Adventurers Are Obsessed With My Cooking - Chapter 144



Episode 139. Kang Dae-san’s plan

Although he is under suspicion from the strongest and largest guild, he could not be confined to the dorm.

‘Still, I have to do what I have to do…’

Today, as always, I head to the Nightmare Dungeon with my colleagues.

“Mister, we don’t go to the underground labyrinth anymore? The steak was really good.”

“Don’t worry. I still have the one I picked up yesterday.”

“Ohhh!”

Last night, I grilled a steak using the finest beef sirloin obtained from hunting a Minotaur.

Since the skill of grilling meat has already reached a high level, it was a high-grade ingredient that I had never seen before, but I succeeded in grilling it without any major failures.

Thanks to that, I was able to enjoy the most delicious meal, comparable to high-end restaurants.

‘Of course, it’s a problem that Michael started paying attention because of that.’

Since it was possible to cook unique grade beef, I asked several times if it was possible to cook with cockatrice eggs.

‘It’s getting to the limit.’

I promised to make you a good luck dish in exchange for the Galutea staff and robe that Melissa is wearing now.

Michael seems to be hiding something, so I secretly took my time, but it also reached its limit.

‘Then I have no choice but to ask directly.’

“Michael.”

“Yes?”

“Let’s talk separately later in the evening.”

“Do you have something to say all of a sudden?”

“Yes. It’s very important. There’s even a story about a lucky dish.”

“Are you finally making a sword? Of course it’s good. I won’t go back today.”

My plan is as follows.

I haven’t told him about the demon slash’s executive assassination yet, but I’m thinking of pretending to teach him special information and then hinting at the secret he’s hiding.

There is also a lure called a lucky dish, so if you coax it well, you can make it open up.

If what is being hidden is not something that can never be said, such as how to make an elixir, I wonder if I will eventually talk about it.

“Is this here? Dungeon today?”

“Yes.”

“The entrance is very similar to the ruined ancient king’s castle I went to last time, isn’t it?”

“Is that so? Anyway, the level of difficulty is very high here, so let’s stay alert.”

“Yes!”

If you classify nightmare dungeons from one to five stars in order of difficulty.

Catacombs were rated one star, Cockatrice’s Nest two stars, and the underground labyrinth we went to yesterday was three stars.

However, the dungeon in front of me boasts a level different from the dungeons I have visited so far.

If I had to count it as a star, it’s a full five.

In other words, it is a nightmare dungeon with the highest difficulty.

‘Not just that.’

Unlike the existing dungeons, this is a huge dungeon that boasts a huge area.

Just like the field of orcs near the pixel.

But that doesn’t mean there aren’t as many open fields as there.

‘It may be a little early, but we don’t have that much time.’

I am reminded of what Kang Dae-san said in Lucky Land.

Was it ‘I don’t know where else, but the pixels will definitely be invaded’?

To borrow Kang Dae-san’s words, Pixel is a territory that demons must invade, and it is the place where the ancient kingdom of Eorgis was located.

To confirm the truth of that remark, we are now standing in front of this dungeon.

Nightmare Dungeon ‘City of the Dead’

Most of it has collapsed, leaving only stone walls and pillars of an ancient building.

Between them, I could see the entrance of the dungeon shimmering with jet-black light.

“Thank you. I ate deliciously today.”

“Melissa ate it all!”

“Then let’s go in now. Once again, this is a really dangerous dungeon, so everyone should be alert.”

“Yes!”

“Hey, isn’t it too early? Can we go somewhere else?”

Everyone is full of motivation, but Rachel strikes a candle alone.

Now I just ignore it.

“Come on, let’s go in.”

“Exit Baal!”

After finishing the meal, Lemon, the tank of the party, entered the dungeon first.

The children followed, and Rachel and Michael also disappeared.

Now I only need to enter.

‘As expected, are you being watched?’

Before entering the dungeon, I did not openly turn my head, but pretended to stretch and looked around.

Unsurprisingly, the suspicious shadow hurriedly disappeared behind the tree.

‘I’m going to hide it for now, but it doesn’t look like I have any intention of hiding it, just like when I was eating.’

Ms. Laura was right.

I… No, we were already being watched.

‘Couldn’t you be chasing me into the dungeon?’

It reminds me of what happened in the catacombs.

Didn’t you get entangled with the demon slash gang back then?

As a result, I gained much more experience than expected, and I was able to pay off my debt with a huge reward, but I could have died.

‘I can’t repeat the same mistake.’

City of the Dead is the dungeon with the highest probability of Nightmare appearing.

There is no guarantee that the same thing as last time will not happen again.

So you have to move carefully.

‘Because it’s the first day, I’ll have to move around as cautiously as possible.’

Now there is no carelessness.

As long as I know the general situation, I won’t foolishly endanger my comrades.

‘Still, it’s annoying for nothing.’

I walked slowly as if I didn’t know anything.

