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Chapter 173 : Unique Cooking Technique
Chapter 173: Unique Cooking Technique
The outer shell was hard, and whenever attacked, it shrank back inside to avoid danger. But did it have any exposed weak points?
Looking at the Mimic and the ground a dozen meters away, Gauss suddenly had an idea.
Using Message, after letting Arya retreat to a safe distance first—
Gauss fired a triple Magic Missile, forcing the Mimic to shrink back into its shell. At the same time, he took the chance to pull out fire oil from his storage bag and pour it across the ground.
Е̂ n ů ṁа̃
When everything was ready, he continued to retreat backward.
The Mimic, unsuspecting, continued to move closer from afar.
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「Swoosh！」
As soon as it stepped onto the oil-slicked ground, its tiny feeler-like feet slipped, and the whole chest slid forward uncontrollably by more than ten centimeters. However, thanks to its dozens of little feeler legs, it quickly regained balance.
But Gauss hadn’t poured the oil just to imitate an “Oil Slick” effect.
In that brief moment when the Mimic slipped and stabilized its stance, he had already dashed forward, closing the distance.
Е̊ňu m̆а̊.
Both hands gripped the Bone Wand he had prepared in advance.
Then, his whole body’s magical energy surged.
He thrust both hands forward with force!
「Burning Hands!」
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A huge fan-shaped blaze spewed out from between his palms.
「Boom！」
W̆ е̃ b ń о̃v̂еl̃ Е n̂ u m̊а̌
The roaring fire, fueled by the fire oil, erupted into fierce flames despite the suppressive environment.
「Bzzzz!!!」
A terrifying sea of flames, nearly two meters high, completely engulfed the Mimic!
Normally, when the Mimic curled up, its hardened shell could resist fire.
But the fire oil had already seeped through its feeler legs under the chest and entered inside. If Gauss was right, the bottom of the chest was exactly where one of its weak points lay.
「Ughhh!!!」
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Sure enough, a muffled and eerie sharp screech rang out from within the blaze.
A strange aroma, a mix of burnt scent and some kind of unique meat fragrance, drifted out!
The Mimic, wrapped in fire, leapt out of the flames, hopping about frantically.
Beneath it, fire stubbornly burned from the holes where its feeler legs retracted.
Gauss followed closely.
「Burning Hands!」
Ê ǹũm а̄
Another sea of fire surged beneath the Mimic!
At the same time, Gauss cast Dancing Wind, letting the fire borrow the force of the wind, intensifying the flames on its body and around it.
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Amid the wafting fragrance, the Mimic’s frantic hops grew slower and slower, until finally, it stopped moving.
Only a charred blackened shell remained.
However, since no prompt from the Monster Encyclopedia appeared, Gauss cautiously cast another Burning Hands.
In the new wave of flames, the chest suddenly convulsed violently a few more times.
Еn ǔ m a
「Elite Monster Mimic defeated *1」
Finally, the prompt appeared.
As expected, the Mimic had still been clinging to its last breath, ready to wait until he came closer before biting him at the end.
It hadn’t expected Gauss to have such a unique long-range autopsy method.
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With the Mimic’s death, the fourth type of Elite Monster was added to his bestiary.
「Path of Elites, Stage 2: Slay 5 types of Elite Monsters (4/5). Reward: Randomly draw one Elite Monster Racial Talent.」
W е b̂ nо̇ v ё l Е̄ n ù m̀ а̄
「Title acquired: [Mimic Hunter]. This title upgrades as your kill count increases.」
「Current Effect: Penetration. Against Mimics, your attacks have a chance to pierce through, striking effectively at enemies inside the shell.」
The glowing text flickered.
Gauss carefully read through it.
So far, he had slain the Mantisman, Half-Ogre, Mud Golem, and Mimic—four types of Elite Monsters.
Only one more monster remained before drawing a racial talent.
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Could it be, on his very first dungeon expedition, that he could perfectly complete the objective—earning money while also collecting five Elite Monster records?
Gauss took a deep breath.
Mantisman, Half-Ogre, Mud Golem, and Mimic—what racial talent could he extract from them?
In theory, he should carefully pick five monsters to limit the draw pool. But in reality, he didn’t have that luxury.
And since the extraction was random, the talents varied even within the same species. Even seemingly powerful monsters could have plenty of useless talents, so there was no need to be overly picky.
With his kill count and monster variety increasing, Gauss gradually grew more familiar with the Adventurer’s Handbook.
Еnu mа.і̃.d
As for the Mimic reward title, its effect was quite good too.
“Penetration” was very specialized against Mimics. If he encountered them again in the future, he wouldn’t need fire to handle them, making things far easier than today.
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Thinking of this—
He controlled Mage Hand to open the chest.
A rich and peculiar aroma burst forth in an instant.
Gauss curiously peeked inside.
Ē n ǔ m а̃
Inside lay a huge roasted tongue, glowing red from being braised, resting quietly within the chest.
「…Is this cooked already?」
On the other side, Arya and Ulfen had long since finished off the small monsters.
Ulfen lifted his head, his gray nose twitching repeatedly, until his eyes locked onto the chest in front of Gauss.
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Time to eat?
「Gu!!」
Ĕṅ u ḿ_а_.і̆ d
Gauss’s stomach grumbled with hunger.
He drew his fine steel longsword and skewered the Mimic’s massive tongue, shrunk considerably from the roasting.
Its steaming body was lifted out.
Gauss pulled out a cast iron pan and placed the roasted Mimic into it.
「…Can this be eaten?」
He was skeptical, though the smell was quite tempting.
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This Mimic had been seared by multiple rounds of intense flames, roasted thoroughly all around. Unlike normal grilling, it retained more juices, and from the feel when he pierced it earlier, it had remarkable elasticity.
Still, Gauss hesitated.
After all, he had seen with his own eyes the corrosive slime coating its tongue earlier. What if it smelled good but was actually poisonous?
Gauss took out the 《Complete Ingredient Guide Around the Emerald Forest》 and flipped through the index.
The book was too thick—he hadn’t read every page.
He quickly found the entry under “Special”:
Е̇n̆ û m̃а. і ď
【Mimic】
Mimic-type crustacean creature, often disguises as treasure chests to lure prey.
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Tongue: Makes up 60% of body weight. Flavor is delicious, meat is tender, fat and thick like ox tongue. Edible, but must be processed with high heat and have the outer layer shaved away to avoid ingesting slime. See below for detailed preparation.
Tongue root: Contains a fused cluster of brain, ganglia, and heart-pump organs. Inedible.
Chest shell: Inner walls coated with half-digested residue. Inedible. After cleaning, can be repurposed as a sturdy storage chest.
…It could actually be eaten?
Ёn̊ǔm ӓ . і d
Gauss swallowed his saliva.
A Tier 2 monster.
He had never before tasted Elite Monster meat.
In the past, he only cooked lower-tier monsters.
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But from the recipe description—“delicious flavor, tender meat”—even the entries for Rust Frog and Frost Serpent didn’t have such heavily emphasized notes.
Inside him, the Energy Storage Gland seemed to stir excitedly, urging him to consume this monster meat—its essence was beneficial to his body.
Ӗn u m а̌
So impatient…
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