Adventurers Are Obsessed With My Cooking

Episode 102. Twisted Catacombs

Catacombs.

You can think of it as a huge catacombs managed by the Temple of Felon.

“Is this a nightmare dungeon?”

“No, not yet.”

The bleak atmosphere like a catacombs raises your nerves.

But I haven’t entered the dungeon yet.

“Eating inside the dungeon is good, but let’s eat here. You’ll lose your appetite if you go inside the dungeon.”

“If that’s the case, let’s eat outside the catacombs…”

Lemon pursed his lips in displeasure.

“Right. I forgot. But we’re not going to go out again, so let’s just eat.”

It’s because of the atmosphere, it’s not like a catacombs with skeletons rolling around here and there.

This place is managed by the temple.

Of course, the moment you enter the Nightmare Dungeon Twisted Catacombs ahead of you, you will have to face skeletons and corpses strewn in the ground.

“Didn’t you eat earlier? The buff effect is still far away…”

“That was just for eating. There is a separate buff dish for dungeons.”

I took out the finest tacos with the modifier ‘excellent’ from the subspace ring and put them in each person’s hands.

“There are also drinks, so tell me when you finish.”

Rachel and Michael widened their eyes.

Meanwhile, we guys started stuffing tacos into our mouths as if it were natural.

“Um, uh, it tastes good.”

“As expected, a la carte dishes are different. It’s the first time I’ve eaten a la carte tacos made with corn dough, and they taste much better than those made with wheat flour.”

Among the tacos made using corn, none of the tacos have been eaten and stored.

Since it has the greatest buff effect among the dishes currently available, I deliberately saved it to eat in the Nightmare Dungeon.

Perhaps it was because he still lacked his skills as a chef, he couldn’t help it because he could only serve one dish per 100 servings.

Looking at us like that, Michael and Rachel looked like they were wondering if something like this could happen.

“If this is a masterpiece, this time it was traded for 10 million gold each… Is it that dish?”

“That’s right. Eat quickly. We have to eat and enter the dungeon right away.”

“Are you giving this kind of expensive food… For free?”

“Now they’re party mates. Strong mates make it easier to clear dungeons. Don’t feel pressured and eat them. We won’t charge you for food.”

“Me, really? That, then me too!”

Rachel, who was quietly watching, started eating tacos in a hurry.

“!?”

She looks surprised enough to make her eyes pop out.

Even during that time, the meal did not stop.

Michael, who was watching him, couldn’t stand it any longer.

“Now… I’m going to eat well.”

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After that, we started eating.

It wasn’t great, but since I had already tasted the tacos at Laura’s mansion, it must have been unbearable.

‘I made it myself, but it’s delicious.’

I, too, laughed heartily while eating the tacos.

It’s a reaction I see every time, but I don’t get tired of it at all.

Rather, as a chef, I couldn’t be happier.

‘Wouldn’t it be more surprising if the buff effect started?’

Neither of them are appraisers.

It’s not like the dish I gave you was appraised.

So, you will realize it only after you finish eating.

The buff effect you received at Laura’s mansion must have been amazing, but now the effect has doubled.

How can I not be surprised?

“Hey!?”

Rachel was expressing her current surprise through her big eyes.

Michael was diligently fixing her glasses that had slipped off her back without realizing it.

Even with shaking hands.

“Nonsense… No way… How… All at once…”

He even muttered something like this.

“It’s a scam! Isn’t this a complete foul!?”

“Foul?”

“Bar, I feel like an idiot. If this were to be the case, the alchemist would be…”

“Hmm?”

Excited, Michael muttered something to himself for a long time before replying as if resigned.

“Ah, I am… Nothing… Just a little surprised.”

Somehow, the buff values attached to my cooking were so fraudulent that he seemed to have doubts about his class as an alchemist.

That’s good enough.

Nara would have been the same.

“Now, drink this too.”

I handed out fresh fruit juice to everyone.

Fruit juice adds mental stats.

Since nightmare dungeons require a huge amount of mana, mental stats related to mana recovery are very important.

It would have been nice if we could have prepared a rare or higher fruit dish with an additional mana recovery option, but it was difficult to find the time to do so.

‘Because there is a potion.’

It’s a problem that can be solved with a mana potion.

It won’t be too late to develop after securing a rare or higher fruit in the Nightmare Dungeon.

“Looks like we’re ready now, let’s enter!”

“Yes!”

“Yes!”

“Go, let’s go!”

The personality of Rachel, who was introduced, was that she was timid and had a lot of useless worries.

But now she was leading the way in approaching the dungeon.

‘You’re confident?’

It’s so amazing that she’s so confident.

The buff effect attached to the excellent tacos.

‘Honestly, I’m looking forward to it.’

I was also looking forward to it.

There is a certain gap between the buff effect displayed on the system level and entering the dungeon and checking it yourself.

I want to check.

How the Nightmare dungeon raid changes due to the buff in my cooking.

Also, how strong I became after wearing the Abyss Legendary Mace Demon Grinder.

[Caution!! A party member has entered the Twisted Catacombs.]

