Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Gourmet Journey

Chapter 757 Rumors of the Warrior's Heart and Pinduoduo's Resurrection Experiment
"Don't worry, Miss Eina, I will take care of your safety."

Broly had barely finished speaking when it seemed as if he was trying to prove his point.

Behind them, a strange fish suddenly rushed out of the river.

The enormous mouth, filled with fangs and sharp teeth, opened wide and lunged to bite directly at his back.

“Broly…”

Before Eina could even utter the warning, the Saiyan boy flicked his tail, slicing the attacking monster fish vertically in two.

With a thud, it fell to the ground on either side, its body turning to ash and beginning to dissipate.

"Miss Eina, what is it?"

Broly asked her curiously as if she had done something insignificant, while Bell and the others acted as if it were nothing out of the ordinary, walking to the spot where the monster fish had fallen and calmly and skillfully picking up the fallen items and magic stones.

Eina's lips twitched slightly before she whispered, "I just wanted to warn you to be careful, but it seems unnecessary. Some of the rumors about you outside are indeed unreliable."

"What rumor?"

"They said you're only good at swordsmanship, that Miss Ais took a liking to you, and that you ended up clinging to the coattails of the Loki Familia, and so on..."

Orario, the rumors about Broly among adventurers, while not to the point of him being a kept man, still have some jealous and envious adventurers who are completely unaware of his actual strength. They think he just relies on his swordsmanship, which is recognized by the Sword Maiden, to live a decent life by clinging to someone's coattails.

Indeed, rather than believing that this greenhorn truly possessed the strength of a high-level adventurer, most people thought he was just a lucky guy with some combat skills who was carried along by the Loki Familia.

This difference in perception is partly due to the fact that Loki's Familia, because of the temporary ability of his invisible wings, did not publicize Loki's true strength.

Of course, even if someone occasionally tells the story, most people will only be skeptical without having seen the actual situation.

Even when Broly destroyed the man-eating plants in the city, adventurers who hadn't witnessed it firsthand attributed most of the credit to Sword Princess and the others.

Considering how many loot items he gets every time he goes into the dungeon, some people call him the lucky boy.

But now it seems the rumors were untrue; this child's success wasn't due to luck at all, but truly to his own exceptional abilities.

Eina thought for a moment and then reminded the Saiyan boy, "Broly, if your level has increased, you need to go to the guild to update and verify your level."

Otherwise, it might be considered tax evasion, and once discovered and verified, your family and relatives will face severe fines.

"Okay, if I level up, I will definitely go to the guild to update my level."

Broly didn't know why the half-elf lady suddenly brought this up, but he still nodded seriously in agreement.

Then he gestured to the dungeon advisor in front of him that he could proceed with the maze environment and ecology survey she wanted to conduct.

Without wasting any time, Eina started by investigating the geography of the 25th floor, and then she would investigate the distribution of monsters on the 25th floor.

"The guild actually sends staff to do this kind of investigation mission?"

Ryu didn't leave; she followed behind. After seeing Eina making careful notes in her notebook, she couldn't help but ask.

"No, the guild did not require its staff to do this; I wanted to investigate on my own."

"Investigate what?"

"Does the actual situation of the 25-layer maze completely match the guild's internal paper records of this layer?"

"Huh?"

"The guild's records of dungeon information are mainly based on the accounts of adventurers who have arrived at the current dungeon. However, if we dungeon advisors only rely on such third-party descriptions to inform adventurers who want to explore this floor about safety precautions, there is a possibility of errors and omissions..."

As Eina explained, she collected some moss and soil from the ground, stepping on it to feel how slippery it was. She then jotted down some seemingly insignificant but actually useful safety precautions in her notebook—wearing shoes that prevent slipping on moss is essential for exploring the 25th floor of the maze.

“Miss Eina is a responsible dungeon consultant. She conducted this investigation entirely voluntarily, and even paid for it herself. Her purpose was to take responsibility for the safety advice she gave to the adventurers she was responsible for as a dungeon consultant.”

