Problem Girls Strategy

"Master, don't just focus on feeding Pekolim, eat something yourself." Kokoro looked at the untouched food in front of Jiang Zao and the gradually decreasing amount of food on the rest of the plate, and immediately picked up a piece of fried meat and put it to his mouth: "Please open your mouth, ah~"

Jiang Zao ate the steak in his mouth and smiled at her: "Thank you, it's delicious."

“If you like, eat more. This is the fish fillet that Huihui ordered.”

“Kokoro, why are you the one feeding others instead of eating yourself?” Huihui said, and immediately put a lot of food in her bowl: “You should eat more too.”

The four of them formed a subtle cycle. Huihui picked up food for Kokoro, Kokoro picked up food from the bowl and fed it to Jiang Zao, and Jiang Zao picked up food for Pekolim. Kaede silently picked up the teacup and drank water. She didn't want to join this seemingly endless cycle.

"Puff!" On the dining table not far away, the tall and thin man with a crew cut sprayed out the bright red tomato juice from his mouth and fell headfirst onto the table.

The fat Mediterranean man who was traveling with them panicked: "Hey, Tieping! What's wrong with you!?"

“Big, big brother…” The tall and thin man named Tieping had tears in his eyes and said weakly, “I… I also want to feed beautiful girls while being fed by other beautiful girls…”

After expressing his wish, Tieping stuck out his tongue, tilted his head and fell into a coma.

“Tepei! Teppei!!!” The eldest brother hugged his good brother’s “corpse” in grief: “If it’s just feeding, I can do it!!!”

Chapter 254 Hidden Menu

The commotion nearby did not affect the people in the food hall from eating. Perhaps because it had been a long time since she came to this restaurant, Pekolim's appetite increased greatly. After Jiang Zao fed her the last bit of vegetable salad on the plate, the weathered boss came over with a cigar in his mouth.

After seeing the two children, Kokoro and Huihui, he put out his cigar, exhaled, and said calmly, "The food has been eaten up."

"Ah? I'm only 70% full. How about everyone else? Are you full?"

"I can just about make it." Jiang Zao was the only one who shook his head. After all, his appetite was not small.

"Since we are out of ingredients here, let's go to another store."

"Don't worry, Kokoro," Pekolim stood up confidently and waved her "cotton swab" right hand at the boss: "Boss, show me the hidden menu!"

"Huh~ Are you sure your companions can eat it?"

"No problem! Jiang Zao and I have similar tastes. Even if he can't finish it, I can still eat it all!"

"I understand." The taciturn boss left with an extinguished cigar in his mouth.

After about half an hour, five plates of large dishes were served to everyone.

Jiang Zao looked at the food on the plate and exclaimed, "It's really unique."

These dishes are impeccable in terms of color and aroma. The only thing that may make people feel uncomfortable is that their appearance is all related to insects.

Good news for those who love to eat insects!

Pekolim explained the dishes with great interest. She first pointed at a large red dragonfly flying freely on mashed potatoes among the emerald green vegetables. "The dish on the far side is called stir-fried shrimp dragonfly. Its wings are coated with flour and fried. It tastes like potato chips. For the body part, you just need to pinch the tail and pull it, and all the meat inside will come out!"

After she finished speaking, she instructed Jiang Zao to demonstrate how to eat it. First, he gently broke off the four wings, then pinched the dragonfly's tail and pulled it. The milky white steaming insect meat was easily taken out. Then he tied the long insect meat to the wings and put it into his mouth, making a "crunching" sound when he chewed it.

"Yeah, and then there's another dish on the side, grilled oak beetles!"

Beetles, half the size of a fist, covered with red shells and looking like rhinoceros beetles, lay neatly on a black plate. The shells on their backs had been removed, and the tender white flesh had been roasted at high temperatures to a chestnut-like golden color, emitting a meaty aroma similar to that of grilled fish.

"To eat this, just squeeze a little lemon juice or dip it in some special sauce!" Pekolim was also in charge of the operation, and Jiang Zao was in charge of it. He grabbed the round roasted beetle meat, gently broke it in the middle, added lemon juice and sauce, and brought it to Pekolim's mouth.

