Adventurers Are Obsessed With My Cooking

Episode 140. Emergency!

“Surely, were you waiting?”

A group of people followed me into the dungeon.

One of the most ferocious-looking men asked.

I answered, pointing my finger at my face.

“You mean that?”

“Yes.”

He seems to be the leader of that group.

It must be someone from Bona Mana Demon Slash.

“Wait? Are we? Who?”

“Chit. Are you thinking of making fun of it?”

“I’m not sure what you’re talking about… Do you know me?”

At times like this, it’s best to pretend you don’t know.

It would be a real big deal if it was revealed that I knew something about this assassination, which they are currently keeping secret.

‘I’m me too, but it’s a nuisance to Laura-san, who came to tell me.’

I haven’t told my colleagues yet.

That there were people watching us from the moment we passed through the gates of Felon.

It was an inevitable choice to act as naturally as possible.

“Hyung. You really don’t seem to know?”

“I think so too.”

Thanks to the colleagues standing behind the man, I was able to avoid suspicion.

“Then what were you doing here? I’m assuming you ate outside?”

There is no detective in this.

Since I know the situation there, I can understand it to some extent, but I was a little angry when it came out like this.

‘Certainly, they seem to have no intention of hiding that they are watching us.’

So maybe I noticed it easily.

If a giant guild like Demon Slash wants to keep an eye on you secretly, how will you figure it out?

I managed my anger and pretended to be angry.

“What are you guys? Did we spy on you?”

“……”

“And, what does that have to do with you guys slowly preparing your mind at the entrance of the dungeon where we ate outside? It’s our heart.”

This is perfect.

I won’t doubt it.

How many adventurers would say this to demon slashes, but I’m someone who doesn’t know their identity right now.

I struck the final blow at him who stared at me with cold eyes.

“What is a stalker? Do you guys know these people? Michael, do you know anyone?”

“I am. I have no idea.”

“These are the first people I’ve seen…”

Michael and Lemon helped me.

“Mister! I think I understand.”

‘Oh, Melissa please… I didn’t ask you…’

“Yes, yes? People you know?”

“No. I don’t know. But I think I know who they are.”

“Huh?”

“I wonder if you followed him because of his cooking? Yesterday, people on the street recognized you and asked you to sell your cooking.”

“Ah… That would never be the case, Melissa.”

“Really?”

Please be quiet, Melissa.

‘I can’t tell that guy at all, even later.’

You can already tell just by looking at their threatening atmosphere.

I have no interest in cooking.

All the other party members know, but Melissa is the only one who is distracted.

Huh.

However, the situation is not so bad in the end.

Thanks to that guy who can’t read the mood, it’s clear that we don’t have any information about them.

As evidence of that, now, the man who barely deserves to be the leader has distanced himself from us.

They are whispering among themselves so that this side can’t hear them, but they have passed the hurdle.

‘But, are you sure you intend to keep chasing and monitoring us after this? I’d like to decline that.’

“Mister. What were those people after all?”

“Let’s just pretend we don’t know. There must have been a misunderstanding.”

“That’s a misunderstanding? That’s downright rude!”

“I know. But what can I do? I’ll have to put up with it. There’s no time for arguing here.”

“But…”

“Be patient with the pretty and kind person.”

“Uh… Huh?”

Perhaps they intend to follow us, they are not moving at the entrance of the dungeon.

It wasn’t looking at us openly, but it was clearly waiting for us to move.

‘Ha… I’m too busy raising the level of the kids, but there’s an annoying tail attached…’

“Now, let’s go slowly. Remember once again the precautions we gave you on the way.”

“Yes.”

“Melissa is ready!”

“Well, is it really possible… This is my first time here.”

“Rachel sister! Be confident!”

“Ugh…”

Fortunately, my colleagues who knew nothing were no different than usual.

I think I was really good at not talking.

‘I only need to take care of the tail, right? That’s it.’

Kang Dae-san wouldn’t have ordered us to attack.

If that was the case in the first place, they would have moved openly in the city.

So, their purpose is to keep an eye on us.

Since we have no intention of doing anything to be criticized for, we just have to do our job properly.

‘I have to think of myself as an audience, so what can I do?’

“What are you doing with Lemon? Tanker should lead. Huh? What is it? Where are you sick? Why is your face so red?”

“Oh, no! Nothing. Just follow me.”

She strode out into the middle of the gloomy ancient city.

‘What’s wrong with that guy again?’

Mumu poked her in the side.

I asked for her ear, so I lowered my head and approached her.

“Unnie, she’s usually weak at compliments.”

“Praise? Did I compliment you the most? When?”

