Adventurers Are Obsessed With My Cooking

Episode 28. Synergy Attribute

Mumu couldn’t avoid the monster’s glow and took several hits, but his HP didn’t decrease at all.

On the other hand, Miss Lemon’s HP decreased by about 300 in an instant.

It’s not that big of a damage.

It’s only 1% of her full HP.

Because of the effect of the protection barrier I used, most of the damage was offset.

‘But…’

I was so shocked that I was speechless for a moment.

Take some time to relax and take a deep breath.

“Lemon seeds!”

I called Miss Lemon.

It has only been a day since the title was changed from Lemon-sama to Lemon-ssi.

It’s still such an awkward relationship.

“Did you learn the Sacrifice Chain skill?”

“Yeah…Why?”

“How many levels…”

“I mastered up to 10…?”

I put my hand on my forehead in my mind.

‘Well… Sacrifice Chain is a meaningless skill unless you master it…’

Sacrifice Chain is definitely a good skill.

There is a condition that it is limited to low level ranges, and only if the tanker’s equipment is extremely good and his physical stat is high.

Just like before, with this skill, you can easily solve a party member’s critical situation.

However, it is a useless skill in dungeons with Nightmare difficulty or higher.

Sacrifice Chain, a skill that allows the tank to take all damage received by party members.

If you use it there, the tanker will die in an instant.

Because Hill can never catch up.

‘The mobs there use wide-area attacks…’

Because of this, the skill that most shield knights would never invest in was Sacrifice Chain.

It is definitely useful, but it is absolutely not worth investing 10 skill points.

Whether it was taken by mistake or invested unknowingly, the knights who raised this skill must reset the skill after entering Nightmare difficulty.

Even though the skill reset service cost 99,000 won, it was essential.

‘But now I can’t initialize…’

Her level is already 67.

Minimum entry level for Nightmare difficulty is 60.

‘Why do you still have that skill? Until level 7 passes…’

But…

But what should I say here?

Are you wrong?

Now you can’t even reset it, why did you invest in that skill?

It can’t be.

I can’t even blame the person who was expelled from the party.

‘And… Me and Miss Lemon now…’

I’ve kind of given up on going to dungeons on Nightmare difficulty or higher.

She must be in a similar situation.

So there is no need for her to hurt her by making fun of her mouth.

“……”

While defending against the monster’s attack with her shield in front, she glances at my face.

‘I’m feeling anxious…’

I decided to wear a mask.

“Lemon-sama, it’s just nice! So, you won’t be worried today?”

“What are you talking about all of a sudden…?”

“I was worried that the children might get hurt. But with this skill, you don’t have to worry at all. Even if the children are attacked, Lemon-sama takes the damage instead.”

“All, of course.”

I looked at her and smiled brightly.

She was shy with her face slightly flushed.

‘This is fine. Is this right.’

It’s not something we can do right now.

But…

‘I cried because I wanted to go back…’

She seemed to want to return to Earth even more than I did.

At first, the tears shed over being expelled from the party led to longing for her hometown and sadness at not being able to see her family.

But since I invested in that skill, it would be difficult to invest in other skills needed to attack the Abyss.

She’s probably… Like me, on Earth twice again…

“What’s wrong, mister?”

“Huh? Oh, no.”

If you get to know each other later, let’s ask indirectly.

Why did you invest in this skill?

For now, just focus on today, this moment.

* * *

[You have defeated a member who lost his summoned master.]

It’s a natural procedure, but we eventually succeeded in defeating the first member.

“Wow! Got it!”

“Huh? Mister, what is this? It’s the first stone I’ve seen, but it’s just shiny.”

“Lemon sister! Let her appraise it!”

“Yes. Give it to me.”

I know what that is, but I just kept quiet.

‘Because she’ll take care of it anyway.’

[Minimum Enhancement Stone]

– An enhancement stone that can be obtained with a very low probability in Salem. Consumed when enhancing equipment.

– Only equipment in the Salem area can be enhanced up to +3.

– 100% Enhancement success rate

“Kang Hwa-seok?”

“Yes. As it is written in the description, it is a stone needed to enhance equipment. However, it is very rare, so it is better not to use it unless it is good equipment.”

“I see… Shouldn’t we use the equipment we bought the other day?”

“It’s true. That one stone can buy ten sets of equipment you bought.”

“Hey ten sets? Is this that expensive? So it’s more expensive than gold ore?”

I nodded, and the children were overjoyed.

It was the first prize of the party.

The lowest level enhancement stone is completely useless to me or Miss Lemon, but it will be valuable to the children sooner or later.

“Put it in your bag. You can use it when you get good gear.”

“Eh? Can we have it?”

