Chapter 212 The First Cooking Competition

Once again, walk from the hideout along the handrailed stairs to the holiday villa.

There are now two roads from the hideout to the holiday villa, and the third is under construction.

There is a staircase for people and upright animals, a gentle ramp for carts, and a third elevator is under construction.

The elevator is almost built. Once completed, some goods can be transported using the elevator, which will be much more efficient.

Bishop Kahn looked old, but he was in good spirits and health. At least walking up the stairs was not a problem, so Rand did not make too much preparation.

After walking to the resort with Rand, Bishop Kahn looked around.

He had arrived in a hurry and Rand met him soon after, so he didn't observe much.

Now we can take a closer look.

Adventurers, merchants, villagers, and even some noble children can be seen, but I don’t know if they are here to travel.

The Torch Church advocates justice, fire, exorcism, and maintaining human unity.

In short, it is to use fire to dispel evil spirits.

Essentially, it has little to do with people's livelihood, but there are not many nobles among the members of the Torch Church. Most of them are children with decent character and talent selected from civilians or serfs and trained.

Although serfs and villagers themselves are not qualified to worship the Torch Goddess.

But the Torch Church cannot be said to be a group completely separated from the common people. Although they will not provide services to the common people most of the time, after all, most of the members of the Torch Church are of common people origin. The Torch Church is not as strict to the common people as many nobles.

And the Torch Church obviously also likes prosperity.

Bishop Kahn liked the atmosphere here very much. He could clearly feel that the relationships between people were pretty good, and the people were not the irritatingly hungry and godless people that Bishop Kahn had seen in villages in other regions before.

Bishop Kahn came here in a hurry and did not do any research beforehand, so he was not clear about many things here, which were new to him.

There were a large number of adventurers. Bishop Kahn had no idea how Rand managed to control these unruly professionals, but judging from his feelings walking on the streets, the quality of these adventurers was much higher than those he had seen in other places.

At least he doesn't look like he's doing anything sneaky.

There are a lot of people in this place named by Rand as a holiday villa. Although the road is wide, it is still crowded with people.

This made Bishop Kahn feel that he might be out of date. This cooking competition was actually a very famous event.

After Rand showed up with his men, even though the road was crowded, the people at the holiday villa still made way for it.

Normally, Rand is very approachable. Adventurers will not avoid him when they see him in the resort. And due to Rand's rules, they will not salute him to avoid causing trouble for him.

But that doesn't mean they don't respect Viscount Lander.

When Rand appeared on the road wearing a noble robe and a golden crown, the noisy crowd quickly quieted down.

A path was opened among the crowd to let Rand pass first.

Rand was very satisfied with this. There was no greater feeling than being respected and recognized. However, he did not intend to trouble the crowd for too long, and he quickly passed through with the top leaders of the hideout and Bishop Kahn.

Arrived at the competition venue.

The audience seats at the cooking competition venue were packed. In the past, delicious food was not something that ordinary people could pursue.

Adventurers would be better off, but outside of Rand's territory, the lives of many adventurers are actually somewhere between thugs and mercenaries, and it is not uncommon for them to be hated by everyone. Only those truly powerful and successful adventurers are qualified to pursue delicious food.

For example, the Steel Squad.

Many adventurers did not understand the name of the resort at first, until they found that there was a large bath, a tavern, a medical station and a restaurant here.

What’s important is that they don’t have to work too hard to have the opportunity to enjoy such services.

Although risk-taking is still a dangerous job, the mortality rate is now very low due to Rand's strict standards.

It is no exaggeration to say that this is a holy land for adventurers.

After having hope for the most basic living, things like food finally entered the vision of these people.

Plus, Rand himself also likes to cook and taste delicious food.

With the strong support of Rand, the first Nest Cooking Competition was held in the holiday villa.

First of all, the seeded players. The Burning Steel Team and a group of outside chefs do not have to participate in the preliminary selection.

Then there are the ordinary contestants. There are all kinds of ordinary contestants, including adventurers, livestock, coachmen, and believers in the hideouts.

When Bishop Kahn saw the monster appear, he was nervous for a moment, but after seeing that everyone around him was used to it, he slowly relaxed.

At this time, several high-level officials of the hideout following Rand also let go of their weapons.

As the organizer and investor, Rand originally wanted to go up and say a few words, but because of the habit carried over from his previous life, what he hated most was the leadership speech session, and it would be the same if he were the leader.