"Of course, if other adventurers in charge consult her about the precautions for dungeons, Miss Eina will not hesitate to provide them with specific information."

"And all of them are free."

"Aside from the mental strain of learning and memorizing these things, everything else is essential for adventurers to remember for their own safety..."

Bell and the others helped to add information about Eina, which left Ryu somewhat bewildered.

She had seen and even killed some of those despicable employees who secretly sold adventurers' private whereabouts to dark factions for their own profit.

But the staff member who paid out of his own pocket to conduct information research for adventurers and update the guild's existing intelligence was a character she had never seen before.

This made Ryu feel a sense of admiration for people like Eina.

"Ryu, are you going to work as Miss Eina's bodyguard with me? If so, I can give you half of the mission reward."

"what……"

Upon hearing this, Liu belatedly realized that she was also going to kill monsters to earn money.

Time flies by.

"Ryu, we're going back now. Are you done here?"

After Eina finished her survey of the environment and monster types on the 25th floor, Broly was also preparing to return to the surface. He followed the trail of Ryu's battle and, upon seeing the elf standing in the pile of monster loot ahead, he loudly inquired about it, while also taking care of a metal blue crab that had just been reborn in the dungeon.

"Are we going back already?"

Liu was a little confused; she felt that not much time had passed.

"With our loads fully loaded, we can't take the shortcut through the gaps. If we don't go back soon, we might have to sleep in the dungeon tonight."

Broly offered an explanation.

Liu suddenly realized what was happening and subconsciously looked at the spoils of war around her.

"Uh, okay, I'm all done."

Asphie wasn't lying to her; teaming up with Broly really did bring good luck.

Normally, when she's farming monsters alone, the drop rate isn't this high.

"But with so many dropped items, is it really possible to take them all with us?"

Ryu was somewhat worried.

"Don't worry, our backpacks are all extra-large."

Bell ran over carrying a large bag, and together with Kashima Sakura, they picked up the items that had fallen on the ground, filling the large backpack perfectly.

Behind the other three were the spoils of Ais, Lefia, and Tiona. Tiona and Lefia each had just one backpack full, while Ais, who had farmed monsters that were like moths to a flame, sacrificing themselves for the sake of survival, had more loot than the two combined, skipping the monster-hunting process. On the way back, upon learning that Ais had the most loot, Ryu frequently glanced at her. The swordswoman noticed and asked, "Is there something you need?"

"Next time, Miss Ais, could you let me fight monsters at your place?"

"Hey, Miss Ryu, do you also want to practice fast swordsmanship and movement techniques?"

"No, I just want to kill more monsters and earn more money."

Ais seemed lost in thought, while Tiona leaned closer.

"If you really want to make money, you have to go to the Death Arena on the 37th floor. There are so many monsters there, and their breeding speed is almost seamless."

"Oh, Miss Tiona, are you telling the truth?"

Upon hearing this, Liu's eyes lit up.

"Of course, Broly made over 9 million Faris in just one week there, even after sharing a portion of the profits with our Loki Familia logistics team."

"So, are we going there tomorrow?"

Liu felt that her earnings today should be over ten million Fali, but compared to Adi's huge resurrection fee, which had no upper limit yet, it was a drop in the ocean. After thinking about it, she asked.

"No, the 37th floor of the maze is already a deep area. Just going back and forth would take two days. If we go there to grind monsters, we'd have to camp out in the dungeon overnight."

Broly answered Ryu's question.

"In addition, our clan is about to start a joint expedition. If we go to the 37th floor deep zone labyrinth for training and cultivation, we are prone to running out of energy, which will reduce the durability of our weapons."

Ais added a sentence as well.

"For these two reasons, we won't be going to the Death Arena in the 37th floor of the maze anytime soon. However, if we have time in the future, we can go together."

Broly noticed that Ryu was in a low mood and assumed that she also wanted to have a good fight with the endless monsters, so he changed the subject.

"really?"

"real."

Ryu's spirits rose, prompting Broly to sigh inwardly: "A thrilling battle that requires little thought is truly captivating. Beneath Ryu's gentle exterior lies the fiery heart of a berserker..."

