Mercenaries and Adventurers

The business district of Taturones Harbor City, the wide world gourmet restaurant.

Harlow was in the open back kitchen, showing off his culinary skills to all the soldiers and merchants who couldn't leave.

Can't use spells to assist cooking, which is still a bit difficult for Mage Harau. But as he became more proficient at cooking, he now kind of likes the feeling of cooking by himself.

It is very difficult for one person to cook for dozens of soldiers, not to mention that the food must be gourmet food. However, Mage Harlow has modified and strengthened his body in the early years. Although it is mainly aimed at enhancing the viability, enhancing perception and manipulating magic power, even these have provided his own body with Plenty of strength and agility.

It allows him to move heavy and huge deep-sea fish, and skillfully operate the kitchen utensils to handle large pieces of fish fin meat.

Chef Harlow cut the large piece of fish fin meat into three-centimeter-thick steaks, and then took out a barbecue tool that was more than one meter long and looked like a thin sword and more like an iron skewer. A piece of fish fin steak is strung together by two iron skewers, and then another steak is strung on top of it until the whole iron skewer is fully worn.

The skewered iron skewers were put aside, and many soldiers couldn't help swallowing their saliva when they saw the huge fish skewers, and their eyes were fixed on the raw fish. Some soldiers who had gone to sea were discussing with other colleagues in a low voice whether these deep-sea fish could be eaten raw.

Chef Harlow's keen ears heard the whispers of some soldiers, and he laughed a little: "Some deep-sea fish can be eaten raw. However, the meat that has been treated with flames is more delicious, after all, pure fish is eaten raw. , you can only taste the general taste of fish, or add some seasonings for cold food."

There was a pause in the words, but the movement of Master Harou's hands did not stop: "What is the key difference between gourmet food and ordinary food?"

The soldiers heard the chef testing them, and expressed their opinions one after another.

As elite soldiers, they are not only from the local area, but from many places on the Farah Peninsula controlled by the Ring of the Sun. Their respective hometowns have different delicious ingredients for food, and some places have some unique methods of making food.

Chef Harlow listened to the soldiers' various views and experiences on food, his ears were pricked up, and his eyes were brightened. If the flame on the stove was not also shining, someone would have noticed the abnormality of his eyes .

Many iron skewers were skewered with deep-sea fish fin steaks, and the charcoal fire for grilling the steaks had already been raised by the waiters.

Chef Harlow saw that the temperature of the charcoal fire was just right, so he put a bunch of iron skewers on top of the charcoal fire.

There is no need to oil the steaks. Chef Harlow chooses this kind of deep-sea big fish. In order to live in the cold deep sea, no matter where it is on the body, there is a thick layer under the skin and on the top of the muscles. Fish oil fat.

Even in the muscle layer, there is a white layer of fat.

This deep-sea big fish is most suitable for frying and grilling, but other traditional cooking methods are not suitable. Because there is too much fat in it.

If the soup is boiled, there will be a thick layer of fish oil floating on the top of the soup, which is not convenient for the soup to dissipate heat, and it is not suitable for direct consumption.

The same is true for stewed dishes. The excess fat in the fish will overflow, but it is not suitable for cooking.

As for raw food, it is too difficult for a human being. If you only eat a little bit, it's still okay, but once you eat too much, you will feel too greasy at first, and then it will trigger some not-so-good physiological reactions.

At this time, Chef Harlow talked about his own views on the difference between ordinary food and gourmet food: "I have learned a lot from listening to everyone's discussions, but I still have to talk about my views."

While turning the iron skewer to let both sides of the deep-sea fish fin steak evenly heat and secrete oil, he dipped a small brush in the prepared mysterious sauce and brushed it on the heated place of the steak, allowing the steak to absorb the aroma of the sauce: "I think , the key between the two lies in whether enough spices are used."

The words are simple, but the meaning is not. Some soldiers with fairly good skills did not agree with this truth, and the merchants who were also surrounded by them also spoke out against it.

"Chef Harlow, according to what you say, then the culinary skills and skills and the emotions that the creator puts into the food are all meaningless?"

Shaking his head: "It's not meaningless, but there is a proportion, but not much. The key is the spice."

