Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Gourmet Journey

Chapter 665 A Deep Longing, But the Object of It Is a Saiyan

The thought of Broly almost dying made Hestia feel sad. She hugged the boy's waist and cried, "Broly, maybe we shouldn't go down into the dungeon. We have enough money for us now."

"Lady Hestia, don't be sad. I'm fine. Actually, Goliath didn't pose any threat to me at first. It was just that I was a little careless and thought that cutting off that big guy's head meant I had won. That's why I accidentally got injured."

Broly comforted the loli goddess while also considering not going to the dungeon. Hestia was right; the money he had earned in the dungeon these past few days was enough to last him for a while, so not going to the dungeon for adventures wouldn't be a problem.

only……

Broly recalled his battle with Goliath. Although he was annoyed that he had almost died, it would be a lie to say that he didn't feel a sense of exhilaration in such a life-threatening battle.

Broly was certain that when he fought Goliath, he was deeply engrossed in the process and enjoyed figuring out how to defeat the big guy.

Of course, if Hestia insists, he won't ignore the goddess's thoughts.

It's nothing more than a little bit of pleasure from being able to fight to the best of my ability under the effects of the Overload Training skill...

"Hestia, don't say such capricious things. As an exploration-type familia, you have the obligation to explore dungeons."

Beside him, Hephaestus offered a word of advice.

"Then I'll go and change the type of the clan."

Hestia said...

"This is not an easy thing. The guild provides different levels of support to different types of familia. The exploration-type familia receive the best treatment among them, but the restrictions are also the greatest if they want to change their fate."

"Ha, if the guild won't allow me to change my Familia type, then I'll take Broly and leave Orario. At least, the world outside Orario will be a bit safer."

"That's true, but the guild also has restrictions on adventurers. Once someone becomes a member of an adventurer's familia without permission, they cannot leave Orario at will."

This city was once a prison for dungeon monsters, but now it is also a prison for those high-level adventurers who are like monsters.

If powerful adventurers could leave Orario at will without any restrictions, the outside world would probably be in chaos long ago. Therefore, Orario has imposed great restrictions on adventurers leaving the country.

Of course, what Hephaestus didn't say was that adventurers like Broly, who are only Lv.1 on the surface, are not greatly restricted when they leave Orario.

However, if a child with combat talent like Broly were to leave this place, it would be a huge loss for Orario.

Whether human or god, everyone in this world longs for the emergence of a true hero. A boy with such talent is very likely the hero that the lower realm has been waiting for.

Zeus and Hera's Familia accumulated power over a thousand years, but only managed to complete two of the three great adventurer commissions. However, when they faced the final challenge of defeating the black dragon, they suffered a crushing defeat more than a decade ago.

When the appointed time arrives between the gods and the underworld, if the children of the underworld are still unable to defeat the final black dragon, the underworld will face destruction.

The world needs heroes, and Broly may be that hero.

However, Hephaestus couldn't bring himself to say such pragmatic things so bluntly to his close friend who was worried about the boys of the Familia.

After thinking for a moment, Hephaestus decided to take a roundabout approach: "Moreover, the reason why dungeons are dangerous is because adventurers challenge enemies who are stronger than themselves, in order to accomplish great things."

In other words, as long as one doesn't aim to accomplish great deeds, the dangers of the dungeon can actually be controlled. Just like Broly, if he hadn't gone to fight Goliath, wouldn't he have avoided danger?

"Well, that's true..."

"Also, Hestia, look at this new skill he's acquired."

Hephaestus then pointed to the boy's back, representing the description of the [Fighting Nation] skill.

Do you know what this skill means?

"Will Broly face more dangerous battles?"

"No, this means that upgrading is no longer necessary for Broly."

Adventurers level up in order to reach their maximum potential and then continue to improve.

But this skill allows him to continue increasing his stats even without leveling up.

A skill that breaks through limits, Hephaestus has never seen before.

"As long as the child doesn't level up and continues to maintain the Lv.1 level, then under the rules of God's Grace, he can still gain experience points by defeating Lv.1 monsters."

In other words, this child has the ability to become the strongest adventurer even in the upper levels of the dungeon.

Broly looked at Hephaestus with a puzzled expression. He only knew that he had acquired a new skill, but he was not clear about the specifics of the new skill.

"Broly, is the upper level of the dungeon labyrinth dangerous to you?"

Hephaestus suddenly asked him again.

"No, the upper level of the underground city is not dangerous."

Broly shook his head in reply.

"Look, even your child is saying that."

Hephaestus looked at his friend.

"Broly, after nearly dying, do you still want to go on an adventure in the dungeon?"

Hestia asked the boy.

"Lord Hestia, to be honest, I also think that Saiyans are a warrior race, and I am a Saiyan, so I also have a certain desire for battle."

It's just that I was too strong in the past, and I rarely encountered enemies that I could fight with all my might. Most of my battles were either crushing defeats or I intentionally suppressed my strength and didn't enjoy the sparring as much.

However, thanks to the skill of training under excessive weight, my strength is now restricted, and fighting some opponents has become quite enjoyable in a unique way.