“Yes. Mr. Lemon doesn’t matter, does it?”

She also nodded her head.

Although rare, few people live now.

Since few players now wear equipment from this area, the demand for the lowest quality Enhancement Stones is close to zero.

“Then let’s go hunting the next monster!”

“Yes! Great!”

“I hope it comes out again. Ganghwa-seok Kang.”

“Maybe it will come again.”

Most of the guys I hunt now are treated as semi-bosses.

Because of this, the drop rate is much higher than that of normal monsters.

And we have to hunt here for a while.

Much more than the request requires.

Only then will the next step proceed.

‘If I catch a lot, I’ll give it to you again.’

“Next is Shaman Grand Sorcerer. He uses wide-area fire magic, so you have to be careful. There’s no big damage at once, but if the ember debuff continues to accumulate, a huge amount of HP will decrease every second.”

“I’ll be careful!”

“Wow, what do you not know?”

“Stop talking and focus!”

“Concentrate!”

However, there were no major problems this time either.

Of course, her Sacrifice Chain skill shone once again.

If I used Cure intermittently to dispel debuffs, she would take all her damage.

I didn’t even have to use heels.

Because the amount of natural recovery was enormous.

Because of the influence of the Blessing skill I used, and the huge amount of physical strength that increased from cooking greatly increased her maximum HP.

‘It should be called a heel…’

Speaking of heals I have, there are only two heals: self-healing Recovery and Saint’s Grace, a wide-area dot-type healer.

“Wait…!?”

“Yes? Don’t attack us?”

“Mister, why are you like this all of a sudden?”

“Oh no…”

I remembered a trait I had forgotten about.

An attribute attached to the Saint’s Grace skill.

There was a feature that even I, who spent a lot of money on, did not invest in at all.

‘Come to think of it, it’s clear…’

I immediately called up the skill description window.

‘Why did I forget this?’

[‘Skill: Saint’s Grace’ Attribute List]

1. Strengthen Grace: Increases the skill’s continuous HP recovery.

2. Increased duration: Increases the duration of the skill.

I invested in these two characteristics.

However, there is one more feature that has yet to be touched.

3. Fellowship: Sacrifice chain skill and synergistic effect.

I immediately checked the detailed description of characteristic number 3.

– If you invest in the Fellowship Attribute, all targets connected by the Sacrifice Chain will share the healing effect from the Holy Spirit’s Grace skill. However, the attribute will only be activated if the caster of the Secret Chain has also invested in the synergy attribute.

Synergy is a very difficult attribute to use, as its ability is activated only when two or three or more people invest in the attribute.

That’s why it’s rarely used.

It was a toy treat that was used more often when playing around in the village than when fighting.

Typically, there is a synergy characteristic that is activated when three ice mages gather and use Snow Storm.

It’s an attribute that temporarily freezes all nearby players and monsters, and there were several people in town fooling around with it.

Even in a dungeon, if you use it when surrounded by many mobs at once, it seems to be easy to escape, but I have never seen it used.

In the first place, there is no party with three ice mages in one party.

It was a reality that you couldn’t find it unless you were trying to play a joke in a beginner area.

‘This trait is also…’

Resurrection Priest and Sacrifice Chain Knight.

Both are not very common classes.

Even the development team directly stated that the Synergy skill is still undergoing internal testing, and that it should be used only for fun.

‘Even I, a deceased person, barely remembered…’

“Mister! His eyes are strange!”

“Huh?”

Just in time, the Shaman Grand Shaman went berserk.

Fireballs were pouring in all directions from the end of the long wooden staff he was holding.

“Mom!”

“Idiot, don’t stand still and avoid it! My sister is sick!”

“I’m dodging…”

Miss Lemon’s HP was decreasing at a speed never seen before.

I shouted.

“Mr. Lemon! Did you invest in all of the properties of the Secretify chain? Synergy properties?”

“Features? I’ve learned everything I have, so why?”

“No! Hang on a bit. I’ll make you recover soon.”

I hastily learned the synergistic properties of the Saint’s Grace skill.

‘Originally, the recovery amount of my skill was 333 per tick.’

Due to the nature of the skill, which is not affected by intelligence, the amount of recovery was always fixed at 250 per second.

In addition, by investing grace-enhancing attributes up to level 88, the additional recovery amount is +88.

I activated the skill.

[Party member Jeon Tae-min casts ‘Skill: Saint’s Grace’.]

[There is a target connected by the Sacrifice Chain skill. A synergistic effect is activated.]

(+2664)

(+1332)

(+1332)

(+1332)

(+1332)

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‘Recovery amount…!’

Increased recovery amount.

Exactly four times as much.