"It's the first time I've smelled such fragrant foot odor."
Gabriel, being straightforward, spoke for Marcille.
"But saying it's foot odor doesn't seem wrong either."
Senshi scratched his head, unable to explain anything.
"Because the Walking Mushroom runs for a long time, the meat in this part becomes quite tender and chewy."
He squatted down and took out a large pot from behind him, setting it on a makeshift stove.
"Huh? The metal of this pot looks so special? It doesn't seem to be simple iron."
Marcille was a little curious.
And she suddenly felt that the cleaver in Senshi's hand also looked unusual.
"Oh, this pot is something I forged from Orichalcum, and the cleaver's material is Mithril. Its sharpness is guaranteed; you could even use it to slay a dragon."
The dwarf's casual remark made Marcille gasp in surprise.
Having studied at a magic school, she knew how rare these metals were.
Equipment forged from Orichalcum and Mithril was priceless in the trade market, yet this dwarf was using them as kitchen utensils?!
"What a waste! What an absolute waste!"
Marcille sighed, looking up at the sky.
However, Senshi paid no attention to this strange half-elf mage.
Feeling that the main dish wasn't rich enough, he went to dig up some wild vegetables from a nearby wall. After washing them, he was about to put them in the pot to cook together when Marcille saw him and immediately blocked his way, crossing her arms: "Wait a minute! You can't do that!"
"Eating monsters is one thing, but you absolutely can't eat things that grow in a graveyard?!"
Just then.
A blob of green slime fell from the ceiling onto Marcille's head.
Immediately, large clumps of slime enveloped the half-elf girl's entire head, and a suffocating sensation instantly overwhelmed her.
Because a slime's body is like water, it's almost impossible to grab it with your hands.
Through the translucent slime, she saw her companions from another world, and it was as if she saw her great-grandmother waving at her.
However, the 'life flashing before her eyes' moment had just begun when Frieren, from nearby, shot out a shock magic spell, dispersing the slime.
Rescued, Marcille coughed violently.
Gabriel quickly ran over, comforting her with concern.
Frieren, meanwhile, squatted on the ground, looking at the puddle of slime.
Then she said to Rosen beside her, "Unlike the slimes in my world, this slime seems to have normal animal organs."
And those viscous fluids were the slime's digestive fluids.
In her world, slimes were soft, cold, jelly-like things with absolutely no internal organs whatsoever.
"How strange. Even if they share the same name, their essence is completely different."
Just like the magic she had discussed with Marcille during their earlier idle chat.
Although some magic was almost identical to the magic in her world, its usage was completely different.
"Things are starting to get interesting. I wonder if there are any treasure chests in the dungeon."
"As for treasure chests, I remember there are some."
Marcille picked off the excess slime from her body with her hands, then glanced at Senshi, who had started picking up slime corpses on the ground, and quickly moved a few steps away from the strange man before speaking.
"Although a long time has passed, some treasure chests, even if taken, will reappear after a period."
"Oh? What's inside the treasure chests?"
Upon hearing that there really were treasure chests, Frieren immediately became interested.
Her usually placid face was now filled with unexpected anticipation and curiosity.
Marcille hadn't expected Frieren's enthusiasm to rise so quickly.
"Actually, it's nothing big. Most of the time, they're just ordinary materials. Although occasionally some weapons or gold and jewels appear, the probability is too small. Some elaborately decorated treasure chests are actually disguised Mimics."
"I don't know who designed such a deceptive monster."
Frieren no longer had the patience to listen to the last sentence.
Her mind was now completely focused on finding and opening treasure chests.
Knowing Frieren's "curse" of always being swallowed by a Mimic whenever she opened a treasure chest, Rosen reminded her to be careful.
However, Frieren was unconcerned.
"Don't worry, there's no way I'll be tricked by a Mimic!"
Soon after.
Senshi's scorpion-mushroom stew was finally ready.
Gabriel and Laios were the first to dig in.
"After eating, my body feels warm, and it tastes really good too."
"It's indeed good."
Saeko Busujima took a bite of a mushroom slice.
"Do you all want some too? There's still a lot of cooked food left; it'll be a waste if you don't eat it."
Senshi enthusiastically invited Rosen and the others.
Rosen and the others did not refuse.
Traversing worlds wasn't just about completing missions.
Experiencing traditions and eating habits different from their own world was also a very important part of it.
"Eating just food always feels like something's missing."
Gabriel suddenly remembered when she was one-third of the way through her meal.
"How can we do without happy water?!"
With that, she immediately pulled out two cases of soda from the chat group's temporary storage space.
"What is this?"
Senshi looked at the metal can the girl handed him, mimicked her opening it, and took a small sip.
The bubbly soda effervesced in his mouth, like countless tiny people dancing inside.
The others also took a sip, and were immediately astounded.
When asked what it was, Gabriel replied with a smile, "This is one of the most outstanding industrial products in human history!"
Marcille, listening nearby, also couldn't hold back.
Her stomach rumbling, she finally couldn't resist and joined everyone in eating the monster-made dishes.
The girl turned her awkwardness into appetite, eating two large bowls in one go before stopping.
And just as they were relaxing at 3.9.
Rosen noticed that his life tree was reacting to Marcille.
He wasn't surprised.
The plot of Delicious in Dungeon was even simpler than that of Resident Evil: Apocalypse.
The early part was about rescuing Falyn, and the later part was about dealing with the mad Dungeon Master, but both were essentially supporting roles for "cooking."
The reason this anime became popular was its calm narrative style and its creativity in preparing monsters.
Even when encountering powerful enemies, it was hard to feel much sense of crisis.
After all, the rule of being able to revive after death greatly reduced adventurers' fear of death.
After finishing this meal, Laios and the others planned to continue their journey.
Rosen and his group, after discussing for a while, decided to speed up their progress towards the dungeon.