The Elf Elder's Request (1)
With a sharp *thwack*!
My knife pierced straight through the other gem that was the monster's weakness in an instant.
The knife had been aimed at the eyes, but because the weakness had changed, if I had stabbed at the eyes, I might have been counterattacked instead.
But I had the ability gained from catching Ursula.
Weapon Softening
I made the knife flexible to aim at the gem in the moved position and dig in.
*Whoosh*!
Killed the Golem ★. Reward: 2000 coins.
[Level increased by 3.]
[★Point 3 obtained.]
The Golem's body fell to the floor and looked dead.
“Hoo.”
Only then, I released the invisibility and checked again if the young elf was okay.
“Are you okay?”
“Ah… yes! Thank you.”
Fortunately, besides a cut on the arm, it didn't seem like any major injury.
The elf, who seemed similar in age to Leyton, introduced himself as 'Ramella' who was only about 70(?) years old this year, a spry young 'Ramella'.
“70 years old?”
Thinking about it, I realized elves might have different lifespans from humans… but still, a child who looks so young being 70?
“Wait, then what about Elena?”
It seemed impolite to ask a woman's age, so I didn't ask specifically, but she didn't seem as old as Leyton or Ramella.
Roughly, I guessed she was around 200(?) years old.
“By the way, should I follow the ones who went inside?” The guys who went underground didn't seem like they would come back out, as if there were no other paths.
“Come to think of it, the scenario quest said to prey…” The scenario quest to prey on the monsters in the Hidden Temple.
However, there were no monsters outside, and the only monster in this Hidden Temple's secret passage was this stone.
“Can I eat the stone?”
Other monsters, well, honestly a bit disgusting, but they were edible, right?
But this was pure stone.
No matter how I touched the Golem's corpse, it was a hard stone.
Would I really be able to eat this?
“Still, let's try once.”
First, I picked up the fork and stood in front of the Golem's corpse.
Then, the White Dragon looked at me strangely.
“Are you going to eat that?”
“Why? Can't I eat it?”
“Aigoo. No matter what, I don't eat stones.” That bratty White Dragon.
Honestly, it was unbelievable that a gluttonous pig who had eaten so many things was telling me that.
“I don't eat because I want to eat. I wouldn't eat this stone because I want to.”
There was the scenario quest to eat, and eating makes you stronger, doesn't it.
In this situation where something strange might happen, it was an unavoidable choice.
*Puuk*.
The fork dug in subtly.
Despite being stone, it felt like soft tofu.
“What does it taste like?”
This was the first predation after class change.
Since predation itself didn't seem much different, I picked up one Golem with the fork and brought it to my mouth.
“Mmm?!”
Honestly, I didn't expect much taste.
Since it was stone, I thought it would be enough if I ate it.
But it wasn't that.
As soon as it entered my mouth, the Golem melted.
It felt miraculous as if the stone had become cotton candy and melted away in my mouth.
“What the heck is this?”
Since it melted as soon as it entered, I couldn't taste it.
So, I took another Golem and put it in my mouth, and it melted again instantly.
And the taste that came with it!
This was on a different level from the taste I had eaten before.
Is this what the rainbow mushroom tastes like?
An indescribable heavenly taste danced and sang in my mouth.
It was so splendid that it felt like a musical was unfolding in my mouth.
That was the taste of this Golem.
“It's really delicious?”
Even without any cooking, it was delicious, so how much more delicious would it be if I cooked it?
But with the cooking methods I have now, I didn't have confidence to perfectly cook this guy.
In an instant, I devoured one huge Golem.
Gigantification
[Gourmet Predation of Golem ★ complete]
[Since Gourmet Predation is completed, new stats are generated.]
[Newly acquired ability 'Earth Attribute Resistance']
[Special Ability - Gigantification acquired.]
Gigantification
[You can enlarge your body.]
[Summonable monsters added.]
※ Golem ★
“Huh?”
New stats different from before.
Unlike simply increasing strength and stamina, the attribute resistance itself became a stat.
It was an ability that couldn't be covered by items, but newly added meant something big.
Especially, it would be a good benefit against monsters that mainly use attribute attacks.
