Chapter 227: Unbelievably Amazing
“Is this really a trial?!” Argentum could not help but shout in a tone of anger, wondering whether the inheritance he had entered was the sa Fla Spirit Inheritance in Aurus’s mories. Although it had the sa na, the sa location, and what seed to be the sa rewards in reference to his mories, the sa could not be said with its chanics.
Eventually, Argentum let out a long sigh, removing all of the anger and confusion that was pent up inside his body alongside it. He then took a look at the five slabs of at that were organized in a horizontal line a decent away from him. At this mont, he changed his mindset to that of soone eager to clear trials no matter how crazy the chanics of the trials are, radiating an aura of seriousness as he pondered on how he was going to cook the slabs of at laid out in front of him.
“The inheritance did say that this trial is highly reliant on my prowess over [Lesser Fire Magic], plus it also said that it’ll tell when I’ve cooked a slab of at to perfection,” Argentum muttered to himself as he pondered, gradually making his way towards the leftmost slab of at. At the very instant he had closed the gap between him and the first slab of at he had to cook, Argentum was instantly srized by the beauty of the at in front of him.
“Such glorious marbling…” Argentum could not help but say as Aurus’s mories of watching a lot of cooking videos while eating surfaced in his mind, making him salivate even though he was a body made out of energy. He then placed one of his hands on the at to get a better feeling for it, letting out a sigh of awe as he soon said, “It also has a plump texture as well.”
“No, wait. I shouldn’t be thinking about these things,” he said to himself as he realized that his train of thought had gone off-course. He then shook his head vigorously to return his train of thought to that of clearing the trial, prompting him to place his index finger and thumb under his chin as he rubbed it, thinking on how he was going to cook these big slabs of at.
‘Do I throw a fireball at it?’ This was the first thought Argentum had in his mind when the thought of cooking these slabs of at ca to mind. The reason as to why Argentum thought that this would be the way to cook these slabs of at was due to the thickness of the cuts, being as wide as Argentum’s arm. Eventually, he thought a bit deeper into this idea, discarding the idea as he muttered, “That would just burn the at.”
“Hmm…” Argentum pondered a bit more on how he was going to cook such a huge slab of at…well, five huge slabs of at, making sure that he had enough control over the power of the flas in order for them to be cooked to perfection, which was the requirent to clear the trial. While he was mulling over this problem, he rummaged through Aurus’s mories, specifically the mories in his past life where he would cook for himself.
Surprisingly, it did not take long for Argentum to realize what he needed to do, watching Aurus cook an egg through the mory. Reverting his focus to that of the slab of at in front of him, he soon conjured a fireball that was not around the size of his palm. He then went ahead and slowly brought the fireball closer to the slab of at, eventually stopping the fireball at a distance of a few centiters from the surface of the at.
He then used [Keen Vision] to get a closer look at what the fireball was doing to the at since he wanted to know whether this thought would be a better choice than just throwing fireballs all over the slabs of at and making sure that each part is covered. After about a minute or so, an incredibly small part on the surface of the at, which was in close contact with the heat radiating from the fireball, gradually turned brown, eliciting a light chuckle from Argentum as he knew that he was going to use this thod.
“Although this thod would be slow, it’s sothing that a few more fireballs would be able to fix,” Argentum said with confidence, rembering that the inheritance told him that the goal was to cook all 5 slabs of at to perfection, not cook them to perfection at the fastest ti possible. If the goal of this trial was the latter, then he might have gone with the fireball throwing thod, making sure to reduce the power stored within them in order to not burn the at.
But since there was no need for Argentum to rush it, he decided that this thod would be better in the long term, allowing Argentum great control over the cooking of the at.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Seeing that one fireball was not enough to cook a decently sized part of the at, Argentum went ahead and conjured three more fireballs and manipulated them to stop a few centiters away from the surface of the at in other parts of it, bringing the total number of fireballs simultaneously cooking the first slab of at to four.
