Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Gourmet Journey

Chapter 763: Injuries Help Saiyans Grow, Transforming the Boy Bell into Daigo of the Team~
"Ah, it's the Loki Familia's combined expeditionary force! They're back!"

Three days later, Broly returned to the surface with the expeditionary force.

"Wow, this is really lively. By the way, aren't these people getting a little too excited?"

As a member of the expeditionary force, Broly, who was making a ruckus in the middle of the road with the team, looked with some curiosity at the city residents who lined the streets to welcome them.

"The dungeons are the reason for Orario's prosperity, but they are also a hidden danger to the city. In the past, there have been many instances of monsters from the dungeons trying to break out of them."

Therefore, the act of exploring unknown territories and conquering dungeons will be regarded as heroic by the people of this city.

Honor, status, wealth—these are the glory that those who dare to venture into the labyrinthine levels of the unknown can enjoy.

Finn explained why the people welcomed the expeditionary force, which was also why the top-tier clans were willing to spend huge sums of money, even risking their lives, to carry out dungeon expeditions time and time again.

On the surface, it is an expedition, but in reality, it is a pursuit of wealth, fame, and status.

"Of course, the main contributor to the success of this expedition is you, Broly. Our clan will never take your glory for ourselves. Should I ask everyone in the clan to help spread the word about you?"

Finn asked the Saiyan boy.

"Having a good reputation has many advantages. For example, when it comes to recruiting new members for a clan, you don't have to go out on the streets to recruit people like small clans do. Instead, many high-quality talents will come to join because of the clan's reputation..."

Chongjie Grace said something from the side, while his severe burns had already been healed by a large amount of medical medication when he came out.

"However, being too famous also has some drawbacks."

"What are the drawbacks?"

Broly looked at Riveria.

"For your Hestia Familia, the biggest drawback is probably that the Familia level will be greatly increased."

As for the low-tax benefits that the lowest-level exploration family originally enjoyed, they will return to their original state, or even exceed it.

Of course, more taxes also mean that your clan will have more say in Orario, but it will be less friendly to clans with insufficient core strength.

Before novice adventurers can make a lot of money, they will face the exorbitant income tax levied by high-level clans within the guild.

Generally speaking, high-level clans will use the commission earned by high-level adventurers within the clan to subsidize the high-yield tax losses of low-level adventurers within the clan. However, in your case, you will probably have to subsidize the entire clan by yourself.

The more people there are, the more taxes and subsidies are needed. While it's possible to manage without subsidies, it would negatively impact the training of new family members.

Riveria analyzed that fame has both advantages and disadvantages. For the Loki Familia, the advantages definitely outweigh the disadvantages, but for a small, newly established family, the disadvantages are more significant. As the saying goes, "People are afraid of becoming famous, just as pigs are afraid of growing fat; a tree with deep roots is easy to fall."

However, Broly, who can wreak havoc in unknown territories, has very strong legs. Even if the core strength of the Hestia Familia is not very good, it would be difficult for him to fall.

"Broly, you can discuss this with Lady Hestia first. Once you have a plan for the development of your own clan, we will cooperate with you."

Until then, we will keep the specific details of this expedition confidential.

Of course, at most a day or two will be enough before we have to report to the guild.

Otherwise, the guild members will come knocking on our door.

"Broly, let's go back to the clan first, and we'll come find you tomorrow."

When the Allied Expeditionary Force parted ways, Tiona turned to the side and waved goodbye to him. Her energetic appearance made it impossible to tell that this girl had just returned from an expedition to the dungeon, and that their main purpose in returning was to update their personal ability values.

Broly stood there, waving goodbye to the Amazonian girl.

"Nabroly, I also need to go back to my clan first."

After Tsubaki left, she also spoke to him, but indicated that she might go to the Hearth Fire Mansion with her goddess that night.

This half-dwarf lady was missing the warm hot spring pool of the Hearthfire House and the Saiyan boy's comfortable scrubbing and massage.

Although he and Broly shared a tent and had some physical intimacy every night in the dungeon, the place was inappropriate and they had to consider other people's feelings, so it always felt a bit superficial.

Now that I'm back, I naturally want to do more and more comprehensive things properly and seriously. To put it simply, Chun wants to do a simple addition math problem with Broly.