After thinking for a moment, Broly decided to tell the truth about his thoughts.

Hestia looked at the "Fighting Nation" skill on the boy's back and believed what he said.

Since the boy is inclined towards adventurous combat, then I...

"Okay, I will support you, but you must promise me that you will never do something like today again, saying you're going to explore the middle level but then you just go and challenge the floor master of the middle level."

"Uh, I promise that if I ever want to challenge the floor master in the future, I will definitely report to Lady Hestia in advance and only go if I get Lady Hestia's permission."

Broly agreed.

Hestia upgraded his skills.

Hephaestus was relatively satisfied with the outcome, as he had dissuaded his best friend from taking the boy away from Orario.

She continued to look at the boy's other skills on his primary ability panel, and in addition to the addition of a new magic and two new skills, some of the original skills had also changed.

For skills like "Sword Mastery" and "Fist Mastery," the descriptions include an additional line: "A hand sword is also a sword. When you use your hand as a sword, you will receive a simultaneous boost to both skills."

Additionally, the skill "Natural Stat Monster" was removed after Broly's second panel stats exceeded the limit. This removed the limitation that the skill only worked within the limit.

【Natural Stat Monster】: Orario gains a total of 1000/2 of stat proficiency at 00:00 every day.

The description of 1000/2 is very interesting. Hephaestus also judged from this that Broly's ability value limit after breaking the limit should not be only 2s (1000~1999). Hephaestus did not know the specific limit, but guessed that it might be that there was no limit.

However, there might be situations where proficiency experience points increase, for example, within S999, if 1 point of experience can be exchanged for 1 point of proficiency.

那么，2s（1000～1999）的区间，可能就需要2点经验值才能兑换1点能力值熟练度。

This is inferred from the description of the skill "Naturally Numerical Monster," but whether it is actually true still needs to be verified.

"Broly, here, this is your latest stat panel."

After Hestia updated all of the boy's stats, she used the stat recorder to make a copy of the information from both stat panels and then handed it to Broly.

Broly took it, and after looking at his two ability value panels, a strange thought surfaced in his mind:

[The Sword God of Shili Slope, the upper level of the dungeon, after sealing his true power, became the world's strongest by defeating the lowest-level monsters?!]

This sudden idea gave him a subtle feeling, but he still accepted the current state of his ability panel.

“Young Bell, you may come in now. I am about to bestow divine favor upon you.”

After updating Broly's stats panel, Hestia opened the door and called the boy waiting outside to come in.

"Then I'll go and contact Miss Tsubaki."

While Belial was being ordered by Hestia to take off his shirt, Broly carried Goliath's spoils and went outside.

"Hey, Broly, aren't you going to stay and keep me company?"

Seeing the boy about to leave, the young man, thinking about how he would soon be alone in a room with two goddesses, suddenly became a little nervous.

"The stat panel is a private matter, and children from the same clan do not share it with each other."

Broly still remembered what Hestia had just said to Bell.

"Don't be nervous. God's grace doesn't hurt. It's just that divine words are inscribed on your back with blood. You don't need to feel uneasy."

Broly comforted the boy and left, leaving only a somewhat nervous boy in the room, and two gods who looked at his inexplicably nervous appearance with a sense of helplessness.

“Alright, child, sit up straight and let me inscribe sacred words on your back.” Hestia said, placing her blood-stained fingertip on the boy’s back.

The stat panel, granted by the grace of God, quickly materialized.

"Hey, this is it?"

Hestia's mouth gaped open as she looked at Bell's stats panel.

Hephaestus was in the same situation.

On the boy's initial screen, a skill appeared in the skills section.

【Heartfelt longing】

Effect ①: When a boy admires someone, he will receive a bonus to his experience points as his admiration for Broly deepens. The deeper the admiration, the greater the bonus to experience points.

Effect 2: If you want to become the person you admire, when you come into contact with your admired person, there is a certain chance that you will learn the skills or magic that your admired person, Broly, can use. The chance of learning depends on the intimacy level between you and your admired person. The higher the intimacy level, the easier it is to learn the skills or magic.

Those who can acquire skills immediately upon receiving divine favor are undoubtedly talented individuals.

However, the description of the boy's skill was somewhat subtle, and Hephaestus was unsure how to evaluate it.

Yes, although there is no Chengdu in Danma, there is a mountain called prejudice in the hearts of both the people and the gods in this world.

Undoubtedly, the skill description that Hestia longed for, coupled with the image of the white-haired boy being bullied and his rather cute appearance, immediately raised Hestia's guard to the limit.

"My lord, is there a problem with my favor?"

The boy keenly sensed that something was amiss in the room and cautiously inquired about it.

"Young Bell, can you answer a question for me?"

Hestia squinted.

"My Lord, please ask me anything I know."

Bell quickly replied.

"You must know the answer to the question I want to ask, Belle: Do you prefer the same sex or the opposite sex?"

Hestia asked directly.

"what?!"

Bell was a little stunned. What kind of question was this?

"This is a very important question, it even concerns whether I will expel you from the clan. Answer me now, young Bell..."

