Chapter 269: Event status and cooking oil

Chapter 269: Event status and cooking oil

The next day, Kaito and his friends were fidgeting at school. Today was the last day of the preliminary round. After school, they were anxious to see if their ranking would drop.

It's a tough time for people who are doing the event.

In case you were wondering, the current rankings seem to be fluctuating a lot. Kaito, who will be watching tomorrow, tells me who is attracting attention.

"First of all, it's a single match, but as Seigo expected, ninja are ferocious. In particular, the dark job ninja is in the lead"

A dark job ninja...that sounds strong. Or rather, with a dark job you can participate normally.

"Single battles are a crushing of dark job players and anti-dark job players. The normal occupations are also filled with genuinely strong people"

"Does that mean they're all going to be tough?"

"Yeah. I can't do single matches, so I'm aiming for tag teams. In tag teams, it's tougher for dark job players to participate, so that's what I'm aiming for"

I see. Oh?

"If it's too tough for the dark jobs, does that mean there are dark job players who can participate?"

"Yes. Don't you know...a dark summoner. He's out tag-teaming with a summoned beast he stole. If you're coming to see the event, you better not let Lily and the others see it, okay? It's a huge bashing storm on the summoner and beastmaster bulletin board because it's so bad"

I don't know if it's that bad...I'm sure Lily and the others will want to see it, but I'd rather not take them.

"I'm sorry...you had to tell me"

"No problem. I'm a guy who loves beautiful NPCs! Well, if you want to thank me, make me a cheat sheet"

That sucks. But I don't have a choice.

"Okay. I'll give you the legendary secret tool"

"Oh! Seriously!?"

I give Kaito a pencil with numbers written on it.

"That's a pencil dice! I already have one, so I don't need it!"

I didn't expect anyone to rely on this. I happened to see it in a stationery store and bought it on impulse...

"It's brand new?"

"I know it when I see it! You should at least peel off the price!"

Oh dear. I'm in trouble with the extravagant Kaito.

After school, I bought some ingredients and logged in.

Today, I'm going to do some things with the vegetables we harvested yesterday. The first thing I did was to list summon at the Beastmasters Guild. The target was an imp. I set a medium magic stone.

"List Summon!"

......No response from the magic circle. I knew it would fail. Huu...well, it's a good thing I'm not in a hurry.

I went to the farming guild and bought some special tools.

I bought a pulping machine, a squeezer, a distilling barrel, an oil press and a fermentation barrel.

There was also a brewing barrel, but I couldn't afford it. I bought the fermentation barrel because I was curious if it would make a difference to my cooking skill. If there is no difference, I won't be buying any more.

Then, let's start with the sugar cane.

First, I set the sugar cane in the squeezer. Lily insisted on doing it, so she turned the handle.

Then the juice that will be used to make sugar comes out.

"Takuto! This is amazing! Let me try some more!"

As Lily squeezed the juice, impurities were removed using a filtration system, just like when sugar was made. Then the raw sugar solution is made, but there is still some juice left over that has lost its sweetness. According to the grandmother's book, the waste molasses is called Ito-mitsu, but I had to use this one, which I had thrown away without paying attention last time. Of course I'm going to make sugar out of it.

I'll use my fermentation skill on this waste molasses.

"Fermentation!"

It doesn't work, but I heard that if you put this in a distillation barrel, you can make bioethanol. It'll take three days to make it. I guess I'll just have to be patient.

After that, I set Lily's large amount of sugarcane lees into the pulp machine. When the button is pressed, a white plant fiber is produced. I appraise it.

Bagasse Pulp: Rarity 4 Material Item Quality D-

Pulp made from sugar cane strained lees. It is used as a material for paper.

As the description says, it can be used to make paper. Speaking of paper, it's the material for the grimoire that Nebiros used. I hadn't expected it to be made from sugar cane strained lees.

According to the internet, it can be made from pine trees. I'll try making it when I'm free from Despena. I'm going to make a lot of this and store it.

I've heard that you can also make rum, but I'm underage and can't drink or make alcohol under the game rules. I guess this will have to do. The only things I'm allowed to use for cooking are sake, wine and mirin, but only for cooking. Of course, you can't drink them.

Well, I'll leave the drinking to Ruin-san and the others.

Next was the oilseed rape. I put the rapeseed into the oil press and squeezed it manually. Here's what I got.

Rapeseed Oil: Rarity 4 Cooking Quality D-

Cooking oil squeezed from rapeseed. It has a unique flavor and is used in a variety of dishes from stir-fries to fried foods.Visit no(v)eLb(i)n.com for the best novel reading experience

The first cooking oil was born! This means that the range of cuisine has been expanded at once.

