New Century Kitchen Warrior

Chapter 200: Blade of the Old Days
The moment Lei Ye finished saying this, the sphere that had previously flashed in front of Lei Ye flashed again, with a few large words appearing on it.

'The challenge has been confirmed and notified to all witches.'

This thing suddenly popped out and scared Lei Ye.

He tilted his head and asked tentatively, "Number 19?"

The sphere became smaller, floating closer to Lei Ye, and the font on it also became smaller.

'Yes, my job is still to keep an eye on you.'

"Why don't you just stay with me? Don't you think it's troublesome to do this?"

"A security guard who leaves the security room is no longer a security guard."

Okay, okay, it really is a security guard, right?

Lei Ye didn't dwell on this too much; he cared more about the so-called challenge.

"Let me ask you, what do you mean by this challenge being established? Now the people on the other side are scolding me and they look very angry."

"It's actually very simple. The total number of people in the Witch House is even smaller than that of the Elf Tribe, but there is much more work to be done. Therefore, only one person is allowed to take a specific job, and everyone else needs to do basic work. If grassroots workers want to get a job, they must prove that they can be the best in a certain industry, and then challenge the person who is currently doing that job, just like you did just now. If you win, you get the job, and Med is laid off."

"understood."

No wonder Med was cursing over there, this was equivalent to stealing her job.

Although Lei Ye understood, he was also a little disappointed. In his impression, the best people in such special professions would have a special kind of madness, and they should be happy to face the challenge of people in the same profession, instead of feeling panic or even angry because someone wanted to steal their job.

Especially after hearing that Med had developed a lot of medicines, Lei Ye came here with great anticipation and wanted to exchange experiences.

Lei Ye looked around and soon discovered the various potions on the shelves. His contempt for Med was reversed, as each potion here was of a very advanced level.

And he couldn't recognize most of them, so he had to use his magic eyes to see the effect.

The most eye-catching thing is the boiling potion in the pot. It appears like this in the magic eye:
【Life-growth potion·Incomplete】

Increase pregnancy rate by 100%.

This was the second time Lei Ye had seen a potion with embellishments at the end. The last time was the kind of potion that would definitely harm even the demons and even the demon kings.

The key point is that it is still incomplete, which means that the raw materials are missing. Generally speaking, let alone the lack of raw materials, even a slight problem with the quantity will turn the potion into garbage residue. The fact that this potion can be effective as another potion in an incomplete state shows that its formula itself is very sophisticated.

This one might be hard to win.

Lei Ye hesitated in his heart and felt that he should still have a competition. He still had the capital and confidence to win, but his goal was not to win. It would be best to create the appearance that he could easily win but would let up at the last moment, showing his strength and saving the opponent's face. This was the simplest and most powerful way to increase the opponent's favorability in a short period of time.

Alas. In the end, Lei Ye finally understood the elder's roundabout meaning, which was to ask him to increase the other witches' favorability towards him.

"Let's try it out. Can you tell me the rules?" Lei Ye casually tried to take out the alchemical equipment in his storage bag.

But there was no response, so he shook his shackles and then remembered that he could no longer use the storage bag.

"Then lend me a set of tools," Lei Ye said after thinking for a moment, "and some more materials."

The other party kept saying unpleasant things, so Lei Ye subconsciously blocked those people.

I just felt something twisting in my chest. It was Nadori silently using her body to engage in passionate exchanges with them.

When he turned his attention back to this side, he found that although the other party was cursing, he had still prepared everything. A huge long table was placed in front of Lei Ye. The so-called challenge seemed to be a relatively serious matter in the Witch's House. At this time, people flashed by outside the window from time to time. They were witches who used teleportation magic to run here to watch the battle. Those people stuck to the window, supporting their bodies with their chests to look inside. Everyone looked like a weirdo with a strange body shape and a head growing on his chest.

"What's your bet?" Med's face darkened.

"Bet?" Lei Ye looked away.

"Ha? Are you kidding me? If I don't put up any sincere bets, any random person will come to challenge me. How can I still work?" At this time, Med laughed and relaxed her body. Looking at the shackles on Lei Ye's hands, she was sure that Lei Ye could not put up any bets. She waved her hand and said, "Let's go, let's go. This guy is looking for trouble."

But Lei Ye can really take out a bet.

His most precious treasure is not in his storage bag, but in his mind.

"I'm betting on three potion formulas that are effective against high-level demons," Lei Ye said.

Lei Ye was very confident in making this bet. The potion that could be effective against high-level demons was the lifelong pursuit of the Ai'er family. For other alchemists, it was an unattainable holy medicine.

But unexpectedly, Med just sneered.

"Is the potion that can be effective against high-level demons something very valuable?"

She casually took out several potions from her storage bag and used space magic to accurately place them on the table in front of Lei Ye.