“You said that earlier. Pretty and kind unnie, be patient.”

“Ah…”

That’s not a compliment.

Here, Lemon argued with them and it was difficult to hear, so I just said it.

“No way, wasn’t it?”

“Oh, no? Chi, that’s a compliment.”

Mumu looked at me with a disappointed expression.

“It’s true. It’s a compliment.”

“Okay. I don’t have any intention of upsetting my sister either.”

“Ha ha ha…”

In this way, our party’s first raid on the city of the dead began.

That too, with a very troublesome tail.

* * *

Same time.

Almost all of the members of the Angelic Slime Guild were also gathered in the Guild Hideout, which boasted the largest site in the city of Felon.

There is only one reason.

Because the guild master they admire, Everett Lowell, gave the order to summon them.

“Did you get two extra parties all day yesterday?”

“Such nonsense…”

In particular, all executives were in the middle of an emergency meeting.

“Are you sure you didn’t dive for a while?”

“That’s right. My kids have been monitoring the homes and lodgings of the missing persons all along, but I haven’t seen a single hair.”

The reason is that something very serious has happened.

“Then, there are already 18 missing people in the guild.”

“Yes, Master…”

“Master! This is definitely not the work of ordinary guys. No matter how much the guild’s reputation has been declining lately, 18 people have already disappeared in the past four days! Are you certain that a certain force has moved?”

“Hmm…”

Although it hasn’t been announced to the public yet, Angelic Slime is also in the midst of suffering due to the sudden disappearance of a guild member.

The first disappearance was exactly 4 days ago.

It was the same day that Everett participated in the World Boss Raid with his party members.

It was also the very day when the instant confrontation with Demon Slash took place in the plaza in front of the Temple of Pixel.

“First of all, gathering information is a priority.”

The first thing that went missing was a party that was raiding one of the nightmare dungeons.

As a party belonging to the lower ranks within the guild, the first problem occurred when all six members did not report to the safe return to the hideout.

At first, I didn’t think much of it.

It’s only for a day or so, so you can get drunk as a group somewhere.

But now the situation has changed.

The same thing happened again.

Just yesterday, it happened that two parties did not report back again.

Disappearance… Maybe everyone is dead.

It was necessary to come up with a countermeasure before the situation got worse, so Everett summoned all the guild members today.

“I inquired about people who had entered the dungeon that the missing party last entered at the same time and asked a lot of questions, but there was no useful information. I also inquired with the adventurer’s guild, but it seems that the number of missing persons or dead did not increase significantly during the same period. It’s like.”

“Look at that. There must be a certain force targeting us!”

Although not the most elite of the guilds that frequented the Abyss, among the missing people were several guild members who could be heard as veterans.

Nor did they choose a dungeon that was so powerful that they would be reckless to attack.

They are not beginners who know nothing, they are people who would have returned alive enough even if Nightmare had appeared.

“It’s definitely not a failed attack. That’s for sure.”

As the voices of the executives got louder and louder, Everett calmly sorted things out.

His thoughts were no different from those of his executives.

They are not those who disappeared without permission, and they are people who have never committed deviations before.

After removing the low probability cases one by one, there was only one left.

‘I was beaten by a player…’

“Nothing is certain yet. Do not move hastily. First of all, suspend all guild members level 80 or lower from raiding the dungeon, and tell them to wait inside the hideout until the problem is resolved. We’re going to step in and fix it.”

“So from now on…”

“First of all, solo action is prohibited. Currently, there are six parties in our guild that can attack the Abyss, so let’s move in pairs of two. We will thoroughly search the missing party’s last dungeon.”

“Yes! Master!”

He spoke calmly, but he had a cold and sober face that you would never see on an ordinary Everett.

Already in this place, no one expected the safe return of the missing persons.

Rather than that, it was full of determination to find the criminal and take revenge thoroughly.

Bang!

Then, someone knocked hard on the conference room door.

I knocked on the door twice, but before I could get an answer to come in, the door burst open.

“Master! Suspicious people are monitoring the area around the hideout!”

“!?”

“What? Is that true?”

“Yes! There are a lot of them. At least ten, and they seem to be overtly monitoring them.”

“What kind of people dare you!?”

“I’m still not sure about the identity… But you’ll figure it out soon. As soon as I checked, I ran to…”

“Master! We have to catch them and interrogate them immediately! They must be related to this disappearance!”

Commanded Everett Lowell with a frown on his face.

“Leave no one left, capture them all alive!”

“Birds, you mean captured?”

“Of course, if they strongly resist and our guild members are injured or endangered…”

Everett slowly rose from his seat and continued his final words.

“…You can kill it.”