Problem Girls Strategy

Huihui didn't even need Jiang Zao's reminder. When she arrived at the place, she directly picked up the [True Crimson Flame Staff] and began to chant explosion magic, then fell down contentedly in the fire of the explosion.

Jiang Zao carried her back to Landsol to meet the others. Unexpectedly, they completed the search and find task while carrying out the expedition task, which saved a lot of time.

Thirteen commissions plus the materials obtained from defeating monsters, the total reward for the Food Hall's first commission was 324,000 Eris, which was a considerable income for the newly established Adventure Guild.

"Jiang Zao, Jiang Zao, look, this is the delicious carrot juice we collected from the carrot mole!" Pekolim patted the large wooden barrel beside her with great excitement: "It's a pity that you are not with us, otherwise we can bring back more."

The Carrot Mole is a small monster that specializes in eating carrots and stones. It gets its name because the blood in its body is carrot juice, unlike that of ordinary monsters.

"We can't finish all the carrot juice, so these are enough. Oh, and we got seven giant frogs this time, so the frog legs are a great harvest."

"Great! Let's go home and cook!"

The five of them hurried back to the guild hut excitedly. Jiang Zao took out the giant frog legs and placed them neatly on the lawn outside the hut. He waved his hand to summon a stream of water to wash away the mucus on the surface of the frog legs.

"If it's this big, there's no way to fry it in the kitchen, right?" Kailu frowned as she looked at the two-meter-long frog legs.

Pekolim was well prepared. She took out a five-meter-wide iron pot from the warehouse and placed it on the ground. "No problem, Kailu. We just need to get a stove and start frying the giant frog legs."

Jiang Zao, who was washing ingredients, heard the words, turned his head to look at the size of the iron pot, and with an idea, an earthen stove slowly rose from the ground. Pekolim put the iron pot on it while cheering.

Kailu sensed the flow of elements in the air and knew that this was Jiang Zao's masterpiece. She couldn't help but complain: "You are more of an architect than a magician."

"In the continent of Arad, there is a profession called Creator who is more suitable to be an architect than me. Apart from life, they can create anything they want."

"Isn't that no different from being a god?" Kael couldn't imagine that someone could possess this level of power.

If... I could also have such powerful strength, could I no longer obey His Majesty... No, no, no, Kael, don't let your imagination run wild and just focus on your mission!

"Who knows? I just heard about it."

Jiang Zao rinsed the frog legs, squatted down, held the kitchen knife made of wind element, and cut the frog leg skin from top to bottom, revealing the pale white muscles that were still faintly throbbing inside. He turned his head to look at Kailu who was still thinking: "Hey, Kailu, come over and help me peel the skin."

"Huh? Oh! Okay."

The two men each grabbed one side and pulled off the giant frog skin from the cut, as easily as tearing off the transparent tape on a book.

While Jiang Zao and Kailu were processing the giant frog legs, Pekolim and Kokoro were not idle either. Kokoro stuffed the scraps from making the dining table under the stove to use as wood to start the fire and burn oil.

Pekolim was preparing the egg liquid and flour needed for frying. She added various seasonings into a large iron basin filled with flour and stirred them evenly. Then she added hot water little by little and kneaded the flour into small powdery pieces with her hands. Only when this flour was wrapped on the ingredients could they be fried into a very layered flaky batter.

After Jiang Zao and the others finished processing the giant frog legs, the hot oil, egg liquid and flour were all ready. The giant frog legs were first simply coated in another bowl of ordinary flour, then put into the bowl of egg liquid to cover themselves with golden underwear, and finally put into the special flour prepared by Pekolim to put on clothes and armor.

The white scales covered the golden egg liquid. Although the giant frog legs had not yet entered the oil pan, everyone could already see that it would have a perfect golden flour shell after frying.

When the frog legs are put into the oil pan with a calm surface, large bubbles will immediately appear and crackling sounds will be heard continuously. After putting them into the pan, basically no operation is required, just wait for the hot oil to fry the frog meat and the batter until cooked through.

Jiang Zao, who was waiting on the side, then remembered that he still had gifts to give to the girls. He walked to the wooden barrel filled with carrot juice and said, "Everyone, I still have the gifts I bought before that I haven't given you yet."