As ti passed, a savory aroma started to suffuse from the slab of at Argentum was cooking, spreading throughout the room as Argentum unhesitatingly inhaled its scent, letting out a sigh of wonder in response. He went ahead and looked at the progress of the four fireballs in cooking the first slab of at, noticing that they have already browned quite a decent area of the at’s surface.
Looking at the browned parts of the at, Argentum could not help but feel like salivating once more, muttering, “If I were an Animate, from the scent it was giving off alone, I’m definitely sure that I’d die happy after eating just a tiny piece of it.”
“Too bad cooking these ats is a part of the trial though,” Argentum said not long after, letting out a sigh of slight dejection. “I’m pretty sure they’ll be moved sowhere after I successfully finish the trial.”
Whoosh!
Just as Argentum focused his sense of vision back on the fireballs, making sure to slowly move them to cook the other parts of the at in an even manner, a long rectangle appeared on the floor a few deciters away from the slab of at Argentum was cooking, glowing quite intensely, which made Argentum focus his sense of vision towards it in slight annoyance.
Wondering why such a rectangle would appear at this mont the rectangle’s inner area was soon filled to around 1/6 of the way, making Argentum wonder even more. Fortunately, the disembodied voice of the inheritance resounded at the very instant Argentum was about to ask the inheritance about this, saying, “To help the inheritor out in making sure that the slabs of at have been cooked to perfection, once a slab of at has been cooked to a certain point, a glowing rectangle would appear below the slab of at, telling the inheritor how close to perfection the cooked at is.”
“Once the glowing rectangle is filled up halfway, that ans the slab of at has been cooked to perfection,” the disembodied voice said not long after, to which Argentum muttered to himself, “Ah, so this is how the inheritance is going to help out.”
Just as he was about to focus his sense of vision back on the slab of at he was cooking, a spark of inspiration flashed in his mind as he thought about the glowing rectangle, prompting him to look at the slab of at beside the slab of at he was currently cooking. As he placed his index finger and thumb under his chin once more as his sense of vision moved towards the ceiling, it did not take long for a plan to be formulated in Argentum’s mind that would take advantage of the glowing rectangle, increasing the speed at which he would cook all of the slabs of at while making sure that they were cooked to perfection.
“Now that I think about it, I contradict myself sotis,” Argentum could not help but chuckle as this thought ca across his mind. “I went with this thod of cooking the at so I have better control over the browning of the at, which ant that I was sacrificing speed in exchange for quality. But here I am, wanting to conjure more fireballs to cook the other slabs simultaneously while I rely on the guide of the glowing rectangle to tell whether the slabs of at have been cooked to perfection.”
“Oh, well. I’ll just think that there’s an additional reward if I cook them fast enough, just to justify my actions,” he said afterward, letting out another chuckle as he went ahead and conjured 4 more fireballs before manipulating them to head towards the second slab of at. In an instant, he felt a great increase in the burden in his mind from controlling 8 fireballs at once. Moving the 4 fireballs he had just conjured to slowly cook the second slab of at, the burden he felt had increased by a few more notches, making Argentum feel that this was his limit for now unless if he pushed himself.
Nonetheless, cooking another slab of at at the sa ti ant that was he was clearing the trial at twice the speed, with the first slab of at eventually being cooked to perfection after around 30 minutes or so.
A great aroma could be slled from the first slab of at, while its appearance, which was akin to a large piece of perfectly cooked steak, made Argentum feel like he was looking at a culinary work of art. Not only that, but there was also the oils of the cooked at on the floor of the large stone room, tempting Argentum a bit as he knew that the oils that dripped from such a piece of at would surely be heavenly.
Fortunately, Argentum composed himself, moving the 4 fireballs that cooked the first slab of at onto the third slab of at, forcing himself to actively ignore the aroma of the perfectly cooked first slab of at as he radiated an aura of lancholy.
