Chapter 14

While the restaurant was open, Muhyuk helped Rena, the owner, and worked with her.

He didn’t slack off and was as diligent as possible.

When learning a skill directly from someone, the ability of the person teaching is very important.

The emotions of the moment also have an impact.

If the person teaching is as meticulous and sincere as possible, the result will inevitably be good, and naturally, when learning the skill, an additional increase in dexterity will be gained.

When learning the weapon crafting skill, he unfortunately did not receive an additional increase in dexterity.

This was partly because he couldn’t grasp the blacksmith Luke’s personality, and frankly, he didn’t know how to respond at the time.

But this time, he saw potential.

He felt that if he paid a little more attention, he wouldn’t want to miss the opportunity.

He had to gain something from these small details to get ahead of others.

“Hoo, you’ve worked hard.”

“It’s harder than I thought.”

“Isn’t it? There’s no easy work in the world.”

Rena smiled gently.

“I saw you working hard today. The restaurant is closed, but if you have time, I can teach you right away.”

“Ah, I’d be grateful.”

“Shall we start then?”

“I’ll learn diligently.”

He moved to the kitchen with Rena.

Rena took out the prepared ingredients and explained in detail while cooking.

“Here, the meat should be cut like this…”

“The seasoning is onion, minced garlic, soy sauce, and…”

The basic methods of cooking and.

“I haven’t told you the most important thing.”

“What is it?”

“It’s the heart.”

She emphasized the heart of the person making it.

“Sincerity is the most important thing.”

Muhyuk didn’t let her words go in one ear and out the other.

He tried to put them in his head as much as possible and also tried to keep them in his heart.

In the meantime, her dish was completed.

[Wild Boar Leg Roast]

Effort and sincerity are infused into the leg roast with the chef’s special sauce.

-Increases Stamina (1) for 30 minutes

The moment he confirmed, joy surged.

Clearly, there was no stat increase in the restaurant.

But now there was.

That meant Rena had also done her best.

Good!

He clenched his fist and stood in the kitchen.

“Now, I’ll try.”

“Okay.”

At that moment, a message popped up.

[Applying as ‘Temporary Cook’.]

Cooking is only affected by dexterity.

Sincerity? Heart?

Honestly, he didn’t know.

Would the taste of the food really change because of that?

But it was certain that he had to do his best.

He concentrated as much as possible and continued cooking as Rena had taught him.

He thought of it as food for a precious person and continued cooking with care.

Making the seasoning, marinating the meat, and then grilling it over the fire.

It was very simple, but it required more concentration than he thought.

As he reached the final stage, he forgot about the surrounding situation.

He was just absorbed in the thought of cooking itself.

Chizzik.

The juices dripping down as it grilled.

When it touched the fire, it created a rhythm similar to the sound of rain.

He didn’t miss that sound.

Chizzik, chizzijik.

He waited a little and took out the meat at the perfect timing. Then Rena’s eyes lit up.

“It looks done.”

At those words, Muhyuk came to his senses.

“Ah…”

He hurriedly placed the grilled pig’s leg on a plate.

Muhyuk was a little nervous as he watched Rena carefully start eating.

If she doesn’t like it, I won’t be able to learn, right?

His worries disappeared in an instant.

Because Rena smiled brightly.

“The skin is crispy and the inside is soft. It’s very delicious.”

The moment he received her recognition.

[Recognized as a ‘Formal Cook’.]

[Acquired ‘Cooking Skill’.]

[Acquired ‘Excellent Reward’.]

[Received additional ‘Dexterity (2)’ increase for being recognized by Rena.]

He learned the cooking skill, and his dexterity stat increased by an additional 2.

With this, his dexterity became 31.

Muhyuk cheered greatly in his heart and looked at Rena.

Now that he had acquired the cooking skill, there was no reason to stay here any longer.

But he wanted to continue his relationship with Rena, who had taught him cooking with all her heart.

Of course, he could dismiss her as an NPC, but Muhyuk thought that the NPCs in Illusion were not much different from people.

“Thank you.”

“You’re welcome, for what.”

“I’ll visit often while I’m in the Arsen Kingdom.”

“Are you going to steal all my recipes?”

“Of course not.”

The two had a little more small talk, realized it was late, and promised to meet again.

Rena went to her house in Illusion, and Muhyuk came out of the Capsule and returned to reality.

He woke up early in the morning, worked out at the gym, and bought breakfast at a restaurant on the way home.

Afterwards, he logged into Illusion and steadily increased his dexterity by clearing the quests given by the blacksmith, and sold decent weapons at the auction house.

When the blacksmith closed, he headed to the hunting grounds and continued hunting.

He also occasionally made food to increase the experience of his cooking skill.

Around that time, news of an update came, but Muhyuk still repeated the same life.

Then, on the day of the update, he checked his experience and became greedy.

Hmm.

There were about 7 hours left until the update.

He wanted to reach level 20 before then.

His current experience is…

It was about 70 percent full.

He checked his own stats.

Strength 26, Agility 11, Stamina 14.

He was benefiting from items, but it was still a huge number.

If he added Skeletons and Zombies?

What could he catch?

Level 32 Steel Ant?

He knew the weakness, so it would be easy to deal with.

The problem was the gaze of the users.

If the weakness was known, anyone could hunt Steel Ants and level up quickly.

Or Orcs?

Orcs are level 23 monsters.

If you go deep inside, Orc Warriors come out, and they are level 25.

