Episode 14
There is a famous saying that life is a comedy when seen in long-shot, but a tragedy when seen up close.
Choi Hyun-seok was personally experiencing that famous quote.
“Kkaaaah!”
“Awww!”
A melee ensued between the wolf-like demon Urun and the cooks.
Blood and flesh splattered everywhere.
Death is so close.
In the midst of the chaos, Choi Hyun-seok opened his eyes wide.
‘Wake up!’
You never know when an opportunity like this will come again.
If you lose focus, the battle will end in no time.
‘We have to strike the final blow somehow.’
I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous.
This is my first battle since coming to this world, so there’s nothing I can do.
Even now, the kitchen knife I’m holding tightly with both hands is shaking slightly.
Choi Hyun-seok was a veteran fighter who had fought in numerous matches on Earth, but that experience didn’t help him much.
Fighting by the rules in the ring and fighting with your life on the line against the devil.
There was an unbridgeable gap between the two.
But I can’t just stand there dumbly.
“Think about it! Blonde nobleman
Young-ae! Five rabbit-like children! Spend your old age in a mansion!”
Choi Hyun-seok shouted with great energy.
Rachel, who was next to him, looked at the sight with disgust.
“You can say something like that even in this situation!?” “What? Why are you here? What are you going to do if you get caught!?” “Don’t worry. I hid myself with magic.”
Rachel stepped on Choi Hyun-seok’s forehead and climbed up.
“Wait a minute. I’ll cast a simple buff spell on you, warrior.” “I don’t know what it is, but does it have to involve stepping on someone’s head?” “Shh! Keep quiet, I’m disturbing you.”
Rachel began to mutter something with her eyes closed.
Then, a faint light appeared on Choi Hyun-seok’s body.
“Right now, I’m lacking in magical power, so all I can do is slightly increase my stamina and strength, but it’s better than nothing.”
“Rachel. You…”
Choi Hyun-seok looked at Rachel with a bewildered expression.
Rachel rubbed the bridge of her nose with an embarrassed expression.
“Huh…! I only did it because I share a shared destiny with you, Warrior! There’s no need to be so thankful… .” “If there was something this good, you should have done it for me a long time! Inma!”
“What did you say!?”
“Okay! How long does this last!?”
“About 3 minutes…”
“It’s so f*cking short!”
“Oh my… I helped you out so much!”
Rachel complained, but it did not reach Choi Hyun-seok.
Because he was already running that far away.
There was nothing I could do because the buff time was so damn short.
“Wow! I will protect my old age!”
It was a truly honest and candid statement.
‘The goal is only to strike the final blow. To do that, you have to kill him by hitting his vital point in one go.’
At that moment, something caught Choi Hyun-seok’s eye.
A limping guy with a wound.
You can tell at a glance that this isn’t normal.
‘Just one!’
Choi Hyun-seok used all his strength to swing something that was either a kitchen knife or an axe.
Squeak!
Perhaps due to a lack of strength and skill, it was impossible to cut off the neck in one go.
But the knife was buried deep enough into Urun’s neck.
“Kek, keke!”
Urun, still breathing, glared at Choi Hyun-seok, gasping for breath.
“sorry!”
Choi Hyun-seok kicked Woo-run’s head without showing any sign of apology.
Kwajik!
Unlike the clumsy swordsmanship, the extremely trained kicks were extremely clean and powerful.
Urun, who was already dying with a knife stuck in his neck, could not withstand the attack and fell down.
“Dead…?”
Choi Hyun-seok carefully examined Urun.
At that moment.
[Level up!]
[Level up!]
[Level up!]
[Level up!]
A series of cheerful alarm sounds were heard.
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‘You can go up 4 levels at once!?’
I didn’t think I’d level up this much with just one final blow.
It was an unexpected feat.
Choi Hyun-seok’s heart began to beat faster.
‘At this rate, I can probably get past level 20 today.’
In just one day, your level will increase by a whopping 20.
I don’t know how much stronger it will be at level 20, but it will at least be better than it is now.
‘I can finally become strong…!’
In fact, Choi Hyun-seok was intimidated in many ways when he came to this other world.
Choi Hyun-seok is known on Earth as the strongest man in the world.
But since coming to this world, I’ve encountered too many monsters from another dimension.