"Next..." Pekolim swallowed the food in her mouth hastily and continued to introduce: "This one is stewed worms with cream!"

The round, fat white larvae with red round mouthparts on their heads lay on the thinly sliced ​​cucumbers. Cherry tomatoes separated them one by one, and the rich soup with chopped green onions was drizzled on them.

"You can eat the crickets with chopsticks or a fork. There is no special way to eat them, but I still recommend that you try some of the special sauce."

"The next two dishes are called soft mealworms and crispy long worms."

According to Pekolim, soft mealworms are not real insects. They are fruits of a tree called the insect bread tree. They are picked before they are ripe, coated with flour, and then fried to create a crispy, long worm dish. When they are fully ripe, the originally long and slender fruit will become round and plump.

After picking it, put it in the oven and bake it for half an hour, and you will get a strange food that looks like a bug, tastes like bread, but has the flavor of meat.

"This is the manager's hidden menu - insect dishes! How about it, doesn't it look delicious?"

"Wait, wait, wait! You said it was an insect yourself, didn't you?!"

"Yes, of course insect cuisine is made from insects. What's wrong with that?"

Kailu held her head in her hands in panic: "It's a bug! How can you eat it?"

"Kelvin, don't say that. You haven't even tried it, so how can you say it's inedible?" Pekolin reluctantly used both hands to hold the fork and pierce a cream-stewed worm, pretending to feed it to her.

“Don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t come over here!” Kailu’s face turned pale, and she kept backing away as she looked at the insects slowly approaching: “Jiang Zao! Kokoro! Huihui! Come and take care of this guy who is stuffing insects into other people’s mouths!”

"Crack, crack."

The crisp sound of chewing fried food made Kailu turn her head in panic, and then her pupils shook violently like an earthquake, because the three people she called were all holding a long golden fried insect and eating it.

"You, you..."

"Kailu, this thing is really delicious." Jiang Zao showed her the cross section of the half-eaten crispy and fragrant worm: "When it's not cooked, there's actually meat inside. Nature is really amazing."

“Wake up!” Kailu spread her hands in astonishment, unable to believe their actions: “These are bugs! They are the same kind of bugs that ran out from every corner of the room when we were cleaning the guild hut!”

"As long as it tastes good, the appearance doesn't matter, right?" Huihui's family has been quite poor since she could remember, so she has always had the good habit of eating whatever she can get. Even if she is faced with insects, as long as they smell good and taste good, she will eat them.

"How could it be that it doesn't matter?"

"It's not a good habit to be picky about food."

"Am I picky about food? Most people can't even eat bugs, right?!" Kaylu was about to collapse. She never expected that her companions were all disciples of Mr. De and Mr. Bear Grylls, and when they ate bugs, they tasted like chicken and were crispy.

"You guys should eat these dishes, I'm going to go out..."

The rest of Kailu's words were pushed back into her mouth along with the Floatworm that was stuffed into her mouth. She pulled the fork out of her mouth, puffed up her cheeks and sat down slowly. Her eyes were wide open and they were about to pop out. She fell face down on the wooden table. After a long while of silence, she said in a muffled voice, "It's... delicious."

"Hey, I knew you would like it."

While chewing the delicious food in her mouth, Kailu glanced at Pekolim with resentment: "Even so, forcing insect-shaped food into someone's mouth is too much."

"Ahahaha...it's because you planned to go out without even eating, and I was in a hurry, so I did this."

Jiang Zao picked up two slices of soft mealworms, smeared the roasted oak beetle meat with sauce and sandwiched it in between, then added some vegetables such as cucumber slices. After doing all this, he held up the food and said, "The special insect meat sandwich is ready!"

“You’re the one who can think of this way of eating it. You’re worthy of me.” Huihui couldn’t help but applaud and praise.

Chapter 255: Concept of Support Magic

Although Kael was somewhat resistant to the appearance of insect dishes at first, after tasting Jiang Zao's special insect sandwich, she ate the food with an upright mind. The first dining out event ended successfully and everyone enjoyed the meal very much.

