Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Gourmet Journey

Chapter 756 Lefia's Meal Substitute Behavior, Ryu's Application to Join the Team, Eina's Investigation Request

"The ingredients we'll be using today are fresh bones. Are these pig bones?"

"It's pig bone. Humans and pigs are very similar. Using pig bones for research will be closer to human understanding."

Fels took a piece of pork bone, stripped of its fat and meat, from the large beaker and placed it on a clean towel.

"Wait, you're not planning to grind pig bones into the shape of human bones and then use them as the main material to repair missing remains, are you?"

"That's exactly what I think."

Will this work?

Whether it works or not, we still need to verify it in practice.

“If we fail, the person who is resurrected will probably have to suffer the pain of dying again. And Adi is Ryu’s friend. If she dies again, it will definitely make Ryu sad. Miss Fels, I don’t want Ryu to be sad, do you understand?”

"Uh, I understand. I will first conduct this kind of resurrection experiment on animal remains to restore the remains."

"Then this..."

Broly looked at the table, at some processed bones.

"I'm going to research magic that regenerates broken bones..."

Fels replied that since they couldn't make materials for human bone repair, they would make experimental materials for bone regeneration magic.

"Then I'll leave it to you, Miss Fells."

Broly left the Sage's magic research room and went outside. After seeing that Ais and Ryuse had reconciled, he used transformation magic to become Ais's appearance and had a duel between a swordswoman and a fake swordswoman.

After getting up, Lefia looked at the duel between the two Miss Ais in the newly repaired courtyard and immediately showed an expression of enjoyment.

This is a program she watches every morning after waking up. Not only are the sword skills entertaining, but more importantly, the sight of two Miss Ais wielding swords really draws you in.

"Thank you for your hard work, Miss Ais~"

After training, Lefia quickly stepped forward with a towel and handed it to the swordswoman.

"Thanks, Rafia."

Ais accepted it and thanked her.

"You're welcome. By the way, Miss Ais, after you wipe your sweat, go take a shower. I've already prepared your clothes."

"okay."

"Then hurry up, hurry up."

Ais was a little puzzled by Lefia's urgency, but she didn't think much of it and headed towards the bathroom.

“Mr. Broly, here is your towel.”

After the swordswoman left, Lefia saw that Broly hadn't reverted to his transformation yet, and thought to herself, "Good!" She immediately grabbed another towel and went over to him.

"Thank you, Rafia."

Broly thanked her and was about to deactivate his transformation when he heard the elf girl speak.

"Mr. Broly, could you please transform into Miss Ais as she was when she was a child and wipe your sweat?"

"Uh, why?"

"Ugh, because I want to see Miss Ais wiping away sweat after a hard workout when she was little, is that okay?"

The elven girl crossed her arms and looked at him expectantly with pleading eyes.

"Yes, that's fine..."

"Thank you very much, Mr. Broly. Please begin your performance!"

Broly was interrupted before he could finish speaking. His slender hand, now transformed into a swordswoman's, was grabbed and pulled up by Lefia. At close range, he could feel the warm, heavy breath coming from the elven girl's nose.

Is that all?

After removing the necklace that amplified the transformation magic, Broly used the Hearthstone ability again, transforming into Little Ais. She wiped the sweat from her face and asked...

"That's right, that'll do, but it would be even better if you could let me help you wipe your sweat."

The elven girl wiped her drool as she made a new request.

"By the way, is that guy always like this?"

The little girl watched as the elf took the towel and diligently wiped the sweat from the girl the boy had transformed into, and couldn't help but ask the Amazon girl standing nearby.

"Uh, Lefia wasn't like this before, she just likes Ais more."

Tiona scratched her cheek.

During her stay at the Hearth House, Lefia gradually developed a habit of sending the real Ais away while actively interacting with the fake Ais that Broly had transformed into.

"If she likes Miss Ais, why doesn't she just wipe the sweat off the real Miss Ais?"

"It's really not easy to express my feelings, and besides, Broly transformed into Little Ais is even more attractive."

"Huh, what kind of meal replacement scheme is this? Is this how my transformation magic is being used?"

The little girl slapped her forehead and immediately started complaining.

Despite her complaints, Lily Luca didn't go directly to the elf girl to accuse her of doing something wrong.

Yes, I like Broly transforming into Little Ais and having close contact with him.

It's better than actually liking Broly and having close contact with him.

Besides, Broly's older brother also needs to meet the other person, so this can be considered a form of help.

Just as Lefia, looking like a lovesick girl, was wiping the sweat off Broly when he was transformed into Ais, Ryu also walked over.