Now all I have to do is use it in cooking as rape blossoms.

Finally, corn.

This too will be used in the same way as sugar cane to make bioethanol. I'm looking forward to seeing the difference. And using the same powdering method as for sugar cane, I was able to produce this.

Corn Feed: Rarity 4 Cooking Quality D-

Corn is powdered and made into feed. More popular than regular feed.

I was expecting a little bit of corn soup, but it's still not very sweet.

I gave the corn feed to Liqueur and others and it worked great. I was afraid of the stares of the other horses, but I hope they get some from their masters.

The other thing about corn is the alcohol. It's famous for beer and whiskey. I'll leave this to Ruin-san and the others.

Now, I'm testing the comfort of rapeseed oil as soon as possible. I made a vegetable stir-fry using Wapiti's venison and cabbage that Yuuna-san gave me.

Stir-fried Vegetables with Carrots and Cabbage: Rarity 3 Cooking Quality D+

Effect: 40% fullness recovery, 2 hours magic power increase (medium)

A dish of carrots and cabbage stir-fried in rapeseed oil and seasoned with salt.

Wapiti's Grilled Meat: Rarity 5 Cooking Quality D+

Effect: 50% fullness recovery, 2 hours strength up (large)

A dish of Wapiti venison grilled in rapeseed oil and seasoned with fish sauce.

There seems to be no change in rarity or effect, but the quality seems to have increased. As I tasted the food, I noticed that the food cooked very differently without the oil. I can't believe that stir-fried vegetables seasoned with salt tastes so good and when I think back to the beginning, I feel like I've finally come this far.

The other vegetables I'm interested in are rice, wheat and soybeans. I don't have any quests for them at the moment, but I'm sure they're more than just sugar cane.

After that, judging from the time, I leave Lieblich to Lily and the others and I meet Ghoul while I'm working with Sabik and Puyosuke to purify the outskirts of Freetia.

Other players and NPCs were also doing purification work, so it seems that the Ghouls appeared because of the distance from Freetia. If it came, there's nothing I can do about it. Let's get rid of the indignation that we can't do in our daily battles!

At the same time, I'll summon new forces to raise their levels. It's Sephone and Astel.

"Huhahaha! My name is Sephone! I am the demon king Sephone!"

She's getting excited, isn't she? Well, it's her first battle, so I guess it can't be helped.

"By the way, my Lord. It's not nighttime, so I'm worried?"

Well, if I'm going to use Sephone, I'm going to use her at night.

"It will be fine. The enemy is there"

When Sephone saw the enemy, she froze.

"You're not asking me to suck the blood out of that thing, are you?"

Apparently, she didn't want to suck the blood of anything. I'm not sure I'd want to bite a ghoul.

"This is also a test to become a demon king. Good luck"

"Ugu...a test to become a demon king...b, but this time I don't have to do anything about it!"

Well, as a matter of fact, Sabik and Puyosuke should be enough to deal with the Ghouls. So, I'll let Sabik and Puyosuke go wild. Astel also supported with her magic attack. Seeing this, Sephone also got motivated.

"I'll help you since you're struggling. Come on! My servant! Shadow Summoning!"

A mysterious creature with a round body and bat wings appeared from Sephone's shadow. It's not like Nowa's shadow summoning.

"Go! My servant!"

The mysterious creature bites the ghoul and disappears. Eh? It didn't look like it was attacked or anything.

"Umm! Well done!"

The fact that she looks satisfied means that it's a specification.

"Maybe not, but does it disappear after one attack?"

"Yes, but?"

...What's the point of summoning it?

"Nu! You have just mocked my servant! For the record, he was the servant I needed to see the outside world!"

"Hmm? Does that mean you can share your vision with that guy"

"Indeed. By the way, it can't do sound and it can't move freely"

I see. I've always wondered how she got the information about Princess Sylphy and how she saw her, but I guess she used this. But she can't move it at will?

"Didn't you just move it earlier?"

"I only commanded the servant. After that, it moves on its own"

Is that similar to Little Nowa? That's why. It was a coincidence that she learned about Princess Sylphy...well, I don't think that's the case.

"Try using Nightmare for the time being"

"Leave it to me!"

When Sephone uses nightmare, one of the ghouls falls asleep. Then it starts to suffer and its vitality decreases. After a while, the ghoul wakes up. So this is nightmare. I guess it's a magic that gives you nightmares. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to have the firepower to defeat the Ghouls.

