Chapter 58: Chapter 54 - Galala Gator Feast!
I have a confession, I haven't read the Light novel and don't know any details about it. Can yah give me some outline and summary that I can use?
I did read the web novel but not the Light novel and it was a long time ago.
Also, any suggestion is much appreciated. Incoming arc is going to mostly slice of life and smut. *cough* Shuna and her mother *cough*.
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[ Mission Accomplished ]
[ Calculating contribution….]
[ Scarlet King had received 1,000 points ]
[ Cosmic Phoenix Host had received 800 points ]
[ Demon goth girl had received 800 points ]
[ God's tongue had received 500 points ]
[ All members can now return and if a member has not returned within 5 hours then they will be forcibly returned. ]
Everyone saw the notification and was satisfied with their reward seeing that most work had been done by Erix, Jean, and Raven. The points weren't much; at most they can buy healing potions and energy-restoring potions but skills and items are far from their reach.
Erix doesn't need anything at the moment when he's already at the level where he's at now. Though, he does wish to buy the technique that Jiren uses to have perfect control over his energy expense to have the power that he needs at that moment and wouldn't waste energy. Eric descended to the ground and took the enormous Galala Croc that was at least 50 meters.
'I wonder why something like this appeared…are they partially responsible?' Toriko thought having seen them pull strange power that didn't contain any Gourmet Energy whatsoever but knew there was something similar. He shook the thought since they had helped him fight it and knew it would be difficult to fight it alone while protecting Komatsu.
"Hahaha, this is going to be a feast!" He decided to focus his attention on what kind of taste the food would be upon sensing the dense energy and eager to try it. Something strong should definitely taste a thousand times better than a normal Galala Gator. After a while, they dissect the wild beast to pieces turning it into cubes and Erix uses his power to organize them and share several tons of fresh meat.
He uses [ Lord of Desire, Cxaxukluth ] and [ Lord of Rift, Gingunggap ] to form small pouches that are able to store the tons of meat within a pocket dimension that time is halted allowing the ingredients to remain fresh. He handed it to them including Komatsu since it was just a normal thing and didn't have any trouble giving the pouch. Komatsu was surprised and extremely grateful, making it a lot easier to transport food.
[ Dimensional Pouch ]
[ Description: A pouch made by Erix Khan, Crimson Monarch. It contains a large space comparable to a small island and can store anything excluding living things. The pouch will not increase its weight and all items inside won't decay or rot as time is stopped. ]
Erix finds it unfortunate that he can't sell things that he owns to exploit the system but he didn't care that much. He would eventually grow exponentially and simply need time.
*Amazing….I'm scared that people might steal it." Komatsu knew that it would be a treasure if anyone found out while Erix shook his head.
"Don't worry, it will only work for you." Erix reassured, having made it impossible to be stolen. Toriko looked at him.
"There's no need to hide but tell me, who are you, people?" Toriko asked while Erix didn't see any point in telling him a few things about them.
"The tru—" Erix was about to reply when Erina interrupts him.
"Wait, are you sure it's alright to tell him? Did you forget the rules?" Erina remembered that sharing about the existence of the chat group was against the rules.
"It's fine, I won't tell him everything and the rules didn't say that we can't tell that we're from another world." Erix said, getting Toriko and Komatsu's attention.
"Another world? Are you four aliens!?" Komatsu exclaimed while Erix shook his head.
"No, more like other dimensional individuals. We came from different universes where Gourmet Energy doesn't exist nor the concept of anything related to it." Erix explained surprising Toriko.
"So no food like these?" They all nodded, which made Toriko flinch in horror.
"Suck to be you." Toriko saw that it would have been hell for him and imagined a place without the delicious food that he had in their world.
"Then those powers show what was that?" Komatsu chimed in, still perplexed by everything happening.
"Magic and stuff. Anyway, why don't we start cooking?" Erix suggested causing Toriko to grin.
"You just took words out of my mouth!" Toriko was excited and decided to ask questions while they were preparing the food as Erix created a place for them to cook shocking Komatsu while Toriko was intrigued. He then took out the seasoning that Erina took and placed it on the counter.
"Hmmm, these are really basic ingredients…it doesn't have any gourmet energy permeating from it." Toriko commented trying to communicate with it and found no response unlike the ingredients found in their world.
"Finally I can do something." Erina felt powerless during the fight but now her skill will shine through in the kitchen.
