At this time, Kira's heart was already filled with turmoil.

Is this alchemy?! It must be alchemy, right?! It’s the kind of alchemy called ‘human body refining’!

So magical! Really magical!

Magic and alchemy are the two major topics of cultivation in the world of Aslant.

According to the particularity of this world, both magic and alchemy can revolve around a concept and be infinitely manipulated by the user's will. For example, Natsu's fire can burn the magic with the attributes of time and space, and Gray can create freeze.

, destroy the ice attribute.

So, how outrageous can alchemy be?

It is known that the 'Alchemy of Locks' can create 'Locks of Bonding', 'Locks of Destruction' and 'Locks of Weakness' which have almost nothing to do with the 'chain' itself; what is the scope of the human body?

Body, soul, memory, personality, emotions, thoughts...

Hiss~ I don’t dare to think about it! If I think about it any more, I’m going too far!

As the ten o'clock bell rang, the chat between Kira and the three of them also ended. Before the start of the game, Kira and the other three also got the backstage data.

There are a total of 314 chefs who signed up this time. This number is within Kira's expectation. After all, there are more than 300 restaurants in this city. Even if every restaurant picks up one, it will be more than this number, not to mention that there are also people from

Chefs from other cities.

Fortunately, there are a lot of venues here, 100 in total. Contestants enter according to their serial numbers, and those who don't get their turn wait in the background. As long as the host controls the time better, the competition should be completed within one day.

When contestants No. 1-100 filed out and each walked to their corresponding kitchen station, the host finally revealed the first level question to the audience.

“The title of the first competition is, Seafood!

Time limit 20 minutes!

"

After hearing this question, the expressions of the contestants also changed in line with probability theory. Some were full of confidence, some were frowning, and some were already selecting ingredients.

The time when the contestants were cooking was very boring for Kira, because he didn't know how to cook, he only knew how to eat.

When watching similar variety shows in previous lives, the program crew would skip this section, either using the judges' comments on the contestants or showing the audience the actions of the contestants who made it to the end.

There is no such thing now, we can only wait!

During this period, Kira listened to the host talking about the topic of "seafood" from ancient times to the present, from east to west, from the coast to the inland, the cultural customs of various places, famous historical allusions, and finally even "a certain

A king gave up his throne for seafood.

"He's really good at talking..."

Of course Kira himself didn't feel anything when he heard it, but when the audience in the audience were convinced, their eyes were shining, and they completely fell in love with the host's eloquence, they couldn't help but marvel at the host's ability.

"Obviously this guy is more like a manga guy..."

Ten minutes later, the seafood began to come out one after another.

The types of seafood can be roughly divided into about seven types: fish, shrimp, crab, shellfish, meat, algae and others. There are many ways to cook, less than a few dozen.

But in this world, in the Albares Empire, the cooking methods that can be seen are only 10 to 20% of the total, and they have to be completed within 20 minutes without any preparation and with limited ingredients.

In fact, many practices have been restricted.

The world of Fairy Tail is not known for its abundant food ingredients. Compared to other worlds such as The Prisoner of Gourmet, One Piece, The Little Master of China, and the Soul of the Shokugeki, the level of culinary development in this world lags far behind.

Fortunately, magic makes up for this very well!

The Albarez Empire is a magic empire, and magic education is higher and more popular than in the Fiore Kingdom, so even those whose main occupation is cooking know a thing or two about magic.

For example, use fire magic to control the heat of cooking to achieve the ideal temperature; use water magic to clean ingredients to ensure that the fishy smell of seafood is completely removed; use plant magic to control the growth of algae to achieve the best taste...

In addition, there are some chefs who choose to add their own magic to the ingredients. Influenced by the magical properties, tasters can get a special feeling when eating these dishes. There are many such cases.

With so many contestants, Kira and the three of them must not be able to try each one one by one. Otherwise, even if they take one bite of each kind, they will be starved to death if they all take a turn. If not, they will be bored to death.