Hestia's eyes gleamed with a mysterious, unknown azure blue. To confirm the veracity of the answer she was about to receive, the goddess even used her divine eye. It was a fact that mortals could hardly lie to a god, a fact known even to those outside of Orario.

"Of course it's someone of the opposite sex."

Bell didn't know why this question could determine whether he would be banished by the gods, but he still answered according to his own heart.

Hestia stared at him for a while, the serious expression on her face gradually fading away. She clapped her hands and said, "Alright, young Bell, you've passed for now. But remember, I'll be watching you closely from now on. If you ever go against your answer today, believe me, as the goddess of purity, I will not hesitate to expel you from my kin."

Bell: “…”

This means that if he changes his sexual orientation, he will be expelled from the clan.

The problem is, I'm a normal boy, how could I possibly fall in love with someone who is also male?

"Also, you're not allowed to tell Broly about this, understand?"

Hestia added.

. . . .

"So, Bell, how did it go with receiving God's grace?"

After the boy came out, Broly had finished the handover, and the boy who came back asked the boy directly.

"Ah, it went relatively smoothly..."

Bell wanted to tell the truth that things weren't going well, but when he felt the goddess staring at him with a death stare, he had no choice but to change his mind.

"That's good. By the way, you're still staying at a hotel, right? Why don't you move in with us..."

Broly was interrupted by Hestia before he could finish speaking.

"No, Broly."

"Lady Hestia?"

Broly looked at his goddess with a puzzled expression.

“This is the home of Hephaestus’s family. Hephaestus has already been very kind of her to let us stay here temporarily. How can we trouble her to arrange for another person to stay here? Don’t you agree, Hephaestus?”

As the Lolita Goddess spoke, she turned to her best friend for a question.

The red-haired goddess looked embarrassed, but still nodded in agreement.

"Then, after our own clan's settlement is built, Bell, you can..."

"Broly, this won't do either."

"Ok?"

Broly looked over again, puzzled.

"Ahem, I've already discussed this with Bell."

He said he prefers to be independent and would never live under the same roof as us.

"Hmm, Bell, do you think I'm right?"

Bell: “…”

When the deity asked him a question, he looked like he was gritting his teeth; what could he say?

"Yes, Brother Broly, the God is absolutely right. I prefer to be independent and live alone."

"Uh, okay then."

Broly scratched his head, sensing that Hestia seemed to be somewhat resistant to Bell, and perhaps had forgotten what he had said: "Families are like family, and living together is the normal thing."

"Alright, Broly, you must be hungry too. Let's go eat."

Hestia pulled him away, her large-breasted loli figure separating Broly from the white-haired boy like a mother hen protecting her chicks.

"Young Bell, this is also a welcome party for you to join our clan. Also, I would like to say that the first rule of the Hestia Familia is that impure same-sex love is not allowed. Once discovered, the culprit will be expelled from the clan and directly expelled from the family."

Bell was also called to join the meal, while Hestia, at the table, loudly proclaimed her first divine decree concerning the Familia.

. . . .

Meanwhile, on the 39th safe floor of the dungeon labyrinth, Loki's Familia also arrived.

"Captain, an adventurer said he might know the reason for the tremors in the dungeon."

The Amazonian girl Tiona entered the tent and reported the news to the little leader who was deep in thought.

"Ok?"

Finn looked up in surprise and asked for details, while the adventurer who provided the information was quickly brought in.

“Finn the Brave, leader of the Loki Familia, I can share the information I have with you, but you must promise to take my party out of the Deep Zone.”

"No problem, but only after we've investigated the cause of the unusual tremors in the Lower City. We came here on a mission from the guild, and going back before we've investigated will lower the guild's opinion of me and the Loki Familia."

Finn nodded in agreement to the other party's conditions and said, "Alright, you can tell me what you know now. What caused the abnormal tremors in the dungeon?"

"To be honest, I'm not entirely sure if the unusual tremors were related to this, but at the time, my companions and I were being chased by monsters to the vicinity of the 37th-floor Deathmatch Arena when we suddenly heard a loud bang. Then we saw a large hole appear above the Deathmatch Arena, followed by a figure in black robes falling down from above. I don't know what technique the figure used, but in an instant, they wiped out all the monsters in the Deathmatch Arena. Then, they continued down an unconventional path, seemingly smashing through the ground of the 37th-floor Deathmatch Arena and heading towards the deeper levels of the dungeon labyrinth..."

An adventurer who encountered the Saiyan Grand Tour three days prior recounts his fleeting glimpse of it.

"Not long after, the unusual tremor you were about to investigate occurred deep within the dungeon. That tremor caused some of the monsters on the 37th floor to become violent, and our group of us risked our lives to escape to the 39th floor, a safe floor..."

"Finn, how are you?"

After the adventurers left, Riveria, known as the Nine Demon Princesses, came in to inquire about the situation.

"If the black-robed figure that the adventurer saw is indeed the one who caused the abnormal tremors in the dungeon, then the place we need to investigate will probably be the 40th floor or even lower in the labyrinth."

Finn answered.

　The main characters aren't gay; Bale is portrayed as a devoted fanboy.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)