[Nightmare: You have entered the City of the Dead.]

“Uncle!”

“Why are you coming in so late? What happened outside?”

“Wait a minute. Let’s wait here for a minute.”

“Huh?”

After entering the dungeon like that, I didn’t move for a while.

To see if those people I glanced at a while ago were really watching us, and if they followed me into this dungeon.

* * *

“I got a call from the side attached to the cook. A party of cooks have entered the City of the Dead. One of the two parties followed, and the other party said that five people, excluding the one who came to report, entered. .”

“Have you been there already? Little kids in the cook party, wasn’t the Catacombs the first time you entered the Nightmare Dungeon the other day?”

“That’s how great it is to be a cooking buff. Depending on the case, it’s almost enough to feed two people. Especially, that party will cook and eat much better dishes than what they sold to us.”

Kim Chul-jung was once again greatly surprised when he heard the reports of his subordinates.

You’re already aiming for the strongest dungeon in the Nightmare Dungeon.

It was something that would never happen normally.

‘Certainly, the skills I showed back then were not normal, but…’

He narrowed his eyes as he recalled the humiliating past of begging for his life.

However, I was greedy as well.

He was also convinced that his eyes were not wrong.

“Look at that. That’s why I said at that time that we should bring them into our guild no matter what.”

“Hyung-nim. However, in the present situation, the story is a bit… They are suspected of being the culprits.”

“Knight! It’s urgent to find a baby made by Yu -seok!”

“……”

“But that cook isn’t real!? Why use useless force. Uselessly! When you have time to focus on that side, try the other side…”

Kang Dae-san spread his palm to block Kim Chul-joong’s remarks and opened his mouth.

“Brother, please stop. It has already been decided. There will be no reversal.”

“Okay…”

It was a very calm voice, but Kim Chul-joong couldn’t answer anything.

Just keep your mouth shut.

That was the kind of charisma exuded by Demon Slash Guild Master Kang Dae-san.

“What about slime?”

“Currently, there are five parties attached, but there has been no reports of anything like this. Seeing that they do not move at all in the hideout, it seems that they already know that they are under surveillance.”

“It’s rather suspicious. If you were innocent, you wouldn’t even know that Yoo Seok-hyung was like that, but does it make sense that you’re still? There’s no sign of entering a dungeon. It’s Hardy!”

Kim Cheol-joong, who had been keeping his mouth shut, also helped.

“Yes, that’s right. It’s suspicious. Look at the cook. You don’t know anything, so you go to the dungeon calmly. I heard that the slime side is much more suspicious?”

No one responded.

It’s not a very absurd statement, but there was no conclusive evidence for the guild to act right away, and it was just a simple circumstance.

You can’t go to war with just this.

“It’s good to be cautious, but if you let go like this, you really can’t do anything.”

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After Kim Chul-joong’s cry, silence passed for a while.

Currently, Daemon Slash is operating as an emergency system.

All the executives, including the master, are either waiting in this conference room after the dungeon raid, or are monitoring the suspects directly.

About 12 hours elapsed since the event occurred.

No definitive clues yet.

“Cheoljoong-nii is right. I’m against blindly suspecting slime, but I don’t think it’s a good idea to let go.

“What kind of disgrace is that? Is there anything we can do to spread rumors about our incompetence?”

“What are you saying? Pride is the problem right now? Isn’t finding the culprit the first thing? We’re not detectives, so how do we find the culprit! There’s no evidence at all.”

There were frequent arguments between the executives, but that’s all.

Neither the proper solution nor any clues about the culprit came out.

Everyone’s eyes turned to the guild master.

People who always respected him had high expectations.

People who were dissatisfied with the way the guild was run looked at them with resentment.

There were various views, but in the end, there was no one else to solve this problem.

“What are they doing?”

Kang Dae-san’s mouth, which had been silent, opened again after a long time.

“Speaking of them…”

“Newcomers. I was with you in the oak field.”

“Ah, all four of you are waiting downstairs. It looks like you’re scared and want to be protected in your hideout.”

“Bring them all.”

“You mean now?”

“……”

“Ze, I’ll bring you right away!”

At the call of the guild master, all four people involved in this incident were summoned.

Everyone didn’t look good.

Yeah, it was only natural that the person they had a relationship with was murdered.

In a situation where the next assassination target could be himself, it would be a big deal if he was kicked out of the guild for being responsible for the murder of an officer.

“Well, I’ll do anything. Please don’t kick me out.”

“I’ll accept any punishment. Don’t just tell me to leave the guild.”

“……”

Go Tae-hyeok and Yoo Hye-soo were ready to kneel.

Park Myung-sik and Cha Soo-yeon, who were quiet, felt the same way.

“I didn’t call you to punish you. You guys…”

“Yes! Just say the word.”

Four people look at Kang Dae-san’s face with a hopeful face when he said that he was not trying to punish them.

However, the words that came out of his mouth were like despair.

“Get out of the guild.”