After finishing speaking, Chef Harlow smeared the sauce directly on the steak: "Look at this sauce, it uses dried edible mushroom powder with strong fragrance as the main ingredient, plus various ingredients from all over the world It is a kind of sauce prepared by mixing all kinds of precious spices with big bone broth."

As the sauce brushed on the steak is turned to the side that faces the charcoal grill, the sauce begins to heat up and emit a rich aroma.

The smell mixed with fish oil and various spices emanated from the meat steaks on the iron skewer. Many soldiers couldn't stop inhaling after smelling it, and they all wanted to have more. aroma.

Seeing that all the soldiers wanted to smell the delicious aroma of the heated sauce, Chef Harlow laughed happily. The businessmen no longer insisted on what they said before, but kept complaining in a low voice that they hadn't seen Haru who was both the owner and the chef of the restaurant a few days ago, and kept hiding this mysterious and delicious sauce until Today, this situation was brought out to entertain the soldiers who inspected it.

The fish cannot be grilled too much, so after brushing the sauce on both sides of the steak, Chef Harlow simply flipped the sauce over to heat it, and then picked up the iron skewer.

The waiter had already prepared the plates, and Chef Harlow unloaded the deep-sea fish fin steaks from the iron skewers, and stacked three large steaks in sequence on each plate.

The waiters held their heads high and walked out of the kitchen with their plates. The soldiers along the way wanted to eat this delicacy first, but they didn't dare to fight for it. Firstly, they knew that everyone would have something to eat, and secondly, the first meal was of course theirs. The captain should taste it first.

Captain Yakelifei sat at the table in the middle of the restaurant, took a deep breath, and a strong aroma that he had never smelled in his life came. His eyes were closed, expressionless.

In his mind, he was amazed at the rich aroma of this delicacy, which greatly exceeded his imagination limit for delicacy.

The waiter proudly placed the plate in front of the soldier captain, and then loudly announced the name of the dish that Chef Harlow told him just now.

“Deep Sea Fish Fin Steak with Mystery Sauce!”

The sharp knife smoothly cut through the fresh and tender steak. Chef Harlow was right. The tenderness of this steak is just right. The steak will be a little raw if it is ahead of time, and the sauce will not seep into the steak.

If the time is later, the steak will be a little dry, and the sauce will be scorched by the hot charcoal fire, and many flavors will disappear, and this level is just right.

With a slight sip of the tongue, the meat can be rotten.

The meat is firm but has a grainy feel. The fat tissue connecting the fish meat has been heated and melted, and the whole steak is just at a point where it is about to disperse.

And when the sauce came into contact with Captain Akrifi's tongue.

He feels that he has received friendly greetings from all over the world.

All kinds of fragrances greeted him for the first time. For a moment, Captain Yakelifei felt as if he went to various places in the world to pick those spices himself.

Although he has never seen the appearance of each spice, but this delicious feeling can make him never forget it in his life.

The meat steaks were cut piece by piece, and then put into the mouth, chewed gently, and then swallowed impatiently.

Captain Yakelifei, who closed his eyes, didn't know that his intoxicated expression was seen by all the soldiers.

When the second steak was served, more soldiers ate this delicious delicacy while weeping. Some soldiers with brothers, after carefully asking the waiter, put the steaks in bags, and prepared to bring them back to the brothers serving in other teams to taste.

Merchants also ate this steak. They had just finished eating, but they still ate all of the steak.

After finishing some meat steaks for the merchants, Master Harlow walked out of the kitchen with his hands on his hips, looking at everyone with great momentum, and everyone looked at him with respect.

Haha, that's it. That's it. This is the look, this is the feeling.

Mage Harou raised his head proudly. It turns out that you can cook without using magic, so if you people eat the real food I made with magic, I don’t know what expression you will have.

The soldiers hastily inspected the well-prepared mage Harou, and then walked out of the restaurant as if reluctantly saying goodbye.

I believe this short experience will never be forgotten by these soldiers.

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At the same time, the residential area of ​​Harbor City.

Tarturones is a rich city, so the places where her residents live are quite different from other cities.

People here generally have separate houses belonging to the family. The houses of each family are not small, and a large family lives together, but it does not appear crowded.

The secret is that the houses here are all built very high, and they generally build their houses to be as high as six or seven stories.

