through food ingredient identification.

‘Freshness is important….’

The freshness of most living creatures is the best.

Even if it was not possible, it was often expressed as an award.

Even dead materials were often marked as prizes if they had just died.

Nevertheless, it is important.

All I have to do is live.

The condition of the body is that of a corpse.

“…Shall we at least try some food?”

Since then, I have experience opening the eyes of people who are blind.

I thought that if I could feed it, I could relieve the depletion of mana.

“To someone who’s passed out? “Quit.”

“Is it still not possible?”

“Sergeant Shin’s cooking will definitely be effective, but if you do it wrong, it will go to prayer and you will be in big trouble before the effect takes effect.”

“greatness.”

“This is not a patient worth treating urgently in the first place. It’s not difficult to save it. “It just takes some time.”

“But that’s a good thing.”

The problem is what this man said: ask for help.

I mean, I don’t know the situation at all.

There is one keyword I know.

‘Dungeon.’

actually.

If it weren’t for this keyword, I would have waited leisurely for treatment.

I glanced to the side.

I made eye contact with the soldier standing there.

“Byungmin.”

“yes. Private Lee Byung-min.”

“Did you hear anything?”

“That…”

Lee Byung-min.

This time, I am the person who brought that man to the conference room.

“I haven’t heard anything in detail either. When I asked where he was from, he said he was from over there in Chuncheon…”

“Chuncheon.”

“A person who looked like he was dying kept asking for help, so I thought something was unusual and took him straight to the conference room. “If I think about it now, I should have calmed down and asked more questions.”

“No, you did well.”

A man who would have reached his limit at that point anyway.

What you said to us must have been the most important keyword.

‘It’s a dungeon.’

It’s not the first time I’ve heard it.

We have already achieved quite a bit of growth by conquering dungeons that have appeared in the subway.

Of course, the explosive level up of unit members.

Because I even gained guild skills.

There has never been a case before or since where all the guild members who participated in the strategy grew to that level.

Truly a crazy reward.

But I never conquered the dungeon after that.

The reason is simple.

‘I want to attack it, but I need to know where it is.’

Dungeons were never common.

Even Jeong Soo-ah, who is looking through the Inje-gun area through her spirit eye, has found nothing except the dungeon we conquered at that time.

Although it is dangerous.

The best farming place that offers commensurate rewards.

I can’t believe this man who asked for help mentioned that precious dungeon.

‘A request for help is a request for help, but it is also an opportunity to conquer a dungeon.’

Now that I know that I can’t escape Gangwon-do right now.

This is something that cannot be missed in order to grow the unit for the future.

‘Still, it’s hard to go forward without any information.’

I opened the guild message window.

and.

[Chef: Shaman teacher.]

The shaman of our guild…

No.

[Planetarium] Sergeant Park Tae-jun, the awakened man, was called.

however.

[Chef: Are you there?]

[Chef: Are you sleeping?]

He didn’t answer for quite some time.

Just when I was worried that something was going on.

[Shaman: Ah. Is it Youngjun?]

It took a while before the answer came back.

[Chef: What? Are you busy? …If there is any problem there.]

[Shaman: No. There is no major problem right now.]

[Chef: Really?]

[Shaman: I’m just late in answering because I had to focus for a moment. What’s going on?]

I was a little puzzled.

If you think about it.

In the past, this was the guy who would warn me before anything happened, saying, ‘You can go there or you can’t.’

It seems like it’s been a while since those warnings stopped.

‘It’s something I have to concentrate on.’

If the Taejun I know is the guy, I wouldn’t have to worry too much.

I’m a little worried.

‘Well… if you need help, you’ll say it first.’

I decided not to bother asking.

That’s not what’s important right now.

[Chef: Something like this happened….]

[Shaman: Hmm. I’ll have to look into it a bit.]

For now, stick to the original purpose.

I told him the story about the man from Chuncheon.

OK.

[Shaman: There is something I can see. Um.]

[Chef: Oh. What is it?]

[Shaman: It’s such an abstract landscape. I don’t know if it will help.]

It’s abstract.

This guy’s ability is its downside.

[Chef: Still, it’s better than nothing. Please tell me.]

[Shaman: Well, if you just tell me what you saw, I will make a good judgment. I understand.]

Like that.

The scenery that Taejun told me was roughly like this.

[A city half-submerged in water.]

[Water pours down like a waterfall from the rooftops of buildings.] [

The city is immersed in pitch-black darkness because sunlight cannot penetrate even in broad daylight.]

[Humans with gills walk around inside.]

…It’s abstract, though.

A scenery that seems completely unlikely to exist in reality.

Taejun’s job.

[Planetarium] is like that.

Ability similar to that of a fortune teller.

It is powerful in the sense that it can tell you about the future, but it is rare to be told directly.

Most of the time it is abstract and symbolic.

‘Rather than saying that Chuncheon is actually like that, it should be seen as a way to maximize some of its characteristics.’

It’s definitely a useful ability, though.

This is unfortunate.

Taejun also seems a little frustrated.

‘No… it might be better this way.’

It would be better to show it clearly, if possible.

In some ways, this might be better.

‘Because the characteristics you need to prepare for clearly appear.’

It does not show the real landscape as it is, but shows it abstractly.

In other words.

After getting rid of everything you don’t need to see.

This may also mean that only the core features are shown.