“But is it better than just stats?” Honestly, I thought that too.
If strength or stamina increases, the body's power definitely increases, but this wouldn't be useful before encountering attribute monsters.
“Hey. Does the Golem taste good?”
“Of course. This is heavenly taste?”
“Eh?! Is that all?!”
The White Dragon who saw me eating a little earlier must have become curious about the Golem's taste.
I approached the remaining Golem's corpse and put one stone in my mouth.
*Kwajik! Kwajik!*
The sound of the stone being chewed in the White Dragon's mouth.
*Gulp*.
“Tsk. This is just a stone!”
“……”
Even though the sound of chewing stone was heard, the White Dragon chewed and swallowed it again.
Perhaps because of my Gourmet Predation trait, it tasted delicious to me.
“What kind of teeth and stomach does that guy have?” Purely curious.
How was it that he could chew and digest such stones?
“Let me check. Is there no item?”
I was looking around if there were items dropped when the Golem died, when a new message appeared.
You have preyed on the monster of the Hidden 'Temple'.
Scenario Quest completed.
Moving to the Room of Scenario.
“Huh?”
Perhaps because I preyed on the Golem.
As the scenario quest was completed, my body moved to the Room of Scenario.
*Shuk!*
***
“What now?”
When I completed the previous scenario quest, those guys at Ulsan Station had come out.
So, would those guys come out again this time?
Predicting that, I waited for what scene would unfold, but what appeared before my eyes were elves.
“Why elves?”
What connection did the elves in this Hidden Temple have with those Ulsan Station guys?
First, I listened carefully to the conversation of the few elves who appeared.
“Elder-nim. We will handle it.”
“Yes. Send us.”
“Kuhm…”
A few elves were persuading an elf who seemed quite old.
Considering that elves look young even if old, I couldn't gauge how old the elder was.
“Is the elder Elena's grandfather?” Elena is the granddaughter of the elf clan's elder, right?
Well, anyway, what was the reason for asking like that.
“If we stay here like this, we will be extinct.”
“Yes. We will go and solve it.”
“Do you really think so?”
“Yes. That's right.”
“Yes.”
The elf elder looked troubled while listening to the other elves' words.
The elder seemed to be weighing his decision carefully.
“Yeah. I understand. I'll allow it.”
“I understand. We'll depart right after tonight's dinner.”
“No failure.”
“Of course.”
With that, the screen started to turn.
It was now quite late at night.
“Okay! Now we start!”
With an elf's shout, the elves were heading towards the portal going outside.
They seemed armed, so probably those combat elves Leyton mentioned.
“If those elves had been there…”
Since there were quite a few strong-looking elves, even if those guys came in, this wouldn't have happened.
While the elves were moving through the portal.
One elf was seen not taking the portal at the end and doing something.
“What is he doing?”
Although all other elves had left, the man who kept staying and doing something, after finishing his task, finally took the portal and left.
“He was the elf who appealed the most to the elder…” The elf who said if we go like this, it's over.
Anyway, after that elf went out, the portal disappeared and the next video went to the next.
“Huh?”
The place where that elf was wandering.
Suddenly, a bright light appeared there, and a portal was formed.
“No way?”
It seemed like that was the device forming the portal.
And as I predicted, the guys from Gopchang Alley appeared through there.
The scene after that was predictable.
The guys who entered here attacked the elves based on their abilities and kidnapped young Ramella.
The elves fleeing to other places to escape from those guys.
Then, it unfolded to the current situation.
“What the hell is that guy!”
Did he sell his own kind?
It seemed that because of that elf guy's actions, this was happening now.
The scenario video has ended.
The true path of the 'Predator' seems visible now.
As a reward for completing the second scenario, a special skill for 'Gourmet Predator' is granted.
I didn't care about the item being given.
Because of that elf guy earlier, even the young elves were in this situation.
“Damn it.”
“Searching for the next scenario.”
“Scenario writing in progress…”
“Scenario setting completed.”
“Find the elf clan's elder and fulfill the 'request'.”
“If you fulfill the 'request', you can obtain something related to 'Gourmet Predation'.”
“Welcome to the new path of the 'Predator'.”