Pale Emblem

Chapter 4 Doing Good Things
Vertoc left the reception room of Boss Bartom and walked through the corridor on the third floor of the hotel. The sound of his footsteps echoed in the corridor, the doors on both sides opened one after another, and the residents inside appeared at the door invariably, sticking out their heads to watch as they passed by. Vertok, but he was also restrained, and no one approached him.

Walking to the corner of the stairs, Vertok saw a middle-aged man dressed as an adventurer.He folded his arms and leaned against the guardrail of the stairs. His hair was the usual brown, and his eyes were gray-blue. Although his appearance was unremarkable, his tall and straight posture and clean and tidy clothes gave him a gentle and elegant temperament. The difference from those adventurers with poor living habits is obvious.

When Vertok approached the stairs, he straightened his clothes and said politely, "Mr. Vertok, hello. I am Rhodes, the head of the Iron Cross Adventure Group, and I hope I can serve you if I have the opportunity. "

Will stopped, glanced at the other party, smiled, nodded and said, "Thank you, Mr. Rhodes, you are a good person."

Um... am I a good guy?

The head of the Iron Cross Adventure Group was suddenly stunned, and the words prepared in advance did not know how to continue.He reorganized his language and was about to speak when the loud voice of the hotel owner came from the end of the corridor: "Vill, I want to tell you that you are safe in Braun Town."

Bartom's figure appeared in the corridor outside the door of the reception room, Vertok turned his head, glanced at him curiously, and went straight down the stairs.

Rhode of the Iron Cross Adventure Group met the red lion Bartom's stern gaze, and he looked at him for less than a second, then looked away, expressed the intention of retreat, smiled and nodded, and turned to his room.

Vertok didn't take this episode to heart. He went back to the hotel's big kitchen and had missed dinner with the kitchen servants, but the fat cook Sarah left him a sumptuous meal. dishes.

Others don't have this kind of treatment. If they miss the meal, most of them will starve.Because the kitchen servants can enjoy the leftover dishes of the guests, they often pack the food they can't finish, and there is basically nothing left.

The exception is Vertoc, who has separate tables, separate food, and never eats leftovers from guests.Sarah, the cook, will deduct some of the dishes from the guests for Vail's food before serving.Each table's guests' dishes are deducted, and together, the quantity and variety of food are objective, enough for Weill to eat for a day, and it doesn't cost a copper tower.

However, the innkeeper included the food on Vertok's bill, so the innkeepers and servants were not displeased with the preferential treatment he received.

At this time, all the servants in the kitchen went home from work, and Sarah lit two oil lamps on the table to illuminate the dishes on a table.The staple food tonight is a jar of mud melon paste, a plant tuber that grows underground. The locals peel and cut the mud melon into pieces, add a little salt, boil it and mash it with a special utensil, and add seasoning. ingredients, mix well and serve.

Today's mud melon sauce tastes a bit astringent, and Vertok's first reaction is to put less sour tomato sauce for seasoning.But he was not so picky about the taste of food before, probably because the golden light group in the consciousness world gave back 4 spiritual attributes, which made his sense of taste more sensitive, and his tongue could distinguish the subtle differences in taste.

Vertok was surprised that he knew exactly how much sour tomato juice to put in, and the taste of the zucchini would be just right.

With a move in his heart, he picked up a piece of roasted otter meat, took a bite, and tasted it carefully.

A squirrel is a mouse-like animal, about the size of a typical domestic dog, and its fur is as smooth as silk.The townspeople of Braun Town generally keep squirrels, take their fur, and sell the meat to the Adventurer's Home.

The otter meat was alright, tender and juicy, but with an unpleasant fishy smell.The kitchen maid first marinated the otter meat, and then sprinkled pungent spices to cover up the meat's fishy smell when grilling.This cooking method results in the charred spices sticking to the surface of the meat, and the taste of the roast becomes mushy and bitter.

Vertok closed his eyes slightly, chewing the roasted meat in his mouth carefully, neither watching nor listening. All his energy was concentrated on his sense of taste and smell. He was in a state of concentration and ecstasy. He entered the world of his own consciousness and saw the high-speed rotating golden light. group.When the information captured by the taste buds poured into the golden light group, he got feedback from the golden light group, and he instantly mastered six recipes and skills for cooking otter meat.

