New Century Kitchen Warrior

Chapter 5 Slave
“Ahhhh! It’s over!”

Lei Ye was awakened by Buyadi's screams.

Because he didn't sleep well, Lei Ye wanted to turn over and sleep for a while, but Buyadi was still squatting in front of the mirror, making strange noises like "ahhh" or "it's over" from time to time.

"You're so noisy! Didn't you say yesterday that you wanted to sleep all day? Even if you want to get up early, everyone else goes to bed late. It's really annoying that you keep yelling like this without caring about other people's lives."

I don't know what's wrong with that guy.

Unable to bear it any longer, Lei Ye sat up from the bed and saw the guy shaking his head in front of the broken mirror in the room with his hands covering his chest with a confused look on his face.

Seeing Lei Ye waking up, Buyadi ran over crying.

"Hey, Mr. Lei Ye, let me tell you, today is already the fourth day, and I still haven't returned to my previous state. It's been four days!"

What the hell, hasn’t she even faced reality yet?
Those prostitutes are still imprisoned in the underground prison of Hillius. It has been about two years. To this day, Lei Ye has never heard of anyone returning to their previous appearance.

This potion is likely to be permanent.

Looking at the flustered Buyadi, Lei Ye felt a little pity. This guy might have been hoping for luck before, thinking that he would be able to change back to normal in a few days.

If that was really the case, how could I lead the Demon King to a human city so easily?

"What's with that pitying look in your eyes? This is wrong, really wrong! You know I'm a devil, right? A devil can change gender according to the gender they identify themselves as. I was born as a girl, and finally became a tough guy through training, but now what's going on? I can't change back! And it's a bit too much for the power I've accumulated so far to disappear in one go. Wouldn't I become a beastly animal that can be slaughtered at will?!"

The sudden revelation of shocking information made Lei Ye stunned for a moment.

It turns out that the devil has such a setting. I’ve learned something new.

When I think about this guy being a girl, I feel a sense of boredom. What's going on?
Also, this guy didn't start to panic until four days after he became a woman. Wasn't his reaction time a bit too long?

"It's too late to cry now. We will be separated from each other starting today. At most, I will treat you to breakfast and then send you to rent a dragon car. Don't think that I will send you back to the Demon King's Castle."

"So heartless?! Aren't we good friends?!"

"I lent you my bed because we're good friends, and I took you out of the forest before that, right? You know I finally got home, so do you want me to go away again right away? You can't keep causing trouble for your good friend."

"But but."

It's strange, is it an illusion? Why is Buyadi so cute when she pouts unhappily? I didn't feel that way at all until yesterday.

It must be an illusion. It must be an illusion.

The movement of his cock was probably just an automatic restart in the early morning. Lei Ye calmly put on his pants by pulling on his underwear, then opened the door.

On the street, explorers have already put on their gear and left the day-rental hotel to prepare for today's adventure.

The sun shines on his shoulders. Now he is a free man. Lei Ye opens his arms comfortably, feeling the reality of returning to the human world from the scorched earth.

Hierius! I'm back again!

——The Hillius Guild——

There are a lot of things to do today. After checking out of the daily rental, Lei Ye did not rush to take Buyadi to the slave trader to rent a dragon cart, but came to the guild first.

He plans to sell his house.

The bed can be replaced if it gets dirty, but this house that I had thought of using as my wedding house with Luoya a few years ago can no longer be called home.

Although the house is not very large, it can be sold at a good price due to its good location.

A month ago, Lei Ye took a fancy to a luxury house in the suburbs. This money was just enough to buy the house which was still for sale, so Lei Ye did not hesitate and placed an order for the full amount.

While handling the formalities, Lei Ye bought a few newspapers to see if anything had happened in Hillius during the days he was away.

"I want one copy of each newspaper for every day of the month, thank you."

"Okay, that's thirty small copper coins in total. Thank you for your patronage!"

The purchasing power of a small copper coin is equivalent to one yuan in RMB. The private money that Lei Ye got from home last night was about three large gold coins, which is equivalent to about 300,000 yuan in RMB. It is still enough to buy newspapers.

After all, as the cook of the brave team, Lei Ye's salary and benefits have always been pretty good, and he has saved a lot of money over the years.

He piled the newspapers into a pile and flipped through them one by one.

"Shocked, a member of the S-class explorer team Silver Wolf was killed. Is it possible that the difficulty of the underground maze has been upgraded?"

As a Hillius person, Lei Ye is already accustomed to this kind of title.

Silver Wolf Squad.
Excluding the Brave Team, there are only three S-level teams in Hillius, and the Silver Wolf Team is the best among them. Such a team would fail in the underground maze, and there might be some unusual movements down there.

