Cooking Swordmaster [EN]: Chapter 188

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“Hahaha! You think such a pathetic attack can wound me?”

Adolf waved his sword as if swatting an annoying mosquito.

The shockwave alone deflected all of Onion Swordsmanship.

However, Cainchel didn’t expect to defeat Adolf with just that.

“Lehmann!”

Lehmann, who had been hiding inside Cainchel’s cloak, burst out like lightning.

Lehmann quickly turned his body into mist and enveloped those gathered.

“Master! I want some blood stew too.”

To ask for food in such a desperate situation!

Cainchel was dumbfounded, but his master-servant relationship with Lehmann was based on food.

It was only natural to demand compensation for work done.

It seemed he really wanted to eat blood stew after seeing Dracula eat it.

“Alright, I’ll make it for you next time!”

Adolf gritted his teeth, seeing them trying to escape.

Could it be that the clumsy attack just now was to create an opportunity to retreat?

“Ha! Trying to escape like rats! But as long as I am here, it is a futile struggle!”

Adolf used his pair of wings to fly into the air in an instant. And he took a deep breath in one go.

Ssssuuup――!

It was such a tremendous breath that all the air in the area seemed to disappear.

‘This is, could it be······.’

The ultimate and strongest breath, which could be called the symbol of a dragon!

It began to spew out from the mouth of the Chimera, created through the Dragon Heart as a medium.

A wave of heat, bursting out with the momentum to burn everything, struck the ground.

It is said that a Red Dragon’s breath can blow away a castle in one strike. Although it was weaker than that, it was powerful enough to burn those in this place.

Ultra-high heat reaching 1,200°C!

No human can survive being hit by that directly. The molten stone floor was glowing like lava.

Adolf shrugged his shoulders with a satisfied expression.

“Kuhahaha! Did you see that! This is the true power of a Grand Sword Master!”

However, that was only the case when based on ordinary humans.

The flames subsided, and a scene unfolded that Adolf had not expected at all.

“Th-they survived?”

“They were clearly hit by the Dragon Breath! But how!?”

The Dragon Breath disappeared right in front of the people, as if blocked by a giant barrier.

They realized that it was a miracle caused by a single human.

“Cainchel did this?”

“D-did a human just block Dragon Breath!?”

“This is not the time for this! We must escape so that our benefactor can fight without worry!”

Cainchel let out a sigh mixed with hot air.

Even with 91.7% fire resistance, he couldn’t withstand the ultra-high heat of the Dragon Breath.

In the end, he was barely able to block it by turning most of his Aura to defense.

‘It helped that I made a lot of fire-based dishes lately.’

It was fortunate that the opponent was a Red Dragon. If it had been another color dragon, he wouldn’t have been able to block the breath like this.

“A mere human blocking my attack! Such a ridiculous thing······!”

“Why? If you can, try shooting one more. Of course, if you can.”

Dragon Breath consumes an enormous amount of mana, as much as its power.

No matter how much he had the power of a dragon, one shot was the limit.

“How dare you mock me! That sin deserves to die a thousand times!”

“I think I heard the same thing a while ago. I had expectations because you were a Grand Sword Master, but this is too boring.”

“Kuh!”

Adolf’s face turned red with anger.

Born as a prince of a country, when would he ever be provoked like this?

Even in the face of hostility that seemed to peel off his entire body, Cainchel’s expression was relaxed.

Unlike other Chimeras, Adolf is made up of only humans and dragons.

To Cainchel, who had already eaten dragon meat several times, he felt like an ingredient.

‘Wait a minute, maybe there’s a secret plan to defeat Adolf there······.’

A strange light flashed in Cainchel’s eyes.

Aura Blade Signature allows the application of cooking skills.

Like creating a tataki [seared meat dish] by combining meringue and flambé [cooking technique using alcohol].

Like creating dozens of meringues simultaneously using Onion Swordsmanship.

Cooking contained almost infinite possibilities depending on the skill of the person making it.

Then, could it be used in a slightly different way?

Even if he couldn’t use Dragon Breath, Adolf was strong.

His physical abilities were superior to Meliot, and the amount of Aura he possessed surpassed Loengreen.

“I’ll kill you with this! Vulkan!”

The boiling power around Adolf distorted the space, and cracks were etched into the stone floor.

Kukukukung!

And the ground began to shake as if a volcano was about to erupt.

The dragon’s power, compressed in the human body, exploded.

‘Crazy!’

Only after pushing all the Aura in his body into both legs was he barely able to escape Adolf’s attack range.

Violence, so ignorant that it was unfolded with only power, not technique.

Nothing remained on the land it covered. It was the right decision to evacuate the group in advance.

‘He’s not calling himself a Grand Sword Master for nothing. I can’t win in a head-on fight. But······.’

The opponent is ridiculously strong.

That’s why there is a way to win.

Facing an enemy who could cut off his breath if he even grazed him, Cainchel called Bishop.

‘Even 1 second is fine. Bind the opponent’s movements.’

― So you’re thinking of using that.

The slime that had been attached to Cainchel’s body popped out. Adolf scoffed at the sight.

“Kuh. I wondered what it was, but it’s a slime. Trying to fight the strongest creature, a dragon, with a mere trifle is ridiculous!”

“Well, we’ll have to see. Onion Swordsmanship······!”

“I told you that kind of attack won’t work!”

Adolf deflected Cainchel’s attack with just the shockwave of a light swing of his sword.

‘Now is the time!’

― I’ve been waiting!

The jelly was fired, aiming for a blind spot in his vision.

Adolf tried to block it by swinging his sword. However, the jelly curved in a strange direction and eventually wrapped around one of Adolf’s feet.

