Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Gourmet Journey

Chapter 668 The standard for Saiyan supporters is to carry heavy bags and fight their way out of the dungeon!

It was only then that Lilyluka noticed the boy's attire beneath his cloak: light silver armor, finely crafted arm guards, and leg wraps that looked lightweight yet offered considerable protection, all bearing the forging marks of the Hephaestus Familia…

The opponent's attire probably cost at least 500,000 Fali, yet the supporters are dressed in equipment worth 500,000 Fali.

Lily Luca knew something about the boy in front of her; just a week ago, he was arguing with Seth over more than 10,000 Fali.

"What are these equipment of yours?"

"I bought these work clothes on the advice of the gods. They're so light that they don't hinder me from moving quickly through the dungeon maze as a supporter at all. And these shoes even have a speed boost."

Lily Luca: "..."

I misjudged them; they actually had some good stuff on them.

"So, you're working on borrowed money?"

The little girl thought for a moment, and could only think of this possibility, so she asked.

"How could that be? I bought it with full payment. Brother Broly is a very generous adventurer. I can earn several Ws a day working with him."

Bell's personal net worth is now in the millions; he received eight million falies just from Goliath's earnings share on the first day alone.

Although he spent a lot of money upgrading his equipment, his current savings far exceed those of an average Lv.2 adventurer.

People can lie, but luxurious equipment doesn't lie. Lily Luca no longer doubted why the boy admired his elder brother from the same clan.

If someone else were to help her earn enough money to buy the boy's outfit, she would definitely call him "big brother" more often and with a sweeter tongue than the boy in front of her.

This isn't just an older brother, this is clearly a second parent!

Without further hesitation, the little girl followed the boy deep into the underground city.

It wasn't until they had walked through the fifth floor and were almost at the sixth, still without seeing the mysterious older brother, that she couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Craney, on which floor is your older brother waiting for you? Are we just going to keep going like this?"

Even if you have a demonic sword hidden in your possession, it is not a wise move to continue venturing deeper into the dungeon.

This means that if something happens to the young supporter, he himself will also face considerable risks if he wants to return alive.

"We're almost there. We agreed to meet on the seventh floor."

Bell replied, and with a few swift sword strokes, killed two more barbarian rabbits.

"Speaking of which, with your current abilities, you could easily be an adventurer on your own, so why are you still working as a supporter?"

Upon seeing this, Lily Luca picked up the magic stones and dropped items from the ground and asked, feeling more like a supporter of the boy now.

"An adventurer? No, I'm far from qualified. A true adventurer should be like Brother Broly..."

When Bell answered this question, the look of longing on his face was obvious to everyone.

As Lily Luca watched this scene, she subconsciously imagined the image of the kind older brother the white-haired boy had spoken of. Soon, the image of a burly, heroic man leaped into the young girl's mind. (Please refer to Felix Wong's portrayal of Qiao Feng here.)
[I suppose the Broly they're talking about is someone like that...]

The little girl thought to herself, shook her head, and continued to follow the boy deeper into the underground city.

Not long after, Bell brought the little girl to the seventh floor, the place where Broly had fought monsters the day before.

Even before you get close to the cave, you can hear rustling sounds coming from inside.

This voice was not unfamiliar to Lily Luca, who had once followed adventurers down to the 11th floor, because it belonged to the most troublesome swarming monster before the 10th floor of the dungeon—the killer ant.

"Hey, what are you doing over there? There are obviously a lot of killer ants in there."

Seeing the boy head straight for the cave from which the sound came, the little girl quickly stopped him and said...

"I know, but Broly is inside. Killer ants are one of his favorite monsters to hunt. (Not that he likes them, but they're plentiful and easy to gather, making them convenient for hunting.)"

Bell answered.

"Alright, let's go in quickly. It was already a bit late when we came down, and the magic stones and loot inside are probably piled up by now."

After Bell finished speaking, he strode towards the cave from which the rustling sound was coming from.

"If we encounter any danger later, I'll turn around and run away."

Lily Luca had warned her beforehand that she didn't want to be targeted by a swarm of killer ants.

"Relax."

Bell responded with a comment and then called inside, "Brother Broly, I'm here."

"You're a little late. Did something happen on the way?"

Broly asked.

Because Bell was walking ahead, the cave entrance was not very wide, and a large backpack blocked the view. Lily Luca, who was following behind, could not see what was happening inside the cave.

The fact that someone inside responded proved that the boy in front of her wasn't lying, and that the adventurer he mentioned was indeed inside, reassured the little girl somewhat.

"Well, on my way down, I ran into a girl who had helped me before. She was having some trouble, so I struck up a conversation with her."

"Hey, Bell, are you also going to start meeting your favorite girl in Orario?"

While dealing with the endless stream of killer ants swarming out of the first few caves and tunnels, Broly teased the boy in a melodramatic tone.