Thankfully, it seed that Argentum’s determination to make sure that all 5 slabs of at were perfectly cooked won over his intense urges of devouring the slabs of at in front of him. In total, it took Argentum almost 3 hours to cook all slabs of at to perfection, with every slab of at being perfectly browned with enough charred spots that made it look like five pieces of steak cooked by a world-class chef.
Whoosh!
After the last slab of at was cooked to perfection, the glowing rectangles that allowed Argentum to know whether he had cooked the slabs of at perfectly, disappeared in an instant, which was soon followed up by the disembodied voice.
It said, “The inheritor has successfully cooked all 5 slabs of at to perfection. The inheritor has successfully cleared the trial ‘Fla Control Mastery’.”
Although he was quite ecstatic that he had completed the second trial without much problem, he could not help but feel a stinging pain inside him as he knew that he would part ways with the slabs of at he had just cooked to perfection. To him, it was akin to a chef finally cooking what seed to be the highest quality dish they’ve ever made, only for it to be served to a custor without a sensitive palate. In other words, Argentum felt like it was a waste for the inheritance to not give the slabs of at to him instead.
Surprisingly, the inheritance seed to have answered his prayers, with the disembodied voice resounding throughout the room once more, telling him, “The reward of this trial is the 5 slabs of at that the inheritor has just cooked. These slabs of at are the at of an Ignis Kaiser Lion, a Rank 4 Fire-based Animate. The inheritance recomnds the inheritor to ingest them as fast as possible in preparation for the third trial.”
“Eh?” Listening to the disembodied voice’s words as he processed them, Argentum wondered if he had heard wrongly. The reward was the at he had cooked? Did the inheritance just say that?
Fortunately, the disembodied voice repeated its words once more, finally allowing Argentum to be at ease as he looked at the at in front of him with great pride and glee. Technically, this was the first piece of food Argentum was going to eat in this world. As he thought of the flavor profile of the at he had cooked, Argentum could not help but think to himself, ‘Aw man, if the original body was awake, I would have definitely shared so of this with them.’
‘I hope you can settle with my mories instead, Aurus,’ Argentum thought to himself not long after, taking in a deep breath before moving towards the first slab of at he had cooked. He looked at it for a bit, admiring the browning on the surface of the at before going ahead and opening his mouth and chomping down on it, hacking off a huge piece of at from it.
Fwoosh!
At the very instant he chewed on this piece of at he hacked off, a gush of flavor circulated throughout his body, making him feel like he had ascended to another state of being from the taste of the at alone. A rich salty yet savory flavor ca from the at as Argentum continued to bite, with a small spicy kick adding to the taste of the at every once in a while.
Due to the taste of the at, Argentum had unknowingly hacked off another large piece from the slab of at, gorging down all of it within a matter of seconds as he made sure to commit the taste of the at to his mind. It was only after he had committed the mory to mind did Argentum realize that he had completely devoured the first slab of at without difficulty.
“I already ate the first slab?” Argentum could not help but radiate confusion as he wondered what had happened to the slab of at while he was savoring its flavor. He then focused his sense of vision towards the remaining four slabs of at as he radiated an aura of elation and happiness.
“Then again, I still have four more slabs of at to chow down.”
Ding!
Just as he was about to move onto the next slab of at, a notification sound resounded in his mind, slightly confusing him as he had not obtained a skill or anything else from the inheritance that needs the system to notify him. The only thing he had obtained from the current trial was slabs of at.
As he thought up to this point, Argentum then realized that the slab of at he had just eaten might have special effects, hastily prompting him to open up his notification screen and skim through the latest notifications he had received. After seeing the latest notifications, Argentum was left at a loss for words from awe, which was soon replaced with elation as he shouted, “Truly befitting of an S grade reward!”
‘You have consud the at of an Ignis Kaiser Lion. The mastery level of [Lesser Fla Magic] has increased from Basic to Adept.’
‘You have consud the at of an Ignis Kaiser Lion. Your affinity towards the Fire elent has slightly increased.’
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