“I don’t know what you’re trying to do, but sticky slime can’t harm me at all!”

“I’m thinking of doing this?”

Jelly is also part of Cainchel.

Once it touches it, it is within the range of cooking skills.

――Fresh Again!

It is a skill that restores the condition of ingredients to their original state using Aura.

That exploded on Adolf’s body.

As the dragon’s blood became thicker, scales began to sprout from Adolf’s entire body.

At the same time, almost infinite power surged.

“Kha, khahaha! What on earth is going on? Power, power is surging! Tremendous power······!”

An enormous heat was emitted from Adolf’s body, which had absorbed Cainchel’s Aura.

It was the mana of the Red Dragon’s flames.

It began to burn the skin, piercing through Cainchel’s fire resistance.

But it wasn’t over yet.

“There’s still one more left! Fresh Again······!”

He shoves all the Aura he has into Adolf’s body.

Looking at the Chimera’s appearance, which was made by mixing only the advantages of various creatures, something came to mind.

Isn’t cooking also an act of pursuing the best taste by combining the advantages of numerous ingredients into one?

‘In the end, Adolf is a dish with a dragon added to enhance the flavor of the main Sword Master.’

But what would happen if you drastically increased the presence of the dragon there?

Of course, the balance of the dish is broken, and the main character, hidden by the supporting role, loses its light.

‘Besides, you can’t fully contain the dragon’s power in a human body. If you make a mistake, the vessel will break.’

If Adolf had completely taken the dragon’s power as his own, the Dragon Breath would have been much hotter.

Adolf’s body was overflowing with tremendous power that he couldn’t handle.

Crack-!

The dragon’s horn, which he proudly showed off, cracked. Before he knew it, his body was slowly collapsing.

Nevertheless, Adolf was intoxicated with power and did not realize the abnormality that had occurred in his body.

“Kihik, kkeuhik! Keukakakaka! Power! The power of the dragon! Make me a Grand Sword Masterrrrr!”

Cainchel muttered, looking at Adolf, whose body was burning from the Red Dragon’s energy.

“You really look unappetizing.”

“This is the true power of a Masterrrrr!”

He had already shoved all of his Aura into Adolf’s body, but there was still something left.

Cainchel took out the potato he was wearing around his waist and bit into it.

The outside turned black because of the flames Adolf spewed out, but the inside was not cooked at all.

It would have been better if I had spread butter on it. I decided to settle for gem salt since it was a shame.

However, it is also the chef’s job to taste unappetizing dishes.

After eating all the potatoes, Cainchel created an Aura Sword using the slightly recovered Aura.

“You’re fired, Adolf. The potatoes are so undercooked that they’ll sprout if you plant them in the ground.”

When Cainchel swung his sword, a brilliantly shining radiance swallowed Adolf’s body.

It was a blow reminiscent of when he first created the Aura Sword.

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In the end, Adolf’s body turned to ashes and scattered. In the first place, he was too small and weak a vessel to contain a dragon.

Cainchel, who had exhausted all his Aura and stamina, collapsed to the floor.

But he couldn’t lose consciousness like this.

Elizabeth, whose heart was pierced by Adolf’s attack. He felt that she was still alive, however faintly.

“······!”

“···! ······!”

He couldn’t hear properly, as if his eardrums had burned. A familiar shadow appeared from beyond the blurring vision.

“······!”

At the same time, something hot and slippery was sucked into his mouth.

He felt his depleted stamina recovering as he drank it.

“······Hoo! Are you coming to your senses, human?”

“Horizon······?”

“That’s a terrible injury. But it’s not fatal. You’ll be able to get up soon after drinking the recovery potion.”

Horizon was wiping his mouth with his sleeve.

He wanted to ask the reason, but he didn’t think he would be happy no matter what answer he heard.

Eirene, who had already returned to her elf form, ran to Cainchel.

“Cainchel! Are you okay?! Oh, I brought the highest-grade recovery potion in preparation for times like this! Horizon, what are you doing! Why aren’t you feeding it to him!”

“I already fed it to him, so you don’t have to worry, Queen.”

“That’s a relief! Do you know how surprised I was to think that Cainchel was dead like Elizabeth?”

The last to appear was Erich, holding Elizabeth.

The clothes he was wearing were dyed bright red with how much blood he had shed.

“Eun-in! S-surely, did you defeat Adolf alone?”

Erich had fought Adolf, who had become a Majin [demon]. That’s why he knew how strong he was.

“······I was lucky.”

“Kuh······. In the end, only Elizabeth died. She did what I couldn’t do······.”

Eirene interjected.

“Then, how about building a large statue in Weimar and praising her bravery for generations to come?”

Then, Phidley, who was wiping away tears while looking at the dead Elizabeth, nodded.

“I will do so. I will never forget her sacrifice.”

Then, Elizabeth, who was quietly held, struggled.

“Hey. I’m not dead yet.”

The surprised people screamed. Only Phidley, who had been shedding hot tears, was embarrassed.

“But it’s really dangerous······. I’m really going to die like this······.”

I don’t know what kind of magic she used to stay alive even after her heart was destroyed.

But he had to treat her wounds as soon as possible.

Horizon took out the healing potion he had left over from feeding Cainchel.

“Can you drink it? If it’s hard, I’ll do it with my mouth······.”

“I’m sorry, but that’s poison to me. Brat, I want to talk to you alone from now on.”

Cainchel nodded and accepted Elizabeth’s body.

It was as cold as ice, perhaps because she had lost most of the blood in her body.

It was no wonder that she was mistaken for dead.

As they moved to a secluded place, Elizabeth moved her lips, which had turned blue.

“Brat, listen carefully. I’ll tell you as promised. The Seven Deadly Sins War is still······.”

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