“What gift?!” Hui Hui, who was originally lying on the recliner in the corridor, heard that she could get something for free. Her waist and legs were not sore, and the sequelae of her magic power being drained away disappeared. She jumped up and ran to Jiang Zao and stretched out her hand: “Give it to me.”

Jiang Zao didn't say anything more and directly took out a cup with her Q version of the picture on it from the storage space and gave it to her.

“Oh, the person on the cup is also casting explosion magic. Jiang Zao, you know me very well... Eh? Wait a minute..." Huihui raised the cup and carefully observed the little person on it, and then came to a shocking conclusion: "So it turns out that the picture is me!?"

"I should have drawn it clearly enough, why did you just notice it?"

“Eh? You drew this?” Huihui pointed at the lifelike Q-version figurine on the cup.

"Who else could it be if not me?" Jiang Zao rolled his eyes and handed the cups to the other girls.

“Ahahaha, I, I just didn’t expect you could draw.” Huihui laughed awkwardly and scratched her head. Why did she feel that Jiang Zao knew everything? He even learned the casting methods of ancient magicians.

The more Kokoro looked at the cup Jiang Zao gave her, the more she liked it. She said solemnly, "Master, I will treasure this cup."

"Why don't you just use the cup? Why do you have to keep it away?"

"Thank you Jiang Zao, I like this cup very much!" Considering Pekolim's appetite, Jiang Zao specially chose the largest cup for her. On the cup, there was a Q version of her holding a huge piece of barbecue and eating it.

Not everyone who received a gift was happy. Kaede was the only one who was angry, because on her cup, her Q version was shivering in the corner, and there was even a pair of big hands reaching out to her sensitive cat ears.

"Jiang Zao, are you provoking me?" Kailu clenched her fists and wanted to punch him.

"Kailu, don't be anxious." Jiang Zao took the cup from her hand, then opened the cork of the carrot juice barrel and filled the cup with carrot juice. The Q-version pattern slowly changed. Kailu was smiling and playing with a group of kittens. Jiang Zao returned the cup to her: "How about it, a good design, right?"

Chapter 241: A Magician More Like a Chef

Kailu reluctantly accepted Jiang Zao's cup, which looked full of malice and whose pattern would change depending on whether it contained liquid or not: "I always felt that you had bad intentions when you first drew it."

Her guess was not wrong. Jiang Zao specifically asked the boss for this special cup and drew these two patterns for Kailu. He just wanted to tease this spy cat-eared girl and see how she would react.

From what I can see so far, Kael is no different from an ordinary magician. She hasn't gone out of her way to get any information, and her occasional provocations from me are just the reaction of a normal girl.

But the best way is to see if I can pull out the void weapon, so that at least I can ensure that she is not a puppet controlled by [What Towards Death].

"Hey! The giant frog legs are fried!" Pekolim stood next to the oil pan and reminded everyone, then took the frog legs out of the pan.

The giant frog legs wrapped in a golden and shiny coating are enough to make your mouth water just by looking at them. From the gaps in the fish-scale-like shell, the fat slowly flows into the white plate like delicious gravy. The continuous and slight dripping sound seems to be urging everyone to come over and taste the delicacy in front of them.

Jiang Zao cut off the claw part of the giant frog leg, revealing a bone for easy holding in the hand. He picked up the fried giant frog leg and took a bite. The crispy shell mixed with the plump and juicy giant frog meat that tasted like chicken entered his mouth.

If you chew it carefully, it is not as chewy as ordinary meat, but more like marshmallow. With a slight sip, the frog meat will turn into delicious soup and slide into your stomach.

"Click."

The crackling batter emits a unique aroma when fried at high temperature, which complements the tender frog meat. The crisp sound when you bite it is the most suitable seasoning for it, making you want to eat the delicacy in your hand bite by bite.

It was not until Jiang Zao's teeth bit on the smooth bone that he realized that he had eaten the whole giant frog leg. He threw the bone to the ground, smacked his dry mouth, and took out a cup to drink some carrot juice.

The carrot juice produced by the carrot mole has the sweetness of carrots but without the raw taste. It is very similar to the vegetable juice sold in supermarkets, but with a more delicate and refreshing taste.

There was nothing to complain about the taste, but Jiang Zao felt it was still not satisfying enough. Looking at the orange-red vegetable juice, he had a thought, and the ice element condensed into square ice cubes and fell into the cup.

