Danmaku, my skills refresh weekly.

Relatively speaking, rice is not very popular, but due to some adventurers and gods from the Far East, there are also rice dishes like 'risotto'.

Even now, with limited industrialization, if you want to eat noodles, you really need to ferment and knead the flour, going through a tedious manual process to get a bowl of handmade noodles.

Fels's 'noodle maker' can directly pour in water and flour, set a time, and directly spit out complete noodles. It can even store seasonings in advance in the container, and directly make all kinds of noodle dishes you need.

“I think Fels has done his best…” Charles re-examined the various magical items in the kitchen.

It turns out that not only noodles, but also some commonly used automatic barbecue machines, automatic hamburger machines, automatic sandwich machines, bread machines, and other automatic food processing machines that are mainstream foods in the world of DanDan, Fels has prepared them all.

Simply place the pre-processed ingredients into the designated location, and the magical tool will complete the cooking process according to the pre-defined procedure.

She truly has the power to command pots and pans; with just the press of a button and the wait for the timer to finish, you can enjoy a relatively "standard" meal.

but……

Charles stared in silence at the broken eggshells, bone fragments, and even vegetable scraps that were being pulled out of the automatic sandwich machine.

“Hmm… Alfia.”

"what?"

"You should give up. The kitchen might really not be right for you."

"No, no one can disobey my orders, not even pots and pans!" Alfia declared sternly.

After a night of deep thought and case analysis, she learned valuable lessons from many of her predecessors.

To avoid becoming like her predecessors, she had to rely on brute force to conquer her partner, ultimately becoming a jealous woman who could only chase after her man and vent her resentment.

There's only one way!

That is, in addition to possessing irresistible strength, one must also possess advantages that other females do not have!

In this respect, Alfia cleverly copied Metluth's wisdom!

She discovered that even though she disliked the red-eyed boy, she surprisingly didn't find in him any desire to "escape" Metluth. Instead, she saw him as someone trying to escape the Hera Familia…

It would be a grave mistake to think that Metluja's mild temperament stemmed from her lack of power.

She remembered clearly how Hera, having stolen Metluth's pudding, was forced to sit upright on a cold stone, trembling with humiliation and tears welling in her eyes. Sigh, she'd done something just as foolish, and naturally, this was the first time she'd been prepared to face "death."

Indeed, strength and gentleness go hand in hand! Only then can you keep your partner!

Besides that, Metluja's special skills are housework and cooking!

"Please, Metluja! Lend me your talent!" Alfia clasped her hands together, offering prayers to the kitchen, then shouted a "Hah!" and activated her magic once more.

"Pots, bowls, and ladles..."

"Boom!"

Ciel brandished the spatula: "Don't activate magic while cooking! You idiot! Your sister is going to come back to life from your anger!"

Chapter 403 How to go on a losing streak?

Alfia wasn't so stupid as to be a concept god. After Sharl finished processing the ingredients and put them into the magical items one by one, Alfia gently pressed the start button.

In a short while, a simple ham, egg, and tomato sandwich was ready.

"Hmm, not bad. At least they weren't stupid enough to just put an egg in raw toast and grill it over a fire. Hmm, of course, it doesn't taste as good as the ones at Mia's shop, but it's passable." Charles commented after taking a bite of the sandwich.

"Hmph, who do you think I am?" Alfia picked up her knife and fork, tasted her 'own' cooking, and nodded: "Not bad."

Ciel was too lazy to complain; the elf's cooking was only up to the level of a charcoal-grilled sandwich.

After surviving the breakfast crisis, Ciel finally had time to study 'Lucky Star'.

"Alfia, come on, let's play a game."

Charles extended his fist to explain the rules.

"Rock, paper, scissors!"

Although Alfia was confused, she casually raised her fist and met Ciel's scissors.

“I won.” Alfia’s tone rose slightly.

Charles pouted, then stuck his fingers into Alfia's clenched fist and forcibly cut them open: "I won."

"Pah, brat."

Alfia took the opportunity to grab Charles's fingers and started playing with them: "Why did you suddenly want to play with this?"

"A new skill has been released, let's test the mechanics."

In the world of DanMachi, many skills require trial and error to determine their effects, such as Hero's Wish and Love Blossom.

Some skills may never be triggered by an adventurer in their lifetime, and their function may remain unknown. For example, Cassandra's precognitive dreams are a skill that cannot be deciphered at all. Perhaps it also hides other abilities besides dreaming, which is still unknown.

Ciel explained the effects of "Lucky Star" simply.

After another brief exchange and trial...

"And the conclusion?"

"No. It seems that both sides in a duel must be filled with 'hostility' and completely defeat their opponent, rendering them incapable of fighting!" Charles stroked his chin. "Hmm... deliberately holding back probably won't work either; we'll need to try more."