The information that the golden light group fed back to Vertok did not appear out of thin air, just like he continuously peeled beans, his eyes, hands, and brain were fully exercised, which was the foundation of his talent for dexterous hands.Vertok's three meals a day are all in the kitchen of the Adventurer's House. He is familiar with the ingredients, spices, and condiments here, but he didn't realize it before, but his taste, smell, hearing, sight, and touch have been done. recorded.The golden light group, or should be called the "knowledge puzzle", according to Vertok's wishes, organize the above information, and possibly add the original cooking knowledge and skills of the "knowledge puzzle" to combine six kinds of cooking otter meat Methods.

Knowing the unlocking steps of "Knowledge Puzzle", Vertok was in a particularly good mood and couldn't help laughing, but in Marcy's eyes, when he was eating, he was distracted for a while and smirked for a while, and then asked worriedly: "Vill, Will...Are you okay?"

Looking up and seeing the concern on the fat cook's face, Vertok said, "Sarah, Boss Bartom said I owe him a lot of money. If I don't have the money to pay him back then, bad things will happen."

Sarah hesitated for a moment, then gritted her teeth and said, "Son, don't be afraid... That old man who is greedy for money is frightening you. Don't worry if I'm here."

The person Vertok is most familiar with and trusts most at present is Sarah, he said: "I don't worry anymore, but I think Boss Bartom is right, if the White Horn Adventure Group doesn't send someone to pick me up, I will I should go to them. But please ask the adventure group to help me with the money."

Sarah comforted: "As for the money, we will find a way later. You have to finish the food on the table now, and then go to rest early."

"Yeah." Vertok picked up his fork and concentrated on enjoying the sumptuous dinner.When the food on the table was swept away, he wiped the corner of his mouth with his sleeve and asked Sarah, "Do you think I should get a job?"

As Sarah cleared the table, she said, "Why don't you do what's good for you? I also think that having a job will definitely help you... well, you should get a job. But at work Before it can bring you income, you have to master the skills of the job, and before you learn the skills, you should go to rest...Little guy, go to the bathroom now and clean yourself up, then go back to bed and get a good night's sleep, go!"

As she said, you should do what is beneficial to yourself, and Vertok obediently went to wash and then returned to his bedroom.

It was the stairwell next to the kitchen, and the space was narrow, except for a bed, a cabinet, and no other furniture.At the beginning, the cramped environment and simple furnishings gave Vertoc a simple sense of security, a space he could rule.However, since the spiritual attribute has been raised to 10 points, the perception of spatial distance has greatly increased, and the dizziness is no longer dizzy when distinguishing rich colors and sounds.This bedroom is not so comfortable for the current Vertok.

The biggest advantage of the stairwell is that it is completely free, and it will definitely cost money to change to a larger room.Vertok still doesn't know the exact price of the hotel room, but I'm afraid it won't be cheap, and apart from the debt he owes, he doesn't even have a copper tower on his body.

Vertok was lying on his back on the bed with his eyes open. In the darkness, he could vaguely see the outline of the stairs going up and down. He thought, by learning skills, finding a job, getting feedback on the "knowledge puzzle", and earning more money by the way. For a little money, it sure pays off.

You should do what is good for you...

The next day, Vertok successfully found a job in the kitchen of the Adventurer's Home - peeling mashed melons.

The cook Sarah brought over a large basket of melons, threw a wood chip knife to Vertok, and said to him with a smile, "Your job is to cut the melons, and you will be paid twenty for a copper tower. "

A kitchen maid jokingly said: "You can get a copper tower by cutting 20 mud melons. Why don't we have such a high salary?"

Boss Bartom won't pay anyone for a simple job like peeling the gourd.The maids laughed and laughed, and then they were busy in the kitchen.Now is the peak season for the hotel business. The kitchen has to provide food for hundreds of people. The work of the kitchen helpers is still very heavy. The trivial matter of peeling the skin of the melon does not relieve their workload.

Sarah taught Vertok a few key points for peeling melons, and she also took care of her own work, leaving him to deal with a large pile of melons by himself.

Weir held a wood chipping knife in his left hand and a mud melon in his right hand, and began to try to peel it.At first, his movements were still clumsy. The mud gourd in his hand was about the size of his head and had a lot of weight. The wood chip knife was thin and light, and it was slightly dull for peeling the gourd, but the edge of the wood chip would not cut him. palm.Will's right hand wanted to hold the melon firmly, and the left hand holding the wooden knife also exerted force, so that the rough surface of the melon lost a large piece of meat even when the knife was slashed.

