The Military Chef of a Ruined World

After hearing that,  

I had been gradually adjusting the effects of the food.  

‘But if I give up on adjusting it… the story might change a bit.’  

Smirking,  

I reached into the shadows and started taking out the ingredients one by one.  

“Really, you think it’s not possible?”  

“…Yes.”  

The mages, seeing my expression, asked with a tentative look.  

“Is this really going to work?”  

That huge cloud in the sky.  

“What on earth did you do?”  

Ominous sparks were flickering around the massive dark cloud in the sky.  

Chang-su was sweating as he looked at the cloud.  

“After we got trapped here… the sun didn’t rise, it didn’t rain, and there was no wind. The normal weather phenomena stopped occurring.”  

“Is that so?”  

Now that he mentioned it, Tae-wan had said something similar.  

About the sun not rising and the clouds disappearing.  

“That… is definitely not a normal weather occurrence.”  

Well, it’s not like a dark would suddenly appear in a completely clear sky.  

The dark cloud as a weather phenomenon is a kind of natural disaster.  

Producing lightning and pouring rain is considered an impossible feat for humans to recreate.  

‘It’s not quite at that level, but…’  

While everyone was looking at it with cold sweat,  

Realistically, if you compare it to a real lightning cloud, there’s quite a difference.  

In the sealed-off dungeon with no clouds, and at a relatively lower altitude, it just appears to be unnecessarily large.  

The size of the thundercloud itself is not that huge.  

‘It’s big enough for our purpose, though.’  

It’s not an exact recreation of a natural phenomenon.  

But it’s still an incredible feat.  

And it came with a price.  

“Ugh…”  

“Grrrr…”  

The lightning mages.  

And even the fire mages, whose magic power has diminished and are now useless.  

They were all groaning in agony, some even frothing in their mouths.  

The reason they’re suffering so much is none other than me.  

‘Since they ate the food, I poured my full power into, they must be in excruciating pain.’  

Not just the taste, but the buff they gained is the core of it.  

‘Excessively strong power inevitably puts a strain on the user.’  

It’s a bit embarrassing for me to talk about, but after going through various incidents, my stats and level have risen far beyond my squad members.  

The food I make with my full power provides buffs that are too much for them to handle.  

That’s why they’re suffering so much.  

But it doesn’t end with just the buff.  

‘Magic energy transfer.’  

It’s a basic ability that mages possess.  

The mages whose magical power explosively increased after eating my food,  

They were channeling that amplified energy into one place.  

Bzzzzt…  

The squad’s strongest mage,  

Sergeant Lee Min-jae,  

Was casting a spell in the sky.  

“I’m gonna die…”  

Sergeant Lee Min-jae had also eaten the food I made with my ‘full power’.  

And he was drawing in the magical energy from all the other mages in that state.  

‘He’s probably feeling the greatest agony here, even more than what Sergeant Seo Su-hyeok experienced.’  

Even so, he’s the one who awakened right after me in the squad.  

“After saying he’d be useless in the dungeon, and now he’s going through this hell…”  

“That’s why I said you should suffer a bit.”  

Even I, the oldest in the squad, am working hard.  

What, you want to hog all the honey by yourself?  

And…  

“I fed you delicious food, so get to work.”  

“Ugh… you bastard.”  

Sergeant Lee Min-jae, sweating profusely but still conscious, raised his hand.  

The lightning spear, his signature spell, materialized in his grip.  

Fwooosh!  

It was hurled towards the dark cloud in the sky.  

‘Min-jae Hyung’s magic.’  

He’s a bit later than me, but he’s recently become an intermediate-level mage, over level 20.  

Naturally, the number of spells he can use is different from when he first awakened.  

One of them is just that.  

The effect is simple.  

It condenses the magic within the dark cloud so it can be manifested all at once.  

‘The duration is relatively short, and normally it couldn’t be launched that far, so the utility wasn’t great.’  

But with the buff on, it’s different.  

The dark cloud, continuously absorbing lightning, was far away, right above the city center.  

Likely where the dungeon’s monsters and boss were gathered.  

It’s a considerable distance from the building we’re in.  

No matter how powerful the lightning is,  

It won’t harm us.  

I glanced back.  

“Just what is that cloud…”  

“What’s happening?”  

The other group of people Chang-su had brought, asked.  

They were all staring at the dark cloud in the sky, horrified.  

Part of the reason I did this was to convince them, after all.  

Those who aren’t confident won’t participate in the dungeon raid.  

So,  

‘I just need to show them an overwhelming power to convince them.’  

I think I’ve captured their attention enough.  

I did want to increase the power a bit more, but…  

“Grrr…”  

Gradually, people will start fainting if I drag this on.  

I put my hand on Sergeant Min-jae’s back and spoke.  

 “Open fire.”  

“…Commencing fire!”  

Sergeant Lee Min-jae shouted in response to my order.  

Seeing that, I simultaneously thought:  

‘Isn’t fishing with electricity in the ocean illegal?’  

Because the sheer power could risk injuring the fishermen.  

And yet, news would often report on anglers persistently sticking batteries into the sea.  

The risk was high enough to potentially cost them their own lives.  

But the reason why those people keep taking that danger is…  

Simple, really.  

‘It’s just too effective.’  

At that moment,  

Lightning struck the submerged city center.  

Crackle…!  

That massive lightning spear. 

There was no way to describe it other than divine punishment.  

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