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

gently stirred

Pour.

stone pot that Theo had brought from the 97th floor of the tower. It was all

Swish.

also filled the pot with

“Hmm… Is this enough?”

thought. Unlike an electric rice cooker, the stone pot didn’t have any markings to indicate how much

“What should I do…”

here would waste the hard-earned rice. No. Precious rice cannot

to make delicious rice right from

the bronze mirror been

to use his

But,

says the repair

repair. Sejun didn’t know that Aileen had used it

“No choice then.”

finger, reaching one finger joint above the leveled rice. It was a

finger joint length varies, Sejun had nothing

be enough,

set the water level one finger joint above the

Click.

placed it on

What should I have for

side dishes to

grilled fish and

Clang.

Sejun opened the void storage and took out

30 minutes later,

Creak.

he opened the lid of

“Oh!”

was a glistening,

stir it a

stirred the rice with a

And then,

Whoo, whoo.

rice stuck to the paddle to cool it down and picked

Chew, chew.

texture of the chewy rice grains was just

And then,

Munch, munch.

he chewed, the more he could taste a slight stickiness and

this is amazing! I made it,

and scooped a spoonful

“Wow. It’s so good.”

because it had been almost a year since he last ate rice, but the rice tasted

I’ve been

about three spoonfuls, Sejun finally came to

“Guys, let’s eat!”

Sejun called the animals.

Krueng!

Squeak!

Ook!

came to the kitchen at Sejun’s

“Here you go.”

dished out rice into bowls for the animals

“Let’s try this!”

of white rice and topped it with a

Aaah.

in his mouth in

Chew, chew.

and the soft sweetness of the rice filled

Gulp.

of the fish and the soft sweet flavor of the rice filled his

Gulp.

lingering salty taste made

with the

some stir-fried squid

Swish. Swish.

the white rice, and took another

Aaah.

it in his

Chew, chew.

Gulp.

swallowing, the spicy taste lingered in

“So delicious.”

alternated between eating grilled fish and stir-fried

Krueng! Krueng!

eats so deliciously! If I follow Daddy, Cuengi

stir-fried squid, following Sejun, and the other animals began to do

After a while,

Krueng! Krueng!

bowl!

Squeak!

Ook!

and eagerly presented their empty

“Alright.”

more rice for the

And then,

Kuehehe. Krueng!

[Hehehe. Delicious!]

finished eating rice the

ate 10 bowls

Poof!

golden light emanated 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

eating rice earnestly, hoping to

his 10th

Poof.

glowed

100,000

effect has

increase by 100, randomly distributed among Strength, Stamina, Agility, and

by 23, Stamina by 9,

“Great.”

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