Almost at the same moment, Nadori on his chest almost broke free from Lei Ye's chest, opening and closing her mouth and cursing, trying to crawl out. She even really crawled out, using branches and leaves to support herself and jumped onto the table. Even Lei Ye knew for the first time that she had such strength. After jumping onto the table, she pushed a bottle of potion down with a bang, like a saber cat slapping a cup of water away.

Lei Ye instantly took out the holy sword from his back and inserted it on the table. The sharp blade frightened the people who were approaching angrily and wanted to throw Nadori down. Even if Nadori was really a sword cat, the only one who could scold her was Lei Ye and not anyone else.

Then he lowered his head and looked at the shattered remains with his magic eye.

[Transformation Potion Prohibited·Incomplete]

After use, you will no longer be able to change forms. If your magic power is below a certain value, the effect may last indefinitely.

This is incomplete anyway.

After taking another look at the other potions, Lei Ye was stunned again, because the name of this thing looked unusually familiar to him.

[Time is twisted and the medicine is reduced. Incomplete]

After use, the user's status will be traced back.

This description is very ambiguous, but Lei Ye vaguely realized that the effect of this potion is definitely not simple.

"I bet!"

Lei Ye said loudly, and then pointed to the holy sword on the table, "Use this as a bet. You can ask someone to come and appraise its value now. I estimate that it is enough to pay for all your potion refining costs in the next ten years. But I want to increase the stakes. If I win, I want the formulas for these bottles of potions."

"No, buddy, aren't we on good terms now? What are you going to do?!" The Holy Sword jumped out instantly, "Am I a human? Am I a human? And when you were chatting with Grady, didn't you say very firmly that you would never gamble? What does your oath mean?"

"I'm not really going to sell you out, don't worry, we will win, we won't really hand you over. Besides, it doesn't matter even if I really hand you over, we will roll back anyway." Because the Holy Sword had anticipated a strong reaction from the outside, Lei Ye whispered to comfort her.

"It doesn't matter what. I don't want to fall into the hands of a woman. Absolutely not! Change the bet, Mr. Lei Ye!"

Lei Ye ignored her shouting. The soul body couldn't do anything anyway. Med on the opposite side observed the holy sword from a distance and snorted, accepting Lei Ye's challenge.

The challenge is officially established.

The next second, a replica of the big pot in front of her fell in front of Lei Ye, along with various unprocessed materials.

(Nodori, still filled with hatred, looked at the holy sword standing in front of her, then turned to look at Raino who was staring at the cauldron in a daze)

"What is this?" Lei Ye was stunned.

"The tools you want."

No, this thing, what kind of alchemical tool is it? Lei Ye has wanted to complain about it for a long time. It is like the big pot that witches use to boil children in evil fairy tales, bubbling with green bubbles. How can it be used to make potions?

But when I saw that the other party was also using this, I gritted my teeth and agreed to the other party's request.

He subconsciously wanted to try whether there were any magic items installed to drive it, but he quickly stopped again. In this state without magic power, he couldn't activate the magic items even if there were any. Similarly, without magic power, he couldn't use basic elemental magic to create a high enough temperature flame, which was also very troublesome.

Another thing is that the other party can use storage bags to quickly organize materials, but it takes a lot of time just to process the materials here.

I'm at an overwhelming disadvantage before I even start.

"Each person makes three potions, and then compares their merits. The rules are simple as that," Med's tone was no longer panicky, but full of a little pride. "Also, you can rest assured that the evaluation of the potions will be absolutely fair and just. I won't make things difficult for a scumbag like you."

".Can you please remove these shackles? I'm feeling uncomfortable."

"That won't work. What if you blow this place up?" Med said in horror.

Meanwhile, fire had been created in her hands, and she had begun to work.

There is no other choice but to go ahead with it. The only advantage now is that the formula he has is good enough. Lei Ye began to screen the materials here.

First, use the Time Warp Tonic to win the first game. Lei Ye is quite confident in the effect and level of this potion. Besides, it is not difficult to make.

(Nadore spun around, looking at the witches one by one. She twisted her body and finally set her sights on the nearest potion.)
But the existing conditions were too harsh. Lei Ye had finally processed the materials, but he began to feel troubled by the flame. If the temperature was not high enough, it could not be used to refine the potion.

Fortunately, Lei Ye's familiarity with the materials helped him. There was a kind of grass called Fire Essence, which could greatly increase the temperature of the flame if crushed and placed in the charcoal. Lei Ye used this method to barely create a fire that could be used to refine potions.

Now that we can officially start, Lei Ye breathed a sigh of relief.

"Wait a minute!" At this time, a witch who had been watching Lei Ye's movements raised her hand, "I want to report him. He is squandering materials at will. It's a foul!"

Lei Ye was stunned.

The witch came running over, confirmed the fire grass under the Leiye cauldron, then pointed there and repeated what she said.

The other witches were also speaking similar words, talking to the sphere in the air, and after a while, words appeared on it.

'.It has been confirmed that Lei Ye has violated the rules and will be penalized ten minutes.'

"No buddy, you've become the referee?" Lei Ye came back to his senses.

