Maze Fan: I opened a buffet in the maze

Chapter 435 Gourmet Warehouse

"Hmph, this kid."

A large floor-to-ceiling window spans the top-floor office, drawing in the limited light that fills the dimly lit area, while suspended starlight lamps release a warmth reminiscent of a southern spring.

Lecross stood by the window, watching Fan Wei walk into the building, a half-smile playing on his lips.

"Just who is he that you would ask me to take action?"

The commander's question was directed at a man sitting on the sofa behind him, sipping a blood-red wine glass. Anyone sitting in the office of the First Army Commander-in-Chief was clearly no ordinary person.

The long red robe trailed at his sides, decorated with mottled gold patterns, making one seem to see the rising and falling smoke and blood, and the humming of goldware.

Temple of War, Grand Master!

A figure almost at the top of a religion! The man holding the wine glass slowly put down the container in his hand, speaking concisely.

"Ineffable."

His voice, hoarse as if ground by a whetstone, was silent and restrained: "Misser Van is very important; we absolutely cannot allow anything to happen to him."

Lekros frowned slightly, lost in thought. Finally, as if understanding something, he nodded. "No wonder, even the being summoned here maintained restraint. That kid really is..."

"Unlucky guy."

This small building has witnessed many different changes in its history.

The moment the commander-in-chief appeared, the prince watching knew the plan had failed. He clenched his pale fingers, his voice filled with suppressed anger.

"Is this all the meticulous planning you've prepared?"

The mysterious woman's voice was somewhat embarrassed, "Who knows? I even brought out a cyan-level secret treasure! Theoretically, it should be foolproof, but who knew the commander would actually be here today."

"But rest assured, His Highness Sutzit is prepared for failure," the woman said, changing the subject.

“All the leaders involved in the operation signed a contract to erase their memories. Once they wake up and are resurrected, they will remember nothing, and it will be impossible to extract their memories using mental magic.”

"I'm sorry, Your Highness, your expectation of using Misr Van as a puppet has not been fulfilled."

Hearing his elder brother's name, the Ninth Prince, who was in a bad mood, calmed down a little. "It's alright. Even if I have less help, I can still do my best to help my brother."

“That Misr Van is indeed a major threat. You must keep a close eye on him while you are in the Exploration Legion!”

“Of course, my little prince.” The woman chuckled. “Nothing in the legion can escape my notice, and besides, I’m quite interested in this man.”

"I heard he's an excellent cook."

"I wonder what it tastes like to me, hehehehe..."

Fan Wei, who was dealing with the business officer in the distance, felt a chill down his spine, as if a malicious force was rushing towards him from afar. He turned his head and saw only a corner of the castle wall of the Exploration Legion headquarters.

It's not an illusion, because my strength is gradually and comprehensively improving.

Fan Wei's intuition and mental strength also increased step by step, especially when the source of malice was not concealed and the emitter was quite powerful, he could sense it more clearly.

Even from hundreds of meters away, it looks like a bonfire at night.

Therefore, scenes like "What are you looking at?" are not uncommon among powerful high-ranking individuals who are at odds with each other.

Tsk, I've offended quite a few people...

Although it wasn't intentional, Fan Wei felt that his reputation in many parts of the capital was gradually developing in a negative direction, though he didn't really care.

Moving the cake of vested interests will always invite dissatisfaction; he had no intention of pleasing everyone.

There is no way to back down when it comes to upholding one's principles!

"Look, this is the storage warehouse for the high-rise leftover materials." The business officer, covered in cold sweat, tightened his uniform and urged the guards to open the warehouse door located underground in the square.

No further negotiation was needed. When Fan Wei returned victorious after the fight, the once arrogant business officer listened to everything he said.

A chill swept over us, colder than the average winter temperature of minus 20 or 30 degrees Celsius in the capital. With the warehouse keeper's strenuous effort, huge blocks of ice came into view.

Within the transparent, crystal-like solid, a large number of enormous, strangely shaped monsters were frozen.

High-level 'leftovers' – These are the large amounts of other materials left over after the core materials used for various purposes have been taken from monsters captured from high-level dungeons.