The next day, Pekolim finally removed the bandages on her hands and recovered completely. She happily rolled up her sleeves and cooked a big meal for everyone to thank them for their care during this time.

The reward for a lord-level commission like defeating the Sand Scorpion King is two million Eris. If it were an ordinary adventure guild, this amount of money would only be enough for them to upgrade and repair their equipment and prepare for the next adventure. After all, the price of good equipment and the materials needed for repair are not cheap.

The Food Palace is a relatively special existence in the Adventure Guild. Pekom comes with three powerful equipment and there is no need to replace or upgrade them. The two magicians, Kael and Huihui, have enough magic wands for the former and are good at casting spells by hand, so there is no need for this.

According to Kokoro's introduction, the crystal spear has the functions of both a weapon and a staff. It is a special weapon given to her by the elder. In addition, Jiang Zao would not let her engage in close combat with monsters, so she did not have to spend money on weapons and armor.

Jiang Zao is even more special. His weapons are either fists, the girls' void weapons, or elemental weapons. He doesn't need any protective gear at all. Time stop is his strongest armor.

As a result, the two million Eris were completely used for daily living expenses. Kael, who was in charge of managing the guild's funds, complained that she had never seen such a cost-effective adventure guild. Each commission was basically pure profit, with no expenses for weapon maintenance and replacement.

When Jiang Zao heard this, he immediately pulled Pekolim to buy a lot of high-end ingredients. No matter how much money he saved, if he didn't spend it to please himself, was he going to wait for it to rust?

"I say... you've eaten the food, isn't it time for me to take out the Void Weapon and study it?"

Hui Hui reached out to wipe the oil stains from the corners of her mouth and looked back with a blank look: "What, what, I didn't eat it?"

Jiang Zao's mouth twitched a few times: "We agreed that if I cook a few dishes for you, you would let me draw my void weapon. Are you planning to deny it?"

"I'm not denying my debt. Was that the dish you cooked just now? It didn't look like it. It was just... just... so-so and not at all your level."

"If you don't stutter when you speak and don't lick your lips after you finish speaking, it would still be a little convincing. Also, there's something on your face, wipe it off first."

"Where?" Huihui raised her hand and touched her face randomly a few times. Looking at Jiang Zao, who was smiling and whose eyes revealed "You've fallen into a trap", she suddenly froze in place.

"You have nothing to say now, right?"

Hui Hui walked up to him dejectedly, tilted her head reluctantly, closed her red eyes, and opened her hands wide: "Come on."

"Why does it act like I'm going to commit a crime..." Jiang Zao raised her eyebrows and muttered softly, then she pulled out her void weapon, ran to the sofa holding the weapon and began to study new magic.

Huihui, who had nothing to do and had just finished her meal, followed him to see how ancient magic was created. As a result, she saw Jiang Zao holding a magic wand and closing his eyes to meditate. She couldn't help but complain: "What kind of research is this with a void weapon?"

Jiang Zao opened his eyes helplessly. In order to avoid her asking questions, he could only explain: "The explosion magic we released together, do you think it was simply the power of two explosion magics combined together?"

“Of course not!” As the main caster of magic, Huihui was 1% sure that the power of that explosion magic could not be achieved with such a simple method as 1+2=.

"Now that I'm holding your void weapon, I can confirm that it is mainly responsible for amplifying you. In other words, even without the [Magic Touch] to connect our magic, you can still release explosive magic normally, but the power is not as strong as when it is connected."

"So you want to research support-type amplification magic?"

"That's right," Jiang Zao nodded.

"Wait!" Huihui looked serious, as if she had discovered something very important. She walked forward and put her hands on Jiang Zao's shoulders to confirm whether she had heard correctly: "Are you saying that we can also release explosive magic together without relying on Kailu's [Magic Touch]?"

"Ah."

"Hurry, hurry, follow me and cast the explosion magic!"

"No, I haven't figured out the amplification magic yet."

“Jiang Zao~ Please, accompany me to release the fire once~” Hui Hui grabbed him and shook him left and right, trying to make him dizzy and agree: “Please~ Please~”

"Okay, okay, stop shaking me. Let me finish studying the amplification magic before I go with you, okay?"