"If security guards are just security guards, they can be easily replaced."

"Then what about wasting materials and penalty time? I'm not there!"

"Because challengers will use materials from the alchemy workshop, wasting is not allowed. In addition, a challenge will be limited to three hours. You only have three hours in total. Including the penalty time, you now have about two hours."

"?"

'Sorry. I forgot you didn't know the rules yet, but generally speaking the other party would explain these to you first. Maybe because this challenge was too hasty, I didn't have time.'

Byd is playing like this, right? Lei Ye felt annoyed again.

It was not only because he was tricked, but also because the Holy Sword was always urging him to give his all and to win.

"What if the thing she gave me can't reach the temperature of the flame? I can only use this method to refine the potion. Otherwise, you have to remove my shackles first." Lei Ye protested.

"That's impossible. I don't know much about flame temperature or anything like that, but according to the rules you can apply in advance for materials that you want to use in a special way."

troublesome!

(Nadore finally moved to the side of the bottle of potion, sucked out the stopper with her mouthparts, and then inhaled the potion inside with a storm)
The opponent's first bottle of potion has been completed, and he is happily explaining the effect of the potion to his companions who are surrounding him. It is a potion that can convert magic power into physical strength, which is quite practical for witches.

Lei Ye was sweating profusely as he just started refining.

So no one noticed that after drinking the potion, Nadori fell to the ground with a look of pain on her face, struggling and twisting.

Nor did he notice that a healthy and plump girl slowly got up from the ground. She held her head in an ungentlemanly posture, then covered her throat, bared her shark-like teeth and shook her head vigorously.

"Hey, this is me."

Until she stood up, no one noticed her presence. This wheat-skinned girl had a passive skill that was not easily noticed by anyone.

After she took about a minute to adjust herself, the first person she noticed was the person closest to her.

Out of curiosity, she pinched Lei Ye's chin and tilted his face so that he was facing her.

"What the hell? This..." Lei Ye's state of high mental concentration was broken, and he was suddenly distracted. Then he was forced to look at the naked girl with a defiant look on her face.

"Who are you!" he screamed.

The other party did not answer, but looked at Lei Ye carefully, trying to figure out something.

Finally, the hand that was pinching Lei Ye's chin pinched her own chin. She raised her eyebrows and looked to the side with a thoughtful expression. Oh, this fierce yet cute expression really looks familiar?

"You don't know me? Strange, I don't seem to know you either, but why am I so kind to you? I can't figure it out no matter how hard I think about it."

She glanced downward and frowned.

"Chains. I hate them the most."

There was the holy sword next to her, she took it casually in one hand, and with her other hand she pressed Lei Ye to the ground with irresistible force. Then she took two steps back lightly, turned her body, jumped in the air, and slashed at the chain with a knife.

There was a loud bang. Although the sudden situation made Lei Ye feel confused, he subconsciously looked at the chain with anticipation.

Useless.

It makes sense. After all, this is Oliha Steel. Even Buyadi can
"Tsk."

Lei Ye couldn't see her movements clearly, so he wasn't sure if it was her who made the smacking sound. He only knew that the girl made a series of jump slashes in the next few seconds, all hitting the same point. The connection between the chains began to turn red and hot, gradually approaching its limit state.

Finally, a crisp sound was heard.

Disconnect from the middle.

"It's quite strong. Let's leave it like this for now. I'll help you get it open later." She stretched out her hand to Lei Ye. "I'm Eluges. Although I don't know who you are, I don't know why I'm so kind to you. So from today on, you're my little brother. I'll protect you. Tsk. Your throat has been itching all the time. What's going on?"

Love Lugus.

If I remember correctly, it is the name of Pride among the Seven Deadly Sins.

The sharpest dagger of the demon clan.

She gave Lei Ye a brilliant smile, her sharp teeth fitting neatly together. Lei Ye couldn't help but look at this great sinner whom he had never seen before.

As she reached out to massage her throat, she became aware of Lei Ye's gaze, and realized that because of her movements, her beautiful figure like a goddess statue was exposed.

"You can't do that, brother," she said shamelessly, shaking her finger, "If you're blinded by this kind of thing, you'll die miserably. By the way, I remember why I came here this time, to..." She tapped her head, glancing at the witch outside the window, her eyes suddenly shining, "Ha, I remember, I'm here to find the rarest loot! It seems that the information is true, I can sneak in with the marked person by disguising myself as a monster!"

Looking around at the witches who were confused by the sudden situation, Elgus smiled even more brightly. He kicked over the messy things on the table and jumped on the stool.

"This weapon is really durable, but it's not suitable for me. What a pity." Elgus threw the holy sword aside, picked up two short knives for processing materials, held one hand in an upright position and the other in an inverted position, and walked step by step along the table towards the witch opposite, saying in a cheerful tone, "Hey - fat fleas hiding in the gaps."

Without warning, she sped up suddenly, wielding the dagger, her smile turning wild.

"I found you guys!!!"

(End of this chapter)