But this matter has nothing to do with Lei Ye. He has already left the brave team. From now on, even if he wants to enter the underground maze, he can only be a slacker in the shallow level.

There was no big news after that, until two days ago.

"Shocking! Hillius Round Corner Street suddenly became popular! The legendary supreme succubus sister has all the explorers obsessed?!"

This... this Lei Ye is somewhat interested in.

Succubus, Lei Ye's second favorite demon in this different world.

Their strength and character are very weak. In the Demon King's Castle, all the succubi that Lei Ye saw were maids doing various chores. Not only were they non-aggressive, they would even help with directions occasionally. Perhaps because of this harmless characteristic, succubi are one of the few demons allowed to enter the city.

By the way, Rayno’s favorite demon is called Nadori.

This is a plant-type monster with a rhizome that can be held in one hand and cylindrical branches and leaves like a pitcher plant. Simply put, it looks like a pea shooter. Normally, they secrete a sweet plant honey to attract small insects, and when the prey enters their stomach, they will try hard to swallow it deep into their stomach.

Cute.

However, Raino never feeds his own Nadori anything other than small insects.

As for what specific services Succubus Street offers, Lei Ye isn't quite sure. Now that he's single again, he might as well go and take a look if he has time.

Lei Ye casually flipped open the latest newspaper.

He glanced sideways and saw Toutiao appear before his eyes.

"Shocked, the brave team died together with the Demon King! He was furious and started the civil war of the Demon King's City! Maybe he will become the new Demon King?"

Lei Ye frowned slightly.

This is really big news.

The seven deadly sins.

Pride, envy, wrath, sloth, greed, gluttony, lust.

A nickname for the seven most powerful demons under the Demon King.

On the way to the Demon King's City, perhaps because of Buyadi's order, Lei Ye did not actually meet any of the Great Sins, but this does not mean that the power of the Great Sins is not strong. It is said that each of them has the violence to destroy a city alone.

So what's up with this new Demon King? After all, Demon King is just a job title and can be replaced by someone else at any time?
Also, although the Seven Deadly Sins were not seen at the battle scene, there was a demon assassin there. She should know that Buyadi was not dead yet, and should be able to convey this information to other demons. In this case, as subordinates of the Demon King, shouldn't the Seven Deadly Sins investigate where Buyadi had gone? Why did they fight on the spot?

It seems that the demons are not very united.

Lei Ye handed the newspaper to Buyadi.

At this time, Buyadi was fiddling with the clothes that she had discarded from Luoya. Because they were not the right size, it was quite difficult for her to put them on.

And when he saw the headlines in the newspaper, that somewhat distorted face became even more hideous.

"What! What the hell is going on! Hum. Hum. Hum!!!"

Buyadi, who was able to remain calm even when facing a horned wolf, showed a considerable degree of loss of composure for the first time.

Then she clenched her fists, hummed and made strange noises, and her body trembled slightly.

".Are you going to get out? Here?"

"What the hell! I'm activating my inherent skill. What kind of a potion did you trick me into drinking? I can't even activate my inherent skill? That's an inherent skill!"

Lei Ye could understand her doubts.

The so-called inherent skills are a unique gift given to a very small number of people in this world.
It is innate and cannot be learned or forgotten.

It may be the simplest fireball technique, but one can understand how to use it without any training, and its power is much stronger than other people's fireball techniques. If it is a more advanced skill, it is not subject to the various restrictions that should exist for this skill, and can be used easily. Some unique inherent skills cannot be learned by conventional means and are quite rare.

For example, Lei Ye’s inherent skill is [Cook Man], which can barely be regarded as his only golden finger in this world.

As for the Demon King, it is not difficult to imagine that she would have very powerful inherent skills, but it seems that due to the effect of the potion, her skills cannot be activated at all at this moment.

Seeing her constipated expression, Lei Ye really felt sorry for her.

I don't know if she will be bullied when she returns to the scorched earth after losing her power, or if some storyline will happen, like the Diary of the Defeat of the Business-minded Demon King.

——North Street——

After leaving the Explorers Guild, Lei Ye brought Buyadi to a dark alley on Hillius North Street.

This is the territory of slave traders.

When he first came to this world, Lei Ye had a strong hostility towards slaves. After all, these people were no different from human traffickers. However, things in the other world should be discussed in that other world. There are so many criminals in this world that the country cannot afford to support them, and there are also many people who are willing to exchange their freedom in order to survive. If they meet a good slave trader, then these people may be able to avoid the path of destruction by becoming slaves, and even get a relatively good ending.

Slaves must obey the orders of their masters. If they do not, a magic called the Slave Mark will be activated to force the slaves to obey.

