Chapter 120: The Gourmet

“It was just a Lesser Dragon,” Su Lun nodded and said.

“A Lesser Dragon is still a dragon!” Frodo said excitedly, his expression as if he had slain the dragon himself. “I can’t believe I’m eating with a Dragon Slayer. Just thinking about it is thrilling.”

“Can you tell me how you killed that ferocious Frost Wyvern?”

Su Lun noticed that Halflings, besides loving good food, tobacco, and fine wine, were also chatterboxes. Ever since he arrived, Frodo hadn’t stopped talking, not even while eating the grilled tenderloin. Su Lun had to trim and embellish the dragon-slaying story a bit, telling it like a tale. Clearly, Frodo was very satisfied with this polished version.

Because Su Lun’s appetite had increased again after advancing to Legendary, and with a Halfling present, the food he prepared this time was clearly not enough. When he took out another piece of dragon tenderloin, Frodo volunteered to show off Halfling cooking skills for both of them.

As the race with the best culinary skills on the continent, Su Lun was also very interested in Halfling cooking and readily agreed. Frodo first took out several jars and some mushrooms from his pouch.

“I gathered these in the forest today. I tried them, and they taste great.” After adding mountain spring water to the pot, he put the mushrooms and some wild vegetables in to make soup. Then he carefully opened the jars, which contained powders made from various spices. There were a few he didn’t recognize.

“This is the spice I mentioned. I came to the Northern Wasteland just to find this spice.” Frodo picked up a small jar, opened it, and carefully poured out a pile about the size of a fingernail. “This small bottle alone cost me five hundred Gold Nars back then.”

“But luckily, my luck was good. Under the goddess’s protection, I finally found this spice. I won’t have to worry about running out of it in the future.”

Su Lun was also very interested in this spice that fascinated Halflings. As soon as the spice was poured out, Su Lun smelled a familiar scent. Wasn’t this Cumin? So this Halfling came to the Northern Wasteland to find Cumin.

Just as Su Lun was surprised, the Halfling started preparing the roast meat. Soon, a rich aroma of meat spread, and then the Halfling began evenly sprinkling various spices on the surface of the tenderloin.

“Alright, try how I made it.” Frodo handed over the roasted tenderloin. Su Lun reached out, took it, gave half to Heatherway, and then started tasting the Halfling’s cooking.

It had to be said, Halflings were indeed very good at cooking. Although the conditions were simple, the roasted tenderloin made by Frodo was very delicious. Especially after adding Cumin, Su Lun ate several pieces in a row. It could be said this was the most delicious meal he had since coming to this world, comparable to some great chefs from his previous life.

Heatherway ate until her little belly was bulging. Her pouty red lips made Su Lun want to bite them. Frodo was also very happy that his food was appreciated. After the three finished dinner, they had a bowl of mushroom and vegetable thick soup. Although they were in the wild, this dinner was very sumptuous.

After eating, Su Lun carved out another room in this stone chamber. The three each went to rest. Because they ate Frost Wyvern meat, both Heatherway and Frodo felt a energy slowly strengthening their physique. Su Lun’s physical fitness was already very strong now; this Lesser Dragon meat could no longer increase his physique, but it could slightly improve his resistance to cold.

As the last trace of energy slowly merged into his body and disappeared, a System prompt sounded in his ears:

“Congratulations, Host. After fighting the Frost Wyvern and bathing in dragon blood, you became increasingly resistant to cold environments. Finally, after eating Frost Wyvern meat, your resistance to cold reached a critical point. You will adapt to most cold climates, and your resistance to special cold environments has improved. When hit by all frost spells or spell-like attacks, and attacks with frost effects, damage is reduced by 5 points. You gained the [Lesser Frost Resistance] talent.”

After Su Lun gained the [Lesser Frost Resistance] talent, Heatherway and Frodo gained the effects of Strength +2 and Constitution +1. This kind of attribute increase only happens the first time it is consumed. Eating it later would at most add some temporary effects or talents like Lesser Frost Resistance.

These Magical Beast meats have many limitations for increasing attributes. Besides not being able to gain increases multiple times, if the consumer’s own attributes are already very high, exceeding the range the food can increase, these foods can only be tasted for flavor and restore energy.

Heatherway’s Constitution and Strength weren’t high. As a Wizard, close combat had always been her weakness. Now she was consciously training her close combat ability.

The next day, Su Lun woke up to a tempting aroma. He looked down at Heatherway in his arms, who was curled up on his chest like a little cat, and then pinched her cheek. After a simple wash, he walked out of the stone chamber.

“You’re awake! Come try my freshly made secret fish soup!” Frodo greeted warmly. The Frost Wyvern meat from last night had given him quite a benefit. Although Halflings are naturally agile and strong, due to their physique, their innate Strength is not high. While humans can reach 8 points in Strength as adults, they only have 6 points.

“It smells so good.” Heatherway, who still looked sleepy, immediately woke up when she smelled the fish aroma.

“Beautiful Witch, come taste the breakfast carefully prepared by gourmet Frodo.” Frodo took out utensils and began distributing the food.

Besides the delicious fish soup, Frodo had also gathered some wild fruits and a jar of honey in the wild. It had to be said, Halflings really put effort into eating; they could manage such variety even in the wild.

The Halfling gourmet Frodo’s destination was to the south of Florentia. He even planned to go to the sea to taste some local delicacies. Basically, all Halfling gourmets travel around the world. Su Lun invited him to visit his Territory.

To be honest, Su Lun also wanted this gourmet to give some pointers to the cooks in his castle. These cook slaves bought from Karlt City were only average. After tasting the Halfling’s cooking, the previously acceptable cooking suddenly felt unacceptable to Su Lun.

Frodo directly accepted Su Lun’s invitation. After all, going to Su Lun’s Territory was on the way. Moreover, hearing from Su Lun that a new type of wine had just been brewed in his Territory was too great a temptation for a Halfling who loved fine wine.