My short life flashed before my eyes like a slide reel. Damn, I wanted to get revenge. I wanted those bastards to taste the same pain I've experienced.
Lying on my stomach, what little I could see of my surroundings shook. Even in the state I was in, I could tell the Hell Bear's face was right behind me. In the corner of my vision, it was baring its fangs, and almost looked like it was laughing at me. So annoying.
It seemed enthusiastic to eat me, licking my face to get a taste of my blood. I couldn't even speak anymore, I was trying to say the words to use… [Dismantling].
There was a loud splatter, and the thud of something hitting the ground.
…Huh? I was still able to use [Dismantling]? Hahahahaha, and here I was thinking I couldn't activate my skills without saying them. Silly me… but thanks to this, I was able to avoid death once again.
I was now one step closer to my revenge.
[ Level Up ]
A long list of notifications appeared, filling up my entire field of view, just like when I killed the cat monster.
And now that wall of text is over with. I took a piece of meat out of [Material Storage] directly into my mouth. I didn't even have the strength to chew anymore, so this would take a while. Still, I did recover a little control over my body when I managed to swallow it. After I swallowed the second, third, and fourth pieces, my control was back to normal, and my injuries had fully recovered.
I picked up the Hell Bear materials that had fallen in the surrounding area with [Material Storage] and sat on the ground looking at the traces of the fierce battle. The trees had been knocked down and many craters had formed. It had the appearance of being ground zero for a meteor shower. I was deeply impressed that I'd been able to kill such a monster.
It was only after a while that I realized my surroundings were in complete darkness. I can see well even in the dark thanks to the [Night Vision] skill, but because it would have been troublesome to look for the location of today's camping spot, I climbed a large tree a short distance from the battlefield and secured myself up in a tree with the reed plants from [Plant Magic].
Then I took out the Hell Bear's meat and used [Ultimate Cooking]. This [Ultimate Cooking] was a new skill that I obtained from my previous level up; it was a combination skill merged from [Cooking] and [Recovery Meal].
Grilled shoulder meat of the deceased bear ⇒ Skill [Monstrous Strength] can be learned, and sickness, injury, and abnormal conditions will be cured!
Grilled breast meat of the deceased bear ⇒ Skill [Strong Body] can be learned, and sickness, injury, and abnormal conditions will be cured!
Grilled rump meat of the deceased bear ⇒ Skill [Strong Arm] can be learned, and sickness, injury, and abnormal conditions will be cured!
Grilled hand meat of the deceased bear ⇒ It can slightly increase your [STR] rank, and sickness, injury, and abnormal conditions will be cured!
[Ultimate Cooking] is awesome!
I ate the meat immediately. There was other meat which hadn't been baked yet, but the effects I wanted were obtained, from each of the four respective meats. Suddenly I had a new notification: ( Make a Guts Pose! )
I checked my status triumphantly.
Name : Tsukuru Sumeragi
Job : Chef, Level 195
Skill I : [Ultimate Cooking] [Ignition] [Dismantling] [Detailed Appraisal] [Material Storage] [Spring Water] [Tool Maintenance] [Ingredient Detection]
Skill II : [Night Vision] [Acceleration] [Throwing] [Presence Detection] [Sense of Smell Enhancement] [Wild Intuition] [Cooperation] [Group Action] [Whispering] [Monstrous Strength] [Strong Body] [Strong Arm]
Skill III : [Plant Magic] [Wind Magic] [Shadow Sewing]
Attributes : HP [B] | MP [B] | STR [A] | INT [A] | AGI [A] | DEX [EX] | LUK [EX]
Ultimate Cooking ⇒ You can learn skills or increasing your ability and recover from illness, injury, and abnormal condition, but if you eat too much you will become fat, you know ♪
Sense of Smell Enhancement ⇒ Enhancing your sense of smell, but it's forbidden to sniff the smell of girls ♡
Wild Intuition ⇒ Eh? Wild, you say? Have you stopped being a human? Trust your intuition!
Cooperation ⇒ Smooths your cooperation with companions….. but it does nothing for a loner, you know ♪
Group Action ⇒ When you work with a large group of people, your abilities will improve. But for a Loner…..
Whispering ⇒ If you whisper close to someone's ears, it's just like you think… Don't say anything inappropriate!
Monstrous Strength ⇒ Always Increase [STR] by one rank (hidden). I want you to lift me too ♡
Strong Body ⇒ Always Increase [HP] by one rank (hidden). A wide chest is fan・tas・tic ♡
Strong Arm ⇒ You can temporarily raise『STR』by one rank. A man with thick arms is fan・tas・tic ♡
The thing I'm happiest about is [Strong Body]. While my attributes have also been raised from leveling up, having this skill has boosted my chances of surviving even more.
I went down to the river in a good mood. I saw my appearance in the water's reflection, and… the clothes I was wearing had become rags no longer fit to even be called clothes, but my important parts were somehow still covered.
I completely look like a primitive person now. I bathed several times but there are limits to how hygienic one can really be without soap. My hair was messy, and I didn't like it anymore. Seeing myself like this is depressing… what happened to that great mood I was in before?