Gaming Sword Magician

Chapter 119: One-step away from E-rank

With every sip, the flavor-packed warm broth kept on bursting forth and he drowned deeper and deeper into the warm embrace of the sea filled with seashell creatures and aquatic plants.

"Eat some meat and vegetables, too!" Elder Zachary said to Whittaker while squinting his eyes in immeasurable pleasure. He turned towards the chef and praised, "Your cooking is as delicious as ever, hasn't got tired of it for the past hundreds of years nor will I ever. Good work!"

Elder Zachary has complimented her more than thousands of times yet even now, she was happy at being praised by her father. 

Whittaker followed the elder's advice and scoped up some creamy broth with pieces of meat and shoved it into his mouth.

The vegetable was crunchy and once they cracked, a massive wave of battle energy supported by a small wave of mana rushed into his guts. Whereas, the meat melted into thin lines of battle energy and mana, at the very moment when the block of meat touched his hot tongue. 

[The Guardian has consumed Azure King Crab Deep Emerald Ocean Soup (5.99 stars). Gained multiple status effects.]

[Battle Energy increased: 3.5 Battle energy strands20 Battle energy strands]

The system notified the young snowy-haired boy that he has reached the peak of F-ranked battle master. At first, his battle energy core only had 3.5 strands of battle energy, now, however, Whittaker could feel that there were twenty strands of battle energy in it. The battle energy that his body could store has already reached its maximum capacity, hence the rest of the battle energy was released out of his pores and holes such as nostrils, ears, etc. Whereas his mana unit kept on rising and the Night Will's system kept on notifying him about it.

[The Guardian has consumed Azure King Crab Deep Emerald Ocean Soup!]

[Mana point increased: 600899. Total mana points 999/2000. The Guardian must learn a mana meditation method to continue to grow stronger and reach E-rank!]

The size of the Whittaker mana pool has increased considerably a lot thanks to the heaven-reaching mountain early challengers. Currently, he could absorb 2000 mana units; However, they won't be able to remain in his body as he hasn't learned a mana meditation method. The Mana meditation method is used to absorb, store, control, and compress the mana unit depending on its rank and the needs of the mage. 

Whittaker needed to learn a mana-meditation method to control his mana from surging out of his body. The mana in the mana pool of every mage surges out of their body if it is one point above 1000 units. This effect applies to all, hence everyone learns a mana meditation method. Now, he needed to learn one too otherwise, he will be stuck at the peak of F-rank forever.

Whittaker was too engrossed in the food to spare a look at the system's notification.

Nina Scarlet-Heaven Phoenix's cooking method melted the ingredients of the dish to create an unfathomable broth. The broth contained a mixture of high-ranked oceanic creatures and unique aquatic plants. Plus, she used mana and battle energy to coalesced the broth into meat and vegetable chunks, just like a phoenix taking rebirth from the ashes.

The recipe for this broth was only possible because she could use mana and battle energy at the same time to cook this dish. Only Whittaker and Nina can cook it but two magic chefs of a similar level can also cook it if they are in sync and one is a battle master while the othera mage.

The deliciousness of the dish was unfathomable, and Whittaker couldn't help but admire the person who cooked it. The taste, texture, and literally everything about this dish has exceeded what he has ever tasted in his life. Even Christopher's or Lily's dishes weren't comparable to this soup.

'Plus, this is only the appetizer!'

Whittaker thought in pleasure as the scent and warmness of the broth permeated every corner of his mouth. Most of the mana and battle energy was released out of his pores as his body wasn't able to store it.

Nina's cooking method was unique and very high ranked. She had melted the meat of nine kinds of crabs and various deep-sea vegetables to create a heavenly broth. Thereafter, by using mana and battle energy, she has combined the flavor-packed broth into solid forms of meat and vegetable, hence creating one of the most immersive delicacies in the land of mortals. This dish has already reached the pinnacle in terms of creativity and control of battle energy and mana within the dish.

This dish was as immersive as the emerald ocean, itself. And Whittaker found himself lost in it.

"Little brother, how is it?" Nina only asked Whittaker. Zachary was used to her cooking, after all.

"The meat is chewy. The broth is super tasty! The dish is fulfilling! All in all, elder sister you are the best cook I have met in my life!" Whittaker exclaimed after swallowing the pieces of meat he had stuffed his face with

"Can I get one more serving, please?" He said while extending the bowl towards her.

"Sure!"

His eyes widened in glee as he received one more bowl filled to the brim with the hot soup.

Gurgle! Kuch! Gomp!

Soon after, little hamster's ruddy cheeks bulged as he chewed the soft meat, chomped down on the crunchy vegetables, and swallowed the creamy broth.

After some moments, only an empty bowl could be seen on the table as Whittaker and Wolfie patted their stomach in satisfaction but they still desired to show their dreadful teeth and abyssal stomach to the main course. 

The Dish that Nina was about to serve was ranked ninth on the empire cuisine the empire that no longer exists in this world.

The dish outlined the cultural significance of the Devansha peoples. The Awakened continent has only seen one empire in its entire history, and that empire was created by Devansha, The Great. However, before the next dish could be served, Elder Zachary stopped her. 

"Wait," Elder Zachary said to Nina, who was gonna serve the pinnacle level main course to the people.