From that perspective, here are the features you should pay attention to.

“Is it just water and darkness?”

You can prepare according to those keywords.

It’s okay to say this directly.

If you only know the keywords you need to prepare for.

‘There’s nothing I can’t solve with my cooking.’

* * *

“Preparation for expedition. “It’s done.”

“It must have been a sudden preparation. “It happened pretty quickly.”

Everyone agreed on the importance of dungeons.

The meeting about what to do at the corps headquarters was meaningless.

In the end, our unit’s next advance destination was decided to be Chuncheon.

So once the decision was made.

It didn’t take long to prepare for the expedition.

Honestly, I was a little surprised.

This trip to the dungeon was basically due to the fainting man’s request for help.

‘These guys. I was worried that he seemed very unkind to people who weren’t members of the unit.’

How can you be so altruistic?

It was touching to see soldiers faithful to their duty to protect the people.

however.

“Those guys. “I guess you got excited when I heard you were going to conquer a dungeon.”

Minjae saw that and said,

“What are you talking about?”

“Defeating the last dungeon. I do not remember? “Most of the unit members who participated in the attack grew tremendously.”

It was like that.

Even though I monopolized most of the experience gained from conquering dungeons,

thanks to hunting the abundance of monsters, other unit members also experienced growth to the point where they rose at least one level.

“The people who left at that time were very disappointed.”

“Then the reason they were in such a hurry….”

“It’s because the world has become one where the more powerful you are, the more advantageous you are. “I don’t like this world, but I can’t help but be excited because it’s a dungeon where I can get decent rewards.”

“….”

It was a reason that had nothing to do with altruism or anything like that.

‘Who will you blame? It must have been the influence of my cooking that it ended up like this.’

I should be satisfied with the fact that the unit members have a strong desire to improve.

Even if you use a railway that is a straight path.

The distance to Chuncheon is by no means close.

Since it was not a distance that could be easily traveled, it became necessary to divide the troops.

“Don’t worry, just go. Didn’t I tell you last time? “When I worked at that tailor shop, I also acted as a manager.”

“It’s a little different from that, isn’t it?”

“That’s what it says.”

During the expedition.

The management of the unit was decided to be taken over by Lee Sang-ah, the only unit commander in a production position.

Even if you consider her experience as a tailor shop manager to be a joke, she has experience as the leader of a group of survivors.

He is also an executive who can communicate through guild messages.

It was worth trusting and leaving it to you.

Except for the awakened production workers, there will be only a few people left in the unit.

Because even blue-collar awakened workers don’t have that bad combat skills.

Actually, I myself work in production.

“There is a barrier built by engineers near the base. I heard that you are leaving the tram behind because it consumes too much gas? “If you take into account the defense facilities, there won’t be any major problems.”

“That’s a good thing.”

“If there really is a problem.”

Lee Sang-ah lets out a small sigh.

I wondered what the problem was.

“Are you saying that the soldiers who couldn’t eat the commander’s cooking are very dissatisfied?”

“ah.”

This.

It’s a problem I can’t do anything about.

“Still, there must be quite a lot of combat rations left behind.”

“Yes, but. “It’s different from the food you made yourself.”

She says while shrugging her shoulders.

“If you think about common sense, it would be more difficult to participate in the expedition, but the soldiers who decided to stay would be more dissatisfied. These days, I really realize how important food is for welfare.”

What can you do?

I have no choice but to be patient until other awakened [chefs] join me.

The remaining unit members gathered as much material and food as possible and began moving.

The travel route is a previously secured subway track.

Unlike the roads that were clogged with accident vehicles, it was a straight, open road.

To begin with, it was a place where people were rarely present.

Except for one time when zombies crawled out of a train that had collapsed in the middle.

We were able to move without any major crisis.

“As expected… the subway is pretty safe.”

“The railroad tracks on the ground may be a problem. “If we just strengthen that wall somehow, we might be able to create a fairly safe supply line.”

I continued moving while listening to the engineers who participated in the expedition having a conversation.

After passing through one station.

I tried to move to the next station, Chuncheon Station.

“Stop stop!”

Those leading from the front gave a stop signal.

“What’s going on?”

“Well, I think you should see it for yourself.”

Where the soldiers signaled a stop.

It was a section that left the subway and connected to the ground.

Let’s come out to a place where you can see the scenery on the ground.

Far away.

I saw a big wall.

“…?”

This is the timing when the scenery of Chuncheon City should have started to become visible.

But what I saw before my eyes was very foreign.

As if someone had drawn a line.

As if drawing different pictures on either side of the line.

Two completely different landscapes unfolded casually.

“…what about that?”

One side was an ordinary landscape.

What is heterogeneous is the other side.

Originally, this is a space where the scenery of Chuncheon City should be spread out.

Even though it was broad daylight, it was as dark as deep night.

‘As if there were black curtains drawn.’

The black curtain seems transparent.

The inside seemed a little see-through.

The water was flowing as if it would reach up to a person’s chest.

No water was leaking out of that space.

I looked closely.

Water continued to pour down from the walls of the buildings.

Like a waterfall.

This scenery.

I heard it a while ago.

“What is abstract?”

The scene that Taejun saw.

It was reproduced exactly as it was.

“It was very specific….”

[Dungeon discovered!]

[Erosion of the Otherworld – Dasmur]