Lei Ye came here today not only to send Buyadi off happily, but also to buy a slave for himself in the future.

Last night Lei Ye thought about how he would spend the rest of his life.

Sure enough, he still had to continue his work as an explorer. This was the fastest way he could think of to save money.

But even if he had to continue working as an explorer, Lei Ye was not prepared to put himself in danger. Buying a slave who had absolute trust in him and ordering him to team up with him to enter the underground maze would be a good choice.

Since they are slaves, there is no need to worry about the other party betraying you in the underground maze, and all the money earned will fall into your pocket.

Whether or not he can trust the other party is a very important matter for Lei Ye, who has almost no combat ability to speak of.

"Ten gold coins?! You're just a land dragon. You don't even have the qualifications to sit on my table. How dare you take ten gold coins from me? Why don't you just go and rob it?!"

After fully understanding the purchasing power of the big gold coins in human society and inquiring about the rental price of the dragon car, Buyadi held her head and screamed.

This guy really doesn't understand that in the human world, doing business can make much more money than robbery.

Lei Ye felt more and more sympathetic towards her. "Anyway, as agreed, I have brought you to a place where you can rent a dragon car. Now our contract is completely over," Lei Ye walked to the crying Buyadi, patted her shoulder, and then looked at the slave trader, "Boss, I have three big gold coins on hand. Do you have any slaves to recommend? I need the kind that can fight, and then a normal one that can cook."

After thinking for a moment, Lei Ye added, "Prefer beautiful girls with beautiful feet."

"What kind of feet? Anyway, you want a girl who is cute and can fight, right? And a cute maid, right? You're in luck, I have some good stuff."

The slave trader called out to his servants, and soon, several ragged girls were pulled out with ropes.

Maybe not all of them were girls, because Lei Ye also saw a huge human-shaped stone at the end of the team.

He couldn't help but move closer and knock on the stone, making a banging sound.

"Is this considered a beautiful girl slave?"

The stone girl standing in front of Lei Ye nodded vigorously with an expectant look in her eyes and responded loudly in a loli voice that seemed a little hoarse.

"Yes--"

What's going on?
"Just tell me if you can fight or not."

As he spoke, the slave trader who came over handed over something that looked like a magnifying glass.

Identification mirror.

It looks like an ordinary small mirror but is actually a very expensive item. It can transform the various attributes of people or objects into numerical values.

Lei Ye stood it up and looked at Stone Girl.

Wow, he can really fight.

The average values ​​of each attribute of explorers are between 10 and 15.

Except for intelligence which is only 5, Stone Girl's other attributes are within this range or even far exceed this range. The strength attribute even reaches an astonishing 35.

If she were to guide it, it would surely fly.

Lei Ye was a little moved for a moment.

It was hard for him to reject a stone sister who had a loli voice, was good at fighting, was not smart and was cheap.

But the problem is that Stone Girl is a bit too big and can’t move conveniently in the complex underground maze.

So Lei Ye looked at the other slaves.

After looking around, I feel that none of them are very good. Some of them are even worse than Lei Ye.

Lei Ye couldn't help but shake his head repeatedly, but he was helpless. He knew that slaves at this price were basically at this level. Guys like Stone Girl could even be considered SSR level.

So what, buy a stone and take it home?
"What is that?" Bu Yadi looked worried, but couldn't help but look at the thing in Lei Ye's hand curiously.

Lei Ye handed it over casually, "Yes."

So Buyadi imitated Lei Ye and looked at Lei Ye through the identification mirror.

And let out a scream.

"Hug, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it!"

Lei Ye was a little confused by her, "What do you mean, why are you apologizing all of a sudden?"

"I didn't mean to peek at your attribute values. I really didn't mean to. I'm very sorry. Huh? Wait, is this not a private matter to you humans?!"

"Nonsense, if we don't even know each other's strength, how can we become reliable partners? Do you demons hide even this kind of thing from each other?"

"Of course! You're really amazing. Even my subordinates can't show themselves to me like this. Um, can I really continue?"

Lei Ye raised his hand to show that he didn't care about such things.

Bu Yadi, feeling a little reserved and a little happy, raised the identification mirror again.

"What? You dare to come to my castle with such attribute values? Should I say that you are stupid or brave?"

"Hush, it seems that you can't be called stupid. With an IQ of 21, isn't that smarter than me? Wait, what's going on? Your luck is negative?"

"And your moral level has reached 49?! Are you an angel? I remember that moral level is related to the level of education received. Hmm. That makes sense. So you are actually an aristocrat among humans, right? You received a very good education when you were young, so you are so smart."

It is compulsory education, a duty!