* * *

You can feel the tense expressions of Mumu and Melissa as they enter the nightmare dungeon for the first time.

I quietly put my hand on the shoulders of those two girls.

“There’s nothing to be so nervous about. There are four veterans by your side right now.”

“Yes, yes…”

“Meh, Melissa Gee, Gigi Gee, I’m not nervous…”

‘As expected, this is the first time.’

For the inhabitants of this world, the Nightmare Dungeon, as the name suggests, is no different from a nightmare.

No matter how adventurous you are, it’s the first time you’ve set foot in such a place, so you can’t help but be nervous.

Not to mention those girls are only 15 years old.

‘It was like that with us too.’

It was like that even when it was a game, but how nervous I was when I entered the Nightmare Dungeon for the first time after being dragged here.

No matter how much he remembered the strategy, playing it as a game and risking his life in real life were on a different level.

Even though I entered with enough determination, my body froze at first and I could hardly move, and it was difficult to think properly.

‘Besides that view…’

Seeing on the screen and actually seeing it are on a different level.

As well as the visual part, it sends all sensory warnings that are delivered to the five senses, starting with smells and sounds.

This is a dangerous place.

A pile of skulls piled up from the entrance.

It’s hard to even imagine what it’s made of, a dark red liquid pooling here and there on the floor.

[The Curse of the Twisted Catacombs has been granted to the character.]

– The natural recovery rate of HP and SP is reduced.

＜ Get out of this place… ＞

A repeated voice from afar.

[The corrupted priests are sending out a warning to the intruders.]

No matter how prepared you are, it’s not an easy environment to endure.

“D-Did you hear that voice? Who is it?”

“It’s nothing special. They’re the Dark Priests, they’re the mid-bosses here.”

“Main and mid-bosses? Several?”

“Yeah. But don’t worry. As I said yesterday, the strategy is simple.”

I apologized to Rachel and Michael, and started explaining things to the two girls who entered the Nightmare Dungeon for the first time today.

Anyway, nothing special.

When the situation hits is important, it is difficult to convey all the know-how of dungeon raiding with just a few words.

“Let’s hunt one first.”

Pointed at the monster that was slithering about ten meters away from the entrance.

“It’s a ghoul.”

I nodded at Rachel’s remark.

“Please entice only one to come closer.”

Because ghouls move very slowly, they are easy monsters that even Rachel, a sniper, can fight alone, given enough time and distance.

It should be enough as a first opponent for children.

I cast various buffs.

Michael and Rachel were shocked as soon as they received the buff I used, but I ignored it because it was a familiar reaction and watched the children’s battle.

It is not yet time for the tanker Lemon to step out.

‘First I have to get used to the monsters here…’

Starting from Nightmare Dungeon, all monsters are elite level.

No matter how insanely effective the buff is, you can’t take it down with just one or two skills.

In addition, a large amount of stamina escapes in a lump from a blow that was not able to dodge.

From here on, the monster’s critical rate increases dramatically.

Because of this, always be vigilant!

‘Still, he’s doing better than I thought.’

Contrary to his tense appearance a moment ago, Mumu showed a perfect appearance against the ghoul.

Using the long attack distance of the greatsword, I did not allow approach as much as possible.

Moreover, after carefully observing the ghoul’s attack pattern, he set the right timing and applied a powerful skill.

‘You remembered the words I said the last time I faced a high orc for the first time.’

I was very proud.

However, if the story flows so easily, there’s no reason this place is called a nightmare dungeon.

Shik-

Slow, slow.

As if in slow motion, the ghoul’s slow movement accelerated in an instant.

[The ‘blessing of darkness’ has been bestowed on the ghoul by the corrupted priest.]

A buff cast by a hidden mid-boss rather than a fighting ghoul.

Because of this, Mumu couldn’t predict the ghoul’s sudden acceleration without any motion.

Puck-!

“Ugh…”

“Mumu! Are you okay!?”

Lemon was startled and tried to approach her, but I held her by the shoulder to stop her.

“Don’t worry, I haven’t lost 10% of my physical strength.”

Normally, there might have been an emergency situation when HP was over 50%, but the stamina stat attached to the a la carte buff alone was over 500.

In addition, the maximum HP increase buff.

“Mumu. I told you not to be vigilant since yesterday! You have to be buffed to become a ghoul. It’s so slow! It wasn’t an unavoidable attack.”

“I’m sorry. It was so sudden.”

“Because you don’t have to answer right away, focus more!”

“Yes!”

I feel like I’ve become an assistant at this point, but I can’t help it.

The Nightmare Dungeon is too dangerous to attack casually.

‘By the way, the buffed ghoul attack was hit properly, but the damage was only 10%? There’s no need to worry…’

It’s because it’s slow, but ghouls boast the strongest attack power among all monsters except for the boss that appears here.

If you receive only 10% damage from that attack…

‘Isn’t it easier to attack than I thought?’

The cooking buff effect seems to be more crazy than expected.

Because of that, I think we can move forward the plan.

‘This… Can I go straight into the hidden room?’