My Summons Are Mythical Beasts

However, according to Shelsea, the First Lord has already died. So it should not be possible to use skills even in death, right?n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Anyway, he was still far from such a level, so he stopped thinking about them for the time being.

"Well, the dungeon is really not that different from the real world. It is like another world, full of beasts. It's not all danger inside, though. Beasts seldom travel to the Safe area unless the dungeon reaches a saturation point."

"In my city, once a dungeon is conquered, experts would flock in and study and record the dungeon as well as the beasts inside of it. After that, it will be labeled as regulated, and only then would they be available for the general public to use for a certain entrance fee."

Lucas began to explain to them his understanding of dungeons. Although there was a possibility that they already knew of the information in advance, he still mentioned all he knew about the dungeons just in case.

While he was explaining, his stomach suddenly churned, feeling hungry.

As if hearing his churning stomach, Sylvia smiled toward him and said, "This stew is almost done, just wait for a few moments."

Lucas nodded his head, feeling thankful. He has only been eating raw meat and roasted meat before. He would surely savor the taste of this stew.

"Right, I'll go and take something for a bit." Remembering something, Lucas stood up from his seat and went to where he dissected the Iron Horned Stag yesterday.

Due to how massive that beast was, he and Spot were only able to consume half of it, with Spot eating most of it. As for the remaining half, he placed it above a tree where it would not be reached easily by other beasts.

After a while, Lucas returned carrying a huge chunk of meat. Even though it was only half, the meat was still a lot bigger than Lucas.

Fortunately, his injuries had already healed, and he was already strong enough to carry such a heavy weight for a brief period of time.

Initially, his plan was to just take a fourth of the current size of the meat to bring along on his journey. However, thinking that Shelsea and the others might want the meat, he would gladly give it to them, considering that they have been acting nicely toward him.

The ground trembled for a bit the moment Lucas dropped the huge chunk of meat in front of them.

The five of them, especially the man named Daren, have the most intense reaction of them all by standing up with a shocked expression.

"What's this?" Although they already knew what it was from the smell and from its look, one of them could still not help but ask just to confirm.

"It's the meat of an Iron Grade-Iron Star 7 Iron Horned Stag. It was only hunted yesterday, so the meat should not have smelled yet. You guys can have it. If you scrape off the outer layer of the meat, it should still taste pretty good."

Shelsea hesitated for a moment upon hearing his words before ultimately saying, "This... is very valuable. We can't just take it for free."

She looked around her group, and they too seemed to share her thoughts about the matter.

The meat of an Iron Star 7 beast was indeed valuable. Shelsea and the others did not want to make Lucas think that they were taking advantage of him, so she declined.

"How about we do a trade?" Lucas asked.

After a few moments, Shelsea finally nodded her head. "We can do that. However, we did not bring any valuables this time around, so even if we wanted to, we really could not offer anything of the same value as this meat."

"Oh, don't worry about it. You guys gave me this salt earlier as well, so how about we just call it even? This salt has little value to you, but it is valuable to me. That meat is of a little value to me, but is very valuable to you."

"What do you think? It's a fair trade, isn't it?"

Lucas said with a smile.

Of course, he knew that the two goods were incomparable in terms of value.

However, Lucas and Spot could casually hunt Iron Star 7 beasts, so he did not worry about lacking any in the foreseeable future.

And besides, he just could not demand something out of them without offering something in return, and the meat just happened to be something he could casually give them.

At the same time, Lucas also wanted to gain their trust. He knew that they had not fully trusted him yet. To enter the city, he must obtain their trust first.

Still, as long as he shows a good attitude toward them, he did not believe that he would not be able to gain their trust sooner or later.

Hearing his words, Shelsea was about to retort that salt was very cheap compared to the meat, but her words were cut short by Lucas, who said with a smile, "Aside from the salt, consider this a payment to the stew that I'm about to eat as well."

Seeing that he was adamant on letting them take the beast meat, Shelsea could only nod her head toward him while showing a subtle smile.

"Kane, you handle the meat," Shelsea ordered to the other man in her group.

Kane nodded his head, approaching the meat with excitement in his eyes.

He then took out a knife and began to cut the meat into more pieces. At the same time, he also scrapes off some bad parts of the meat that have already started to turn green.

Ranked beasts meat does not spoil as easily as mundane meats, so Kane only managed to scrape off a few portions of the meat.

Lucas had been staring at him while he processed the meat, curious as to how he would do it.

After a while, Sylvia announced that the stew was ready.

She then handed a bowl to Lucas, telling him to take as much as he liked from the pot.

Knowing that she cooked a lot, Lucas did not stand in ceremony and took a few scoops from the pot, filling his bowl to the brim.

He then retreated to his seat, savoring the smell of the stew that wafted to his nose.

After giving some to Spot, Lucas began eating the stew for the first time in a while.

'This... This is tasty!' Lucas could not help but close his eyes.

The taste that came from the seasonings. The taste of the broth and the seasoned mundane meat seemed to explode inside his mouth at this moment.

'How I missed this taste!'

Lucas felt quite emotional.

Food can indeed soothe a person's mind.

As if his worries were no longer worries, Lucas savored and enjoyed the delicious stew as best as he could.

Rubbing his stomach in satisfaction, Lucas suddenly recalled something as he turned toward Kane.

"How did you manage to make the meat disappear out of thin air?"

He has been curious about this since earlier.

It was also Kane who took the pot and the cooking ingredients earlier, seemingly from out of nowhere.

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A/N: Extra Chapter as thanks for the power stones and golden tickets this book received this month.

As always, I am very grateful to the support you have shown in this novel.