After taking another sip, the sweetness became more prominent with the addition of ice cubes, and Jiang Zao nodded with satisfaction.

Sure enough, at times like this, you have to drink cold drinks. It’s a pity that there is not enough Coke in stock, otherwise it would be the most suitable drink.

Jiang Zao felt that although he couldn't cast powerful attack magic now, it was quite convenient in all aspects of life. Once his skill level was raised, killing the enemy directly by sheer quantity could be considered a solution.

Huihui, who was enjoying the fried giant frog legs, suddenly felt sad, as if her wallet, which was full of money, was suddenly emptied. She opened her little cherry mouth and stopped in front of the food, not taking a bite.

What's going on with this feeling? Am I getting food poisoning?

Huihui glanced at her companions around her in confusion, but seeing that they were fine, she stopped thinking about it and continued to enjoy the food in front of her.

Kailu, the cat-tongue-inducing girl, could only watch helplessly as she watched the freshly-baked delicacies. Fortunately, Jiang Zao considerately cut the giant frog legs into small pieces for her so that the temperature of the food could drop faster. Even so, the fried giant frog legs were still a little hot for her.

"Would you like to put some ice in the carrot juice?"

Kailu stuck out her scalded tongue and raised her cup to Jiang Zao: "I want it. This fried giant frog leg is still a little too hot."

Jiang Zao pointed her finger and the ice cubes immediately fell into her cup.

"I take it back. You're more suited to being a chef than an architect."

"I'll consider this kind of thing after I stop being an adventurer." Jiang Zao responded to Kailu's complaint with a smile, while adding ice cubes to the cups of his companions.

Except for Jiang Zao and Pekolim who could eat the fried giant frog legs directly, the other three did not have that much strength and chose to cut them into pieces and put them on plates to eat. So when two of them finished the fifth giant frog leg each, they were still eating the second one.

Pekolim finished the sixth fried frog leg in her hand and was about to pick up the seventh one. She placed the golden-shelled delicacy sprinkled with chili powder in front of her. She looked at Jiang Zao in confusion: "Aren't you going to eat it?"

"Well, I'm full. You can eat the rest. It's best if you can finish it all. After all, fried food tastes best right after it comes out of the pan."

"Yeah, I won't be polite then!" Pekolim happily grabbed the giant frog leg and took a bite, then squinted her eyes happily: "Chili powder also goes well with it."

"Want some more carrot juice?"

"want!"

Pekolim noticed that the cup that Jiang Zao placed aside was bare on its surface, without any pattern.

This won't do. Jiang Zao painted the decorations for us, but his own cup is left blank. I have to find an opportunity to discuss with everyone what to do.

"Give."

"Thank you."

Pekolim took the cup and suddenly giggled twice, which made Jiang Zao curious: "Pekolim, why are you giggling all of a sudden?"

Kailu remembered that she was like this at lunch, and sighed and complained: "She is always like this, she will be silly and happy when she eats delicious food."

"Of course it's worth being happy to eat delicious food..." Pekolim's smile grew wider, her long orange hair shining more brightly under the firelight. She looked around at her companions who were gathered together to taste the food, and said with deep emotion, "But eating delicious food with everyone is like being with family, it's very warm!"

"What nonsense you are talking about." Kailu muttered, then stood up and walked into the house.

"Kailu, you don't want to eat anymore?"

"When you're full, go wash your hands and I'll leave the rest to you."

"Oh! Leave it to me!" Pekolim responded with full energy, and continued to fight with the giant frog legs.

After entering the house, Kailu did not wash her hands immediately. Instead, she leaned against the door frame with a complicated expression, listening to the noisy but heartwarming conversation outside. She clutched her collar tightly with her right hand, trying her best to suppress her inner emotions.

What family? I don't want to play house with you.

By the time she calmed down and walked out again, Pekolim had already eaten all the remaining fried frog legs. However, her waist was still so slender that one could not help but wonder if all the food she ate had piled up on her chest.

There were twenty-eight giant frog legs. Jiang Zao ate six, Kokoro and Huihui ate three each, Kael ate two and a half, and Pekolim ate thirteen and a half and still felt unsatisfied.

Kokoro sighed, "As expected of Pekorim, who gets hungry easily."

Chapter 242 I Got Ancient Magic

After having the experience of completing commissions, the Food Hall was back on track. At Jiang Zao's suggestion, a seven-day cycle was adopted, with five days for adventure commissions and two days for rest. Pekolim also did not take on a large number of commissions at one time and make everyone busy.