"Broly, are you going to the dungeon today?"

"I will go."

"I've already resigned from the Abundant Mistress Tavern. Can I go with you guys to the dungeon to fight monsters and earn money?"

The day after Ryu resigned from the tavern, she went straight to the dungeon to farm gold.

However, the monster materials obtained after a day of hunting can only be sold cheaply in Rivera Town because they are on the guild's bounty list.

Last night, Ryu thought that she might be able to ask someone to sell monster drops on her behalf and make more money, so she went to her old contacts—the all-powerful Asphie.

"Hey, Ryu, why are you suddenly fighting monsters and doing what you used to do as an adventurer?"

"I need money."

What do you need the money for?

"I can't say."

"Okay, how much money do you need? I can lend you the smaller amount."

"Sorry, I want to earn it myself. If you can help me sell the materials, I'm willing to give you 5% of the amount as commission."

"That would be a good deal, but Ryu, why don't you find someone nearby, like someone close to you, to help you sell the materials?"

As the leader of the intelligence family, Asphie had been secretly monitoring the Hestia family at the behest of the main god. Therefore, she knew that Ryu had moved to the Hearth House. Furthermore, because of Lorne's presence, she also knew that Broly wanted to meet Ryu.

"I already owe others so much, I can't owe any more."

Because of her status as the leader of the intelligence clan, Ryu wasn't surprised that Aphrodite knew some of her information and answered her question directly.

"I see, that's definitely your personality. No wonder you wanted to go to the dungeon alone instead of with Mr. Broly..."

Then, as if in casual conversation, Aphrodite mentioned that Broly possessed the ability to increase the luck of monster drops.

After learning about the high drop rate bonus that teaming up with the other party would bring, and considering the potentially huge amount of resurrection fees she planned to earn for her friend, the Elf Miss, after a night of deep thought, woke up even earlier than Ais, eager to discuss the matter.

"Of course, I know that teaming up with you will bring good luck, so I can share some of the loot I get from the monsters I kill with you as a reward for bringing me good fortune..."

"No need to share with me, the loot you get from killing monsters is yours. Welcome to my team, Ryu."

The Saiyan boy, in the form of Little Ais, reached out his hand to her. Ryu felt a warmth in her heart and reached out her hand to shake hands with 'her'.

"Also, I'd like to ask you for a favor regarding the sale of dropped items."

"no problem."

"The commission..."

"Ten percent will be given to the supporters who come to help transport supplies as a reward." Of course, being a supporter for Broly's team is a lucrative job, and currently only Bell, who is from the same clan, and the children of the god Takemikazuchi, who have a good relationship with Hestia, are given this opportunity.

Since they were just farming money and leveling up in the lower and middle tiers, Bell and Yamato were quite capable of handling the support role.

"Good morning, Miss Philvies!"

They met in the central square, and besides Bell, Yamato, and others, there was another elf.

Good morning, Rafia.

Indeed, the Dionysus Familia's Annunciation Spirit is a frequent member of Broly's daily dungeon raiding party.

The White Witch was invited in by Lefia. Broly knew some of her past experiences, but he did not refuse Lefia's offer to help her break the curse of death and clear her name.

Even now, after going down into the dungeon with the White Witch five times, the curse of divination has never taken effect. It can be said that the rumors about her are completely unfounded.

However, we cannot completely rule out the possibility that the other party is indeed cursed, but it has been neutralized by the high luck of his team.

"Do we need to wait for anyone else?"

This was Ryu's first time teaming up with Broly to go into the dungeon. After seeing the boy lead them to meet up with others, but still lingering in the central square, she, wearing a hooded robe, asked him something.

"Hmm, we still need to wait for one more person..."

Before Broly could say who he was waiting for, a guild employee rushed over.

"I'm sorry I'm late."

"It's okay, we just got here too."

Upon seeing that the person approaching was a guild employee, Ryu subconsciously pulled her collar up a little higher.

Although the chances of being recognized are slim, it's still best to be cautious.

Who is this?

Liu asked in a low voice.

"This is Miss Eina, my dungeon advisor. Yesterday I saw her preparing to issue a commission to hire guards to go down into the dungeon to conduct an ecological survey, so I took it on as well."

Broly explained.

"Miss Eina, please choose my team."

"No, no, no, please choose my team."

Yesterday, when two teams were vying for her quest, putting Eina in a difficult position, Broly happened to be at the guild selling the loot he had obtained that day.

"Miss Eina, if you're going to the 25th floor of the maze to conduct an ecological survey, would you like to come with my team tomorrow?"

