Chapter 235: Chapter 235 Kitchen
Translator: 549690339
The castle is comprised of four levels.
The [Main Hall] where the Great Lord resides is positioned in the dead center of the first floor.
Due to its design, there is no direct passage from the first floor to the [Main Hall].
There are only two scenarios where one can get there.
First, the Great Lord can open a one-way channel through a mechanism within the Main Hall when he needs to convene an important council meeting or see someone in particular.
Second, taking the route to the secret study room on the fourth floor.
In the map that the doctor provided, it was marked that this particular study room concealed a personal elevator. If the correct password is entered, it can take you down to the Main Hall.
Primarily, it is proficient for the Great Lord’s wife, housekeeper, and nutritionist whom can use it to visit him at any time.
Currently, many squads are swarming into the castle.
For safety reasons, the Great Lord certainly will not open the one-way access on the first floor, so the Main Hall can only be reached through the secret elevator on the fourth floor.
Han Dong had already planned out more than three routes beforehand. If any of them transforms into a bottleneck, they can instantly change course.
On the first floor of the castle, all areas excluding the main hall in the center are miscellaneous.
This includes the kitchen, warehouse, blacksmith shop, stables, etc.
The first target is the blacksmith shop.
The closest route is through the kitchen, the hidden side door inside the food storage room can be used to reach the destination.
Of course, the ‘corridor area’ can also be an option, but it requires a much longer journey, during which several key areas need to be crossed. The chance of encountering an executive is even higher than in the kitchen area.
“Miss Winry, we will go through the kitchen to avoid unnecessary combat…”
“Alright!”
Winry is different from an average knight, she knows that the fighting will continue from the moment they step into the castle, to the end of the training.
But she still hasn’t put on any armor.
Looking up and down her body, there are only two pieces of gear.
A pair of blacksmith gloves stained with iron filings, and a heavy blacksmith hammer marked on the surface.
Even though Winry has a special constitution, Han Dong is still a bit worried about her getting hurt.
She is an important pawn in his plan.
“Here, you can temporarily use this…”
Han Dong took off the ‘Coral Seal’ from his fingers.
“Wow! High-quality Fate Equipment!”
“You use a blunt tool like a hammer, the ‘Sea Mark’ bestowed by the ring can activate the effect of ‘Sea Turtle Shell’ during an attack, enhancing general defense and providing a counter-damage effect. In addition, the ring can also provide excellent magic defense to ensure your safety to the greatest extent.”
Although Winry hasn’t been to the formal Fate Space, she knows the value of this gear, it is enough for an average knight to use.
“Vice-captain… what about you?”
“I have a lot of equipment, don’t worry.”
“Thank you!”
The two of them circled around the courtyard and arrived at the back of the castle where the entrance to the kitchen area was.
In front of the thick wooden door with [Kitchen Area, No Loitering] written on it, there was an animal breeding area corresponding to it.
From the low wooden shed came a wave of stench, it harbored a large number of mutant pigs.
The largest characteristic of these pigs is… their fatness.
They are so fat that their four legs have retreated, leaving a ‘pool’ of fat as their bodies. The amount of meat they carry is estimated to be three times that of a regular pig.
These fat pigs have lost the ability to move, hence a tube inserted into their mouths providing them with constant nutrition.
“The exploration of the castle has just begun, no squads seem to have passed through the kitchen area yet… wait, somebody’s coming!”
Han Dong’s senses are incredibly sharp.
He immediately took hold of Winry and crouched behind the planks next to the pig shed.
Shortly after, the wooden door of the kitchen area opened, and a ‘Pig-Head Butcher’ stepped out from the inside.
The butcher, wearing pigskin headgear, was nearly two meters tall.
The exposed skin on his arms was a mixture of muscle and fat, and there were several tattoos of pork slices and easily identifiable symbols like [P.I.G].
With both hands, he easily lifted a mutant pig weighing close to 800 kg, getting ready to bring it back to the kitchen for processing.
“If all the guys in the kitchen are like this, it’s going to be troublesome… Winry, let’s move!”
Just as Han Dong decided to take action.
Winry had already taken the lead and charged out.
Seeing this, Han Dong deliberately stayed hidden to observe how Winry would handle such a huge target. In the Cursed Space, all she dealt with were scarecrows.
“To what extent can your power reach, Miss Winry?”
As Winry executed her frontal charge.
The Pig-Head Butcher also sensed someone approaching, and discarded the pig in his hands and reached out to grab Winry.
Just comparing their sizes, Winry is smaller than the two-meter-tall, enormously built Pig-Head Butcher.
But…
Slap!
A clear sound of bone fracturing rang out as Winry’s slap not only blocked the hands of the butcher but also clearly fractured his fingers.
Without using the blacksmith hammer in her hand, she formed a fist with her free left hand, landed an uppercut directly into the butcher’s abdomen…her fist sank straight into his flesh.
Bang!
The Pig-Head Butcher fell heavily to the ground, perishing on the spot.
The gap between the two was quite obvious.
Winry, the girl with monstrous strength, had a higher power level than Han Dong had anticipated. Seeing this spectacle, Han Dong broke into a smile, as Winry, this pawn in his plan became more determined.
“Vice-captain, what should we do next?”
“Just do what we do with the pigs before cooking.”
… (The process has been omitted)
Creak!
The back kitchen door opens.
The ‘Pig-Head Butcher’ returns to the kitchen area.
But hidden under the butcher’s skin are Han Dong and Winry…Winry effortlessly carries Han Dong on her shoulder. Han Dong then employs his ability to imitate and perfects their disguise, eliminating all imperfections.
Inside the kitchen, a large number of Pig Head Butchers were indeed lingering.
All these butchers come from a group of heretics, the strongest among them are selected to take care of the work in the kitchen.
Instead of saying this is a kitchen, it would be more appropriate to say it is a…[Pork Factory].
Pigs are hung here, one after another, by hooks.
There’s only butchers working here, no chefs.
This is because the family members living in the castle district don’t need any meat processing. They all prefer natural pork, and the butchers only need to partition the pig meat.
With the help of their disguise, they successfully bypassed the kitchen.
Now they just have a corridor separating them from the blacksmith shop.
Clang, clang, clang…the sound of forging metal resounds tirelessly.
This blacksmith shop was different from ordinary ones.
The molten lava flowing between the hot and dark red blacksmith area environment, various long horn-like ornaments…gave Han Dong a feeling as if he was in hell.
“This place suits you well, Togu.”