However, according to Shelsea, the First Lord has already died. So it should not be possible to use skills even in death, right?
Anyway, he was still far from such a level, so he stopped thinking about them for the ti being.
"Well, the dungeon is really not that different from the real world. It is like another world, full of beasts. It's not all danger inside, though. Beasts seldom travel to the Safe area unless the dungeon reaches a saturation point."
"In my city, once a dungeon is conquered, experts would flock in and study and record the dungeon as well as the beasts inside of it. After that, it will be labeled as regulated, and only then would they be available for the general public to use for a certain entrance fee."
Lucas began to explain to them his understanding of dungeons. Although there was a possibility that they already knew of the information in advance, he still ntioned all he knew about the dungeons just in case.
While he was explaining, his stomach suddenly churned, feeling hungry.
As if hearing his churning stomach, Sylvia smiled toward him and said, "This stew is almost done, just wait for a few monts."
Lucas nodded his head, feeling thankful. He has only been eating raw at and roasted at before. He would surely savor the taste of this stew.
"Right, I'll go and take sothing for a bit." Rembering sothing, Lucas stood up from his seat and went to where he dissected the Iron Horned Stag yesterday.
Due to how massive that beast was, he and Spot were only able to consu half of it, with Spot eating most of it. As for the remaining half, he placed it above a tree where it would not be reached easily by other beasts.
After a while, Lucas returned carrying a huge chunk of at. Even though it was only half, the at was still a lot bigger than Lucas.
Fortunately, his injuries had already healed, and he was already strong enough to carry such a heavy weight for a brief period of ti.
Initially, his plan was to just take a fourth of the current size of the at to bring along on his journey. However, thinking that Shelsea and the others might want the at, he would gladly give it to them, considering that they have been acting nicely toward him.
The ground trembled for a bit the mont Lucas dropped the huge chunk of at in front of them.
The five of them, especially the man nad Daren, have the most intense reaction of them all by standing up with a shocked expression.
"What's this?" Although they already knew what it was from the sll and from its look, one of them could still not help but ask just to confirm.
"It's the at of an Iron Grade-Iron Star 7 Iron Horned Stag. It was only hunted yesterday, so the at should not have slled yet. You guys can have it. If you scrape off the outer layer of the at, it should still taste pretty good."
Shelsea hesitated for a mont upon hearing his words before ultimately saying, "This... is very valuable. We can't just take it for free."
She looked around her group, and they too seed to share her thoughts about the matter.
The at of an Iron Star 7 beast was indeed valuable. Shelsea and the others did not want to make Lucas think that they were taking advantage of him, so she declined.
"How about we do a trade?" Lucas asked.
After a few monts, Shelsea finally nodded her head. "We can do that. However, we did not bring any valuables this ti around, so even if we wanted to, we really could not offer anything of the sa value as this at."
"Oh, don't worry about it. You guys gave this salt earlier as well, so how about we just call it even? This salt has little value to you, but it is valuable to . That at is of a little value to , but is very valuable to you."
"What do you think? It's a fair trade, isn't it?"
Lucas said with a smile.
Of course, he knew that the two goods were incomparable in terms of value.
However, Lucas and Spot could casually hunt Iron Star 7 beasts, so he did not worry about lacking any in the foreseeable future.
And besides, he just could not demand sothing out of them without offering sothing in return, and the at just happened to be sothing he could casually give them.
At the sa ti, Lucas also wanted to gain their trust. He knew that they had not fully trusted him yet. To enter the city, he must obtain their trust first.
Still, as long as he shows a good attitude toward them, he did not believe that he would not be able to gain their trust sooner or later.
Hearing his words, Shelsea was about to retort that salt was very cheap compared to the at, but her words were cut short by Lucas, who said with a smile, "Aside from the salt, consider this a paynt to the stew that I'm about to eat as well."
Seeing that he was adamant on letting them take the beast at, Shelsea could only nod her head toward him while showing a subtle smile.
"Kane, you handle the at," Shelsea ordered to the other man in her group.
Kane nodded his head, approaching the at with excitent in his eyes.
He then took out a knife and began to cut the at into more pieces. At the sa ti, he also scrapes off so bad parts of the at that have already started to turn green.
Ranked beasts at does not spoil as easily as mundane ats, so Kane only managed to scrape off a few portions of the at.
Lucas had been staring at him while he processed the at, curious as to how he would do it.
After a while, Sylvia announced that the stew was ready.
She then handed a bowl to Lucas, telling him to take as much as he liked from the pot.
Knowing that she cooked a lot, Lucas did not stand in ceremony and took a few scoops from the pot, filling his bowl to the brim.
He then retreated to his seat, savoring the sll of the stew that wafted to his nose.
After giving so to Spot, Lucas began eating the stew for the first ti in a while.
'This... This is tasty!' Lucas could not help but close his eyes.
The taste that ca from the seasonings. The taste of the broth and the seasoned mundane at seed to explode inside his mouth at this mont.
'How I missed this taste!'
Lucas felt quite emotional.
Food can indeed soothe a person's mind.
As if his worries were no longer worries, Lucas savored and enjoyed the delicious stew as best as he could.
Rubbing his stomach in satisfaction, Lucas suddenly recalled sothing as he turned toward Kane.
"How did you manage to make the at disappear out of thin air?"
He has been curious about this since earlier.
It was also Kane who took the pot and the cooking ingredients earlier, seemingly from out of nowhere.
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A/N: Extra Chapter as thanks for the power stones and golden tickets this book received this month.
As always, I am very grateful to the support you have shown in this novel.
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