Orc Great Warriors were level 30. If it wasn’t for the Orc Great Warrior, he could hunt more than three at the same time.

The experience gained would be lower than Steel Ants, but he could catch more in the same amount of time.

He couldn’t be sure because he hadn’t compared.

Just as his worry was about to lengthen.

Hey, since I’m going anyway.

He stopped thinking there.

To get to the Steel Ant colony, you have to pass through the Orc village.

He could hunt on the way, and if there were no spots, he could pass by and head to the Steel Ant colony.

He immediately left the east gate.

He arrived near the Orc village.

Users who were in the middle of hunting were visible.

Most of the parties were made up of three or more people, but there were also quite a few who hunted alone.

There were also Necromancers and other summoning classes.

Thanks to that, it didn’t seem strange to hunt alone at all.

Hmm.

There were many Orcs.

But there were more users.

There were no spots here.

He approached the village.

Orc Warriors and Orc Archers were also visible.

The closer he got, the more their numbers increased.

On the other hand, the number of users decreased.

This place would be good.

He took a spot and waited.

The moment an Orc Warrior and an Orc Archer were regenerated.

“Summon Skeleton, Summon Zombie.”

Golgolil and Golgoli, and a Zombie appeared.

“Automatic Attack.”

The Skeleton with a sword and shield and the Zombie wearing knuckles jumped forward with the command.

Muhyuk watched the situation.

Kirik, kiririk!

Kueoreo!

It was a 3 vs 2 fight, but the summons were being pushed back.

Tsk, not yet.

Muhyuk’s stats were definitely high.

But his level was low.

He had obtained an additional 20 percent stat, so the sum of the Skeleton and Zombie’s strength, agility, and stamina would be about 20.

It was definitely a good number, but the disadvantage was that the HP was insufficient because the strength was so high.

So, when fighting against guys with high attack power like Orcs, there was a possibility that they would be unsummoned faster than expected.

Still, it was the first fight, so he decided to watch until the end and make a judgment.

Kiririk!

Golgoli was hit by the Orc’s sword and unsummoned.

Golgolil, who was with him, stabbed the Orc’s chest with his sword.

The Zombie ran up and punched him as he staggered from being attacked quite a bit.

He immediately closed the distance, hugged him, and began to bite the Orc’s neck.

Keuwoooo!

The Orc, who was struggling, turned gray.

Pang!

The Orc Archer’s arrow pierced the Zombie’s back.

Unsummoned again.

Golgolil and the Orc Archer.

Only the two of them were left.

But the Orc Archer’s arrow hurt quite a bit, and Golgolil was attacked several times before he could even approach, and was unsummoned.

Hmm, is this the extent?

He definitely doesn’t know how to fight well because his intelligence is low.

He’s bound to die early because he takes the attacks head-on.

It will get better gradually.

After finishing his organization of thoughts, Muhyuk stepped forward.

Jeobeok.

The Orc Archer shot an arrow again.

He blocked the flying arrow with his shield.

The impact was minimal.

His HP hardly changed.

He peeked out to check the flying arrow.

The empty space in front.

The distance was sufficient.

He ran out diagonally to the right.

Just before the Orc Archer shot the arrow on the bowstring, he changed direction diagonally to the left.

After narrowing the distance like that, he stabbed the guy’s abdomen with his sword.

The Orc Archer screamed in pain and retreated.

Even so, he put an arrow on the bowstring.

He aimed the arrow at Muhyuk’s face, who was approaching again, and shot it.

He hurriedly raised his shield to block it.

Kaang!

There was quite an impact, but he ignored it and Charge.

He pushed the Orc Archer away with his shield.

Kureureuk!

He swung his sword as he watched the staggering guy.

How many attacks did he land?

Finally, the Orc Archer’s entire body turned gray.

“Corpse Decomposition.”

Of course, Corpse Decomposition before it disappeared was basic.

[Starting ‘Corpse Decomposition’.]

[Acquired ‘Orc Bone (x2)’.]

[Ending ‘Corpse Decomposition’.He put the item in his bag and worried for a moment.

Hmm…

The Orc Archer was quite troublesome.

Even if there were only two, it seemed like it would take a considerable amount of time.

The Steel Ant might be better.

If he aimed for the weakness, he would be able to catch one in a similar amount of time.

The problem was the gaze of the users.

If he was caught, the weakness would be revealed.

It would be annoying.

At that moment, something flashed through his mind.

[Currently, large guilds are restricting access to some hunting grounds while hiding the reason, causing resentment from many users…]

[The Steel Ant colony is also…]

It was a vague memory.

Was that what I saw?

What if a certain guild really occupied the Steel Ant colony?

If it was because of the Dungeon?

It would be good for Muhyuk.

Since he knew the approximate location of the Dungeon, he could just hunt secretly while avoiding the gaze of the guild members who were concentrated in that area.

If he was caught?

He could just say he didn’t know.

Afterwards, he could pretend to leave the Steel Ant colony and go to another location.

What if he was caught by another guild member there?

He would have to repeat the same method.

He could hunt like that for a few hours.

There were already quite a few users hunting like that. Of course, if that fact was discovered, he would be targeted for assassination.

It was a dangerous thing.

But there was a price for that danger.

Since there were no users, he could monopolize the monsters.

Muhyuk even knew the weakness.

It would be possible to level up explosively.

He became greedy.

“Eueum…”

It was a place he had to go through someday anyway.

The Steel Ant colony was essential.

Definitely for fast leveling.

Should I go and check out the situation?

He made a decision.