Adventurers Are Obsessed With My Cooking

Episode 142. Aristocratic Street

“Mister, aren’t those people following us?”

They were chasing them so openly that now even the children noticed the movements of the demon slash crew.

“There’s nothing to worry about. Let’s focus on hunting.”

“Yes.”

About an hour after entering the City of the Dead.

The battle went very smoothly.

At least not yet.

‘Because this is the beginning.’

Until now, the rate of elite monsters appearing was around 10%.

How do they withstand Melissa’s powerful wide-area magic, but they are quickly knocked down by Mumu and Rachel’s joint attack that immediately follows.

‘I should prepare myself soon.’

But from now on, the story is different.

Do you think this is the highest difficulty dungeon for nothing?

“Leader! He’s a wizard.”

“I will deal with the mage. Don’t worry about the two of them and just continue as you are now. Michael, please cast weakening spells mainly on elite monsters.”

“Yes!”

“Okay.”

Gradually, monsters using magic began to appear.

The City of the Dead is, as its name suggests, a city.

There are dozens of types of monsters appearing in the dungeon as well as the vast area.

Of course, the attributes, patterns, and strategy are all different.

The closer you get to the center of the dungeon, the higher the percentage of difficult enemies to deal with, so be alert.

“It’s a skeleton soldier on top of the building on the right! It’s holding a spear!”

“There are also archers in the building on the left!”

“Rachel! Fight with the skeleton spear first! Critical hit hurts the dog. Melissa starts with the archer after her AOE ends!”

“Okay!”

“I’ll do it right after the storm.”

The appearance frequency of Shadow Man gradually decreased, and the probability of Skeleton Soldier’s appearance began to increase.

It looks similar to the guys you faced in the Catacombs, but it is a reinforced version of the Skeleton with a level 15 or higher.

“What is it? Why are these guys so different? About the skeleton.”

“It’s because I’m wearing armor. I mainly use skills with penetration options.”

In particular, the skeletons appearing here are on a different level from the ones I’ve seen before, starting with their armed state.

Hard armor is basic.

Weapons also start with basic swords and bows, as well as those using spears, axes, and even scythes.

“Ugh…”

“Idiot! I told you not to get hit with a javelin if possible!”

“How can I avoid that? It’s flying faster than my arrow!”

“Avoid in time to answer!”

If you get hit by a spear thrown by a spearman, you will be stunned with a high probability.

Since he is on the roof of a building, Lemon cannot secure aggro.

Rachel, who was attacking him with a bow, kept getting hit and eventually got stunned.

‘Anyway, I’ve said several times that Stern can’t be solved with a cure…’

Empty!

“Lemon Nice!”

“Old man, catch the wizard quickly!”

Lemon stood in front of Rachel, who passed out while standing, and began to block the flying spear with her shield.

It seems that he did not forget the contents of the briefing in advance.

I charged toward the skeleton mage who was spitting fireballs with relief.

‘But, isn’t it still as dangerous as I thought?’

Were you too scared?

Probably because of the experience of coming here and dying countless times when it was an old game.

Since I came to this world because of that experience, I have never been here.

It was common sense for players of this game that this dungeon was much more difficult than the difficulty of the Abyss entrance quest.

‘At the time it was a game, I was bleeding all over…’

It’s so peaceful right now.

I don’t feel dangerous at all.

Of course, she alone takes all the damage from Lemon’s Sacrifice Chain, but she doesn’t think her HP will drop below 80%.

You have already passed the entrance to the dungeon and entered Noble Street.

This is where the real hell difficulty begins, no matter how great the synergy effect is, the speed of kicking with a dot heal is faster than the damage taken.

Does this make sense?

‘That guy is taking damage from six people by himself…’

As expected, the characteristics are great.

Of course, the effect of my buff cooking also plays a big role, but the biggest reason for this is probably because I invested a lot in attributes for raids a while ago.

‘Sure. It held up well even in the underground labyrinth. It was enough to withstand 10 minotaurs, a semi-boss level monster, without healing.’

It’s been a long time since I surpassed the firepower of the previous party with those worms.

But now I feel like the stability of the party has gone far beyond that.

Wow, even without a main healer.

“Wow!”

“Melissa!?”

“Lemon, don’t mind that guy and think of you. He’s using a Sacrifice chain anyway. He doesn’t even bleed, but he’s being mean.”

“Hmm… But it still stung… Look at this. Blood…”

I used a cure on Melissa.

The arrows used by the archers have a bleeding effect, which seemed to be the cause.

“Who was the one who was purposely beaten to use Burning Barrier yesterday?”

“Huh… That was scolded yesterday.”

“Stupid Melissa.”

“What, you moo moo idiot!”