"Ah, no, that's not it. The girl I like is someone else. This is just someone who helped me, and I want to repay her."

Bell quickly explained, then asked somewhat awkwardly, "Brother Broly, can I discuss something with you?"

"what's up?"

"The girl who helped me is also a supporter, but she is a dwarf, and no adventurer is willing to hire her."

"So, you want to ask me to hire the other party?"

“Brother Broly, you don’t need to pay her extra salary. Her salary can be deducted from mine.”

Bell quickly explained that the girl had helped him, but it had nothing to do with Broly. It would be unreasonable for him to ask Broly, who was unrelated to the matter, to pay him an extra reward just to repay the girl's kindness.

"May I?"

"You've asked me to do this, how could I possibly refuse?"

"Brother Broly, do you mean you agree?!"

"Of course, but I won't deduct your salary. Here, you get paid for whatever work you do. The treatment I give her is the same as the treatment I give you."

"I will give her ten percent of the value of the loot she can carry up from the dungeon."

Lilyluka couldn't see what was happening inside the cave, but she could hear the conversation between the boy and the people inside. Upon hearing that the reward was only 10%, the little girl raised an eyebrow.

This is the normal market price for supporters, but for a veteran supporter like her, the price is a bit low.

“Great, Miss Erd, Brother Broly has agreed to give you a job.”

Bell turned around and realized he was blocking the cave entrance, preventing the little girl behind him from getting in. He quickly took a few steps into the cave before turning back to tell the girl the good news.

Lily Luca wanted to say that the price was too low, but after the boy stepped aside, she saw the piles of magic stones and fallen items already inside the cave.

A normal Lv.1 adventurer earns around 10,000 to 20,000 mana per day. One-tenth of that is 1,000 to 2,000 mana, which is indeed not much.

But Lily Luca roughly estimated that the magic stones and dropped items inside the cave were worth at least 200,000 falies.

For the supporters, one percent is a reward of 20,000 Fali, which is comparable to the daily earnings of some skilled Lv.1 adventurers in a dungeon.

So, she swallowed back the words she was about to say, and Lily Luca put on a bright smile (a fawning, service-like smile) and prepared to thank the adventurer brother the white-haired boy had mentioned for giving her this generous job.

However, he had only managed to utter a few words of thanks when he saw the image of the adventurer in the cave, which was quite different from the heroic image he had imagined, causing him to stumble over his words.

The boy who looks younger than me is actually the older brother the teenager is talking about?
Even more outrageous is that the way the other party dealt with the killer ants was by chopping off their heads with their bare hands.

The killer ant's normally hard carapace seemed to become as fragile as paper in front of its opponent.

It shattered the moment it was touched by the opponent's hand chop.

"Is this some high-level adventurer who's got nothing better to do than come to the upper dungeon to experience the life of fighting monsters with his bare hands?!" Lily Luca thought to herself. She quickly composed herself and continued speaking the words she had paused on (thank you, Brother Broly): "I am Lily Luca Erd, and I will do my best to serve you, this precious job opportunity given to a little human supporter like myself."

"Bang~"

Broly kicked the killer ant in front of him away, then looked back at the little girl behind him in surprise. The Crystal Palace, silent for many days, gave a new notification after the girl spoke: [New target discovered, Lilyluka Erd, current happiness level 1]

Broly was somewhat surprised that the second person he would encounter in this world would be someone he was grinding monsters in the dungeon.

"Excuse me, is there something on Lily's face? Why are you looking at me like that?"

The Saiyan's gaze was somewhat fixed, and Lily Luca, who was being stared at like that, was a little confused about what was going on, so she cautiously asked.

"No, it's nothing, it's my own fault. Miss Lily Luca, right? I'm Broly, welcome to my team."

Broly offered a greeting and then looked away. He didn't say much more. The difficulty in finding a target was discovering them, and now that he had found one, there would inevitably be opportunities to interact with them in the future.

Rather than rushing into a campaign, Broly prefers to understand his opponent before taking action. Right now, he still needs to deal with the swarming killer ants.

His hand chop was a bit lighter than before, and his mood was clearly cheerful because of the girl he had suddenly become a target of his affections.

"Alright, Miss Erd, let's get to work."

Bell didn't notice the boy's unusual reaction. He said something to the little girl next to him, then squatted down to pick up the magic stones and other items on the ground.

"OK, all right."

Lily Luca agreed and squatted down as well. Unlike Bell, who stuffed the magic stones and all the dropped items into his backpack, the girl was much more skillful in utilizing the internal space of the supporter's backpack.

She first laid down magic stones at the bottom, then laid down the mandibles of killer ants (dropped items), then filled the gaps in the mandibles with magic stones, and repeated this process until finally placing irregularly shaped killer ant carapaces (dropped items) on top.

Despite carrying the same standard support bag, Lily Luca managed to pack significantly more items than Bell.

