Chapter 227 - Unbelievably Amazing (2/2)

Nonetheless, cooking another slab of meat at the same time meant that was he was clearing the trial at twice the speed, with the first slab of meat eventually being cooked to perfection after around 30 minutes or so.

A great aroma could be smelled from the first slab of meat, while its appearance, which was akin to a large piece of perfectly cooked steak, made Argentum feel like he was looking at a culinary work of art. Not only that, but there was also the oils of the cooked meat on the floor of the large stone room, tempting Argentum a bit as he knew that the oils that dripped from such a piece of meat would surely be heavenly.

Fortunately, Argentum composed himself, moving the 4 fireballs that cooked the first slab of meat onto the third slab of meat, forcing himself to actively ignore the aroma of the perfectly cooked first slab of meat as he radiated an aura of melancholy.

Thankfully, it seemed that Argentum's determination to make sure that all 5 slabs of meat were perfectly cooked won over his intense urges of devouring the slabs of meat in front of him. In total, it took Argentum almost 3 hours to cook all slabs of meat to perfection, with every slab of meat being perfectly browned with enough charred spots that made it look like five pieces of steak cooked by a world-class chef.

Whoosh!

After the last slab of meat was cooked to perfection, the glowing rectangles that allowed Argentum to know whether he had cooked the slabs of meat perfectly, disappeared in an instant, which was soon followed up by the disembodied voice.

It said, ”The inheritor has successfully cooked all 5 slabs of meat to perfection. The inheritor has successfully cleared the trial 'Flame Control Mastery'.”

Although he was quite ecstatic that he had completed the second trial without much problem, he could not help but feel a stinging pain inside him as he knew that he would part ways with the slabs of meat he had just cooked to perfection. To him, it was akin to a chef finally cooking what seemed to be the highest quality dish they've ever made, only for it to be served to a customer without a sensitive palate. In other words, Argentum felt like it was a waste for the inheritance to not give the slabs of meat to him instead.

Surprisingly, the inheritance seemed to have answered his prayers, with the disembodied voice resounding throughout the room once more, telling him, ”The reward of this trial is the 5 slabs of meat that the inheritor has just cooked. These slabs of meat are the meat of an Ignis Kaiser Lion, a Rank 4 Fire-based Animate. The inheritance recommends the inheritor to ingest them as fast as possible in preparation for the third trial.”

”Eh?” Listening to the disembodied voice's words as he processed them, Argentum wondered if he had heard wrongly. The reward was the meat he had cooked? Did the inheritance just say that?

Fortunately, the disembodied voice repeated its words once more, finally allowing Argentum to be at ease as he looked at the meat in front of him with great pride and glee. Technically, this was the first piece of food Argentum was going to eat in this world. As he thought of the flavor profile of the meat he had cooked, Argentum could not help but think to himself, 'Aw man, if the original body was awake, I would have definitely shared some of this with them.'

'I hope you can settle with my memories instead, Aurus,' Argentum thought to himself not long after, taking in a deep breath before moving towards the first slab of meat he had cooked. He looked at it for a bit, admiring the browning on the surface of the meat before going ahead and opening his mouth and chomping down on it, hacking off a huge piece of meat from it.

Fwoosh!

At the very instant he chewed on this piece of meat he hacked off, a gush of flavor circulated throughout his body, making him feel like he had ascended to another state of being from the taste of the meat alone. A rich salty yet savory flavor came from the meat as Argentum continued to bite, with a small spicy kick adding to the taste of the meat every once in a while.

Due to the taste of the meat, Argentum had unknowingly hacked off another large piece from the slab of meat, gorging down all of it within a matter of seconds as he made sure to commit the taste of the meat to his mind. It was only after he had committed the memory to mind did Argentum realize that he had completely devoured the first slab of meat without difficulty.

”I already ate the first slab?” Argentum could not help but radiate confusion as he wondered what had happened to the slab of meat while he was savoring its flavor. He then focused his sense of vision towards the remaining four slabs of meat as he radiated an aura of elation and happiness.

”Then again, I still have four more slabs of meat to chow down.”

Ding!

Just as he was about to move onto the next slab of meat, a notification sound resounded in his mind, slightly confusing him as he had not obtained a skill or anything else from the inheritance that needs the system to notify him. The only thing he had obtained from the current trial was slabs of meat.

As he thought up to this point, Argentum then realized that the slab of meat he had just eaten might have special effects, hastily prompting him to open up his notification screen and skim through the latest notifications he had received. After seeing the latest notifications, Argentum was left at a loss for words from awe, which was soon replaced with elation as he shouted, ”Truly befitting of an S++ grade reward!”

'You have consumed the meat of an Ignis Kaiser Lion. The mastery level of [Lesser Flame Magic] has increased from Basic to Adept.'

'You have consumed the meat of an Ignis Kaiser Lion. Your affinity towards the Fire element has slightly increased.'