Chapter 34 - Hydra Stew

Merlin and Keith exited their realms and sat down on the cold hard floor. They suddenly felt a little bit hungry so they decided to cook the hydra that they slain. Keith cut of the tail of the hydra which he was going to use to cook.

He put the tail in his inventory and after that they were teleported to a beach. The sun was setting and Merlin and Keith decided to set up camp. They took two tents from their inventory and set them.

After that Keith went to collect firewood whilst Merlin was to search for the ingredients for the dish they were going to cook. Merlin was looking for five main ingredients that he knew were edible in this realm. He was looking for Chaos mushrooms, chaos potatoes, chaos coconuts, chaos carrots and chaos onions.

He knew this ingredient were edible since he had been here before with his dad when they were training. After hours of searching, he was able to find 15 chaos mushrooms, 5 chaos potatoes, 10 chaos coconuts, 10 chaos carrots and 5 chaos onions.

When he came back at the camp site, he saw Keith removing the scales of the hydra's tail with his dagger. After that he sliced and diced the tail with his sword. His movement were swift and precise. He then put the meat inside the boiling hot water. He also put in a little bit salt which he obtained from boiling the sea water and put a few spices which he keeps on him in case of emergencies.

He saw Merlin approaching and said, "You've got the ingredients for the stew?"

"Of course, I do," he replied as he transferred them to Keith's inventory. Keith checked the information on the ingredients and noticed that to cut them the chef has to use a black x-triennium steel blade.

His jaw almost dropped upon seeing that you need black x-triennium steel to cut them. He wondered what these ingredients are made of and looked at Merlin to find the answers. Merlin saw the surprised look in his eyes and said, "These ingredients are more durable than most because they are imbued with my father's Celestial Law."

Keith now understanding why they were so durable was no longer surprised anymore and started slicing and dicing the ingredients swiftly and precisely. He put them in the pot and asked Merlin how long would it take to finish making the stew.

"It will take exactly five hours," he replied as he sat down on log. Keith also sat down on a log and started humming an anime theme song.

Five hours finally passed in a flash and their stew was ready. They put their stews in two bowls and also prepared their coconut juice. They ate their stew savoring each bite. The hydra meat simply melting in their mouths. They finished their first bowl of stew in seconds and kept on eating more bowls of stew until the entire pot was finished.

They drank the coconut juice and Keith was enjoying his drink very much. Keith wished that he had come here before because the meat, the fruit and vegetables were out of this world. After finishing their delicious meal, they decided to go to sleep. As they both drifted to sleep, system notification popped up. They both woke up to see what it was.

[System is undergoing evolution because of the food you ate and you finally reaching A Rank]

[The operation will take 8hrs]

"Never new food could upgrade your system," Keith said sarcastically as he went to sleep. Merlin looked at the system with disdain in his eyes. The system woke him up for this. He would have expected it woken him up to inform him of danger or something life threatening. He also went to sleep with an infuriated expression on his face.

Eight hours later:

Keith was the first to wake up like always. He tried to wake Merlin up by shaking him but he didn't respond. Keith knew that Merlin was a deep sleeper and waking him up wouldn't be easy especially when he gets a full eight hours of sleep. Waking him up would be impossible but he knew another way to wake him up that has always been affective.

"Your girlfriend is sleeping with that one dragon you don't like," he whispered in his ears with a mischievous smirk on his face.

"Don't you dare touch my Celesta, you filthy dragon!!" Merlin shouted in anger as he woke up with an infuriated expression on his face.

"How many times have told you not do that?" Merlin asked, anger evident in his voice.

"One hundred million and one times," Keith replied. "But it's the most effective way to wake you up, isn't it?"

"It is," Merlin admitted, "But next try throwing a dam of water on me before using that method."

"Oh, I tried on many different occasions but you still don't wake up no matter how much I throw at you. I once tried throwing the whole freaking ocean at you but you still didn't wake up."

"…" Merlin stayed silent for a while before he said, "Let check the changes to our systems."

{[Celestial Administrator System]}

[Host: Keith Kurosaki]

[Age:7014]

[Celestial Law: Vengeance]

[Race: Dragon-40%, Human-20%, Oni-30%]

[Bloodlines: Primordial Dragon, Astral Human, Incarnation of evil]

[Laws: Fire-10%, Air-20%, Water-5%, Lightning-14%, Earth-20%, Ice-10%, Destruction-1.12%, Creation-0.001%]

[Physique: Void Celestial Physique]

[Level:25(0/600 000Exp)]

[Rank: A]

[Job title: Anti-hero]

[Class: Shadow Blade]

[Alias: Code X]

[Strength:1205]

[Agility:1500]

[Defense:1200]

[Regeneration: Infinity]

[Celestial Energy: 400/400]

[Se: 400 000 000/400 000 000]

[Intellect: 1470]

[Celestial abilities: (Celestial Eyes Lvl1), (Realm of VengeanceLvl1)]

[Abilities: (Copy-SSS Rank), (Great Merger-SS Rank), (Angel's Blessing-SS Rank), (Oni corruptive touch-S Rank), (Oni destructive hand-S Rank), (Fire Manipulation-A Rank), (Air Manipulation-A Rank), (Water Manipulation-A Rank), (Teleportation-A Rank), (Enhance Senses-A Rank), (Lightning Manipulation-A Rank), (Ice Manipulation-A Rank), (Earth Manipulation-A Rank), (Pain Nullification-B Rank), (Illusion Crafting-A Rank), (Beast Taming-A Rank), (Beast Merging-A Rank), (Night Vision-B Rank), (Stealth-B Rank), (Flame Resistance-C Rank), (Hardening-C Rank), (Iron Skin- C Rank), (Flash Step-C Rank), and (Cloning-D Rank)]

[Transformations: (Primordial Dragon's rage I), (Oni's Mindless Wrath I)]

{[Celestial Administrator System]}

[Host: Suguru Merlin]

[Age:7014]

[Celestial Law: Death}

[Race: Vampire-40%, Human-20%, Angel-40%]

[Bloodlines: Astral Vampire, Primordial human, Archangel]

[Laws: Fire-10%, Air-20%, Water-5%, Lightning-14%, Earth-20%, Ice-10%, Light-20%, Darkness-12%, War-0.5%]

[Physique: Void Celestial Physique]

[Level:25(0/600 000Exp)]

[Rank: A]

[Job title: Anti-hero]

[Class: Necromancer]

[Alias: Spellbinder]

[Strength:1370]

[Agility:1380]

[Defense:1270]

[Regeneration: Infinity]

[Celestial Energy: 500/500]

[Se: 500 000 000/500 000 000]

[Intellect: 501960]

[Celestial abilities: (Celestial Eyes Lvl1), (Realm of DeathLvl1), (NecromancyLv1)]

[Abilities: (Light manipulation-SSS Rank), (Angel's Breath-SS Rank), (Angel's Blessing-SS Rank) (Shadow manipulation-SS Rank), (Blood Drain-S Rank) (Blood Control-A Rank), (Blood Lance-A Rank), (Blood Swipe-A Rank), (Vampire Eyes-A Rank), (Blood burst-A Rank), (Blood tendrils-A Rank), (Teleportation-A Rank), (Eagle Eyes-A Rank), (Enhanced Senses-A Rank), (Cursed Flame-B Rank), (Poison Resistance-B Rank), (Flame Resistance-B Rank and (Pain Resistance-B Rank, (Bat Transformation-D Rank)]

[Transformation: (Archangel of Death I), (Vampire's Rage)]