"Hey~"

When the little girl carried the large backpack, you could feel it sinking backward, looking quite heavy.

"Isn't that a bit too much weight for you?"

Bell asked quickly, worried that the heavy backpack might crush the little girl.

"Not much, not much. Don't let my small size fool you, I have a strong carrying capacity (after all, I am a person blessed by God). I have carried things that are heavier than this."

To survive, Lily Luca started working as a supporter at a very young age. The weight on her small shoulders was not just the weight of magic stones and dropped items, but also the burden of survival that fell prematurely on this orphan after her irresponsible parents died easily in the dungeon.

This is all money, my money!

Of course, the little girl's current mindset isn't tragic; on the contrary, she seems to be obsessed with money.

"Mr. Craney, Brother Broly, what are you two waiting for? I'm ready to go!"

Lily Luca said that after putting on her backpack, she couldn't wait to head back.

“Miss Erd, Brother Broly isn’t coming back with us; he’s going to stay here and keep fighting monsters.”

Bell said.

"Oh, isn't the adventurer coming with us?"

Lily Luca was stunned.

"Then who will protect us when we're carrying backpacks full of stuff?"

She asked it instinctively.

"Of course, it's up to us. And of course, I'll do my best for yours too."

Bell also carried a large bag on his back, his hand resting on the hilt of the short sword at his waist.

"As Broly's supporters, what we have to do is carry the spoils up, then come back empty-handed and carry them again."

Bell said matter-of-factly.

The supporters you're talking about are completely different from what I know. If they could all carry backpacks full of loot and fight their way out of dungeons, why bother being supporters? Wouldn't it be better to just be lone wolf adventurers?

Okay, Lily Luca has to admit that not just any adventurer can get so many magic stones and drops.

"I think I need to lighten the load on my backpack..."

Earning more money is good, but if you encounter danger on the way back and lose your life due to excessive weight, then it's not worth it. Lily Luca is quite rational, but just as she was about to say this, she heard Broly speak up from the other side.

“Miss Lily Luca is a new member of our team and may not be used to our support methods yet. How about this, I'll accompany you back this time.”

Bell understood. Broly was worried about the safety of bringing another person along. Just like a couple of days ago, he only let him go up and down the dungeon alone after confirming that he could carry the load.

The white-haired boy was somewhat moved, while Lily Luca noticed that his emotion was a bit strange, because it was normal for adventurers to travel with supporters.

“Miss Erd, we need to be on our guard on the way back.”

"what?"

"Brother Broly is only accompanying us this time to provide backup. The purpose is to see if we can safely travel between the seventh floor and the surface while carrying a load. If you can do that, you will be able to serve as Brother Broly's support officer in the long term."

The little girl: "..."

This support job even has an internship period, and I have to pass a competency test to become a full-time employee.

"Then I'll lighten the weight of my backpack."

Lily Luca put down the supporter's bag and began taking out the items that had fallen from her backpack.

“A wise choice, Miss Lily Luca.”

Broly, who was still dealing with the killer ants with his bare hands, praised the other party.

"So, are these things just going to be left here?"

The little girl removed a quarter of her weight and looked at the things that had been thrown back to the ground. Not seeing the boy preparing to pack them up, she couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, we'll leave it here for now. We'll come back down to get it after we've dealt with the things in your backpacks."

"But what if a passing adventurer takes it?"

That's all money!

"Don't worry, these killer ants will protect this place for us after we leave."

Broly grabbed the mandible of a killer ant, lifted it up, and showed it to the little girl behind him.

These dropped items and magic stones came from killer ants, and yet the killer ants are being used to guard them...

Lily Luca suddenly realized that what the boy over there was saying had a rather hellish joke about it.

"But this still can't prevent the magic stones from being eaten by the living killer ants, and if the killer ant swarm disperses, the other dropped items will be taken by passing adventurers. Some adventurers are even strong enough to take all the dropped items left here before the killer ants have dispersed, right?"

"Yes, that's possible, but it's not a problem."

Killer ants that eat magic stones may become enhanced species, and the drops of enhanced species can theoretically be sold for a higher price (this is something I learned this morning).

If someone passes by here after the killer ants have dispersed, they can only blame ourselves for not returning quickly enough.

As for those who had the ability to break in and take the spoils before the killer ants dispersed, that's what those with power deserve.

Lily Luca was about to say something when Broly interrupted her.

"Alright, Miss Lily Luca, if you don't want the prizes here to pile up, then what you need to do now is to carry your things up here as quickly as possible and then come back down here."

Upon hearing this, Bell went out first, followed by the little girl, and finally Broly, who had followed. He stuffed several killer ants with broken arms and legs into the cave entrance, thus blocking the pursuit of the other killer ants.

Killer ants are a special type of monster; they will take care of their injured companions and will not kill them—this is one of the pieces of information about the upper-level monster killer ants from Miss Eina's dungeon knowledge lecture.

(End of this chapter)