"It's a deal, you can't break your promise."

"Don't argue. I am the disciple of the Evil Sword Immortal Thomas. I am the one who promised to be Superman. How could I break my promise?"

"You're talking incomprehensible again..." Hui Hui sat aside, holding her chin with both hands and staring at Jiang Zao: "Study quickly, I'm waiting to go out with you to cast explosion magic."

"I understand." Jiang Zao closed his eyes and began to think.

Speaking of amplification magic, surrounding the whole body with wind element is actually the simplest and crudest method. Kokoro's [Protection of Light] uses light element to amplify people's speed and other abilities. Light element is the most gentle element among the basic elements, so it is naturally the first choice for amplification magic.

Jiang Zao's initial idea was the same. He thought about using all the elements to amplify various abilities, but he always felt that it was too complicated. If he wanted to use all of them, the amplification would be too evenly distributed. If he only amplified a single ability, he would have to release a lot of magic, which would be too complicated.

It wasn't until his mind started to wander and he thought about the fact that he still lacked protective magic that an inspiration suddenly came to him. If he transformed the elements into armor, wouldn't it be possible to achieve the dual effects of amplification and protection?

As soon as this thought came to mind, my originally blocked train of thought was immediately opened up.

The light element has mild properties and is most suitable as the lining of armor. Even if the elemental armor is broken, it can neutralize the impact of the elemental chaos and there is no need to worry about hurting yourself.

Jiang Zao suddenly opened his eyes, and the void weapon dissipated with his thought. A layer of white gauze was slowly put on his right hand, and then various elements condensed into lines to outline the skeleton of the gauntlet.

Fantasy is beautiful, but reality is cruel. This sudden good idea did give Jiang Zao a direction, but it was extremely difficult to implement in practice. Just using various elements as the skeleton had already reached the limit of his control.

Jiang Zao was sweating profusely just by making the rough framework of the gauntlet, and then the gauntlet shattered in the conflict of elements.

Chapter 256: The Love-Hate Relationship between QB and Frieza

"Have you failed?"

"I guess so, but now we have the general direction, we just need to optimize it."

"Can you explain the principle to me? Maybe I can give you some suggestions."

Jiang Zao looked at Hui Hui with some surprise. He thought that after hearing that he had failed, the other party would be eager to pull him to release the explosion magic, but he didn't expect that she would actually offer to help.

“Why, why are you suddenly staring at me without saying anything?” Huihui, who was originally staring at Jiang Zao, was now being stared at by him. She sat up straight and turned her head away, not daring to look him in the face: “I…I don’t want to help because I see you sweating profusely. I just don’t want you to be mentally overdrawn and unable to cast explosion magic together…you…don’t get me wrong!”

"Anyway, thank you."

"Don't be so serious, this...this is making me even more uncomfortable!"

Jiang Zao smiled gently, and then told Huihui about his idea of ​​combining support and protection magic.

After listening to him, she pondered for a while and gave her own advice: "In fact, you don't have to insist on making all the armor out of elements. That would require too much mental strength. Just now, you failed to build it because you couldn't control it, right?"

"Well, that's right."

"Although the [Heavy Earth Armor] in earth magic sounds like an armor condensed from earth elements, it is actually constructed by manipulating the metals and minerals in the earth elements and mixing them with the earth elements."

"Instead of choosing the element itself, you choose the byproduct of the element as the main body, right?"

"That's right. Compared to armor made of pure earth element, this can reduce the magic power and mental power required by at least two-thirds. The protective effect is almost the same. A great magician who has a more sophisticated control over the earth element can even further recast the composition of metals and minerals, making it harder and more defensive."

"I see... I'll try it again."

The white gauze covers the hand again, and the silver-gray lines spread on the back of the hand like blood vessels to form the most basic skeleton, and then the remaining elements are pieced together like building blocks.

About ten minutes later, silver gauntlets with sharp claws were put on Jiang Zao's hands. From the outside, they looked no different from ordinary iron armor, but only Huihui and he knew that it was made of magic.