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Latis paused, watching the fishing rod begin to tremble, and quickly grabbed it and pulled it back sharply.
After a struggle with the fish, he held up a half-meter-long two-headed eel, covered in sweat, and then paused in surprise.
"What is this? Is it edible? Let's go over and have Arte identify it first."
He looked at the sky, which was now fully bright, took two steps forward, and suddenly scratched his head.
"What was the answer again? I suddenly forgot, never mind, it doesn't matter... Ah! I'm coming!"
The silver-haired half-elf sat obediently at the tent entrance, watching the man, who was being brutally beaten by the fishtail as he ran, cursing all the way to her.
"The two-headed dragon eel is said to have a trace of sea dragon blood, but due to limited innate conditions, no one has ever seen them level up to the point where they can awaken their bloodline. They are edible, and their skin can also be used as a material for magic."
Artemis watched as Latis pulled out a hammer and smacked the fish hard, then expertly chopped off its head with a knife. She couldn't help but ask in astonishment:
"Big brother, do you know how to cook ingredients?"
“Yes, I can.” Latis picked up the still-wriggling fish body and grinned. “Isn’t it just a matter of removing the head before eating?”
Artemis paused, carefully observed Latis's serious expression, and gave him a subtle, undeniable smile:
"Brother, let me do it."
"Hey, don't disbelieve me, I grew up eating fish..." Latis's voice drifted away with the rushing plant guards. Ateliers bent down, picked up the fish, and sighed helplessly.
……
"Heh, dare you not believe me? I'll catch another one and challenge you to a royal city showdown! It's truly a case of dragons not roaring and tigers not howling, how laughable this little sprite is!"
Latis angrily stuck his fishing rod into the riverbank, sat cross-legged, and began to analyze today's plan.
"After discussing with Arte and the others, we all decided to head towards Hard-stemmed City after breakfast, without stopping in Coarse-rooted Village. There shouldn't be anything else going on here, though. I heard the boys who bullied Going were rescued by the guards, but they were just too terrified to think straight… The griffin issue is resolved too; she shouldn't be captured again. I just wonder when she'll awaken her bloodline without a driving force…"
"I guess I'll be missing out on meeting the warriors on their round-the-world trip, which is a bit of a shame. I haven't really interacted with them yet! I also don't know why they have so many strange nicknames."
"By the way, something seems off when I use the magic network right now..."
With this in mind, Latis channeled his consciousness onto the magic network and accessed his backend.
"What exactly is it...?"
He observed his panel for a long time and finally found a small plus sign at the top.
Latis clicked the plus sign, and then the entire interface seemed to suddenly flip a page, revealing a completely new magic network interface.
The new interface is almost identical to the previous one, with sections for exchanging information on magic network commissions and various spells. Latis scratched his head and casually opened a section for exchanging information on first-circle spells.
[Gurgle: There's another magical vortex in the Southern Ocean today.]
[Lonely Frog: Frog, I envy the big shots in the sea!]
[Newhoo: They're all water frogs, why are they so different?!]
"Who are these people?" Latis frowned, a hint of disgust in his expression. "Why are they talking like that?... Wait, are they monsters? Could it be that the griffin's key opened a monster-related magic network for me?"
He left the chat area and looked closely, only to discover that apart from some orthodox spells similar to those of humans, most of the displayed spells were racial spells. These spells were basically shared by similar races, meaning...
"So, I can directly learn about a particular monster race through the racial spell exchange area?"
Latis scratched his head, then his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Go check on the griffin race and see if they're doing anything!"
He browsed through the spell types and clicked into the discussion area for [Fourth Ring Racial Spell - Wind Blade].
[Lili Lu: Lili Li hasn't come back yet. Has any lion seen him?]
【Gaha: No, I'm preparing for next season's mating.】
[Howling: No way, he's probably off catching snakes or hunting lotus flowers again, right?]
"This doesn't feel quite like the art style I imagined?" Latis stared blankly at the chat area, as if he were watching some kind of Goose Game simulator. He hesitated for a moment, then typed a sentence.
[I'm selling ditch in Atlantis: Lili Li is dead, I killed him, do you want to avenge him?]
The chat area was silent for a moment, then started refreshing again.
[Lili Lu: Lili Li is dead, and a lion is coming to be her new husband? Get ready to mate!]
[Gahane: Ga is preparing, Ga, may I go over? Ga is near the shallow underground entrance.]
[Lili Lu: Let me ask Gou Gou first, Gou Gou, did you kill Lili Li to become my new husband?]
[Gahane: Why is Gougou's name so long? After Gougou becomes your husband, Ga can also mate, Ga is very powerful.]
[Lili Lu: Welcome, welcome, but only when Gou Gou isn't here.]
