The epic story of green monsters

Chapter 1137 Return the favor
Afterwards, Alan reminded the three pillars of the precautions they needed to take when eating this grandmaster-level dish, and discussed the situation in the wilderness over the past decade or so. A pleasant meeting thus came to an end.

After seeing off three allied comrades who were anxious to return home, Allen then met with the bishops of the six churches who had been waiting for a long time in the living room.

However, unlike when he met with the three pillars, when Allen talked with the six church bishops, he was more polite and assertive. Even though he wasted a lot of materials from the other party, his conversation and expression were full of confidence, giving people a sense of rightness.

"...I did waste a lot of ingredients this time, but I told you guys long ago that my cooking skills are not sophisticated enough and the chance of failure is very high. I am lucky to be able to help each of you cook a successful dish."

Alan took out dishes sealed in crystal food boxes from his dimensional bag, and handed them to their respective recipients one by one according to the main ingredients of the dishes. "But I was still a little careful and didn't use up all the ingredients you gave me. There are still quite a few ingredients left. I will send someone to return them to you later."

"Sir Allen, since the ingredients have been given to you, you should let it be what it was meant to be. Why bother returning it to us?"

Although he was somewhat dissatisfied in his heart, Philemon, the northern high priest of the Church of Nature, had a warm expression on his face.

"My skills are not sophisticated enough to begin with, and I still need time to hone them. If you hadn't begged me, I wouldn't have cooked these dishes that are beyond my ability at this time. But now that I have succeeded by chance, and each family has received a portion of the dishes you wanted, there is no need for me to waste these remaining precious ingredients."

"Of course, the most important thing is, if I really use the remaining ingredients to make another master-level dish, tell me, should I give it to the owner of the ingredients, or should I just swallow it up?"

“Sometimes people are not afraid of not getting enough, but they are afraid of not getting it evenly enough!!”

Alan shook his head, his wise eyes swept across the faces of several church leaders, and said meaningfully.

"Hahaha, Alan, you make sense!!!"

When there was silence in the field, the voice of Oscar, the Elf Druid, suddenly rang out, and there was no trace of loss in his hearty smile.

"Mr. Allen is really thoughtful."

Upon hearing this, the other bishops showed a rare look of realization in their eyes, and then they all echoed the words.

The rest was just the usual politeness, with each party exchanging pleasantries for a long time, until Alan euphemistically expressed his intention to see them off, and everyone said they wanted to leave.

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

Oscar, who was deliberately placed last by Allen, was about to leave with the other church leaders, but Allen tried to keep him.

"whats the matter?"

When Oscar asked in confusion, several other bishops turned around and looked at the two.

"It's about the restoration of the Takhan Desert ecology."

"okay."

Allen found a random reason and kept Oscar alone. Although the other five church bishops couldn't help wondering why Allen wanted to keep Oscar, they couldn't influence Allen's will on Green Field's territory. Finally, they walked down the mountain with a scrutinizing look and a hint of dissatisfaction.

Oscar, who was left behind, sat down again and looked up at Allen, thinking that he was going to ask him about desert cultivation.

"I see you guys are doing a lot of repairs and gold forging at the edge of the desert, aren't you doing it very quickly? What went wrong?"

It was no secret that Allen had the control core of the Misty Forest Ruins in his hands, and it was reasonable for him to relocate the maze ruins. Over the years, the Green Tribe started to clean up the snake natives in the depths of the desert, killed the nine-headed serpent Hydra, and then built magic buildings in the desert. None of these things could be concealed, and Allen had never thought of hiding the wilderness forces, so Oscar really thought that Allen had encountered some problems in the desert.

"In fact, there is no big problem in the desert. I just have something that is not easy to give to you in the current environment, so I had to find an excuse to keep you here."

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

"Master, didn't you prepare some ingredients before and asked me to help you cook a grandmaster-level dish? This time, some of the ingredients given to me by the Oak Church were the same as the ones you gave me, so I put your ingredients together and cooked them. I didn't expect that it would actually succeed this time, so the dish for the Oak Church and your dish were cooked at the same time."

"I have already handed over the dishes for the Holy See to you in front of everyone, but I can only hand over the dishes that you personally asked me to cook to you in private. After all, you heard what I said just now. It would be difficult for me to let outsiders know that your Holy See received two dishes."

"Thank you, Alan!!"

Oscar thought that his expectations had been dashed. After all, with his own savings and channels, he could only get together the ingredients for one dish. And everyone knew how many times Alan had failed in cooking over the past two years, so he didn't hold out much hope for success.

"You don't have to be so polite with me, Master Oscar."

In response to Oscar's sincere gratitude, Allen waved his hand and said sincerely: "Don't forget, if it weren't for your help, Master, the Green Tribe and I would have disappeared long ago under the cruel rules of the wilderness."

"Now that I can help you, Master, it can be regarded as my repayment for the favor I owed you over the years."

No matter what conflicts Allen had with the Temple of Nature or the three churches of the Oak Camp over the years, and what role Oscar played in these matters, the bear goblins still remembered every bit of help and teaching Oscar had given them.

"Don't say that. With my status and power back then, my help to you was just a piece of cake. It's really not worth mentioning compared to the return you are getting now." Oscar was also not an elf who would take advantage of a favor to gain power, otherwise he would have used this relationship to ask for a reward from Alan.

"Master, it may seem like a piece of cake to you, but to me and the Green Tribe at that time, your help made our current rise possible, so I should repay you in any way I can."

Allen still remembers the first time he met Oscar in the desert. He gave him a precious improved grain seed, which laid the foundation for the Green Tribe to be self-reliant. When he first entered the misty forest maze to explore, he encountered the legendary gnolls. It was Oscar who pleaded with Odin, the head of the Oak Church, and only then did they drive away the gnolls with the help of Oscar.

Allen still remembers all the favors in his heart, but unfortunately he has never had the chance to repay them. Now that Oscar needs him, Allen is naturally willing to devote his energy to fulfilling his wishes.

"I'll accept this dish. Please tell me how much it costs to cook it."

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

"Do you think these two pieces of equipment are worth enough? Of course, I also know that with your current status and position, Alan, these two pieces of legendary equipment may not be worth the cost of your work, but they are the most valuable things I have. I'm afraid I will have to wait until the church pays me the salary before I can compensate for the rest."

"Master, please take it back!"

Seeing this, Allen immediately growled righteously: "If you want to do this, then I will regret cooking for you!!"

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

The two people who were both very serious about things almost quarreled over two priceless equipments. One of them tried desperately to give away the excellent equipment that was put outside and was being scrambled for by a large number of people, while the other one refused to accept the gift at all costs.

After some refusal to accept Oscar's firm determination, Allen finally took out another thing and immediately moved him: "Master, you see, you have already paid me for my work."

Oscar was very familiar with the thing that Allen took out of the dimensional bag. It was the same acorn seed that he had exchanged from the Holy See. Of course, he also knew that among the materials that the Holy See handed over to the other party through him, there was also an acorn seed with a stronger breath of life. Therefore, at this time he was not sure whether the thing in Allen's hand belonged to him or the Holy See.

Moreover, the acorn seeds were also present in the storages of the Ranger and Sprout churches. Perhaps the materials given to Allen by the bishops of the two churches also included the acorn seeds.

"The acorn fruit that your Oak Church gave me, when I cracked the shell while cooking, I discovered that there were two acorns inside. Although it didn't affect my cooking, I suddenly had an idea to add a lot of auxiliary ingredients and some of my own ingredients, and based on this, I cooked two identical dishes in one pot."

"But you can rest assured. The magic power contained in these two dishes is not weaker than other grandmaster-level dishes. On the contrary, because of my improvisation and the auxiliary ingredients I added, the two seeds that grew from the same source have become stronger. Their quality is the best among the nine dishes I have successfully cooked."

"Because I added a lot of my own ingredients into this dish, and it would be bad if other churches thought 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'll take them as compensation for the ingredients I put into that dish, as well as your labor costs."

"And don't worry, Master, about the Vatican. I never take advantage of others. After the materials for the two dishes are converted into specific actual values, I have already added the compensation I need to the materials I return to your Vatican."

After hearing what Allen said, and looking at the genuine acorn in his hand, Oscar felt less guilty, but he still pushed the two pieces of equipment he collected over to him: "Even if that's the case, you are making up for my loss, and I should still pay you for your work."

"Master, this acorn is far more precious than two legendary equipment for a magic chef like me, and it is hard to buy with money. I have made amends to the Church, and it should be considered a fair exchange transaction with the master. You give me the ingredients and I give you the dishes. Do you think I am right?"

Alan still flatly refused. In the future, the struggle between his camp and the Temple of Nature will be eased for a long time, but no one can guarantee when it will deteriorate again. After all, the conflict of interests between the two sides is a huge mountain in front of them that cannot be ignored.

The favor owed in the early years should be repaid now that there is an opportunity. Although Oscar is a long-lived species with a much longer lifespan than other races, he himself is selfless and has devoted himself wholeheartedly to his beliefs. Over the years, he has never asked Allen for anything for him, until this time he heard that Allen deliberately cooked a master-level dish.

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

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

Alan was more resolute than Oscar: "Most of the ingredients I used are not easy to preserve. With my current cooking skills, I may not be able to successfully cook a grandmaster dish. 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. Wouldn't it be easy for me to cook a grandmaster dish?"

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

"But the problem is that the main ingredient of this dish is from your oak church. Given the relationship between us, if I take this dish for granted, how can I get along with the church and you, Master, in the future?"

"So don't put too much pressure on yourself, Master. Just accept it as a way to help maintain the relationship between me and the Holy See!!"

"It's settled. I have something else to do so I won't try to keep you here, Master. Otherwise those guys who just left might start to speculate and think we have some secret deal!"

Alan put the acorn in his hand back into his dimensional bag, then picked up the two pieces of equipment on the table and stuffed them into Oscar's arms. He put his big hand on the elf's slender and broad shoulders and pushed him out of the living room without giving him a chance to refuse.

Snap! !
The door to the living room was closed by Alan at the same time Oscar was pushed out. It was useless for Oscar to hesitate at this point. Finally, he could only shake his head and leave the castle helplessly.

Alan, who locked himself in the living room, felt Oscar's presence outside moving away. The corners of his mouth curled up slightly. After finally repaying the favor, he felt relieved from the inside out. He felt that the darkness in his heart was cleared away. In the future, he would no longer need to care about Oscar's attitude when facing the affairs of the Oak See.

Although Allen has never given too much preferential treatment to the Oak Church because of Oscar's existence, everyone is closer only out of consideration of interests.