Chapter 24 - 24. Three Heads Are Better Than One (1/2)

After I had done my initial tasks, I sat on the bed with a fresh pair of clothes. I checked the interface and decided to allocate the points. It seems that Day Two had me levelled up to 49. I'm not sure if it's great or not, but to me, a progress is still a progress.

Level: 49/100,000

Progress: 76%

*ATTRIBUTES*

Strength: 93 (+3)

Dexterity: 94

Intelligence: 73

Vitality: 59

Toughness: 53 (+22)

Damage: 67 (+35)

Recovery: 69

Unallocated points: 40

*STATS*

STR: Damage +96 Armor +96

DEX: Damage +94 Dodge +9.4% Stealth +9.4%

INT: Damage +73 Resistance +7.3%

VIT: Health +590

TOUGH: Armour +530 (+220)

DAM: Damage +184.25 (+ 96.25)

REC: Mana +345

I decided to leave 40 points aside first since I have no idea where I should be placing them. I think I should just increase the INT to a flat 100 points and then I could pump the STR and DEX accordingly. Right now, there is no beasts or demons that could bother me at this moment. Saving these for later would be a good idea especially stockpiling on allocated points. Hah Hah Hah.

Alright, enough fooling around. I'd better head to the kitchen to help out Patricia on how to preserve meat. When I got there in the kitchen, Patricia was just about to serve dinner and I asked for the pork chops which she had kept inside the cauldron. I placed the 5 pieces inside the washbasin and cranked the pump to let the water wash the meat first.

I placed one piece on the cutting board and began to slice them thinly using a kitchen knife and I noticed that the kitchen knife was made of iron. It was a cleaver actually, and it is my favourite tool in the kitchen, whether to prepare vegetables, fish or meat.

After I had made thin slices, I rubbed it with salt and used a thin wire to pierce the meat and strung it there in the kitchen's window. Don't ask where I get the thin wire from, it just materialised in the kitchen for me to use, okay. Hah Hah Hah...

After I had settled with the 5 chops, I cleaned up the countertop and headed to the Great Hall. They were all waiting for me and I profusely apologies to them since they preferred to wait and eat together, just like a small family would do. Sigh.....

”You're done with the preservation of meat already? That was quite fast...so basically you used salt to preserve the meat.” Prius asked as he scooped up the gruel.

”Salt is one way to preserve it. It removes the moisture from the meat and hinders bacteria from forming. Cutting them into thin slices would dry the meat faster. Once there's sun tomorrow, we could just hang it there to dry faster. The salt would be caked over it and it would be best to clean it off first before cooking.”

”So what the best meal to cook. You were mentioning about having rice, right?” Patricia said as she reminds me of today's discussion.