If, like Alfia did yesterday, one were to directly stun themselves with magic, that might barely qualify as a failure, granting an additional reward level of 1.

With preparation, Sharl will not be so easily tricked by Alfia. If he deliberately cooperates, he will be identified as an "ally" by the skill, and thus the skill will fail.

Charles thought and thought...

"Perhaps I can consider going to war in the name of a beast tamer. If all the monsters under my command die, that might count as a defeat."

Xia Er thought about the game mode of Teamfight Tactics, which is to lead a group of 'chess pieces' in battle.

"If that doesn't work, we'll have to consider going for a winning streak."

"What are you planning to do?" Alfia asked.

After finishing the last bite of his sandwich, Xia Er clapped his hands and said, "Let's go meet up with Big Brother first, capture some 'chess pieces,' and then find an opponent to send the chess pieces away."

"Then I'll pass on the intelligence for you."

……

The underground city has 20 floors, a maze of giant trees.

A figure carrying a black dragon shield and axe, wielding a red beast-taming whip, with bandages wrapped around his face and shrouded in a black robe, stood on a giant tree root, riding a magical beast.

Four firebirds circled around him, their eyes fixed on the wary Dionysus adventurer party below.

"Be careful, it might be a secret faction!" Aura warily protected her teammates behind her.

After the sacrifice of the deputy commander and officers, she had become the deputy commander of the Dionysus clan and had the responsibility to protect the lives of her descendants during the expedition.

The group consisted of 30 people, and Sharl didn't know how many of them were Dionysus's kin, but that didn't matter.

"Charge! Kill them all!"

He cracked his whip, and the firebird beside him buzzed as it charged toward the adventurers on the ground.

"Watch out! Vanguard! Fire Fairy Protector! Ready!"

"Mage! Backline! Cover! We're retreating!"

The thirty-person team below quickly spread out, a large red cloak unfurled, blocking the firebird's fiery vortex.

Whoosh...

Amidst the sea of ​​fire, several arrows pierced the air, hindering the firebirds' attack.

"Get out of the way!" Charles shouted, raising his shield to block the stray arrow as he unleashed his secret technique!

The firebird, spewing flames in mid-air, swiftly dodged the incoming sniper fire with its wing, only to be pierced by a sweeping swarm of ice spikes in the next instant.

The adventurer party fought their way back, more afraid of the mysterious enemy crouching on the tree roots than of the firebirds.

"We can't let you get away..." Charles controlled the firebird and gave chase, but before long, the firebird was blasted into dust by the incoming magic.

Charles frowned slightly. All the monsters in his hands had been killed by the adventurers, but he had not received the expected feedback.

"This method won't work either?"

Just as Xia Er was in a daze, several beast tamers from the Rudra clan on both sides drove their monsters to surround him.

"Our intelligence has been compromised!"

"Don't let them escape!"

They charged forward with shouts, and soon, one after another, the beast tamers fell victim to the magical barrage.

Just as Charles was about to stop it, a golden light flashed behind him, and a little pig danced as it swallowed a ball of coin-shaped energy.

Losing streak: 2

"...?"

Watching the Dionysian retinue gradually disappear into the distance, and the charred corpse lying on the ground, Charles seemed to understand something.

His gaze changed as he looked at the cattle and horses of the other Rudra family members.

"Roar--"

At that moment, a dragon's roar echoed from the sky, and an eight-meter-long tree dragon spread its wings and flew down. From its back, a red-haired cat-man leaped down and angrily rebuked the kin who were preparing to continue their pursuit:

"A bunch of idiots, chasing after Nima? Come back here!" Jaluo roared.

A moment later, three or five family members joined the main force, their faces filled with resentment.

"We told you to drive the crowd away, why did you chase after them?! Our goal wasn't to attack adventurers!" Jaluo cursed, "And you even chased them to death."

The task of the Rudra Familia is to supplement the variety of monsters in the man-made dungeon. Monsters like the "Tree Dragon," which have the "Guardian" attribute, are naturally on the hunting list.

Secondly, there's the rare monster on floor 20—the Phoenix (Firebird).

As one of the few monsters with magical attack attributes, they are not numerous on the 20th floor, but they are by no means rare and are on the usual hunting list.

Even rarer ones, like the 'Pterodactyl' (Dragon Girl) and the 'Carbonkel' (Gem Beast), depend on luck.

"Alright, let's hurry. We still have other monsters to capture. Once those adventurers go back, someone will come looking for trouble with us soon. Before that, let's finish the mission quickly," Charles reassured Jalho.

He glanced at the hundred or so henchmen around him, his eyes gleaming.

Come on, let's summon more adventurers to besiege us!