Green Monster Epic

“I’m sorry, the Chieftain is currently meeting with important guests. Please wait in the living room, esteemed sirs.”

Oscar wasn't slow in arriving. Just as the three Wildlands Pillars were flying towards the mountaintop castle in the inner city, he put down the documents in his hand and followed them up the mountain. However, he didn't expect to be turned away, blocked by the castle steward in the main hall on the first floor.

“...How long will that be?”

Oscar was a little surprised. Based on his friendship with Allen, he shouldn't have been turned away. However, his personality was indifferent and reasonable, so he nodded slightly and asked.

“I’m afraid I can’t give you an answer to that.”

The gnome manager who was receiving Oscar said with a troubled expression, “The Chieftain is currently receiving the three Pillar esteemed guests who arrived at the castle earlier. The matters they are discussing must be very important, otherwise the Chieftain wouldn’t have asked me to entertain the guests who arrived later.”

“Alright, you may leave.”

Oscar nodded, waving his hand to signal the gnome manager didn't need to stay there, because he sensed that another strong aura was approaching the castle.

Sure enough, before long, the gnome manager who had just left returned with the bishop of the Church of Nature. Oscar nodded slightly to greet the other party, then closed his eyes and sat back on the comfortable sofa to rest his mind.

More than half a magic hour passed, and the living room had already gathered the heads of the six churches. According to their relationship, they were divided into two small groups, chatting softly in low voices while waiting for Allen to meet with them.

At this time, the owner of the castle, Bear Goblin Allen, was sitting steadily at the desk on the second floor, slowly taking out three freshly made Grandmaster-level dishes that hadn't been out for long, placing them on the empty table. With a hint of fatigue, he slowly said: “This time, I can be considered to have lived up to the ingredients provided by the three of you, and have cooked three Grandmaster-level dishes for you.”

“This serving of ‘Winter Wind’ mainly uses the soft cartilage of the wings of the Saint-level Swiftwing Mantis given by Lord Da Vinci. It is suitable for Sword Dancers and Assassins and other professions whose attributes are wind-based and who are skilled in flexible combat styles. Therefore, when choosing who to eat it, please pay attention, Lord Da Vinci.”

“This serving of ‘Blue Blood Soup’ is made by extracting the blood essence of the demigod-level Deep Sea Mica that Yalen sent. It can significantly improve an individual’s endurance, toughness, and energy adaptation. It is most suitable for assisting the progress of physical energy transformation.”

“And this serving…”

The three Pillars listened attentively to Allen's introduction of the three dishes in front of them, unable to hide the surprise on their faces. Until Allen finished his introduction, the three of them expressed their gratitude to Allen in unison: “Allen, you’ve worked hard!!”

“We know that you have spent too much effort this time for our unreasonable request. No amount of words can express our gratitude and guilt.”

“We Wildlanders don’t understand those flowery, empty words. Anyway, you only need to remember one thing: we owe you a big favor this time, and we will definitely repay you double in the future!!”

While speaking, three large hands had already reached out to their respective crystal food boxes according to Allen's instructions just now, and quickly put them into their dimensional storage equipment, lest these precious things be placed outside for too long and leak too much magic, reducing their quality.

“There's no need to be so polite between our four families. To be honest, if it weren't for your request, it would have been impossible for me to cook these Grandmaster-level dishes when my skills were not yet refined!!”

Allen waved his hand and said, “It's just a pity for the ingredients wasted in the failed cooking.”

“Allen, you are too modest. I only gave you two high-level ingredients that meet your requirements, and you have already cooked a Grandmaster-level dish. The success rate is not as low as you said!!”

Jackalwere Blicken put away his joy, wishing he could find a place to enjoy this Grandmaster-level dish tailored for him right now. However, the powerful self-control brought by his millennial lifespan allowed him to sit steadily on the guest chair in front of the study, complimenting him.

“That’s because I used the materials from the six churches of the Temple of Nature as a base for you, using their failures to achieve your success!!”

Allen's eyes swept across the Jackalwere's face, and he lowered his voice to explain to the three Pillars: “Otherwise, except for Lord Da Vinci who still has a chance to obtain this Grandmaster-level dish, the materials of you two would basically be wasted for nothing.”

“Otherwise, I wouldn’t have met with the three of you alone, and asked the butler to block the church envoys outside the study.”

Allen was worried that after these three Pillars got what they wanted, they would develop a stronger desire and put pressure on him to cook more dishes. The effect of Grandmaster-level dishes is certainly significant, but the person who eats it must also have strong talent, enough effort, and luck to have a chance to seize the opportunity to advance and reach the summit.

Otherwise, these dishes can only be fed to pigs and dogs, and will not have much effect, but will waste those precious ingredients.

“Ahem, I believe what Allen said. We should be clear at our age that good things are never so easy to obtain.”

Compared to the two demigods, Blicken and Yalen, Da Vinci prepared more adequate ingredients this time, so he had more confidence in obtaining the dishes. However, now that all three families have obtained a dish, it is naturally impossible for Da Vinci to feel completely comfortable.

However, Da Vinci believed in Allen's mind and character, knowing that the other party would not fabricate things in order to embezzle his materials. His powerful mental power had been lingering around the square, and he was keenly aware of the magic fluctuations inside, so he roughly knew how many times Allen had failed.

“Thank you for your trust, Lord.”

Allen felt a little more at ease when he heard Da Vinci's words. At the same time, he took out two more food boxes and some materials from the dimensional bag and placed them on the desk, pushing them to Da Vinci's front: “These two dishes are what I salvaged from the failed cooking. Although they certainly don’t have the quality of Grandmaster-level dishes, they can be considered rare Master-level dishes on the market. Also, the remaining materials are what you, Lord, gave me, and now I will return them to you.”

“What are you doing?”

Da Vinci was slightly stunned, and then said with a somewhat displeased expression: “These materials are for you to use. What's the point of me taking them back!!”

“However, I won’t be polite with you about these two Master-level dishes. I’ll take them back and give them to the children in the clan to use. Maybe two more legends will be born in the clan before long!!”

Although the three families had paid an extremely painful price to ask Allen to cook, Da Vinci's eyes swept over the familiar and valuable materials on the table. None of them were the main ingredients for Grandmaster-level dishes, which meant that their value to him was not great. So, instead of taking them back and letting them gather dust in the dimensional bag, it would be better to do Allen a favor and give them to the other party to express his gratitude.

Moreover, Allen's current behavior also showed from the side that he had not used his mind on the cooking matter, and this alone had dissipated the displeasure in Da Vinci's heart, not to mention the addition of two Master-level dishes.

The other two Pillars were more calm about this. After all, Da Vinci had given Allen a lot of materials, so they had nothing to say about these extra gains.