“Melissa! Don’t you organize the archers quickly?”

“Yes… I will.”

After cleaning up the first monsters in Noble Street, we gathered in one place and chatted.

“Certainly, the difficulty has risen sharply from here.”

“Ugh… How long does it take to be stunned… I thought I was really going to die earlier. Thank you very much, Lemon.”

“…Yes.”

Lemon, who hadn’t opened his heart to Rachel or Michael yet, turned his body the other way.

‘It’s embarrassing now…’

“It seems to hold up much better than I thought. I think it will be okay even if the mole hunts. The spearman will stun, so just be careful with him.”

“I think the same.”

“But Mister. Is it okay if I leave them like that? They keep following me…”

“Hmm…”

From now on, it is not strange even if a boss appears.

In addition to Amon, there are about a dozen mid-bosses in this dungeon.

‘The horse is the middle boss, they’re all like other nightmare dungeon bosses.’

In particular, some moles roam around the area rather than a fixed area, so you may come across them while hunting.

At present, our party’s defense and firepower are nothing that we cannot withstand in such a situation, but the problem is the tails of the six people behind us.

Up until now, I had ignored them thinking that they were spectators, but the story changes when I enter a boss fight.

‘Because there is work in the catacombs.’

There’s nothing wrong with being careful.

The party leader must be careful to protect his comrades.

‘Hmm… Shall I ostracize you?’

Just in time, the silhouette in my memory was approaching this way from the other side of the street.

One of the middle bosses, the exiled knight leader.

* * *

Koo Goo Goong! Kwakwang! Kwagwagwang!

Noble Street north of City of the Dead.

An old building on the corner collapsed entirely in dust.

“What happened all of a sudden?”

“Didn’t you foolishly step on a trap?”

“What trap? Are there traps like that?”

Even if it wasn’t so, the dark and gray ruined city was full of dust, and it was impossible to distinguish the front.

“You’ve been glancing at us since a while ago. Maybe you saw us and ran away?”

“Are you doing that now knowing that? What are you guys doing! Don’t chase after me quickly!”

Could it be that Baek Kyung-min was the only one in a hurry?

Bairro, who had been bothered the whole time, rubbed his ears and said.

“There’s no place to run from here. All in front of you will be full of monsters, so if you try to run away, you’ll have no choice but to cross us?”

That was not wrong.

However, Baek Kyung-min couldn’t accept Bailo’s remarks innocently, perhaps because of the emotions he had accumulated from earlier.

“If you tell me to do it, you bastard!”

“Guys. Are there any regulations regarding leader replacement in the guild? What’s the point of this if it’s an executive, am I a slave? Do everything you tell me?”

Byro ignored Baek Kyung-min and asked his colleagues.

However, no matter how you look at it, it was a sarcastic remark toward Baek Kyung-min.

“This bastard is real.”

“Woah. Leader, calm down. It’s because Bylo has a bad mouth, it’s not like he said anything wrong.”

“What?!”

“After all, it’s full of monsters, so there’s nowhere to run, right? It’s hard to breathe because of the dust, but there’s nothing to be in a hurry about.”

“That’s right oppa. I think so too.”

“I can’t even raise my hand for this, Mr. Bag?”

“……”

Everyone except himself is in the same trap.

The title of a leader in name only has no power in this situation.

‘How did it come to this point…’

At first it wasn’t like this.

It’s been more than three weeks since we partyed together and went to the Abyss Dungeon, and our hands and feet got along well from the start.

No sincerity in everything?

Not being able to grasp the mood even in a serious situation?

That was no problem.

Because it didn’t cause any trouble.

Rather, considering that he joined the guild late, he was very satisfied with the skills he wanted the most.

Even compared to the best members of the guild, it wasn’t inferior at all.

Because of that, I have been willing to cross the line occasionally.

As long as you put up with yourself, there won’t be any problems.

I did…

‘It’s my fault.’

You should have been disciplined from the beginning.

He said he was too soft-hearted because he was a foreigner.

“If you guys really come out like that, I’ll go alone. There’ll be another party nearby anyway, so I’ll join them and move. You guys do what you want.”

“Really? Are you okay? Aren’t you scolded?”

“I’m responsible. Do as you please.”

“Hwiyu, this comes out big. Our leader hyung.”

“That’s enough of the sarcasm, so you shut up. Biro.”

Byro placed his fingers in front of his lips and made his x.

Baek Kyung-min must have had a hard time seeing that tail any longer, but he ignored it and turned around and ran forward.

Towards the building that just collapsed.

To chase after the cooks who disappeared behind the dust.

And after a while.

The five people who were standing behind them also slowly started chasing Baek Kyung-min.

The reason was unknown.

However, a meaningless smile hung on their lips.