The most terrible thing is that the weight of the mud gourd is completely pressed on Weir's arm. After a long time, the arm will be sore, and the right hand will also tremble.Weil had no choice but to put one end of the melon on the chopping board, and his right hand only served as a support.

Feeling much better now, Vertok held the wood chipping knife and carefully peeled the mud melon.The thin blade of the wood chip scraped the rough brown-green skin of the mud gourd, and every tiny tremor was transmitted to the depths of Will's mind through the slender and slender fingers.Gradually, the wood chip knife seemed to be connected to his flesh and blood, becoming an extension of his fingers.This tactile sensation is so wonderful that he can't help immersing himself in it, and concentrates on feeling every subtle change from fingertips to skin, from skin to tendons, from tendons to muscles, from muscles to joints.

This change has spread all the way to the elbow joint, like encountering a barrier, and can no longer move an inch.Vertok tried to control the change brought about by touch. He pushed his arm forward and turned his wrist slightly, and the wood chip knife slid down the surface of the mud melon, peeling off a thin layer of skin, revealing a light brown color. of melon meat.

After slicing four big melons in a row, Vertok's knife movements became more and more proficient, full of a sense of rhythm like flowing clouds and water. Only five or six knives can clean up a mud melon, and it takes less than 4 before and after. second.

In about the time of one meal, a whole box of mud melons had been cut by Weil. He held the wood chip knife, sighed, and asked, "Is there any more?"

I don't know when it started, but the cook Sarah and a group of servants all stared at him blankly, with a hellish expression on their faces.When Sarah heard Will's question, she dropped the half-cut meat and bones, walked over, picked up a thin piece of melon rind, and asked in disbelief, "Vill, you used to peel melons specifically?"

"I can't remember, maybe it's been cut?" Will replied uncertainly with a confused expression on his face.

The kitchen maid of the Adventurer's House, who doesn't peel melons every day?Even if they cut every day for more than ten years, they can't do it to this extent.In fact, the kitchen helper needs to use the mud gourd to peel the skin. How much does it take? A whole box of mud gourd is almost the amount of the kitchen in one day. Sarah thought that it would take half a day to peel it. Who knows he It took only a short while for one person to finish processing a large basket of melons.

Sarah was silent for a moment, then shook her head and said, "Well, my Will is a capable young man, your work is over for today..."

Weir felt a little regretful. He activated the "dexterous hands" talent in the process of peeling the melon, and he controlled his hands in fine detail.It is no exaggeration to say that he can now operate any tool with both hands, and no matter which tool he uses, he is more dexterous than those who have practiced for a long time, but only to the part below the elbow.

Intuition tells Will that if this "dexterity" can penetrate the whole body, he will enter a magical realm.Unfortunately, it is obviously impossible for him to achieve this wonderful effect by peeling the melon.

Weil feels that the main obstacle is actually the lack of spiritual attributes. Currently, 10 points of spiritual attributes are only enough to unblock both hands. If you want to see through the whole body, you need a higher upper limit of spiritual attributes.To increase the upper limit of mental attributes, the three basic attributes of physique, perception, and life must first reach the current upper limit.

Just like the Adventurer's House Hotel, the upper limit of spiritual attributes is like the ceiling on the first floor, and the physical, perception, and life attributes are analogous to the walls and floors on the first floor. Second floor.

Vertoc's current mental attribute is 10 points, the upper limit of the corresponding physical and perception attributes is 12 points, and the upper limit of the corresponding life attribute is 15 points.His current physique, perception, and life attributes have not reached the upper limit, so it is impossible for his spiritual attributes to improve.

Continuing to improve physique, perception and life attributes is what Vertok wants to do most now, and the method is actually simple, nothing more than eat well, sleep well, and concentrate on practicing skills.He had just chopped a large basket of gourds, and he clearly felt that his perception had improved.

Unfortunately, peeling the melon has no effect on him. In this case, he should try to practice other skills.

Vertok said to the fat cook seriously: "Sarah, I want to cook, can I?"

"Do you want to learn to cook with me?" Sarah asked, looking into Vertok's eyes.

"No, I want to cook for you." Vertok shook his head, ignoring the fat chef's strange gaze, and added: "I remembered how to cook a few dishes, and I'm going to try it myself."

Sarah stretched out her big hand, touched the top of Will's head, nodded and said, "Okay, I want to see too, let's talk about what you will cook first, you don't get paid for cooking, and you'll have to lose money if you don't do it well. But if you can make dishes that satisfy the guests, I'll ask the guy in the front office to give you half of the rewards given by the guests."

(End of this chapter)