When a suspicious object appeared on the beach,

Wiiing!

Sirens began to sound throughout Hawaii. Since there had been strange signs beforehand, the United States had already issued an evacuation order for all of the Hawaiian region, and most of the people living in Hawaii had already evacuated via boats or airplanes.

Boom!

Kaboom!

Thanks to that, tanks and fighter jets waiting on the shore could freely launch shells and missiles towards the black entities approaching, darkening the sea.

After hundreds of shots and missiles were fired, it seemed like the enemy had vanished.

But then,

Wriggle, wriggle.

The scattered black flesh on the ground began to gather towards the sea, and then

Boom!

A gigantic black entity burst forth from the sea.

“What the?! Is that a leech?!”

“A leech?”

The black entity was indeed a leech. The soldiers finally recognized the identity of the enemy and were relieved. It was just a leech.

Boom!

Tanks and fighter jets resumed their attack on the giant leech. The leech was slow and large, making it an easy target for all their attacks.

However,

Squish, squish.

Despite the attacks, the giant leech’s body quickly regenerated.

Moreover, the giant leech did not remain passive. It expanded its head and then lunged its body to cover the fighter jets and tanks that had attacked it. Although the attack was simple, its enormous size made it sufficiently threatening.

Crash!

The fighter jets could quickly fly away to avoid the leech’s attack, but the tanks were crushed under it.

“Move at full speed!”

“Yes!”

The soldiers inside the tanks didn’t panic and tried to escape by breaking through the leech’s body.

Then,

Crunch. Crunch.

With a crunching sound and the smell of fresh blood, smaller leeches started pouring in like water through the gaps of the tank.

“What the?!”

Bang! Bang!

The tank commander accurately shot the heads of the approaching leeches.

But,

Wriggle, wriggle.

The fragments of the dead leeches were simply absorbed into the bodies of other leeches.

And then,

Wriggle, wriggle.

The leeches clung to the soldiers’ bodies, sinking their teeth in and starting to suck their blood.

“Aargh!”

“Save me…”

Eventually, they were buried under thousands of small leeches, their blood drained and becoming mummified like fish floating in the Pacific Ocean.

***

23rd Floor of the Purple Tower.

[Fire, blaze up!]

Whoosh.

Along with Flamie’s incantation,

Screech!

Hundreds of approaching venomous centipedes were burned to death in the flames. True to Flamie’s talent in fire attributes, Flamie skillfully used the basic fire magic as soon as she learned it from Aileen.

However,

[This is still as annoying as ever.]

While it was easier than before since Flamie could kill hundreds at a time, the need for vigilance remained the same.

[Isn’t there a better way? Ah! There is! The Detoxifying Green Onions from the master!]

Flamie was excited at the thought of the Detoxifying Green Onions but then realized,

[But how do I get them?]

Not having a clear way to acquire them, Flamie quickly became dejected.

[I’ll have to ask Aileen for a solution!]

Flamie decided to seek Aileen’s help.

***

the

soaked the transparent, hulled rice in water, gently stirred it with his

Pour.

brought from the 97th floor of

Swish.

also filled the pot with

“Hmm… Is this enough?”

fell into thought. Unlike an electric rice cooker, the

“What should I do…”

rice cannot

rice right

the bronze mirror been

Aileen, hoping to use his ‘mom’s help’

But,

says the repair

still under repair. Sejun didn’t know that Aileen

“No choice then.”

with his index finger, reaching one finger joint above the leveled rice. It was a method often mentioned

since everyone’s finger joint length varies, Sejun had nothing

be enough,

the water level one finger

Click.

stone pot, placed it on the fire, and started cooking the

I have for side

side dishes to eat with

make grilled fish

Clang.

dishes, Sejun opened the void storage and took out piranhas and squids to start

30 minutes later,

Creak.

opened the lid

“Oh!”

was a glistening, fluffy rice

stir it a

stirred the rice with a

And then,

Whoo, whoo.

the paddle to cool it

Chew, chew.

rice grains was just right. With a bit of pressure,

And then,

Munch, munch.

he chewed, the more he could taste

I made it, but

and scooped a spoonful

“Wow. It’s so good.”

last ate rice, but the rice tasted incredibly sweet. He felt he could easily finish several bowls

I’ve been

three spoonfuls, Sejun finally came to

“Guys, let’s eat!”

Sejun called the animals.

Krueng!

Squeak!

Ook!

to the

“Here you go.”

into bowls for the animals

“Let’s try this!”

spoonful of white rice and topped it with a piece of

Aaah.

put it all in his mouth

Chew, chew.

the soft sweetness of the

Gulp.

fish and the soft sweet flavor of the rice filled

Gulp.

the lingering salty taste made him crave more

This time with

scooped some stir-fried squid with

Swish. Swish.

the white rice, and took

Aaah.

it in his

Chew, chew.

Gulp.

the spicy taste lingered in his mouth, making him crave rice

“So delicious.”

between eating grilled fish

Krueng! Krueng!

so deliciously! If

stir-fried squid, following Sejun, and the other

After a while,

Krueng! Krueng!

bowl!

Squeak!

Ook!

rice and eagerly presented their

“Alright.”

more rice for the

And then,

Kuehehe. Krueng!

[Hehehe. Delicious!]

eating

10 bowls of

Poof!

from Cuengi’s body and then slowly faded. The Rice-as-Medicine effect had been triggered. Thanks to this, Sejun realized his cooked rice amounted to 100 servings and that about 10,000 grains of rice were in

rice earnestly, hoping

Sejun finished his 10th

Poof.

glowed

have consumed 100,000 grains

Rice-as-Medicine effect

stats will randomly increase by 100, randomly distributed among

increased by 23, Stamina by 9, Agility by

“Great.”

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