Chapter 98: Village of Kawayan (1/2)

After a few minutes of traveling, they arrived at the next Hamlet that was still under the jurisdiction of the Kahoy Village.

Pulling the reins, Nile urges Maximo to stop. Under the shade of an enormous tree, Nile jumps off Maximo's back as he took off his long-sleeved hoodie.

Body full of sweats, Nile twisted and spun the hoodie clockwise to produce wind. The wind slams his body cooling it off from the sun's heat. The reason that he sweated a lot was because of the fact that the long-sleeved hoodie was not that very accommodating.

Even with the wind slamming him while Maximo ran, he still sweated a lot under the hoodie.

As they had already stopped, Nile decided to eat their lunch here. Nile approached Croco and pulled out the boar that was impaled on its back.

The boar was a mutated animal and it's tusk had the property of metal. The boar attacked them in the middle of the road, trying to stab Maximo with its tusk. Fortunately, Maximo spotted it and smashed its head with the sledgehammer first.

The boar's skull was crushed and its body has an enormous hole in it. The hole came from Croco's spiky back as Nile instructed Croco to bring the boar's body along.

Nile had not eaten any meat since the day he transmigrated and he would like to try the meat of an animal that had mutated. Nile still had a total of 191.5 Apocalypse Points after spending 35 for their breakfast and 9 points for his clothes.

Nile searched around and collected some dead twigs to start a small fire. After collecting a bunch of it, he goes back and drops them to the ground.

Retrieving a gun-like object from the Storage Space, Nile pointed the gun's muzzle on the dead twigs before pulling the gun's trigger.

The gun was triggered but the thing that came out was not a deadly bullet, but a small fire. The fire cames in contact with the dead twigs, igniting them instantly.

Nile felt that the 1.5 points from the 191.5 were ominous so he decided to spend it on the lighter that he was using now. It's definitely not because he didn't know how to start a fire.

Nile picks up the boar with one hand and threw it to the fire directly. The boar had thick but sparse fur covering its body. Nile threw in the fire to make those fur burn, saving him the trouble of scraping them directly from the boar's skin.

While the boar's body was being roasted, Nile searched for some banana leaves and laid them down on the ground close to the fire.

After a minute, Nile took out the boar's body and laid it to the banana leaves that he prepared. The banana leaves were humongous so Nile didn't have to worry about it not fitting the boar's body.

The boar's body was charred in black. It was normal as it was exposed directly to the scorching heat. However, it won't be a problem for Nile as he only needs to scrape the charred parts to make it look more palatable.

Unsheathing the Katana, Nile made the boar's body lay on its stomach before starting to scrape its charred part. After shaving off the charred parts, Nile sliced the boar's stomach and pulled its guts out.

Nile was not an expert on this but he had seen quite a lot of this scene in his previous life. It was a common occurrence in the meat market.

Nile separated the intestines from the boar's liver and heart. Squeezing the intestines, dirty and greenish substance leaks out from the other side of it. After cleaning the boar's innards, Nile set it aside and proceeded to clean and chopped the boar's body. Nile used the last coconut's milk to wash the innards as well as the boar's body. He then threw the coconut's milk towards Maximo in which the animal hurriedly consumed including its hard shell.

The dead twigs he burned earlier had now mostly become burning coal. As the first dead twigs he collected from before mostly consist of finger-thick twigs, Nile instructed Maximo and Croco to collect some that were thicker.

Nile had already considered the fact that they might attract attention due to the smoke emitting from the fire. However, he would not stay at this place fore long period of time so he thought it was alright to cook here for a bit.

Spreading the burning coal, Nile laid the chopped parts of the boar's body to roast it. After a few minutes, Nile flips the meat over to cook the other side as well. After another few minutes, the meat was cooked and was now ready to be eaten.

Nile took the boar's chest and offered it to the crocodile. Croco hesitatingly smelled the roasted bore before sticking out its tongue to taste the cooked meat. When Croco's tongue touch the meats surface, his body jolted while his eyes opened wide in surprise. Croco opened his jaw widely and immediately bite the cooked meat on Nile's hand.

Nile heaves a sigh of relief. He forgot that Croco had still not tried cooked meat. Aside from the innards, Nile roasted all parts of the boar's body.

Nile pulled the boar's leg and started to eat. The meat was tasty, even though he didn't add seasonings. Nile didn't know how, but he likes how convenient it was. Even though he lived alone during his previous life, he rarely cooks for himself aside from the all-time favorite noodles. Most of the time, he would go to side vendors that sell cheap food to save some money.