The high roofs are used to collect rainwater during the great waterfall. Each roof is shaped like a funnel and slightly inclined. In the low-lying part of the roof, there is a special water channel leading directly to the water storage room in the basement.

In order to collect more rainwater, each household built a larger roof on top of their house. This has led to the fact that when walking in a residential area, the sun is often not visible over the narrow road, because it is blocked by the edge of the roof.

Apart from fresh water, what the harbor city in the desert cherishes most is the most precious plants. Often some good families living together will transform a small open space in the middle of their respective houses into a small plant garden only for the children of nearby families to play.

It is also a place where ordinary residents hold festivals.

At this time, because the soldiers entered the city on a large scale to inspect, all the households shrank back to their houses. A small piece of botanical garden surrounded by several houses has now become an amusement park for some small animals wandering in the city.

In one of the busiest botanical gardens, all kinds of small animals living with humans on the Fara Peninsula took advantage of no one to bother them, and they happily played in this place where they didn't dare to come to play openly in the past.

They chased, fought, licked each other, and looked for each other's parasites hidden under the hair. Even because they were too happy, some of them rolled together in estrus even though this year's mating season hadn't come yet.

In this place where small animals are happy and chaotic, in a slightly open place in the middle of the botanical garden, there are several small wooden boxes, and on these wooden boxes are sitting a few small Animals, they were sitting together upright and talking.

One small animal flicked its tail back and forth, and the other licked the hair on its arm while talking: "Meow, why did those soldiers search for an elf mage? Meow."

A small animal lying on its back on a small wooden box with its paws behind its head said, "I asked a few wandering Farah desert cats nearby, and I heard from them that the first noise came from the center of the noble district. At the beginning. Meow. At that time, they felt a mental shock. Meow."

The little animal playing with a small leather ball said, "Fala desert cats have weak detection organs that can feel magic power, so I should be right, after all, animals don't lie. Meow."

"Meow, not being able to lie doesn't mean they can draw conclusions correctly and make judgments correctly. Meow. Actually, I think that should not be our business. Meow. The president didn't give any notice, he said he would Use your own identity to allow everyone to travel around the Farah Peninsula normally. Meow. Why hasn’t the president revealed his identity these days, meow?” The little animal licking its own hair stopped licking and asked questions.

"Hmph, it must be those cumbersome official duties, those nasty things will only limit the exploration and detection of all mages." The wading little animal said disdainfully, after finishing speaking, it seemed that it just remembered something, and quickly added: "Meow! "

The little animal that slapped the ball with its paws nodded in affirmation of his companion's statement, but also added a sarcasm: "Actually, not necessarily all mages. Meow. I think there are many mages in the society who like it very much." Those official duties. Meow! And some inexplicable powers brought by official duties?"

In the end, the little ball in his hand suddenly missed it, bounced and rolled aside. The attention of several mages was attracted by the rolling small ball, and then they all stood up and rushed towards the small ball.

Several small animals rolled into a ball, and the ball was knocked into the air by someone, and each complained, and they made a ball.

Not far away, the little ball was pinned down by a bright and healthy female Farah desert cat with its small paws. She let out a mocking meow: "Meow~"

Spotting a female Farah desert cat, several mages hurriedly dispersed from the huddle, and walked quickly to the female Farah desert cat.

Sniffing the scent on their bodies, and lightly licking each other's healthy hair, their tails stood up.

As a result, the female Farah desert cat pulled the little ball from the left paw to the right paw, and said, "Meow. Everyone, what's the matter, you still want to play with me?"

When the three mages heard the voice, they immediately lost interest, walked back to their respective small wooden boxes, and lay down on the boxes again.

He kept complaining, "It's you. Meow, what a disappointment."

With a snort, the female Fala desert cat exerted force with its paws, crushing the ball, and said unhappily, "What did the president say? Don't be affected by more physical effects after being deformed." After speaking, he used his hind paws Scratched himself.

"Meow. The president also said that you don't need to transpose gender when transforming, did you hear me?" a mage-transformed Farah desert cat complained.

The female Farah desert cat paused and waved its paw indifferently: "This is not a problem. Everyone, do you know what happened today?"

The three mages said in unison: "Don't you know?"