Lei Ye sighed silently, thinking that he really didn't think his moral standards were that high. When he was a child, he often made his grandmother run at a speed of 50 kilometers per hour on the road, insulted the ungrateful Xiaojun, and even had wild thoughts about Danxia's jade feet.

The reason why his moral standards score is particularly high is probably due to the comparison with his peers. After all, this is a different world, and it is quite rare to find someone who has spent nine years of study seriously.

Suddenly Lei Ye thought of something and gestured to Buyadi twice.

"In your opinion, are these slaves particularly suitable?"

If this is the slave chosen by the Demon King, it must be the most cost-effective one in the same price range. Since he cannot make the decision himself, Lei Ye is happy to trust the Demon King's vision.

After looking around, Buyadi just shook her head.

"Nothing."

"I'm not saying they lack ability, but I'm saying they lack growth potential, which is something you as a human would hardly notice. If you bought one of these slaves, it's very likely that after a few years of training, they would be no different from what they are now."

"Oh, by the way, the child I picked up decades ago was really outstanding. You should have seen her. She was the assassin girl who was with me at that time."

Although Buyadi muttered a lot, Lei Ye quickly grasped the key points of the passage.

"Growth? Can you see the growth of these people?"

Bu Yadi was a little at a loss when she was questioned seriously, but she still nodded.

"Not bad, almost. Should I say it's intuition or something? When I see some people, I have a feeling that 'this guy will definitely become very powerful in the future'. The Seven Deadly Sins were also selected by me according to this standard."

This is a good skill, but Lei Ye is not sure whether this ability has also disappeared with Buyadi's transformation.

"By the way, I think your growth potential is quite high. I also said this before when we were in Scorched Earth. You are a little hard to see through in my eyes."

Very good, it definitely didn’t disappear.

Lei Ye was ready to borrow Buyadi's ability one last time before she left.

He greeted the slave trader.

"Boss, are there any other slaves I can look at?"

"What? There's nothing you like? The others will only be cheaper slaves, or even defective ones. Are you sure you want to take a look?"

"Yes! Please change a batch."

In this way, although the slave traders seemed reluctant because they found it troublesome, they still replaced a batch of slaves.

The quality of this batch has been visibly reduced in appearance.

Although this is a world where the level of appearance is generally very high, there are still deviations. These slaves are not as cute as the previous ones.

I checked the attributes with an identification mirror, and they were all lower. I asked Bu Yadi to help take a look, and it seemed that there were no children worth training.

and so.

"Please change another batch."

Change again.

Change again.

In this way, the slave traders were on the verge of becoming furious.

Lei Ye finally saw a very noteworthy slave girl.

The big guarantee is coming.

You can tell she's unusual just from her attire. She's wearing a strangely shaped Gothic outfit that doesn't fit in with the character. She looks like a golden SSR character drawn from a bunch of junk cards in a paid game. She caught Lei Ye's attention the moment she appeared.

Long pink hair, hanging down to the shoulders in disorder.

She was a petite girl who was much cuter than average. She might have been a slave for some time. She looked dirty, but it was not difficult to tell that she was an extraordinary beauty before she became a slave.

But Lei Ye's gaze did not stay on her face, but on her bare feet. He could almost conclude that these were the most perfectly shaped pair of jade feet he had ever seen in his life.

Delicate skin, perfect curves, and round toes.

Can't stand it.

"No need to choose, it's her." Lei Ye took out the big gold coin directly, and pointed the index finger of his right hand and the finger between his crotch (huge) at the same time.

"Don't get excited, sir. I need to tell you about this special slave. As you know, the slaves in this batch are worth less than five small gold coins since they were selected. It is obvious that this child must have some defects."

That's nothing.

You must listen to your second brother when it comes to buying slaves. These feet alone are worth far more than the price.

The moment he saw her, Lei Liangjiying secretly swore in his heart that no matter what flaws this girl had, he would buy her.

"First of all, the most straightforward point is that she suffers from a severe case of pink fever, which has damaged her brain, so it is difficult for her to understand your instructions. Also, pink fever has the characteristics of blood transmission, mother-to-child transmission, and sexual transmission, so it is impossible to use her as a slave at night."

Powdery fever.

A unique, incurable disease that plunges the sufferer into a permanent state of confusion, drastically reducing intelligence and degenerating mobility. It is a horrific disease that turns humans into beasts.

But it doesn’t matter, as long as he has legs, Lei Ye doesn’t care about training.

As for intelligence, it is even less important. How low can it be?
Stone Girl is used as the combat slave, and the other slave is bought as a maid. Lei Ye doesn’t have high requirements for the maid. No matter how stupid this guy is, can’t he even wash vegetables?
He picked up the glass and took a look.

Then froze.

Intelligence: -10.

(End of this chapter)