Green Monster Epic

Afterward, Allen instructed the three Pillars about the precautions for consuming the Grandmaster-level dishes and also discussed the situation in the wilderness over the past decade or so. A pleasant meeting came to an end.

After bidding farewell to the three allied comrades who were eager to return home, Allen then met with the six Church Bishops who had been waiting in the living room for a long time.

However, unlike his meeting with the three Pillars, Allen seemed more polite and assertive when talking with the six Church Bishops. Even though he had wasted many of their materials, his tone and attitude were confident, giving people a sense that it was only natural.

"...Indeed, I wasted a lot of materials this time, but I told you all before that my cooking skills are not yet refined enough, and the chances of failure are extremely high. It's fortunate that I was able to successfully cook a dish for each of you."

Allen took out the dishes, one by one, sealed in crystal food boxes, from his dimensional bag and handed them to their respective owners according to the main ingredients they corresponded to: "However, I was still a little careful and didn't use all the ingredients you gave me. There are still a lot of materials left, and I will send someone to return them to you later."

"Lord Allen, now that the ingredients have been given to you, you should let them become what they were meant to be. Why bother returning them to us?"

Although he was somewhat dissatisfied in his heart, Philemon, the Northern High Priest of the Church of Nature, wore a kind and gentle expression on his face.

"My skills are not refined enough and still need time to hone and temper. If it weren't for your insistence, I wouldn't have cooked these dishes beyond my ability at this time. But now that I have been fortunate enough to succeed and each of you has received a dish you wanted, then there is no need for me to waste the remaining precious ingredients."

"Of course, the most important thing is, if I use the remaining ingredients to make another Grandmaster-level dish, tell me, should I give it to the owner of the ingredients, or should I embezzle them??"

"Sometimes, people are not afraid of not getting enough, but afraid of not being divided equally!!"

Allen shook his head, his wise eyes sweeping across the faces of the heads of the several churches, saying meaningfully.

"Hahaha, Allen, you're right!!!"

When the room fell silent, the voice of the Elf Druid, Oscar, suddenly rang out, with a hearty smile that revealed no trace of loss.

"Lord Allen is indeed very thoughtful."

Upon hearing this, the other Bishops rarely revealed a look of understanding in their eyes, and then echoed his sentiments.

The rest was the usual politeness. After exchanging pleasantries for a long time, each with their own thoughts, Allen subtly hinted that it was time to leave, and everyone took the opportunity to say their goodbyes.

"Master, wait a moment, I have something I want to ask you for advice on."

Oscar, who had been deliberately placed last by Allen, was about to leave with the other Church leaders when Allen called out to stop him.

"What is it?"

As Oscar asked in confusion, the other Bishops turned their heads to look at the two of them.

"It's about the ecological restoration of the Tagan Desert."

"Oh, okay."

Allen casually made up a reason and kept Oscar behind alone. Although the other five Church Bishops inevitably overthought the reason why Allen kept Oscar behind, they were unable to sway Allen's will on the Green Field's territory. In the end, they headed down the mountain with a hint of dissatisfaction under their scrutinizing gazes.

After being left behind, Oscar sat down again and looked up at Allen, truly believing that the other party wanted to ask him about desert planting.

"I see that you are building gold very quickly on the edge of the desert. Is there a problem somewhere?"

It was no secret that Allen controlled the core of the Misty Forest Ruins, and it was only natural that he wanted to relocate the Maze Ruins.

Over the years, the Green Field tribe had begun to clear out the Snake People natives in the depths of the desert, killing the Hydra, and then building magical buildings in the desert. No matter which of these things, they could not be concealed, and Allen had no intention of hiding them from the wilderness forces. Therefore, at this time, Oscar really thought that Allen had encountered some difficulties in the desert.

"Actually, there is no major problem on the desert side. I just have something that I couldn't give to you in the environment just now, so I had to find an excuse to keep you behind."

Allen smiled slightly and spoke frankly to Oscar. At the same time, he reached into his dimensional bag at his waist and took out another crystal box.

"Didn't you prepare some ingredients yourself before, Master, and asked me to help you cook a Grandmaster-level dish? This time, some of the materials given to me by the Oak Church are the same as the ingredients you gave me, so I put your ingredients together to cook. I didn't expect that this time it was really successful, so the dish for the Oak Church and your dish were cooked at the same time."

"I have already given the Church's dish to you in front of everyone, but I can only give you the dish that you personally asked me to cook in private. After all, you heard what I said just now. Letting outsiders know that your Church has obtained two dishes will make it difficult for me."

"Thank you, Allen!!"

Oscar thought that his hope had been lost. After all, with his savings and channels, he had only managed to put together enough materials for one dish. And everyone knew how many times Allen had failed to cook in the past two years, so he didn't have much hope of success.

"There's no need to be so polite with me, Master Oscar."

Faced with Oscar's sincere gratitude, Allen waved his hand and said equally sincerely: "Don't forget, if the Green Field tribe and I hadn't had your help in the early years, I'm afraid we would have disappeared under the cruel rules of the wilderness long ago."

"Now that I can help you, Master, it's just a small way for me to repay some of the kindness I owe you over the years."

Regardless of any conflicts Allen may have had with the Nature Temple or the three churches of the Oak Alliance over the years, and what roles Oscar may have played in these matters, the Bear Goblin still remembered the bits and pieces of help and guidance Oscar had given him back then.

"Don't say that. With my position and power back then, my help to you was just a matter of lifting a finger. It's not worth mentioning compared to your current return."

Oscar was also not an Elf who would take credit for favors, otherwise he would have taken advantage of this relationship to ask Allen for rewards long ago.

"In your opinion, Master, it was just a matter of lifting a finger, but for me and the Green Field tribe at the time, your help led to our current rise. No matter how much we repay you, it is right."

Allen still remembered that when he first met Oscar in the desert, the other party gave him a precious improved grain seed, which became the cornerstone of the Green Field Tribe's self-reliance later on; when he first entered the Misty Forest maze and encountered the pursuit of the Gnoll Legend, it was also Oscar who asked Head Odin for help, and the Oak Church took action to drive away the Gnoll… …

Allen kept all kinds of kindness in his heart, but unfortunately, he never had the opportunity to repay it. Now that Oscar needs his help, Allen is naturally willing to put in the effort to fulfill the other party's wishes.

"I accept this dish, and you can also tell me how much your cooking fee is."

Oscar didn't want to keep thanking him, so he readily put the miniature lush oak bonsai-style dish into the dimensional bag, and at the same time took out two legendary equipment that he had prepared earlier and placed them on the table in front of the two.

"Do you think the value of these two pieces of equipment is enough? Of course, I also know that Allen, your current status and position are here. Two pieces of legendary equipment may not be worth your cooking fee, but the most valuable things on me are them. I'm afraid I'll have to wait for the church to issue salaries before I can make compensation."

"Master, please take it back quickly!"

Upon seeing this, Allen immediately reprimanded righteously: "If you do this, then I will regret cooking for you!"

"Allen, if you don't accept this cooking fee, how can I have the nerve to ask you to cook in the future?"

The two serious people almost quarreled over two invaluable pieces of equipment. One desperately wanted to give away the fine equipment that a large number of people would snatch outside, while the other stubbornly refused to accept the gift.

After some persuasion, confirming Oscar's firm determination, Allen finally took out another thing, which immediately moved the other party: "Master, you see, you have already paid me the cooking fee."

Oscar was very familiar with the thing that Allen took out of the dimensional bag. It was exactly the same Acorn Child that he had exchanged from the church. Of course, he also knew that among the materials that the church had given to the other party through him, there was also a Acorn Child with a richer life aura. Therefore, at this time, he couldn't be sure whether the thing in Allen's hand once belonged to him or the church.

Moreover, the Ranger and New Sprout churches also have Acorn Children in their treasure trove. Perhaps the materials given to Allen by the bishops of their two churches also included this Acorn Child.

"When I was cooking the Acorn Fruit that your Oak Church gave me and broke open the shell, I discovered that there were two fruits in one. Although the essence does not affect my cooking, I also had a whim to add a large number of auxiliary materials and some materials from my own body. Based on this, I stewed two identical dishes in one pot."

"But you can rest assured that the magic power contained in these two dishes is not weaker than other grandmaster-level dishes. On the contrary, because of my temporary addition of auxiliary materials, the two seeds of the same origin have grown stronger, and their quality is the best of the nine dishes I have successfully cooked."

"Because I added a lot of my own ingredients to this dish, and I didn't want other churches to think that I was biased towards the Oak Church when distributing the dishes, so I gave this extra dish to you, Master."

"As for the ingredients you gave me, I will treat them as compensation for the materials I filled into that dish, as well as your cooking fee."

"Also, Master, don't worry about the church. I have never taken advantage of others. After dividing the materials for the two dishes into specific actual values, I have already added the compensation to the materials that I returned to your church."

Hearing Allen say this, and seeing the genuine Acorn in his hand, Oscar felt less guilty, but he still pushed the two pieces of collected equipment over: "Even so, you are still making up for my loss, and I should still give you a cooking fee."

"Master, this Acorn is far more precious to a magic chef like me than two pieces of legendary equipment, and it is hard to buy with money. I have made compensation to the church, and it should be considered a fair exchange transaction with the master. You give me ingredients, and I give you dishes. Do you think what I said is right?"

Allen still resolutely refused. In the future, the struggle between his camp and the Temple of Nature will ease for a long time, but no one can guarantee when it will re-deteriorate. After all, the conflict of interests between the two sides is a big mountain in front of them and cannot be ignored.

The kindness that he owed in his early years, now is the time to repay it. Although Oscar, as a long-lived species, has a much longer lifespan than ordinary races, the other party himself is considered to be without desires and dedicates himself wholeheartedly to his faith. For so many years, he has never come to Allen to ask for anything for himself, until this time he heard that Allen deliberately cooked grandmaster-level dishes.

"… … That's not how it's calculated! You said you used your own materials… …"

"No matter how you calculate it, I'm not at a loss, Master!"

Allen showed more determination than Oscar: "Most of the ingredients I invested are not easy to preserve. With my current cooking skills, the possibility of successfully cooking a grandmaster-level dish may not be possible. But this Acorn can be stored for at least a hundred years without worrying about its quality decreasing. By then, my skills will definitely not be at the current level, and cooking a grandmaster-level dish will be a piece of cake, right?"

"But haven't you already cooked a grandmaster-level dish?"

"But the problem is that the main ingredient of this dish is from your Oak Church. With the relationship between us, if I embezzle this dish, how can I get along with the church and with you, Master, in the future?"

"So don't put too much pressure on Master, accept it as helping to maintain the relationship between me and the church!"

"It's settled then. I still have things to do, so I won't keep you, Master, lest those guys who just went out speculate that we have some secret deal!"

Allen put the Acorn back into his dimensional bag, then picked up the two pieces of equipment on the table and stuffed them into Oscar's arms, put his big hand around the elf's slender and broad shoulders, and pushed the other party out of the living room without allowing refusal.

Pa da!!

The door of the living room was closed by Allen as Oscar's body was pushed out. At this time, it was useless for Oscar to struggle any more. In the end, he could only shake his head and leave the castle helplessly.

And Allen, who locked himself in the living room, sensed that Oscar's aura was far away, and the corners of his mouth were also slightly raised. After finally paying back the favor, he felt comfortable from the inside out, and only felt that a touch of darkness pressed in his heart had been cleared. In the future, when facing the Oak Church, he no longer needed to pay too much attention to Oscar's attitude.

Although all along, Allen has never given the Oak Church too many preferential treatments because of Oscar's existence. Everyone is closer to each other, but it all comes from the consideration of interests.