Well, I didn't ask her to suck blood here. I wouldn't want to be in Sephone's shoes.

I noticed when I was looking at the Ghouls that came out one after another that they didn't seem to step into the purified areas. This means that if we attack them from the purified area, we can kill them safely.

While I was observing the battle, I suddenly felt a mysterious wind. It seems that Gluttony has arrived. I've thought of a plan this time, so it won't go as well as last time. I'll summon Mir.

"Mir! Drop Gluttony into the pit"

"Understood!"

"Sabik, Puyosuke! Withdraw! Pull back!"

The plan is to retreat safely since we can't fight now.

On my orders, Sabik retrieves Puyosuke and returns. We start to run away, but we get sucked in. It's still a hell of a fight, but we're not getting sucked in this time!

Suddenly the wind stops sucking us in. It looks like Mir did a good job. If it falls into a pit, it won't be able to inhale us on the distant ground.

The only thing left to do was to run to Freetia.

"...I don't think that's very cool, do you?"

"Tell me that kind of thing after you've been sucked in by Gluttony. It's a horrifying experience to say the least"

"U, Umm. This is the kind of fight you need!"

I'm glad she understands. I wish I could do it in style, but this is how it has to be. We managed to escape to Freetia, but as a result of using Mir and Sephone, Lily and the others found out that we were fighting.

Moreover, they said that the store was in trouble after Mir and Sephone left. That was a bad thing to do. I'm a little sorry.

After I finished my production work, I logged out to study for my test.

Name Ion Dragonewt Envelope Lv13

Vitality 63

Magic Power 106

Vitality 79

Magic Power 44

Strength 58

Defense 42

Agility 64

Dexterity 48

Skills

Bite Lv21

Coiling Lv14

Mow Down Lv3Lv7

Iron Wall Lv3

Deadly Poison Lv19

Heat Detection Lv13

Underwater Action Lv1

Lightning Magic Lv3Lv5

Water Magic Lv3Lv5

Earth Movement Lv4

Praying for Rain Lv8

Water Breath Lv3Lv5

Resurrection Lv2

Name Loco Moco Happiness Sheep Lv8

Vitality 104

Magic Power 69

Strength 11

Defense 89

Agility 48

Dexterity 40

Skills

Flight Lv6

Ramming Lv3

Danger Detection Lv11

Run Away Lv3

Hair Growth Lv14Lv15

Milking Lv14Lv15

Cold Resistance Lv1

Happiness Lv8

Blessing Lv8

Protection Lv4

Light Magic Lv3

Heavenly Blessing Lv10

Name Aranea Tsuchigumo Lv7

Vitality 46

Magic Power 55

Strength 52

Defense 28

Agility 34

Dexterity 86

Skills

Bite Lv6

Fighting Lv1

Adhesive Thread Lv18Lv19

Soft Thread Lv13Lv14

Steel Thread Lv25Lv26

Trap Setting Lv20

Thread Detection Lv6

Poison Breath Lv3

Earth Hiding Lv3

Throwing Lv4

Earth Magic Lv1

Curse Lv1

Sorcery Lv1

Name Puyosuke Clean Slime Lv3

Vitality 70

Magic Power 0

Strength 0

Defense 91

Agility 36

Dexterity 42

Skills

Predator Lv21Lv24

Defense Lv10

Physical Disable Lv12Lv15

Transformation Lv24Lv25

Impact Absorption Lv11

Splitting Lv13

Regeneration Lv19

Provocation Lv3Lv5

Corrosion Lv3Lv5

Underwater Action Lv9

Extreme Cold Body Lv19Lv20

Purification Lv15Lv17

Water Attribute No Effect Lv1

Fire Attribute No Effect Lv3

Name Airy Zlatorog Lv8

Vitality 84

Magic Power 50

Strength 52

Defense 32

Agility 65

Dexterity 45

Skills

Horn Strike Lv18

Climbing Lv4

Danger Detection Lv14

Leap Lv10

Gale Lv15

Wood Magic Lv3

Light Magic Lv12

Milking Lv11Lv12

Protection Lv5

Blessing Lv6

Resurrection Lv1

Berserkerification Lv2

Name Astel Fairy Lv1Lv3

Vitality 2022

Magic Power 3539

Strength 15

Defense 20

Agility 3034

Dexterity 2226

Skills

Flight Lv1Lv3

Lyre Lv1

Dancing Lv1

Fascination Scales Lv1

Wind Magic Lv1Lv3

Wood Magic Lv1Lv3

Illusion Lv1