Day 511-520/Day 518

Day 518 / 48th day
 
　　The "Gate Street of Heavenly Food" is densely packed with numerous restaurants. It's no exaggeration to say that a wide range of cuisines from all over the world - from ordinary food to ghetto food - are available to support the stomachs of the believers in the "Madralen Mission City". The street was filled with appetizing food. 　The street is filled with appetizing smells, shopkeepers shouting for customers, and customers waiting in line for their turn. I went from one restaurant to the next, ordering and eating every dish as I was invited. The dishes varied greatly, but to name a few...
　"Ge Leong" a dish made from a fat, blue-green frog. The poisonous skin is removed, the guts are removed, and the frog is baked with a mixture of herbs and diluted poison from the skin. The tongue is slightly numbed by the remaining poison, but the crisp taste and rich smell of the frog meat can be enjoyed. 
　"Nagole Ma": chicken marinated in a sweet soy sauce-like seasoning, skewered and steamed. Whether it's the special chicken or the seasoning, it's the perfect accompaniment to drinks, and you can eat as many as you like.
　"Napoleia's Fire Eggs" A dish that uses the eggs of a magical bug that is about the size of your palm. The soft shell of the egg is pierced with an injector, and a red liquid blended with various ingredients is poured over it and chilled. 
　"Zabuza" A dish made of seafood, insects and vegetables. It is similar to bouillabaisse, but with the addition of fat caterpillars and other ingredients. The caterpillars looked like shrimp, so it was less ghetto and more creamy and rich in flavor. 
　"Great Mesh" is a dish made from a wide variety of fresh vegetables. It was colorful in green, yellow and red, and had a slightly sour dressing on it. It's perfect if you want to enjoy the taste of fresh vegetables.
　"Puri-Op-Pu" is a dish in which the skull of a monster is used as a vessel to enjoy its brains. A part of the skull is cut open and baked with seasonings, which has a great visual impact. It is surprisingly tasty when you try it.
　"　It is made with rare ingredients that only grow wild in unexplored areas, and if you eat it while practicing asceticism, you will become a【Hermit】 or something like that. The taste is not very good, but the magical power and life force that fills the body is wonderful. However, it is very expensive, and there are often no ingredients, so I was lucky to be able to eat it.
　--We ate a variety of dishes, including some that were not available. The food was all very tasty, and perhaps because I conquered many restaurants without taking a break, before I knew it I was beginning to be called the 【King of Gluttony】. As I continued to eat, I was introduced to a restaurant that had a gluttony menu. I was introduced to a restaurant that had a gluttony menu, where if you could eat enough food to feed dozens of people within a certain time, it was free.
　Of course, I took the challenge.
　Enjoying good food is my hobby, but for now, eating itself is also meaningful.
　At the moment, I'm mainly using my abilities and nanomachines to heal and regenerate my injuries.
　In my previous life, I was able to strengthen my body through remodeling surgery, but now I'm not sure if the effects of the surgery are still there. That is also true for nanomachines, but since they were reproduced, they are definitely there.
　Anyway, abilities and nanomachines are important elements of life force, but it is difficult to create something from nothing. It's not impossible, but it's not very efficient. That's why I chose to eat in large quantities in order to take in the materials. By eating large amounts of food, you can take in nutrients and calories, and store the excess in nanomachines and abilities such as 【Energy Storage】 and 【Calorie Charge】 to use as materials when something happens. It is possible to secure ingredients from inorganic materials, but the quickest way to store energy is to eat food.
　Besides, if I'm going to eat something, it had better taste good.
　That's why I've been eating since yesterday, but I decided to stop once I'd conquered about thirty restaurants that had gluttony menus.
　I had more than enough energy, so I needed to move on. I was guided by a well-built male devotee who I had befriended during the gluttony, and bought information at a temple run by a devotee of the 【God of Information】. The gluttony menu is free if you finish it within a certain time frame. As a result, I had a lot more money than I had planned, so I bought as much information as I could on the abilities, behavior patterns, and surroundings of my current target, the ancient explosive control emperor "Astralium".
　However, contrary to my expectations, what I learned was very little.
　It is said that the "Astralium" is located at the top of the silver tower called "Adram Belhuca, the Harmonious Tower of Balance", which is designated as a 【Holy Land】. There is a mural depicting what appears to be it, but since no one has actually challenged it and survived, we don't even know what it looks like. Of course, its abilities are also unknown. However, from its name, we can expect it to use explosions and thunderbolts. It may also have the ability to fly. In addition, the "Balance of Harmony Tower" itself is said to be a very dangerous place, a nest of countless high-level dungeon monsters. In the event that you're not sure what to do, you'll be able to find out how to do it. --something like that. There's not much we know, but if we can find out where they are, we'll just have to see for ourselves.
　In the event that you're not sure what you're looking for, you'll be able to find it here. 　It's the kind of thing that 【Believers】 have made in order to offer their 【Faith】. It was a great opportunity to get a better armor because there are many masterpieces that seem to put their soul into it.
