The Military Chef of a Ruined World - Chapter 79.2

[Garlic bulb filled with sincerity of a Junior Grade Farmer]

[Contains weak magical power]

The [Farmer] awakened who recently settled near our unit.

I obtained some high-quality garlic by asking them.

‘Ugh! Stop it!’

When I tried shoving it at the captured vampire, it reacted with utter disgust.

But that’s not all.

“As you suggested, I’ve tried to make something.”

A soldier, one of our two healers, approached me and spoke.

Lance Corporal Shin Jungsu, a [Priest] awakened and our unit’s chaplain.

He handed me a water bottle.

[Junior Grade Holy Water]

[Holy water concentrated with the blessings of a Junior Grade Priest]

[Consuming it can provide a slight recovery of vitality and enhancement of physical abilities]

[Demonic beings will absolutely hate this]

Holy water.

Lance Corporal Shin Jungsu had toiled for days to make this, I heard.

“Even with all that effort, I could only manage to make about one bottle’s worth. My abilities are still lacking…”

“Don’t apologize, one bottle is more than enough.”

“But…”

Lance Corporal Shin Jungsu spoke with a worried expression.

“I’ve been in the unit long enough to have a feel for these things. You won’t just pour this out against the enemies. You’re planning to use it in cooking, right?”

“That’s right.”

“But even so, one bottle’s worth is probably only enough for about 10 servings at most.”

That’s true.

It’s not just the holy water.

‘This garlic too, despite asking for the best quality, the quantity isn’t much.’

With just these ingredients, it would be difficult to provide a powerful buff to all the soldiers.

“So, what do you plan to do?”

“Ah, I see. You were thinking of concentrating the buffs on the stronger soldiers like yourself or Corporal Jeon Gwang-il, weren’t you?”

“No, that’s not enough.”

“Huh?”

Since we’re eating it anyway…

“Wouldn’t it be better if we standardize the menu?”, I said, leaving the curious soldiers behind.

I turned on the gas stove in the food truck and poured in the holy water.

While the holy water was boiling, I heated up a stainless-steel pan and poured in [Animal Oil Mixed with Magic Essence].

‘A garlic-based dish. I may not know much, but…’

There are quite a few recipes I’ve picked up over the years while cooking with the other cooks.

The rest, well.

I’ll just throw together some combinations that seem tasty, relying on my

[Intermediate Cooking Skill].

And so, after one round of cooking,

[The Full Course Meal has been Completed.]

[1. Holy Onion Garlic Soup]

[2. Holy Garlic Butter Black Sand Sea Bream.]

[3. Holy Aglio e Olio.]

[4. ……]

These are just garlic dishes made by squeezing out whatever recipes I know.

After all, Koreans do love their garlic.

I’ve stuffed in as much garlic as I could, perhaps even a bit excessively.

And I used up the last drop of the holy water as well.

“That’s quite a few dishes.”

“Seven in total.”

I was able to complete a total of 7 dishes.

“I’m not dismissing your cooking, but is seven kinds enough? I was expecting a large-scale mass catering, to be honest.”

Sergeant Min-jae said, seeming a bit puzzled.

The dishes I made are all ones I’m fairly confident in.

There are still different levels though:

1. A full course meal made for a specific individual.

2. A full course meal.

3. A dish made for specific individuals.

4. Mass catering.

5. Combat ration

But even the strongest “a full course meal made for a specific individual ” wouldn’t be as efficient in buffing as a mass-catered dish for hundreds.

Unless we needed something like Seo Su-hyeok’s recent sniping.

For the large-scale battle ahead, mass catering would be the more efficient approach.

However,

“I’ve been thinking of something.”

After recently leveling up to an [Intermediate Cook],

I’ve gained a new skill.

[Five Loaves and Two Fish]

[Do you know the miraculous tale of feeding thousands with just five loaves of bread and two fish?]

[Now, it is a reality for you, not a miracle]

[You can feed many with a small amount of food]

[The more people you share your food with, the more magic energy it consumes]

Being able to feed many with a small amount of food, huh.

I’m not sure exactly how the skill works, but the effect itself is straightforward.

I immediately decided to use the skill.

[Use Five Loaves and Two Fish?]

[Dish Type – Full Course Meal]

[Servings – 143]

But then, an additional warning message appeared with an alert:

[Warning]

[The quality of the dishes is too high]

[The number of servings is too high]

[Massive amount of magic energy will be consumed]

[Cancel the skill? Y/N]

Massive magic energy consumption, huh?

“Well, whatever.”

I’m not that strong as a combat unit anyway.

Even if I end up fainting from magic energy depletion, it’s better to give the strongest possible buffs to my comrades.

Having made up my mind, I took a deep breath and used the skill.

[The skill has been activated]

[This is a High-quality full course dish]

[Magic energy consumption will be maximized]

[The number of servings is excessively high]

[Magic energy consumption will be maximized]

‘Ugh!’

Seeing those messages, I tightly shut my eyes.

I had experienced magic depletion before when overusing my “Chef’s Special Sauce” while descending the mountain.

The pain back then was excruciating.

This time, the pain was expected to be even worse.

Gritting my teeth and squeezing my eyes shut, I braced myself for the agony…

“…?”