What more can I say when the first person I encountered was the Demon King’s Army’s leader, Sodaegari Raidran?
After meeting Commander Hemis, he virtually gave up on the non-military aspect.
Because the opponent was a monster that Choi Hyun-seok couldn’t do anything to even if hundreds or thousands of people rushed at him.
‘But not anymore.’
Things have changed.
Now that you can level up, you will also become stronger.
‘If this continues, won’t I become so strong that I can even defeat the commander?’
I drank the kimchi stew whole.
‘Oh no, this is not the time. We need to hunt the next one quickly.’
I quickly looked around.
It was also to find out where the Urun was, which was making a fuss.
At that moment, a cook was captured in sight.
“Kuhahaha. You cheeky little shit.”
The cook was swinging his cleaver to try to cut off Urun’s windpipe.
Choi Hyun-seok, seeing that sight, started running like crazy.
“It’s dangerous!!!”
“What, what!?”
“You are dangerous!”
Choi Hyun-seok used all his might to perform a body slam.
“Koooosh!”
The cook was taken by surprise and flew away.
“Whew! That’s a relief.”
Choi Hyun-seok smiles brightly.
Urun opened his eyes wide at the sudden situation.
“Keeek…?”
“Goodbye.”
Choi Hyun-seok swung the knife without hesitation.
***
The battle ended quickly.
A fairly large group of Uruns rushed in, but the cooks destroyed them without much trouble.
‘It’s better than I thought.’
Choi Hyun-seok looked at the cooks again.
At first glance, I thought he was just a bunch of dumb suicide squad members, but he seemed to be quite capable.
“Kulkan-nim. Are you going back now?”
Choi Hyun-seok asked Kulkan.
“No. You can’t go back yet.” “Do we still have to hunt?” “What are you talking about? The hunt is over.” “Huh? Then why…?”
Kulkan chuckled at Choi Hyun-seok’s question.
“Why do you think we do dangerous cooking?”
Kulkan chuckled, making a strange sound.
“I don’t know.”
“Look, it’s starting now.”
Soon, Choi Hyun-seok was able to understand the meaning of what Kulkan had said.
“Hey! Bring me some more meat!”
“Crunch crunch! Urgh urgh!”
A party was held.
It was a preying expedition with the Boilder and Urun that we hunted today.
“Is it okay to eat ingredients like this?”
There is another reason why the cooks go on such dangerous hunts.
It was because of the special food distributed to officers at the 3rd Corps headquarters.
“Freshness is the most important thing when it comes to devil meat. If the magic power is lost over time, it becomes tasteless.”
The purpose of this hunt is to provide fresh meat to executives who are somewhat of a gourmet.
I couldn’t help but feel worried as I munched on that important ingredient.
“This is the privilege of a cook.”
“Is it a privilege…?”
“Yeah! The reason I choose a dangerous branch like the cook is for this moment. Thud thud!”
“Kulkan said, tearing at the meat.
“When would a common soldier ever get to taste such fresh meat? It would be impossible without a cook.” “So you’re saying you become a cook to eat delicious meat?” “That’s right! Fresh meat is the reason for living!”
Choi Hyun-seok ended up closing his eyes.
‘I knew they were a bunch of idiots, but I didn’t think they’d be this bad.’
The cook fights with the devil every day.
Dozens of people die every day.
But that’s okay.
Because there are so many people who want to do it.
The number of fools who risk their lives to eat fresh meat was so high that they could be kicked by the Demon King’s army.
“Eat quickly, Choi Hyun-seok. You are also a warrior who fought with your life at stake. You deserve to eat this meat.”
“thank you.”
Choi Hyun-seok accepted the meat that was being shown.
‘Is it that delicious?’
Why would you risk your life for just meat?
Choi Hyun-seok stared at the meat and took a bite.
“Um, um, um…”
The meat I tasted after a long time was definitely delicious.
Even though it wasn’t seasoned at all, it had a strong meaty aroma and rich flavor.
But it’s a little disappointing.
‘It’s too bland and chewy.’
Is it because it was baked thoroughly without even adding salt?
As I ate, my jaw started to hurt, and I quickly bit down on the tender meat.
Choi Hyun-seok put down the meat and looked at other cooking utensils.
“Crunch crunch crunch!”
“It’s as sweet as honey! Meat is the truth of life!”
