Adventurers Are Obsessed With My Cooking

Episode 61. Hairy Man

Somewhere deep inside the High Orc Garrison.

“Turn it off.”

Bae Woong-chun, who is known as the hairy man to the residents of Pixel, has just woken up.

I tried to stretch.

Because the space was too small, he couldn’t even fully stretch his arms.

I spent a whole night in a rock crevice that the orcs couldn’t approach.

My whole body screams in pain, but this is already a familiar daily routine.

‘Ha, it’s disgustingly tasteless.’

I barely twist my body to make room, take out water and dry food from my inventory, and have breakfast.

If you don’t keep your satiety full, you may have problems when it’s important.

Even if it didn’t taste good, I held back and forced it into my throat.

He pulled out his hair tie and tied his sparse hair neatly back.

The pupils hidden by his hair were revealed, but there was no vitality to be found.

Just a grave expression.

‘It’s probably not too late.’

There was one reason why he was here.

You must collect the Welcoming Plant that only blooms in the middle of the High Orc Garrison.

There was no way to do so because it would not wither only if it was collected in the morning when the sun rises.

There might be a way to get there early in the morning from the city, but there are too many high orc scouts patrolling the way there, so it’s hard to get the exact timing right.

Moreover, it is the end of the day if the orcs run rampant and step on the phantom plant by mistake.

This was the conclusion I reached because of this.

Arrive early, squeeze yourself into the crevices of nearby rocks where welsh plants grow, and spend the night in the middle of a high orc lair.

‘I’m going to be late like this.’

Bae Woong-chun fell down between the rocks and slowly crawled forward.

The sun was about to rise.

I pulled my face out from between the rocks to check if the phantom plant had grown properly.

‘Good!’

I see.

Purple haze.

That haze tells us the location of the welcome plant.

Haze must be gathered quickly before it is completely destroyed by the sun.

‘Aren’t they…?’

I looked around.

Fortunately, there were no skirmishers in sight.

It looks like they are patrolling somewhere else.

The most difficult situation is when they appear during gathering.

Putting aside the pain, gathering fails on days when their attacks even pass by.

Then you have to wait another full 15 days.

Since they are elite monsters, they can quickly run from tens of meters away.

It is safe to stay at least 100 meters away.

Bae Woong-cheon, who escaped from the cracks in the rocks, crawled slowly across the floor and headed toward the purple haze.

I was in a hurry, but this was the safest way.

Because he had no comrades to block the approaching orcs instead of him.

‘If I knew this would happen, I would have told you in advance…’

Sometimes there are guys who hunt together.

A party of teenage adventurers from Pixel.

My original plan was to get help from them, but I couldn’t find them no matter how many times I searched for them yesterday.

High Orc camps are so large that it is impossible to find them all, so in the end I decided to move alone.

‘Whoa…’

I took a deep breath and started gathering welsh plants.

Fortunately, not even the shadows of monsters can be seen nearby.

I was lucky.

‘This is the end…’

It took a month and a half.

Collecting all of these.

[You have succeeded in gathering the Welcoming Herb.]

[Welcome Plant]

– A special plant with the power to show illusions.

– It is an advanced alchemy material.

– Care should be taken when handling it, as it may cause hallucinations if ingested incorrectly.

‘Finally…’

However, there was no emotion like joy or joy to be found on his face.

Only the eyelids fell heavily, slowly, and quietly.

‘Shall we go back now…’

He got up from his seat.

My clothes were drenched in the morning dew, as if it had been rained on.

It was very dirty with mud on it, but I didn’t even think about shaking it off and just walked on.

Slowly, slowly.

* * *

Archer Tibury made a fuss.

“Hey, did you just see my attack power? Did you see it!”

A party belonging to the Pixel Adventurer’s Guild.

This party, made up of adventurers in their late teens, continued the hunt without hesitation.

It was like this yesterday afternoon, and it has been like this since morning today as well.

“Yes. I saw it. I saw it. I ate more amazing food than yesterday, so isn’t it natural? Focus on the battle.”

A party of four without a hairy man takes only 30 seconds to catch a high orc.

Even if it were a party of 6 right now, this speed would be impossible.

“Isn’t a real cooking buff crazy? What kind of damage does more than double this.”

Rudy, the tank and leader of the party, Chris, the wizard, and Sophia, the healer all agreed with Tibery’s words.

This is a really crazy dish.

There was no other way to express it than to say that I was crazy.

“It tasted good.”

“Yeah. It was really good. Especially what I ate this morning…”

“Ah… I want to eat again.”

Even while hunting, the dish I ate this morning is still in my head.

Yesterday was a rare dish, but today was a super rare dish.

Maybe because it was high oak meat, not oak, it tasted better and the buff effect was much better.