Well, although Broly has a bit of a misunderstanding, it's true that Ryu is eager to kill more monsters that can provide loot and drops.

. . . .

"Well then, Broly, after you level up, remember to come to the guild to update your level information as soon as possible."

Before parting ways with Broly at the entrance to the Tower of Babel, Eina made sure to give the Saiyan boy some final instructions.

"Broly, you're finally back!"

As soon as he returned to the Hearth Hall, Fels ran out to greet him, grabbed his hand with his claws, and pulled him toward the magic laboratory.

"I used bones from different kinds of animals to assemble a new animal skeleton, and then used animals of the same kind and similar size to piece together a complete skeleton. Now, try using your resurrection magic to revive the two skeletons I pieced together in different situations!"

Fels raised his hand toward the magic experiment table, which already had a magic circle inscribed on it to reduce mana consumption.

"By the way, what about the bone regeneration magic you wanted to research?"

Broly asked a question, then began to pour a magic recovery potion into his body while casting a resurrection spell on the animal remains that, though shaped like a chicken, was actually from Pinduoduo.

"Hmm, regenerating broken bones is a bit difficult."

"...Dio Orpheus, so your attempt to research the magic of regenerating broken bones failed?"

After Broly finished reciting the incantation for the resurrection magic, he took the opportunity to ask the following question.

"It's not exactly a failure, it's just that when the broken bone is regenerating, it's a little difficult to control the shape of the regenerating bone."

Fels pointed to a pale, irregularly shaped object next to him and answered the Saiyan boy's question.

"So, this tumbleweed thing is your regenerated broken bone?"

"Yes, the magic that regenerates broken bones is actually very similar to healing magic, but the manipulation of magic is much more difficult than healing magic."

I spent most of the day trying to control the magic, but it still runs rampant in my bones, deforming them. The fact that a bone can grow into the shape of a tumbleweed instead of a withered tree or coral is already the result of my efforts.

But don't worry, what if the bone-repairing plan succeeds?

After the resurrection magic light dissipated, a chimera chicken with features of seven or eight different animals was revealed from within.

The other party raised its head and made a croaking sound before leaning forward and falling onto the magic experiment table, twisting its body in a bizarre posture.

Where the chicken's rear end should have been was covered by a short cat tail, and two paws with different fur were sliding eerily to the sides at different frequencies...

How should I put it? These are different parts of the same body doing different things, and yet the strange resurrected creature's life is still quite stable.

"No matter how you look at it, this doesn't seem like a normal life."

"Okay, even if all the bones are polished into the shape of the same animal skeleton, in the judgment of resurrection magic, those bones will still be judged as the original race."

Fels, however, was not disappointed and placed his hopes on the next pairing.

"Well then, Broly, what do you think of my second combination?"

The remains of a chicken were pieced together from two chickens of the same species and similar size.

Broly administered the potion again, using resurrection magic.

The chicken that was resurrected this time was much better and did not appear in the bizarre chimera form.

After being resurrected, it is just a perfectly normal chicken.

Aside from the fact that the movements looked somewhat uncoordinated, as if two consciousnesses were fighting over a body.

"Hmm, very good. It seems that using bones from different races to repair missing remains is not a viable approach, and using bones from the same race to repair incomplete remains also presents the problem of complex consciousness."

After silently twisting the Chimera Chicken and the disproportionately resurrected chicken, Fels began to record in his magic research notebook.

The page recording the repair of bones from different races was marked with a big X, while the page recording the repair of bones from the same race was written with words like "[The possibility of removing the heretical consciousness that was resurrected along with the alien bones after resurrection - a magical study of partial consciousness erasure and soul destruction]" by Fels, which looked a bit terrifying.

"If bones from different individuals of the same race are not suitable, could we use special materials with high magic conductivity as prosthetic bones to repair remains?"

Fels clearly had many ideas, but this research direction, without even needing to specify the name of the material he was trying to create to fill in the missing parts of the remains, already gave off a faint smell of money (Fali) burning.

(End of this chapter)