Everyone is busy eating without thinking.
“Hmm…”
Choi Hyun-seok stroked his chin while looking at the sight.
‘Why don’t you give it a try…?’
Before coming here, Choi Hyun-seok had been keeping an eye on the warrior shop and had come up with a plan.
That’s cooking.
It seemed that if I showed off my excellent cooking skills, I might be able to win the favor of the other cooks and officers.
Of course, Choi Hyun-seok’s cooking skills are not that great.
I live alone and occasionally cook as a hobby.
However, the warrior’s shop had items that could supplement his lacking cooking skills.
[Warrior Shop Lv.1]
– Ability
– Item
Two items exist in the store.
Among them, there were abilities and items that he needed.
-Cooking (F): You become better at cooking.
-Salt with lots of MSG added!
Cooking skills and salt items.
It is a combination that can create sufficient synergy.
‘But there was a problem.’
It didn’t seem like a bad plan, but there was a problem.
That’s exactly the taste of the Demon King’s army.
Choi Hyun-seok doesn’t know how picky the Demon King’s taste is.
What if the chefs and executives were unexpectedly gourmets?
If you fail to satisfy them, you will just be wasting your precious warrior points.
‘It’s worth a try now.’
Choi Hyun-seok was confident.
The chefs ate tough, undercooked meat that tasted better than any Michelin restaurant steak.
‘Just sprinkling some salt on them would make them go crazy just by watching them eat.’
The current warrior points are 70.
That’s because I spent 30 on Bobo’s toy bone last time.
Here, you need 50 points to purchase cooking ability, and 20 points to purchase seasoned salt.
After you purchase everything, you will have exactly 0 points.
‘It’s okay. If you become friends with Bobo, you’ll get 200 points anyway.’
The reward for the warrior quest that increases Bobo’s favorability is 200.
Now that I’m close to reaching my goal, I figured it wouldn’t be a bad idea to use my points now.
‘Going…’
Choi Hyun-seok swallowed hard and pressed the purchase button.
Then a faint light appeared on his body, and a small bottle fell in front of him.
‘Is this all…?’
The seasoning salt in the bottle was a small amount, maybe 200 grams.
‘I can’t help it. I’ll try this for now.’
Choi Hyun-seok quietly brought the boiled meat.
“Be well cooked…”
Sprinkle salt carefully and roast over a fire.
Sizzling…!
Perhaps because of the strong heat, the meat began to cook quickly.
‘Just lightly burn the outside. If you cook it all the way through, it will become tough, so be careful…’
Is it because of your cooking skills?
The meat was cooked deliciously just as Choi Hyun-seok had imagined.
Some time passed like that.
“It’s finished!”
Finally, the meat was fully cooked.
Choi Hyun-seok carefully took a bite of the fully cooked meat.
“Um, um, um…”
Choi Hyun-seok, who was eating meat, suddenly sat up.
And then he approached Kulkan.
“Mr. Coolkan.”
“What is it?”
“Please try some of this meat.”
Choi Hyun-seok offered the meat to Kulkan.
Kulkan tilted his head.
“I was just starting to feel full… .” “This is meat that I have roasted with all my heart and soul. If the great Kulkan were to eat this meat, I would have no regrets even if I died.”
Choi Hyun-seok glared and held out the meat.
“Uh… if you say it like that…”
Kulkan accepted the meat in confusion.
“Let’s have a taste.”
Kulkan bit into the meat.
“Ugh, ugh…”
Kulkan chewing meat in silence.
“Ugh, ugh… Ugh…”
Kulkan continued to chew the meat like that.
Gulp!
Finally, the meat goes down my throat.
Kulkan looked at Choi Hyun-seok without saying a word.
“…”
Eyes wide open and frozen.
It looked as if he was angry, but Choi Hyun-seok knew.
Kulkan is so happy right now he doesn’t know what to do.
“How does it taste?”
At Choi Hyun-seok’s question, Kulkan’s face suddenly began to distort.
“Keugh…!”
“Mr. Kulkan?”
At that moment.
A tear flowed from Kulkan’s eye.
“Ugh… Ugh…!”
Once the tears start flowing, they start pouring out like a waterfall, as if a dam that had been blocked has collapsed.
Soon, Kulkan began to cry like a child.
“Wow! This is so delicious!”