Anyway, the leader’s speech was skipped and the cooking competition was about to begin.

Rand's viewing location is naturally the best, and there are parasols.

Although it is winter now, the midday sun is still a little hot.

Rand handed Bishop Kahn a small fan, and then signaled that he could get some snacks or drinks if he needed them.

"This is a mixed juice. If you don't drink alcohol, you can choose this to try." Rand introduced his masterpiece.

Bishop Kahn followed the advice and took a glass of juice. He had seen this kind of blended juice in the royal city, but he didn't expect to find it here as well.

After tasting a mouthful of iced blended juice, Bishop Kahn nodded in satisfaction. It was much better than what he had tasted in the royal city. However, he had a question now: "Viscount Rand, don't you have to be a judge?"

Although the viewing platform where Bishop Kahn and Rand are now located has a good view, they obviously cannot serve as judges to appreciate the contestants' works.

"Of course not." Rand gave the reason, "Being a judge in a cooking competition is a high-risk job."

"Why do you say that?"

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Rand pointed to the audience.

This competition is a cooking competition, not a professional chef cooking competition, and there are not so many serious chefs in the den.

The theme of this cooking competition is meat. Rand has a deep hatred for meat that is full of fishy and pungent smell. Although it has improved a little with the emergence of dried meat and pickled meat, there is still no suitable way to cook fresh meat except hot pot.

Rand hopes that some good practices will emerge from this cooking competition.

Unfortunately, the only iron pot in this era is in Rand's hands, so the contestants' kitchen utensils are naturally more primitive.

For example, a certain Minotaur lady had her clay pot broken due to improper use, and a strange light green liquid flowed out of the broken pot.

These should be ingredients that are only available in the Underdark. It seems that the Tauren lady prepared the ingredients for this competition while exploring the Underdark.

Originally, she should have been eliminated because of the damaged kitchen utensils, but the Minotaur lady insisted that this was the normal production process of her dishes and her dishes were already prepared.

After the Minotaur lady's dish was served on the judges' plates, all the judges fell silent as they looked at the light green sticky meat. They had no idea what kind of meat it was, nor did they know what the light green slime was.

Bishop Kahn now understood Rand's wisdom. He now believed that being a judge in a cooking competition was a high-risk job. "Is it really okay to eat that thing?"

Rand said calmly that he had equipped himself with a professional medical team and professional poison appraisers. At least the minotaur lady's work was not poison and would not kill people.

Then the rest is the judges' job.

The first round ended quickly, and to Rand's surprise, several centaurs and minotaurs also successfully advanced.

It turns out that not all monsters can't cook like Shasa.

Since the number of participants was not large, Rand also optimized the process, and the contestants who advanced from the preliminary round soon began the formal competition.

In this round, the judges looked much better. These judges could be considered the advanced group. Some judges were eliminated along with the eliminated contestants due to poor physical condition.

The judges for the official round are now professionals and have tongues of steel.

"Who does Bishop Kahn favor?" Rand asked.

"I'm optimistic about that little girl," Bishop Kahn pointed to the girl with black hair and black eyes who was grilling meat there, wearing a chef's uniform designed by Ellie and a chef's hat.

This is of course Elsa. As the only high-level person participating in the competition among the hideout and the face representative of Rand, she is naturally quite capable.

After the preliminary round, the chefs’ level was indeed up to par. After this round, it will be the final.

"Would you like some snacks?" Rand smelled the smell of oil and meat in the air, smiled and said, "I will personally serve as a judge in the finals."

Bishop Kahn looked back at Rand. The young man's mentality was as young as his appearance. After spending some time with Rand, Bishop Kahn felt that he had become much younger.

After accepting Rand's kindness with a smile, Rand asked, "Why does the Torch Church want to build a church in the resort?"

Bishop Kahn fell silent.

If Rand had asked this question when the proposal was first made, he would have given a prepared answer.

But now, after seeing such a vibrant holiday villa here, the answer in his mind has changed.

"Are you willing to join the Torch Church?" Bishop Kahn looked at Viscount Rand, who had black hair and black eyes.

Now it was Rand's turn to fall silent. He had imagined many answers from Bishop Kahn, but this answer was something he had never thought of.

He now didn't know how to answer.

(End of this chapter)