During a mission to subdue a Stone Giant, an extremely special mutant Stone Giant appeared. The level of this mutant monster cannot be judged by ordinary monster grading. The characteristics after the mutation are completely opposite to the original racial attributes, and the ability value will also be greatly improved.

For example, this mutated stone giant demon originally had extremely high physical resistance, but now its magic resistance is close to magic immunity. Although its physical resistance is very low, with its ability value increased, Pekolim cannot rely on [Princess Raid] to defeat it.

Jiang Zao could only draw out her void weapon, and the two of them worked together to use four big moves before they were able to shatter its core crystal.

The unique abilities and cool special effects of the Void Genome made Huihui keep pestering Jiang Zao to ask him to try to draw out his own Void weapon, and then work together to perform a gorgeous double explosion magic.

If it weren't for the fact that the Void Weapon still needed to draw on one's own physical strength and energy to release its ultimate move, Jiang Zao might have really agreed to Huihui. However, the psychological trauma left by the four consecutive [Princess Raids] was too great, and he has been refusing Huihui's request to this day.

That crusade was the first time his body felt completely hollowed out after his overall physical fitness was promoted to D. He felt as if all the marrow in his bones had been sucked out, and his whole body felt light as if he was going to die in the next second.

“I don’t care! I don’t care!” Huihui kicked her feet like a tortoise that had been knocked to the ground, and rolled on the ground. “If Jiang Zao doesn’t use that super cool chest-grabbing move and take out my void weapon, I won’t go out on the mission!”

"Hey, what do you mean by breast-grabbing? How did I touch Pekolim's breast? I just went straight through it!"

"It was Kailu who said it looked like a breast-grabbing hand, it has nothing to do with me!"

Kailu saw Jiang Zao turn his unfriendly eyes towards her, her tail trembled wildly and she explained hurriedly: "I, I was too shocked when I saw it for the first time, so I said that, there is no other meaning."

"Jiang Zao, don't be angry. Come, have some MeeMee milk." Pekolin came out to act as a peacemaker and handed him a cup with Q-version images of all the members. They had discussed it and secretly asked the furniture store owner to draw it on it.

Jiang Zao took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. The strawberry-flavored milk barely calmed him down.

Kokoro tried hard to persuade Huihui, but she wouldn't listen at all. The gorgeous special effects of the void weapon completely captured the heart of this middle school girl, and her dreams were filled with void weapons during this period.

Without void weapons to play with, I feel like ants are crawling all over my body!

But no matter how Huihui rolled on the ground, Jiang Zao remained indifferent. She felt that this was not a solution, so she quickly got up and ran into her bedroom.

“Eh? What is Huihui going to do?”

"Who knows."

Hui Hui quickly ran to Jiang Zao with a scroll in her hand: "Here is the ancient magic scroll for you! In exchange, you must draw out my void weapon!"

"Are you really willing to exchange this for something?"

"Of course!"

Jiang Zao had to admit that he was moved. He had asked Kokoro about it before, but unfortunately she had never been exposed to the ancient magic of the elves. During her training as a guide, most of the books she read were monster encyclopedias and human geography.

Anyway, she only asked me to draw out the void weapon and didn't ask me to release the explosion magic. This deal is a sure win.

Every time Pekorim releases [Princess Assault], it can consume most of Jiang Zao's physical strength. If it is replaced with explosive magic that is several times more powerful than a small missile, it is unknown whether Jiang Zao can release it before being drained dry.

"Okay, come here."

"Great!" Seeing Jiang Zao compromise, Hui Hui raised her hands and cheered, then trotted to his side, her eyes full of excitement and anticipation. When Jiang Zao was too tired to move, she grabbed his right hand close to his chest to verify that she could draw out the void weapon.

It's a pity that if Jiang Zao didn't have that idea, even if Huihui stuffed his entire arm into the silver halo, he wouldn't be able to take out the void weapon, otherwise she wouldn't need to use ancient magic to make a deal.

"I'm going in."

"Come on, it won't hurt anyway, and you've come in once before, I'm used to it."

Is there something wrong with the conversation between you?

Kailu opened her mouth but didn't say anything because she saw that everyone else looked normal. If she really said it, it would seem that she had a head full of improper thoughts.