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　“四十八日目　／　五■十八■目”
　≪天食の門前通り≫には数多くの料理店が密集している。
　世界中の料理――普通の料理からゲテモノ料理まで幅広く――が揃い、≪マドラレン宣教都≫の【信者】達の胃袋を支えていると言っても過言では無いココは当然のように繁盛していた。
　通りには食欲をそそる匂いが満ち、声を出して客を呼ぶ店員、列をなして順番を待つ客で溢れている。
　俺は誘われるまま一軒ずつ回りながら、全ての料理を注文しては喰い続けていった。
　料理は実に様々だが、幾つか例を出すと――
　“ゲ・レオン”丸々と太った青緑色のカエルを使った料理。毒のある皮を剥ぎ、内臓を抜いて中に香草と希釈した皮の毒を混ぜた具を入れて焼く。僅かに残る毒で多少舌がピリリと痺れるが、カエル肉のサッパリとした味と豊潤な匂いが楽しめる。
　“ナゴレマー”甘口の醤油のような調味料に漬け込んだ鶏肉を串で刺して蒸した料理。鶏肉が特殊なのか、調味料がいいのか、ともかく酒のツマミに最適で、何本も喰える美味しさがある。
　“ナポレイアの火卵”掌程の大きさがある魔蟲の卵を使った料理。柔らかい殻に注入器を刺し、様々な食材をブレンドした赤い液体を流して一度冷やしたもので、噛み砕くと口内を蹂躙するような激辛が楽しめる。
　“ザブザブ”魚介と虫と野菜を使った料理。ブイヤベースに似ているが、それに丸々と太った芋虫などが追加されている。芋虫はエビのような見た目でもあるのでゲテモノ感は少なく、クリーミーで濃厚な味がした。
　“グレートメッシュ”新鮮な多種多彩な野菜で作られる料理。緑色や黄色や赤色などカラフルに彩られ、やや酸味のあるドレッシングがかけられている。新鮮な野菜の旨味が楽しみたい時は最適だろう。
　“プリ＝オププ・プ”モンスターの頭蓋骨を器にして脳味噌を楽しむ料理。頭蓋骨の一部を切り開き、調味料を入れて焼いた見た目のインパクトは大きいだろう。実際に喰ってみると意外と美味い。
　“仙泉山の精進料理”薬草とかを使った精進料理。秘境でしか自生しないような希少な食材のみで作られ、修行しながら喰えば【仙人】へ至るとかどうとか。味はあまりよくないが、身体に満ちる魔力や生命力の向上は素晴らしい。ただし超高額で、食材も無い場合が多いので喰えたのは運が良かった。
　――などがあり、その他にも様々な料理を喰った。
　どれも全て美味しく食べる事ができ、休む事なく何軒も制覇しているからか、いつの間にか【大食い王】などと言われ始めている。
　遠巻きに見学するギャラリーも増えてきたが、それでも気にせず喰い続けていると、大食いメニューのある店を紹介された。
　数十人分の料理を時間内に食べられれば無料、というやつだ。
　もちろん、挑戦していく。
　美味しい料理を楽しむのは趣味だが、今は喰う事そのものにも意味がある。
　現在、俺の怪我の治療や再生にはアビリティとナノマシンの二つが主に働いている。
　前世はそこに改造手術による肉体強化が加わるのだが、今は手術の効果が残っているか分からない。
　それはナノマシンにも言える事だが、再生産したので確実にある。
　ともかく、アビリティとナノマシンが生命力の重要な要素である事には違いないのだが、無から有を作る事は難しい。
　出来なくは無いが、効率は非常に悪い。
　だから材料を取り込むため、俺は大量に喰う事を選んだ訳だ。
　大量に喰う事で栄養やカロリーを取り込み、過剰な分を【エネルギー貯蔵】や【カロリーチャージ】などといったアビリティとナノマシンでため込み、何かあった時の材料にする。
　別に無機物からでも材料は確保できるが、手っ取り早くエネルギーを蓄えるのは料理を喰う方が手間が少ない。
　それに、どうせ喰うなら美味い方がいいに決まっている。
　そんな訳で昨日から喰い続けている訳だが、大食いメニューのある店を三十軒ほど制覇したところで一度止める事にした。
　エネルギーは十分すぎるほど確保できたので、そろそろ次に移る必要があったからだ。
　大食いの途中で仲良くなったふくよかな体型の男性信者に案内して貰い、【情報の神】の信者が経営する神殿で情報を買う。
　大食いメニューは一定時間以内に完食する事で無料になる。それにより資金は予定よりもかなり余裕があったので、今の目標である古代爆雷制調天帝“アストラキウム”の能力や行動パターン、その周辺情報を少しでも多く買い漁った。
　ただ期待に反し、分かった事はとても少なかった。
　古代爆雷制調天帝“アストラキウム”は≪≫と呼ばれる【聖地】指定される銀の巨塔の頂上に存在する、と言われている。
　とある壁画にそれらしき存在が描かれているが、実際に挑戦して生還した者がいないので姿形も分からない。
　もちろん能力なども一切不明。ただ名称から爆裂や雷撃などの使用が予想できる。飛行能力もあるかもしれない。
　また、≪天秤の調和塔≫そのものがかなりの危険地帯らしく、無数の高レベルダンジョンモンスターの巣窟だそうだ。
　【聖地】になるに相応しい難所であり、信者達はそこに挑み、一定時間を過ごし、生還する事で階梯を引き上げる――【宗教】内の地位向上から存在としての格を上げるなど意味は多岐に及ぶ――とかなんとか。
　分かった事は少ないが、それでも居場所が分かれば自分の目で見ればいいだけだ。
　今後の方針も決まったので、装備品などいいのがないか見て回る事にした。
　【信者】達が【信仰】を捧げる為に作った品々だ。その分魂を込めたような傑作も多いので、よりよい武具を得るのは絶好の機会だった。
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