Chapter 323 (1/2)
Chapter 323
Although the teaoal was still the saly, Chi-Woo also changed the expedition’s priorities First of all, theircompanion, the male hero, needed to endure until the teah the male hero had lost consciousness, fortunately, his internal injuries weren’t critical Furthermore, when they were about to pour medicine over him, Steam Bun bounced on the h—” A white, softly-glowing liquid poured out As soon as this substance touched the radually healed
Jin-Cheon’s eyes turned wide, and he pointed at Steauy was a bag Is it a healer too?”
Chi-Woo also looked at Steam Bun curiously He didn’t know the details, but it appeared that Stea with Balal It h she was an artificial creature, she was a priestess and would have inherited some special abilities And thanks to Steam Bun, the male hero’s condition becale to take every breath now, and it seeht for a while Still, the est of Jin Cheon’s teaot a general sense of this place on his way in, and he became sure of what he needed to do when he saw the cluster of semi-transparent monsters that had attacked Yunael’s expedition team
“Then with this—” With everyone’s eyes focused on him, Chi-Woo announced, “Let’s eat first” Everyone looked confused, so Chi-Woo continued, “Please light up our surroundings with torches Don’t try to save on iteht as possible”
“No, what?” Yunael stepped forward “Is it even tiht themselves when Chi-Woo looked intently at theht now, either” Fortunately, Jin-Cheon also agreed with them
“No,” Chi-Woo said as he shook his head “We have to eat As fast as possible while standing”
Jin-Cheon looked at Chi-Woo curiously As soone on the Zepar expedition with hihts onto other people Instead, he was the type to listen to everyone on his team and then coive out an order without consulting others But rather thanhim rebellious, Chi-Woo’s action simply ood reason for acting in this manner
“We need to eat to minimize the effects our enehtly calmer voice “I’m sure you all realized what kind of place this was”
Everyone nodded
“Our ene creatures Ordinary physical attacks don’t work on them unless we use mana On the contrary, they can rip our flesh apart and drink our blood Furthermore, they can even eat away at our mentality In the world that I used to live in, we called such beings ‘spirits’” Chi-Woo explained in a calm voice “Of course, I can’t tell if they’re simple spirits or evil ones with a specific purpose, but…”
It see spiritual energy And thus, they needed to keep in mind two points The first was that Kobalos’ ritual was still ongoing even after all this tied over ti Chi-Woo felt as soon as he entered this structure If he had to describe it, he would say there was so blasphemous about this whole place That Chi-Woo kept to himself since he wasn’t certain yet
“For us to reach our destination safely, we need to equip our physical body properly Haven’t you heard that a strong physical body leads to a healthyshi+elded by stamina—it was a quote from some famous drama
“We usually don’t have to be scared of spirits So, but the majority of them are indifferent They know that they can’t rashly bother the living, so they instinctively fear those with great vitality and run away from them” Of course, this rule wasn’t absolute Even those that feared life would so creature eakened and losing their vitality
“Think about it Didn’t you notice the ene more frequent at some point?”
“…Ah!” Dulia exclaiht about it, their enemies hadn’t attacked much when they first entered this place, and that was how they had reached the heart of this underground structure more easily than they had expected It was the sanificantly ht that they had screwed so up, and it never occurred to the
“Oho, I see” Jin-Cheon clapped “Then just by eating and sleeping well, ill be able to withstand their attacks like wearing hard arht sound cliché, but that was the answer There was no other method as effective, and it was one that his previous master used frequently For the vast majority of people who came to seek help, his master didn’t prepare a special solution for theoing on a ith the many times:
[Make sure they eat and sleep well Then let theht That’s the best way]
None ca instructions like that Eventually, all of the expedition tea It was persuasive, especially co fro up the torches one by one Chi-Woo ime in consideration of the injured
First, he chopped up the etables Then he boiled rice in water and deepened its taste with his own recipe of soy sauce and rice wine Finally, he seasoned it with salt, and a tasty porridge was complete in an instant Yunael hesitated when offered thefood it was, but quickly changed theirone spoonful of it
“Uhtly salty and easy to s, Yunael soon found theh Yunael hadn’t completely starved themselves, they hadn’t had a proper meal since they started this expedition And now that they were finally having hearty, war out for ue while trying to gulp down their whole bowl like a drink “It stings—” Yunael stretched their tongue out and soon, a water bottle was placed before them
“You should slon”
Yunael raised their head and saw Chi-Woo tilt the water bottle
“Does it suit your taste?” Chi-Woo asked
Yunael didn’t answer They simply accepted the bottle warily and nodded slowly
“It’s fine if you sleep a bit after you are done eating Even a 15-e difference, and I ake you up before we have to start ,” Chi-Woo said and turned around Yunael didn’t knohat to think
‘What? Why is he suddenly…?’ They ondering when a ladle filled with porridge came in their direction
“Do you want more?” Dulia asked She tilted the ladle around and s you eat so well You should eat more I’m sure you missed it terribly” And before Yunael could answer, Dulia poured e into Yunael’s bowl and chuckled Yunael’s eyes narrowed They didn’t get what Dulia was going on about, but seeing the way she cackled, Yunael could tell that she wasfun of them
“Not really,” Yunael replied tartly and placed their bon, and Dulia smirked
“Really? It looks like you still want more”
“That’s not true”
“Fufu You don’t have to deny it Eat so on the bowl that Yunael placed down
“I’m thankful for your concern, but there’s no need I will take care ofyou go so hungry,” Dulia casually responded to Yunael’s sharp retort and placed her hand on her chest with dramatic pity “I mean look at you You left Shalyh so confidently like a leader, and now, you are gulping down food like sohed humorlessly inside their mind It was clear that Dulia was still peeved by their previous co back’ This could be their second round of battle, and Yunael welcomed it
“…But would I be able to co to survive before, but now that you are next to a bigger guy, you are acting all cocky and confident”
Dulia’s face turned stiff
Yunael continued, “You should’ve acted like that froht have been able to return to Shalyh victorious one against the Chi-Woo said and noing a completely different attitude
“Isn’t it only natural that I’ained her composure and responded to Yunael’s provocation with a smile “How can you even compare yourself to Mr Chi-Woo? Can’t you just tell after seeing him in person?”
“What?”
“He respects the head of the team and listens to everyone’s opinions Further, he tries to convince his team with explanations and sound persuasions—unlike soht this up”
Seeing Dulia chuckle in response, Yunael felt a blood vessel pop out of their forehead
“What did you say?”
It was then Chi-Woo intervened “I get that the two of you don’t have good feelings for each other, but we are on the same team,” he said in a soft voice “I want to only focus on the rescue, so would you both set your feelings aside until we return to Shalyh? I won’t ask you to act friendly with one another, so please” Chi-Woo spoke as if he was appeasing children in an argument
“No! She’s the one who started it!” Yunael pointed at Dulia and looked as if they thought the whole situation was unfair
“Please, Ms Dulia,” Chi-Woo smiled bitterly “In the world that I used to live in, there’s a saying that ‘you shouldn’t bother even a dog when they are eating’”
Dulia tucked her hair behind her ears and lowered her head quietly And after confir that the two had settled down, Chi-Woo took his eyes off thelared at each other withbetween the her rolled-up hair “Yes, it will beMy loss”
Thud! Yunael placed their spoon audibly on the ground