After Chun left, Broly took out the communication magic stone from his body. After learning that Hestia was on holiday and did not need to go to work, he went straight back to the Hearth House.

As soon as he entered, unsurprisingly, Hestia, the loli goddess, pounced on him, her ample bosom seemingly trying to suffocate him.

"Broly, you're finally back! I missed you so much~"

"Yes, Lady Hestia, I miss you very much too."

Broly didn't struggle. Instead, he hugged Hestia, who was clinging to him, and took a deep breath into her chest, inhaling the scent of the goddess with a hint of lavender.

“Broly…”

"Ok?"

"Have you grown taller?"

The expected showdown with the goddess at the entrance didn't happen; instead, Hestia suddenly asked Broly this question.

"You used to only reach my chest, and when I held you, you would just squeeze in, but now..."

Hestia lowered her legs from the indecent position of having them wrapped around the boy's waist, only to find that her feet could no longer touch the ground while Broly was holding her.

"Hey, it seems like I've grown a bit taller."

Broly put the goddess down and realized that he could now look Hestia in the eye, which made him realize what had happened.

"No wonder I've been feeling a bit itchy lately..."

I initially thought it was a broken bone that hadn't set properly, but now it seems it's just part of my body's development.

After Broly entered this world, he started moving at six times the normal speed. If his physical age was based on the timeline of his original world, then six days here would be equivalent to one day in the Dragon Ball world.

It has been more than half a month since I discovered that I could get an erection, but in the Dragon Ball world, that's only a few days.

This physical development is related to the incident three days ago when the Filthy Fairy slammed him into the ground. Before their physical development, Saiyans maintain a juvenile state for a long time. This is so that when they conquer certain planets, the juvenile form can reduce the vigilance of the people on other planets.

When they begin to develop, and during this period they engage in fierce battles, especially when they are injured, their bodies will enter a faster development phase in order to gain greater fighting abilities.

Although a broken bone is a minor injury, it undoubtedly represents a threat to Broly's body from the outside world, which in turn accelerates his physical development.

Others who were with him might have noticed, or they might not have noticed at all. No one told him anything. Broly himself was rather oblivious, but Hestia only reminded him after he returned.

"Your body has developed, but you don't know if other parts of your body have developed as well?"

Hestia pulled the boy into the room and immediately began examining him. "Hmm, his development is excellent. He's grown from 11 to 15 already?"

Hestia was very satisfied. Broly's second ability panel on his back had reached 15 seconds, and fighting monsters above his level had given him a lot of experience bonuses.

"Broly, Bell has been promoted two levels."

After copying down the values ​​from the second ability panel, Hestia suddenly brought up the boy's story.

"Huh, so fast? Is Bell's ability stat full yet? Can't he break through his limit?"

Broly was somewhat surprised.

"He's reached his limit, and he's broken through it. However, unlike your gradual S-rank breakthroughs, Bell's stats panel shows SS after breaking through, but the subsequent growth of his stats is very slow. It's probably not because he mastered your warrior race's skills, but simply because of his own talent..."

Hestia sighed. When she first saw Bell's limit-breaking status, she thought it was because he was so eager for that special skill that he perfectly replicated Broly's warrior race skill. But it didn't happen. Unlike Broly's straight-up growth curve with almost no flatness, Bell's growth curve for all his abilities after breaking the limit was close to a horizontal line.

Although there is still a slight increase, it is very slow, with only a dozen or so points added in two days. Well, this number is already exaggerated compared to other adventurers, but Hestia has eaten Broly, who is even better.

"If there's growth, why the rush to upgrade?"

Broly didn't quite understand. Adventurers weren't necessarily better off leveling up as quickly as possible. On the contrary, if an adventurer leveled up too quickly without improving their stats, it was very likely that a high-level adventurer with low stats would be unable to defeat a low-level adventurer with high stats.

“Although the combat skills he learned from you are enough for him to explore the middle-level dungeons with a Lv.1 stat, some time ago, his team with Takemikazuchi's child encountered a strengthened monster on the 21st floor and went through a life-or-death battle that almost resulted in casualties. Bell felt his own strength was insufficient, so…”

Rather than exploring his hidden strength, the boy prioritized the safety of his companions when going into the dungeon with him, which led him to choose to level up instead of developing his current level's abilities to their limit.