"Can I help? I'm also a chef and maybe we can share some insight. I don't know about your world but I can share mine." Komatsu also felt the same way and saw the chance to repay them for helping kill the Galala Gator.
"Sure, I'm also curious what kind of meat Galala Gator is. In our world, there aren't that many dangerous monsters with the most delicious food that is normally domesticated." Erina was curious how it was prepared and Komatsu nodded, fascinated by someone from another world.
He never expected that his adventure would lead to meeting people that didn't belong to their world. Komatsu pondered if there are other worlds with strange and unique ingredients? It would have been an adventure to seek and experience new things.
Erix sat on a wooden chair and table that he sat down with Toriko in front of them already salivating as he waited for their dish to be cooked. Raven was meditating nearby and Jean helped the others cook and study how to make delicious dishes.
'What do you think I should buy?' Erix doesn't have that many options considering he only has 11,000 points and the available items aren't that great. Many of them can do what his skills already provided for him. Buy Sharigan? Yeah, he has [ Eyes of the lord, Adam ] and [ Lord of Dark Magic, Mephistopheles ].
[ Master, why not buy a ticket and see how it will go?] Arryna suggested and Erix rubbed his chin giving some thoughts about it.
{ Or you can wait until you have enough points. There's a possibility that you can get new power during the dungeon raid back on Central Axis World } Amaia suggested and Eric decided to not buy anything till he got an idea of what he needed. Moments later, the mouth drooling aroma of the cooked Galala Gator meat as Erina and Komatsu place someplace and utensils.
It was prepared like Ribeye steak from the flavorful fragment to the mouthwatering marbled that can easily be priceless if sold in the earth market. Erix took his pork and knife slicing through the meat like it was nothing at how juicy and tender it was.
"Wow, it's like a jewel…well let's dig in." Erix ate small pieces and within an instant, his eyes widened and a storm of flavor entered his tongue almost felt like he was ascending, and realized his Gourmet Cells were evolving making him a lot stronger even if only a small fraction.
Erina followed and couldn't help but moan as if her body entered a euphoric state that was on the verge of a climax. Jean also let small moans and was dumbfounded at how easily the meat fell apart within her mouth.
"What!? This is really unbelievable!! I only added salt and pepper without any specific style of cooking yet it already tastes good!!!?" Erina exclaimed as she tried memorizing the flavor of it endlessly discovering new things about it. Raven kept her composure but she was internally screaming.
'How the hell is this so juicy!? The meat is so soft despite how durable it was when we were fighting it!? Is it because of this world logic that it's this good!?' Raven thought to herself taking more bites than the rest of them while Erix smiled seeing the sight.
"What did you think, Jean? Is it good?" Erix turned to Jean who was silent but the link between the two already gave him the answer and only wanted to start a conversation.
"Y-Yeah. I never tasted something this amazing before. Despite how deep its flavor is, I can't get enough of it!" Jean excitedly said and slightly blush when she saw Erix smirk.
"So, can you share a thing two about your world?" Toriko asked while he had already finished his meal and was already planning on having more. Erina blinked in disbelief that someone simply swallowed the entire dishes when there were already several stacks of meat!
They simply chatted and enjoyed the meal until everyone finished eating and returned home. Erix shared a few things about him that were trivial and the same goes for the others but Erina was fascinated by key characters and wanted to learn more about the gourmet world.
"Here's my contact, if you ever return call me and I can show you around." Toriko borrowed some pen and paper from Erix and gave them a number to contact him.
"Thanks, we'll be sure to come by when we ever come back." Erix shook his hands as Toriko and Komatsu headed back while they were also heading back to their world.
"It's unfortunate we won't be able to return." Erina wanted to study more in this world and improve her culinary skills. She then was surprised when a hand was placed on her shoulder and filled with a strange comforting warmth.
"Don't worry, I might be able to return with my ability." Erix said he already marked the dimension with his ability and Arryn is confident that it will work.
"Wait, Really!?" The three exclaimed wanting to continue eating more delicious food while Erix nodded.
"Yeah, but we would need to meet up in the arena since we need to head together for it to work." Erix explained making the three nods.
"Alright, thank you, Erix-san." Erina was grateful for giving her another chance to know more about the place.
"No problem. Alright, we should head back before someone looks for you three." Erix said as they finally headed back having spent around 3 hours within Gourmet Verse.
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