Comprehensive Manga: The Master is not here today

"Sniff, sniff-"

Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu continued to move forward and came to another spiral staircase. When they were about to start the speedrun mode as before, Fujimaru Ritsuka suddenly smelled a vaguely familiar smell.

"Um……?"

She scratched her head in confusion and said:

"Am I hungry? I always feel like I smell the smell of barbecue."

"I guess not."

Matthew replied:

"Because I smelled it too. The smell must have come from below, as if someone was cooking."

"Eh——"

Hearing this, Fujimaru Ritsuka became slightly interested in the people below.

Apart from themselves, they have never seen another team like this that is willing to spend time eating barbecue in a dangerous maze.

After a while, the two finally reached the bottom, and sure enough, there was a team of adventurers eating barbecue——

The other party was a team composed of longbodies, dwarves, halflings and a female elf. The dwarf was in charge of the barbecue, while the elf seemed a little weak.

Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu did not cover their steps, so the other party had already discovered them and was also observing them at this time.

Two people?

Did something unexpected happen? Or were you separated from other companions?

In short, the tall man in armor was the first to speak:

"We are just camping here and have no intention of causing conflict."

"So are we."

Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded in agreement, then walked up and down the stairs with Mashu, smiling:

"But this is the first time we've seen someone cooking barbecue in the maze."

"Ah, are any of you injured?"

After walking down, by the light of the fire, they discovered that the somewhat weak elf was injured. There were obvious blood stains on his shoulders and thighs. It looked like some kind of penetrating wound.

"Yes."

There was some worry on the man's face, but suddenly he seemed to remember something, and looked at them nervously and said:

"Speaking of which, do any of you know the healing arts?"

"If possible, I would like to ask you to heal my teammates."

"certainly."

Fujimaru Ritsuka didn't hesitate too much, and simply came to the elf to treat her. It just so happened that her clothes had the healing magic spell [Frontline Recovery], which was very convenient.

Suddenly, a faint light emitted from the elf, and at the same time, the wound began to heal quickly. This posture made the halflings and dwarves on the side look sideways.

The effect of the healing magic used by the opponent seems to be different from what they usually see. Why is it still glowing?

But the most important thing now is the physical condition of our companions.

They looked at the elf. The moment her wound completely recovered, she seemed to become much more energetic. She stretched out and said happily:

"Sure enough, a healthy body is the best. Thank you so much!"

"But wouldn't it be too wasteful to use magic like that?"

Elf, Maluciel's expression was a little worried. When she was being treated just now, she clearly felt that the other party was directly treating her entire body, instead of specifically targeting the wound location. This method can only be used 'Haoheng' can be described in two words.

"is that so?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka scratched her cheek in embarrassment and said:

"My level of magic is average, so I can only do this."

"I said,"

Seeing this, the halfling on the side crossed his arms and said silently:

"I've just cured you, so you're preaching condescendingly like this. Isn't it too rude?"

"What? I'm not preaching!"

Malucile glared at him, then looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka, and explained nervously:

"Well, I'm just worried that if you use too much magic power and there is insufficient magic power in your body, the next exploration will become very dangerous, so...!"

"Well, I understand."

Fujimaru Ritsuka understood what the other party wanted to express, so he smiled and said:

"Don't worry, I still have plenty of magic power."

"That, that's good..."

Malucile's expression was a little tangled.

In fact, she actually wanted to teach the other person how to use healing techniques effectively, but she always felt that if she continued, wouldn't it really become her preaching?

In short, after seeing Malucile's injury recovered, the man breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile:

"Thank you for your help. In exchange for reward..."

He touched his hand to his waist, his smile suddenly froze, and he groped his whole body again. Then he suddenly remembered that they didn't seem to have a penny on them now!

So he looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others carefully, pointed to the grill with a smile and said:

"Do you want to eat aquatic horse barbecue?"

Who in the right mind would want to eat something like this!

The halfling couldn't help complaining in his heart, but what he didn't expect was that the other party actually showed interest, smiled and nodded:

"Then we won't be polite."

…

…

The tall man named Leos Tuden is the captain of the team. The team members are the elf Malucil, the dwarf Sensi, and the halfling Kilchak.

"So tender!"

"It's delicious. Mr. Sensi's cooking is really good!"

"Thank you for the compliment."

Looking at the two girls who seamlessly blended into the atmosphere and were eating with gusto, Maluciel hesitated and said:

"Well, don't you feel disgusted? This is monster meat."

Fujimaru Ritsuka asked with some confusion:

"Hey, why? Didn't everyone enjoy their meal?"

"We are forced to have no choice!"

Malucile screamed unbearably, but her bulging cheeks and oily lips made the scream seem unconvincing.

Kilchak explained:

"Although the meat of many monsters is edible, monsters have killed many people and even used humans as food, so it will be difficult to accept it from a psychological level, right?"

"indeed."

After hearing what the other party said, the two finally nodded in understanding.

But perhaps because they are not from this world, or perhaps because they have experienced too much, this situation is still within their acceptance range.

Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled and said:

"But this always feels a bit pity, because the meat of some monsters is really good, such as the Mimic Monster and the Swordfish."

"Indeed, Mimic meat is delicious."

Laos agreed in agreement, and the others nodded subconsciously, and then something came to their mind. Kilchak looked at them in disbelief and said:

"Could it be that you guys were also eating monsters along the way?!"

"Well..."

Fujimaru Ritsuka scratched her cheek in embarrassment, took out the "Monster Gourmet Illustrated Book" and showed it to them, smiling:

"We came across this book by chance and were a little curious about the content, so we wanted to try it."

"that,"

Seeing this, Laos was stunned for a moment, and then took out the exact same book from his arms:

"Actually, I also..."

Compared to the book in Fujimaru Ritsuka's hand, the one in Leos's hand was obviously much older and covered with labels. It looked like it had been read over and over many times.

At this moment, looking at the identical books in their hands, the two people who met for the first time suddenly felt a sense of sympathy for each other, as if they were seeing an old friend they hadn't seen for many years.

Matthew on the side smiled and said:

"But for us, monsters like aquatic horses are okay, but humanoid monsters like mermaids are hard to accept."

"That's right!"×2

Hearing this, Chilchak and Malucile nodded wildly, while looking at an unconscious tall man in annoyance.