"Ha, who are you, you brat? What makes you think you can steal our commission?"

"His team includes Fiora, Slice of Daggers, and White Witch..."

"Ah, you're that swordsmanship master from the Hestia Familia?!"

"Sorry to bother you~"

Well, something like that happened, and Broly successfully secured the commission to be the advisor for his own dungeon.

"Everyone's here, so let's go!"

An 11-person team, led by Broly, entered the dungeon entrance.

. . . .

Eina chose Broly's team because it included Ais and others.

Under normal circumstances, the hiring fee she pays out of her own pocket would not be enough to hire a level 5 adventurer.

However, this team has two Lv.5s and one Lv.6.

"Hey, Broly, isn't there something wrong with the route you're taking?"

Eina thought the ecological survey would go smoothly, but after reaching the 7th floor of the maze, an unexpected situation arose.

“Miss Eina, that’s right. It would take about a day and a half to get to the 25th floor by the normal route, but I plan to be back by evening, so we need to take a shortcut.”

As Broly spoke, he took the lead and charged into the killer ant nest on the 7th floor.

The shortcut he mentioned was the nest passage dug out by the killer ants in the upper area.

Normally, if the environment of a dungeon is damaged, it will automatically repair itself.

However, killer ants, these monstrous creatures, can use special formic acid to prevent this environmental repair.

Therefore, starting from the seventh floor of the upper area, there is a shortcut directly leading to the tenth floor.

What normally takes an hour to walk can be done in five minutes with this shortcut.

The killer ants in the nest were slaughtered.

Eina, on the other hand, felt that her brain, as the advisor of the dungeon, was being impacted.

Using monster lairs to quickly descend into dungeons—is that something a normal adventurer would think of?
But she did learn new knowledge and gained a deeper understanding of the upper levels of the dungeon.

“We’re going to jump. Miss Eina, you’re not an adventurer, so I’ll take you with me.”

"Huh?!"

Broly scooped the half-elf girl up by the knees and, without waiting for her to refuse, jumped into the dark cave.

The sudden feeling of weightlessness made Eina instinctively hug the boy's neck tighter. Only after landing did she hear the rustling sound of killer ants crawling again.

They performed this rapid descent three times in two minutes, and when they landed on the third time, they found themselves in the pale forest on the tenth floor.

"Mr. Broly, how exactly did you find this shortcut?"

At this point, Eina couldn't help but ask.

"Ah, I found this when I was chasing man-eating ants and ran into their nest."

Broly answered honestly.

"Will there be similar shortcuts in the future?"

Although there were high-level adventurers like the Sword Maiden around, so there was no sense of danger, the smell inside the killer ant nest was still rather unpleasant.

"There are no more shortcuts to these monster lairs below. From now on, we'll just go through the gaps."

"Huh?!"

In dungeons, each floor has many gaps. Most of these gaps are for spawning monsters, but before the monsters spawn, these areas are weaker than other places. Some of them even lead directly to lower levels of the dungeon. By taking advantage of this, you can complete a new speed descent.

"I know it's to get to the deeper parts of the maze more efficiently, but is it really necessary to rush like this?"

Broly's unconventional approach gave the half-elf lady the feeling of riding a drop tower.

It took less than an hour to reach the 18th floor of the maze.

The half-elf's breathing had become as disheveled as her clothes, all from when she hugged the Saiyan boy while jumping from the building.

The rest of the journey was similar, involving descending floors via intermittent descents. This method of navigating the maze was very efficient, but only suitable for adventurers who didn't have much weight on them.

"Alright, we've reached the twenty-fifth level of the maze. Everyone is free to move around now."

"Then I'll go practice my swordsmanship where swallows roam."

Ais directly chose the most challenging area on the 25th floor.

The monster called Flying Swallow can fly at extremely high speeds and launches suicidal attacks with its hard, slender beak.

Adventurers who encounter them are easily pierced through if they are not careful, but for those who want to practice fast swordsmanship or movement techniques, the cliffs where swallows roam are a treasure trove.

“Then Miss Philweis and I will go and practice parallel chanting.”

After Ais left, the two elves, Lefia and Philwis, went hand in hand to practice magic in a nearby place.

"Then I'm going to play with the metallic blue crabs."

Tiona waved her hand and left, carrying her double-headed greatsword.

"Ah, this is the lower level area. Shall we separate like this?"

Seeing the three most powerful people leave, Eina panicked a little.

When she hired other teams to conduct on-site investigations of the environment and ecology of the dungeon labyrinth, which team wasn't extremely cautious and careful?
(End of this chapter)