“It’s finally here! Meat!”

High Orcs usually target steel that is sold at a high price in the city.

But now, we’re just waiting for the meat and chili to run out.

“Collect a lot of high orc meat and chili! That’s why you guys are serving dishes made with special high orc meat. See? The people over there are ordinary orc meat.”

The chef’s words linger in my head.

To eat a special dish, you must gather as much high oak meat and chili as possible.

That way, you can eat more delicious and stronger buff dishes.

“Huh? Sophia, have you leveled up already?”

“Eh… The hunting speed is so fast.”

“I’m on the verge of climbing too.”

Thanks to the speed of hunting, the level is also rising rapidly.

It’s not like they don’t give you steel just because you drop meat or chili, so the number of steel you’ve acquired so far is more than double the usual.

“That summoner must be a messenger of God. To think he gave such great dishes for free. Even if he asked for a lot of money, people would buy them without hesitation.”

“Wouldn’t the hairy man be very surprised to see how quickly we caught the high orc?”

“Of course! Giggling… I kind of want to surprise you. I’d be really surprised if we showed you hunting names over there among ourselves.”

“Isn’t it dangerous though? Between us?”

“I think I can do it too. Just looking at our blood, it has more than doubled.”

He was full of confidence.

“Do you want to attack later? After clearing all the surrounding orcs.”

“Good.”

“If you need to, you can just run away.”

“But… The man isn’t even here…”

The boss always hunted with the hairy man.

Sophia was a little worried about that.

No matter how much he ate and became stronger, it seemed too dangerous to hunt that powerful high orc named without an uncle.

“There’s nothing to worry about, Sophia. You’re bleeding twice as much as before, so it won’t be too dangerous even if you heal a little late.”

“I’ve tripled?”

“That’s it.”

It was then.

Someone was walking from the center of the Orc Garrison.

“It’s a hairy man!”

“Huh? Why are you here?”

“Hey, try your hand at a deal. Pretend to be weak, then wait and surprise the old man.”

“Uncle Hairy Guy!”

Bae Woong-cheon, who was walking from afar, quickly found them.

He waved his hand a few times and then slowly started to come closer.

* * *

I let out a deep sigh.

“I did publicity for nothing.”

I never thought that so many people would come to the dungeon.

No, you can come and visit, but the problem was that there were not only people hunting in the orc field, but also a lot of outsiders.

‘You mean the food is free, but you don’t bring meat and chili?’

Some people seemed to exit the dungeon right after eating.

‘Anyway, it’s everywhere. Foolish people.’

Rare dishes last twice as long as regular dishes.

In addition, due to the property of increasing duration, the cooking buff is maintained for up to 16 hours.

Even if you eat here and slowly go to another dungeon, you don’t have to worry about the buff time running out.

‘It can’t go on like this. I’m the only one suffering like a dog.’

Starting tomorrow, I plan to limit the sale of food.

Those who did not bring chili and meat should receive 10,000 gold.

I’m not trying to make a profit, I’m setting a high price so that you don’t buy.

You can’t come all the way into a dungeon and cook all day long.

The first reason I came here was to level up Mumu and Melissa.

Now that includes Lin.

Developing a new menu is a bonus concept using the spare time, but the main purpose should not be forgotten.

“By the way, high oak meat is a big disappointment.”

The taste was one level higher than that of oak meat.

However, the difference in the buff effect was not that great compared to the finished super rare dish.

Normal Orc meat dishes increase stats by 16, but High Orc meat dishes go up just 1 more than that.

Due to the characteristic effect, the difference in strength, intelligence, and physical strength eventually widened to 18, but since I was expecting a superior effect, I was disappointed.

‘To make something even more amazing, do I have to go through the Nightmare difficulty dungeon? There are animal type monsters there too… Of course I can eat them, right?’

Of course, I know that it is still impossible.

The level of the kids is not enough, and it’s not a place where you can go to play with the guild just because you ate some food.

‘Let’s not rush. You can do it step by step. The children’s level is also rising.’

There is nothing urgent.

I’m a little worried about the invasion of the demon army… But it’s not like I’m worried about it.

The Continental Congress will be held soon, so we have no choice but to wait.

‘First of all, I have to make as many dishes as possible.’

I took out all the high orc meat that Mumu and Melissa had saved, as well as the high orc meat the other adventurers had saved.

A la carte has twice the buff effect.

You have to make this as much as possible so that the kids level up faster, and it can be useful elsewhere.

I started making high oak meat dishes with all my might.

Then I suddenly had a question.

‘By the way, if the 1st level buff for monster food drops ingredients, what is the 2nd level buff?’

Gradually, my monster cook level was approaching level 2.