"Well, that's good. Miss Eina once said that adventurers who are always on the move are more likely to die, but adventurers who know when to stop can live longer."

Broly nodded in approval of Bell's upgrade decision.

"The Divine Conference will be held soon, and the gods will give names to the children who have just reached Level 2 but do not yet have a name. Broly, what name do you think would be good for Bell?"

"How about the prison players?"

The thought popped into Broly's head, and he answered instinctively.

"What does it mean?"

Hestia looked over with a puzzled expression.

"Uh, I mean, the team's shining star."

"Hmm, that's not bad. Bell chose to upgrade for the sake of the team."

Hestia nodded in approval and decided to propose this new name to the boy at the upcoming council of gods in a few days.

Broly sat up, put on his clothes, and asked Hestia about whether they would become famous after the expedition.

"Developing a strong family reputation is indeed important, but the income tax that comes with raising the family's rank is a dilemma..."

Hestia sat cross-legged on the bed, crossed her arms, and pondered for a while before coming to a conclusion: rather than seeking fame and new recruits, it would be better to quietly amass wealth. At worst, she could wait until she encountered outstanding talents before taking the initiative to contact them and show them the true strength of her clan.

Of course, the main reason is that with more children, the deity himself will be busy, and just regularly updating the children's ability values ​​is a task in itself.

Rather than busying herself with other unfamiliar children, Hestia preferred to take care of Broly, a familiar child.

"If you encounter a girl who doesn't have a familiar and is someone you want to meet, you could try recruiting her. But as for developing a large-scale familiar, I don't think it's necessary yet."

Hestia formulated a development strategy for the Familia, which was to build the Familia around Broly. Bell, the boy who had already joined, was an exception. Ideally, the children who would join the Familia later would all be people Broly wanted to meet. Hestia felt that this was the most suitable scenario.

Well, the gods are the patriarchs, and with that status, Hestia felt that her position as the queen in Broly's harem was secure.

"Broly, now that I've checked your stat growth, shall I check the growth in other areas?"

Hestia looked at the boy's crotch, and just as she was about to take off his pants, there was a loud knocking on the door.

Did I disturb you?

Fels stood at the door, looking at the displeased loli goddess who opened the door, and asked.

"Miss Fool, is there anything I can help you with?"

"Yes, it's about resurrection magic."

Fels nodded.

"Our previous resurrection experiment using other materials to repair the remains failed. The repaired parts of the resurrected chickens began to show varying degrees of necrosis three to five days after their resurrection..."

After taking the returned Saiyan boy to the magic laboratory, Fels introduced the somewhat pessimistic results of the magical experiments on reviving incomplete subjects.

"Resurrection magic is essentially the stitching together of the soul and body. Those parts that are filled and repaired with other materials do not have the soul stitched in. They are like necrotic, rotten flesh, which cannot be repaired even with healing magic or panaceas."

The only surviving resurrected chicken in the experimental cage was on its last breath, with some empty bottles of Panacea lying next to it.

Clearly, Fels had tried many methods, regardless of the cost, to save its life from imminent demise, but none of them had worked.

"Then what can I do?"

Broly tried using healing magic, but it didn't work, so he couldn't help but ask.

"I think the new resurrection experiment is about the choice of repair materials. These are chicken prosthetic materials specially made from the Dean Clan."

Fels placed the newly pieced-together dead chicken remains in front of Broly, indicating that he should help him use the resurrection magic that only the luckiest could use.

"Hey, the prosthetic limbs of the Dean Clan, I remember they were quite expensive, right?"

After Broly cast the resurrection spell, he asked instinctively.

"A chicken, nearly a quarter of its remains, cost only 500 million fares."

Fels nodded, grabbed the five hundred million chickens that had been resurrected, and locked them in a cage.

"No wonder it's a project that can put the entire Mih clan in debt."

Broly sighed and asked, "Do you have enough funding for your research?"

"You don't need to worry about research funding; I can earn it back by selling a few magic books."

"Fels said inhumanly."

As a magic researcher, she can burn through money, but her money-making speed is also exceptional.

(End of this chapter)