Teasing her beard, the female Fala desert cat said triumphantly: "How is it possible? I am the most informed. Meow. I heard from my friends who hang out in the noble district that it was caused by Mage Donila. Meow. He fought with a group of high-level local generals. Meow. Some new local nobles said it was an assassination. Meow, joke, who does that guy want to kill, who can live?"

A mage retorted: "That's too much, hey, just I know, there are seventeen or eight of those guys who can't be killed."

The female Farah desert cat waved her claws, and the small box of the desert cat mage who had been dismantled immediately fell to the ground, causing the mage to fall.

"Meow! It's time to fight, my claws and fangs are already hungry! Meow!" The mage cat that fell on the ground immediately got up and took the posture of preparing for the battle of the Farah desert cat.

"Don't interrupt me, meow? I haven't finished my sentence. It's such a big mess, no matter whether Master Donila made it on purpose or not, the boss will come out to clean it up in the end. Meow. Of course, there is no boss. What the president can't solve is that after the old president's identity is revealed, should we continue to meow with the old president?" After the female Farah desert cat finished speaking, the other three mages began to think about it.

As these mages who specialize in the study of animal transformation and the magical abilities of various animals, they have always been very repulsed by the normal work of the society, let alone follow the old president as official representatives.

That can make them freak out.

Besides, besides this, they don't have any other special skills, and it seems that they can't help the old president, and they will embarrass the other party.

After the four mages considered it for a while, they decided that the mage, the female Farah desert cat, would replace the four of them and explain the situation to the old president. They would not participate in the subsequent matters, mainly during the holidays, to study the magic power. Perceived Farah Desert Cat.

Just as the four mages were meowing and discussing the wording of apologizing to the old president in this lush plant garden.

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Outside the botanical garden, a group of soldiers was walking in. The first soldier was holding a small crystal ball in his hand. This crystal ball was facing the direction deep in the botanical garden. At this time, it was emitting a slight Red light, and this red light is still slowly weakening.

"It's right in front. Everyone saw it just now. The direction indicated by the crystal ball has the kind of magic reaction that the adults said. Everyone, wake up a little and pay attention." Walking beside the soldier holding the crystal ball, the person who spoke was A slightly higher ranking soldier leads the pair of soldiers.

Residents of Harbor City like botanical gardens very much, so every botanical garden is a place where they carefully plant and maintain. The tall coconut trees hadn't produced fruit yet, and the drought-resistant cactus two people tall had bloomed large red and yellow flowers, attracting scattered bees to gather honey. The lower ones are plants such as palms and plantains with large fans, and the lower ones are planted with rare evergreen plants on the Fara Peninsula, and there are strong and drought-resistant grasses and flowers on the ground.

As the soldiers walked in, the little animals playing around felt the return of the human master of the botanical garden, and they all hid in the shadow of the plants.

The soldiers scattered to search, but they found nothing~www.readwn.com~ Only the meowing desert cats lying on a few small boxes in the middle of the garden were still there.

The two leading soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, but also a little unwilling.

They were one of the few soldiers who found magic induction. Before they came in, they thought they would encounter a hidden magic assassin, and they were even ready to call for support at any time.

As a result, there are only small animals hiding in the botanical garden and desert cats who are not afraid of people.

Pushing away the fat desert cat casually, the soldiers sat on the small boxes in the center of the garden to rest. Compared with the outside, it was quiet and shady here, just right for a rest.

But the desert cat who keeps shouting after being driven away is a bit annoying.

The soldier holding the crystal ball found that the crystal ball shone slightly after approaching a desert cat. This discovery made him call out to his companions.

However, the soldiers held the female Farah desert cat in their hands. Apart from stroking the fur of the shiny desert cat, they found nothing else.

Some soldiers suggested that they should take the desert cat away and hand it over. This suggestion immediately received a trembling answer.

In the end, everyone couldn't figure out what to do, and the magic reaction on the crystal ball gradually disappeared with time, so everyone had to put the desert cat down, chat for a while and leave the botanical garden.

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After the soldiers walked away, all kinds of small animals boldly stepped out from the shadow of the plants, and played happily again. And the four Farah desert cats also lay down on the small box again. Unaware of the mage's mouth, the cats fought again. The female Farah desert cat chased the three male Farah desert cats and beat them violently.

They chased and fought all the way, playing around towards the place where the old president was.