So according to the rules, the three of them each chose one dish, tasted it and gave scores, and the rest was sent to the group of 100 people on the opposite side who were already waiting for food.

“It smells so good!

I really want to eat it!

"

"Give it to me quickly! I came here without even eating breakfast, and my stomach is already so thirsty!"

"Please, which young man is having breakfast these days?"

"This sword skill is simply an art!

"

"That boy's cooking skills are not inferior to mine..."

"A mediocre fish actually has seven or eight flavors. This chef will definitely become the enemy of my gourmet guild's 'lost baby fish' in the future! Don't let him stay!"

"

“This dish glows?! It’s so scary!

"

"Are you kidding?! Algae is considered seafood?! Why are we the only ones who want to eat this when everyone else is just shrimps, crabs, and shellfish?! I protest!"

“Don’t eat it if you don’t like it!

"

Based on the same reason as Kira and the other three, and because the portion of a dish is indeed limited, it is impossible for the judges of the 100-person group to taste all the dishes of the contestants, so they taste one dish with several people, and then eliminate the most outrageous ones.

The scores are calculated as an average to determine the final score of a dish.

An hour later, the first level ended. The number of people who advanced reached 267, and 47 people were eliminated. After that, without much rest, the host started the second level directly.

"birds!"

For birds, that is, animals with wings, and their eggs, it is not really important whether they can fly or not.

When seeing this topic, Kira fell into deep thought for a moment: "I wonder if dragons are considered birds? They probably do..."

It's a pity that even if dragons are birds, there is no food like dragon meat here. After all, Irene is not here, and she may be the only dragon in the entire Arakitasia.

Another hour passed, and the title of the third level was "Meat", followed by "Fried Rice", and finally "Fruit". It must be said that the order arranged by the competition was very elegant and fully considered the stomachs of the tasters.

The following levels also lasted twenty minutes. When the last level ended, there were still 77 chefs left, and it was already close to three o'clock in the afternoon.

And it was at this moment that Kira, who had been bored and distracted before, finally discovered a person among the many chefs who shouldn't be here.

The familiar long bright red hair, the cold and serious face, still exudes an aura that is half serious and half nonsensical. At this time, the woman standing on the field waving the spoon is not the only one who manages the conduct of the guild every day but has no trace of it.

Is Erza useful?

Kira's eyes suddenly widened and she almost spit out a mouthful of water: "I%&!

Why is Erza here?!"

…

Things started a few days ago.

On the night when Laxus, Erza and his team met with Mavis, the two found Precito and asked for the other two teams (Kira, Urrutia, Selene; Disper, Ku

Ernuki and Silver) decided to move in separate directions, and then decided to separate their operations, with one person leading a team to support them, and both parties set off at the same time the next day.

As for Makarov and Jellal in the royal capital, Ogast naturally guarantees their safety.

In the next few days, Erza led Natsu and others in the direction where Kira's team had left. Finally, three days ago, they met Selene, who was praised as the 'Goddess of the Big Stomach'. At the same time, they learned from her

He learned about Kira’s situation from his mouth.

Then... just yesterday, they came to this city and learned about the 'Food Competition'.

“Although I didn’t make it to the end of the last ‘Dessert Contest’, I have worked hard on my cooking skills during this period, and I will definitely win the championship this time!

"

"Natsu, did you see it? There is a two-meter-long fish in the prize! Two meters long!

"

"Yeah! I saw it! You must win the championship, Erza!

"

"Of course!

"

"The newly appointed mayor's assistant they are talking about...should be Kira, right?"

"Same name, same image and personality, it's definitely him!

This guy... can really get away with it wherever he goes..."

"How on earth is it done..."

“Brother Kira is so awesome!

"

"With Kira here, maybe Erza can win this time?"

“I want to win the championship with dignity!

It’s the same with or without Kira!

"
Chapter completed!