A Single Mother's Farm of the Gods-Chapter 411: Food-Powered Soldiers

Before Elaina and the children’s arrival at the battlefield, Elaina made sure to check the power of the fried rice she had, as she was already expecting it to have some powerful effects. After her success in mastering a few levels in cooking, her cooking gained the ability to receive various buffs that can enhance one’s body or influence the mood of the person eating.

Using the Almanac, she can view the buff that can be gained upon consuming the food, allowing her to confirm her first theory before which was that cooking already cooked food that gained a buff will add another layer of buff on top of the first buff.

And although Elaina has no control over what the buff will be given to the food once cooked, it seems that this fried rice she cooked is very compatible with the soldiers and magicians. It has the effect of doubling the energy gain and lowering the fatigue rate of anyone who consumes it, meaning anyone who has eaten the fried rice will not get tired easily, and if ever they get tired, a few minutes of rest would be sufficient to recover almost every single energy lost. In short, the soldiers have become close to being tireless machines.

As for the magicians, aside from the first buff, the second buff, which was the first buff that the regular rice received after being regularly cooked, was the enhanced natural mana recovery rate. For magicians, mana is the meter they need to have to be able to freely cast any magic spells. Anyone who doesn’t have mana, especially like Elaina, will have no chances of using magic naturally and will have to rely on gadgets that use infused or mana-ready instruments to use magic.

With the fried rice, magicians will recover mana naturally without consuming any mana recovery potions to replenish their mana. They can burst magic without stopping for quite some time, allowing them to outshine even those magicians who seemed to have limitless mana. Unless one has enhanced recovery mana regeneration in their bodies, they will not be able to outpace anyone who has eaten the fried rice that Elaina has prepared for the soldiers. What makes this more interesting is the fact that these effects will last until dinner time, meaning, until nighttime hits, the soldiers will remain this strong and capable.

"HAHAHA! HOW’S THAT!" one magician shouts and laughs like a madman as she shoots multiple fireballs back to back, which should have been impossible in a regular scenario, but because of the food she had just eaten, one can say that this made her unstoppable.

"Double time, lads! Load and fire the cannons!" the soldiers shouted as they had shortened the number of attacks that the cannons shot per minute.

The First Prince, who was helping with the other soldiers, was shocked by the sudden vigor that his soldiers and magicians suddenly showed. He knows the regular performance of his soldiers due to his battles with them in the past, so seeing them in this state was just puzzling. Because of this peculiarity, he decided to track down the reason why they are suddenly performing much better than before.

"Are you saying that after you guys have eaten the fried rice that the madam over there has been distributing, you lot are performing better?" the First Prince was not expecting the answer as he asked one of the soldiers he knows to be slow and a bit of easily get tired soldier in the group.

"Yes, Sir! Somehow, all of the tiredness I should be feeling has disappeared completely, making it seem like I don’t need to even rest. You should try it to Sir! The taste of that fried rice was divine! If not for the fact that we can only eat once per person due to the limited stock, I would have gone for seconds!"

He continued asking the others as well to ensure that no one is making stories, and they all have the same response. After eating the fried rice, they became like that. It was like they had eaten some kind of tonic for them to become strong all of a sudden.

At first, he wasn’t paying much attention to who was distributing food since he was busy commanding the troops to battle, but now that changes have started happening, he cannot just ignore this. And considering that the one who told him about the rationing of fried rice was his sister, he approached her, who is currently eating the aforementioned fried rice and seems to be enjoying every spoonful of it.

"Sister, where did you get that fried rice?"

"Hmm? Didn’t I already tell you earlier, brother?" Princess Margaux frowned at the First Prince’s question.

"Well, I didn’t properly listen to who was distributing it and just issued the command. But seeing the effects of the fried rice on everyone who has eaten it, I am now wondering if something weird was being added to the food for them to act like they have eaten some sort of tonic.

"You don’t need to be worried about this, dear brother. It was Miss Elaina and her kids distributing the food. Didn’t I tell you before that Miss Elaina’s cooking seems to have some sort of special effects? It seems that she has slightly perfected that and is sharing the food with us. Considering how our food source was delayed, I appreciate that Miss Elaina is sharing her cooking with us, and seeing how even that also helped the soldiers, I don’t think you need to worry about it."

The First Prince recalled the tales that he usually heard from his sister, who lived for quite some time with the farmer. At first, he thought she was just making up things and was just making some interesting tales so that she could at least amaze both their father and mother while she was away from the castle.

But now? She changed her mind. Seeing the result, it is certainly not just a regular thing. She is doing something great that might change the tide of the battle.

As he was thinking of the opportunity, his stomach started growling. He hasn’t eaten anything this lunch just yet, and his sister heard that. With a smirk, she stood up while shoving a spoonful of food into her mouth.

"Fill your stomach with food! Follow me, let’s get you a plate!"

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