Higher-level monsters are not as easy to hunt as those at the beginner level, and each one is much more valuable.

After all, a single piece of flesh from a level 5 or 6 monster might be worth as much as an entire level 1 monster!

Even if these flesh, fur, scales, bones, or other things have no special use, they can be burned in a furnace to extract a lot of pure magic.

It has little use, and it would be a real waste to throw it away, so it is called 'leftovers'.

When the load capacity is sufficient, each expedition will bring back a large amount of such waste materials, which will be piled up in the warehouse for processing in order to obtain more profits.

"Excellent, very good."

Fan Wei was in a great mood. Although ingredients are not divided into high and low, expensive and cheap, high-end ingredients do have more uses.

He told Rona and Dust, who had little strength, to wait at the door while he went into the extremely cold ice storage and began to examine everything one by one.

According to the basic theory of magic, the higher the magical content of something, the more unusual it will appear.

The deliciousness of high-level monsters can be discerned simply from their appearance.

The flesh, like polished agate, still shimmers with a sandy gold luster in the solid ice. Even after the core has been removed, the bright and huge fruit still exudes a radiance that shines through the ice.

From flesh and blood tissue to plant tissue, from gel state to flocculated state, aerosol state, and even slurry state and crystals.

The bizarre monsters brought out bizarre flavors, which, through sight, smell, and hearing, had already caused a huge explosion of culinary reactions in Fan Wei's mind!

"What does this feel like?"

Fan Wei, who was overwhelmed by the sights as if he had entered a treasure trove, suddenly stopped in front of a knee-high block of ice, looking down at the emerald green sphere that had rolled into a ball inside, resembling a stone pillar.

This monster gave Fan Wei a very special feeling.

It seems to have no fixed flavor, yet it contains an astonishing number of flavors! Its surface is unremarkable, yet it gives people a sense of unfathomable potential.

"Do you know what kind of monster this is?" Fan Wei asked, turning to the now respectful business officer.

"This..." The business official, who only cared about accepting bribes, had no idea about this, but the warehouse keeper next to him seemed to know what he was doing.

“I remember this thing is called ‘the Heartless Net’.”

The ordinary-looking guard recalled, "This is a plant-like monster that exists in the five-layered labyrinth 'Deep Blue Sky.' Its seeds, once mature, detach from the mother plant and spread out into a fine net tens of kilometers in size, drifting in the wind."

"Once they get close to the Net, whether human or demon, they will be entangled and their emotions will be quickly stripped away, turning them into puppets incapable of any thoughts or desires, and finally being captured and eaten by the Net."

See? That's what you call professional!

Looking at the warehouse keeper, whose face was pale as if he hadn't seen the sun in a long time, Fan Wei praised him, "You know so much about monsters, it's a waste of your talent to just guard the warehouse."

To be able to discern the true nature of a demon from among the thousands of species in this enormous ice vault must require genuine skill.

"Yes, yes, you're right! I'll promote him to head of the warehouse right away."

Before the custodian could reply, the commercial officer bowed and smiled, leaving both Fan Wei and the person involved stunned. The former had just said it casually, while the latter had never even dared to think about it.

He had been working in the same position for several years, a job he was stuck in.

He was promoted just because of one person's words!

"Well, that's fine too." Fan Wei wasn't bothered by this 'abuse of power' that wasn't his own doing, since the positions in the Empire were already very unfair anyway.

"I will acquire as many monsters as possible from here; the plan will proceed as follows..."

He brought up the acquisition, and the business officer once again took the initiative to flatter him, "Let's go with your secretary's proposal~ No need for commission, I'll calculate it for you at the lowest unit price!"

Looking at the obsequious and nervous smile on the business official's face, and hearing that it was clearly a bargain sale, even below the purchase price of other parties, Fan Wei was shocked.

He experienced the sweetness of hegemony for the first time.

It turns out that in the capital, no matter who you are, what your status is, or what you've done, as long as you have power, you're truly the boss!

Just like the words I heard when I arrived on the first day, this is a paradise for the strong!