【Gaha: Ga knows, Ga is an expert.】
Latis stared blankly at the chat area, feeling as if he were caught in a mysterious brainstorming session.
"They're discussing how to bully me right in front of me???"
He rubbed his eyes in disbelief.
"Wait, that's not my wife! Wait, that's not the point, is it? I killed that griffin, and they didn't even react?!"
Latis began writing passionately.
[I'm selling ditch in Atlantis: Still in the ditch? Didn't you understand what I said? Lili Li is dead, and instead of avenging it, you're here flirting with the pretty widow right in front of her? Don't you care about Lili Li at all?]
He exhaled a breath of stale air and began to wait for a reply.
[Howling: Suddenly I remembered, isn't Lili Li our boss?]
[Lili Lu: Yes, he killed Ga's ex-husband, so he became the boss.]
"Hey, how come you're still a third-hand one?!" Latis couldn't help but cover his face, feeling like he'd been killed by the chat area.
[Howling: That ditch is our new boss now.]
【Gargara: Boss, we miss you! We haven't finished collecting food for mating season yet!】
[Lili Lu: Honey, come back quickly! There are three little lionesses waiting for your attention!]
[Gaha: Boss, Gaha can help you first, Gaha is already prepared...]
Latis snapped the magic net open with a snap, clutching the swaying fishing rod in shock, his pupils dilating in disbelief.
"The monster chat area is such a mental pollution!"
Chapter 63 The Path to Culinary Mastery in Another World Dies Before It's Even Begins (Part 2)
Ding!
Just as Latis was still marveling at the abstract thinking of the monsters, the interface of the magic network suddenly lit up.
"Huh? This is..."
Latis was taken aback. He had seen this prompt before; it was a request from the cyber police's backend network!
"So even the monster cyber police get requests?"
He stroked his chin and clicked on the glowing commission option.
[The commission has been updated]
[Details: Human signals indicating an impending disruption of the magic network's ecosystem have been detected approximately ten miles in the southeastern part of Senhai Territory, around the city of Hardstem. Please eliminate the mission target.]
[Reward: Eliminating a mission objective will earn you 500 Magic Network Points.]
[Current progress: 0%]
The Demon Network has issued a request for monsters to exterminate humanity?
Latis squinted, sensing that something was amiss.
He opened the interface for human cyber police, but found no new requests.
Logically speaking, shouldn't human cyber police also stop actions that disrupt the magic network's ecosystem? Or rather, shouldn't the first choice for human affairs be for humans to resolve themselves, rather than issuing requests to monsters? Why...?
[The commission has been updated]
[Current progress: 33%]
A notification popped up indicating an update to the commission. Latis stared at the commission details, lost in thought, sensing a turbulent undercurrent beneath the surface. He glanced at the address in the details and exhaled.
"Hard-Stalk City? I'll be passing through there tomorrow; I'll see if there are any reports of deaths."
He shook his head, thinking to himself:
"But remember not to get yourself into trouble. I feel like there's some inside story I don't know yet. First, get to Lundia, learn magic, get student status and settle down. Don't get involved in these big things yet. If you don't court death, you won't die..."
Latis pondered for a moment, then smiled:
"Next, let me see what the Magic Network Points are actually used for!"
He glanced at the 2000 Magic Network Points he had left from his last commission and clicked on them out of curiosity.
[Random Treasure Chest]
[MagicNet Mall]
"Damn, this feels like coming home!" Latis couldn't help but complain. "This feels like some kind of pay-to-win store!"
He shook his head, clicked on the random treasure chest, and wanted to see the instructions.
However, the next moment, a bright [Magic Network Points -1000] appeared in front of him. He was stunned for a moment, and before he could react, an exaggerated magic box opening animation appeared in front of him.
"Wait for me……"
Before he could finish speaking, a lump of something enveloped in holy light fell into his hand.
"...I didn't plan to buy blind boxes."
Latis stood there stunned for a long time, his gaze blank as he slowly lowered his head to look at the thing that had cost him a thousand magic network points.
Black lace, a wide hemispherical piece of fabric, and an elastic ribbon connecting the two pieces together, finally twisting the ends into a long bow.
Queen Whiteley's Embrace: This is the broadest embrace of the Kingdom of Norard, nourishing this great magical kingdom and nurturing hundreds of thousands of mages who tirelessly explore the path of magic. Legend has it that her favor grants unimpeded progress on the path to magic. Ah, Queen, my Queen, I would gladly surrender to your embrace and to your feet! Ah, Queen…
If something looks like a cover, smells like a cover, feels like a cover, and its description also resembles a cover, then that thing is a cover.
Snapped!
Latis, on the verge of tears, threw the cover to the ground and shouted: