Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Culinary Journey Through the Heavens

Chapter 831 This punch, five months of internal energy

Chapter 831 This punch, five months of internal energy

The massive explosion caused by the collision of the magic arrow and the divine arrow quickly attracted the attention of people in the decaying forest.

"Lord Hermes!"

The omnipotent Asphie arrived with her forces to assess the situation. Upon seeing her own god, she charged over with a furious expression.

It turns out that Hermes, a member of the Spring Clan, had taken on a mission to investigate the Rotten Forest some time ago. However, during the investigation, Hermes abandoned all the leadership duties to this omnipotent lady and ran back to Orario alone.

"Do you know how exhausted I've been these past few days, leading people here to stop the monsters and prevent them from spreading? I haven't showered for days, and I've barely slept six hours a night!"

"Asphie, calm down. I'm just going back to Orario to find some help."

In reality, they took Artemis's arrow back to Orario, communicated with the guild god Uranus, explained the situation at the Ruins of Elsos, and then, coinciding with the Luna Festival, they held a spear-pulling event to select the person who could pull out the moon goddess's arrow.

The reason for using this unusual method to select people is that both Uranus and Hermes knew how powerful the god-assassin monster [Andaris] was, and what kind of enormous impact it would have on the world after completely devouring Artemis. They were worried that Orario, which had just stabilized, would once again be plunged into turmoil and panic.

Fortunately, Hermes was lucky, or perhaps Broly was lucky, as Hestia dragged him out of the house to visit the Luna Festival, where they ran into Bell, who was also visiting the festival. The boy, who was having some trouble dealing with his jealous girlfriend, was then pulled into the fun that Hermes had created, and even went on stage to pull out Luna's arrow.

"Lady Hestia, Miss Ais, Lady Riveria, and Mr. Broly—"

Asif greeted Broly and the others before suppressing her anger.

"Lord Hermes, since you actually went back and brought back powerful reinforcements this time, I'll let it slide. However, after this matter is over, you'll have to give me a long vacation!"

Asphie kept rambling on, her face practically screaming "pure oxen and horses." Hermes, true to his reputation as a capitalist among the main gods of Orario, relentlessly exploited the labor of his own clan leader.

"Great! It's Mr. Broly who's come to our aid. Looks like we can just sit back and win this time!"

The Hermes family members were overjoyed when they saw that Broly was their supporter.

What they said puzzled Artemis. When did the Sword Princess and the Nine Demon Princess become so lacking in prestige? They were both supporters, yet the Hermes Familia didn't even mention them, as if Broly's arrival made everyone else unnecessary.

Everyone trusted the boy, which made Artemis look at the Saiyan boy with curiosity.

Although the boy was Orion she found, she didn't have much time to spend with him on the journey, and the only way she could understand Broly was through Hestia's narration.

The pure moon goddess is also unfamiliar with relationships with the opposite sex. She basically listens to whatever Hestia tells her about Broly, without ever actively seeking information about Broly.

"How's the situation here?"

"Andaris, sealed within the ruins, is constantly accumulating power, giving birth to a large swarm of scorpion monsters. The monsters roaming this decaying forest are only a small fraction of the total; the vast majority are surrounding the ruins of Elsos, forming a protective barrier. If you want to enter the ruins, you must first deal with the monster swarm outside."

Asphie answered her own god's question, and their mission in this decaying forest was to slow down the spread of the decaying forest as much as possible and eliminate some of the monsters that wanted to escape. These monsters would inject some special toxins into the trees, thereby accelerating the decay of the forest, or rather, the extraction of life energy.

"Now that the reinforcements have arrived, let's not delay and head straight to the ruins."

"Ah, Lord Hermes, what is the strategy?"

"Ha, do we need something like that? A mere bunch of monsters, how could they possibly compare to a coalition of forty thousand adventurers?"

"Uh, that makes sense."

Asphie slapped her forehead, realizing she had made a foolish mistake. But it was all the fault of her god Hermes, who had dumped a bunch of work on her, leaving her feeling mentally exhausted and sluggish.

"Then I'll lead the way!"

A burly cat-man walked ahead and led the way.

As for the dragon, it remained where it was and was looked after by the Hermes Familia.

"Lady Artemis, do you lack confidence in my abilities?"

Broly, who was following along, slowed down and came to the side of the Moon Goddess, and asked a question.

"Ah, I didn't—"

Artemis instinctively wanted to deny it, but Broly interrupted her directly.

"It's alright. It's normal that you don't know me. I just hope that after I save you this time, you will be willing to continue to get to know me."

After Broly finished speaking, without waiting for Artemis's reply, he quickened his pace to Ais's side and said to the swordswoman, "Ais, let me handle things later."

"Um?"

"Lady Artemis is a little worried, I need to reassure her."

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"Um.

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Ais is still a bit of a quiet person, but she is quick to understand Broly's meaning.

[Let's continue to learn more, if the opportunity really arises————]

Artemis watched the Saiyan boy's back as he walked ahead, and thought to herself.

"Artemis, what's wrong?"

Seeing her suddenly stop, Hestia, who was beside her, also stopped and asked her a question.

"Hestia, I don't know what's wrong with me, I just feel my heart beating a little faster."

Seeing the faint blush rising on Artemis's face, Hestia opened her mouth, unsure of what to say. As a fellow virgin goddess, Hestia, having been a goddess before, knew Artemis's current situation all too well.

After thinking for a moment, Hestia finally spoke: "Artemis, you seem to have fallen for my child."

"Does a racing heart mean you're smitten?"

"Of course, when I was in adversity, I was helped by someone. I can still remember the feeling of my heart racing when Broly approached me and I held his hand when I couldn't recruit any Familiars."

"This feeling isn't as unbearable as I had imagined."

Artemis touched her chest and felt that the feeling of her heart racing was quite nice.

"Good to know. So, after my child goes to save your original form, you can't do something like betraying him after he's done what he did for Orion. Otherwise, even if you are my best friend, Artemis, I will never forgive you."

Hestia reminded her.

"I will not go back on my word, but Orion, can he really save my original body?"

"If he says he can, he definitely can. That kid is incredibly talented, beyond your wildest imagination!"

"Hestia————"

"Um?

"Could you hold this for me?"

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Looking at the moon arrow handed to her by Artemis, Hestia couldn't help but cast a questioning glance at her close friend.

"I entrust this to you for safekeeping, just as you believe he can save me, I also need to believe that he can save me."

"Okay, then I'll hold this for you. You definitely won't need it anyway."

The group moved quickly and soon arrived near the ruins of Elsos, which were surrounded by an astonishing number of scorpion monsters.

Artemis felt a sense of unease upon seeing the massive horde of monsters. Just as she was about to suggest that Broly use his arrows to clear the monsters around the ruins, the Saiyan boy stopped walking and headed directly towards the monster horde.

"Are you just going to let him walk past alone from the front?"

Artemis was about to ask this when the scorpion monster that had spotted Broly charging towards him suddenly exploded as if struck by an unknown force. And with the first one, there was a second, then a third and a fourth—

The scorpion monsters, like moths drawn to a flame, all died within fifty meters of Broly.

"What exactly is this?"

"Gravity magic. Those monsters can't withstand the terrifying gravity around Broly. After rushing a certain distance, they will be crushed to death."

Riveria answered Artemis's question, and the faster the group of mindless monsters ran over, the faster they died.

As Broly walked unimpeded to the entrance of the ruins, the once astonishing scorpion monster horde was reduced to ashes.

Even the fallen magic stones were completely absorbed by the Saiyans who were passing by, who used their absorption touch to turn them into a pile of ashes that could be blown away with a single breath.

The gate to the ruins was violently blasted open with a single punch.

"Broly went in, let's follow."

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Riveria led the way.

Is this reasonable?

Looking at the completely shattered gates of the ruins, Artemis didn't know what to say.

Shouldn't the normal procedure be for her, the goddess of the moon, to come and help open the door?

A group of people followed them inside, where ashes were scattered everywhere in the ruins.

Clearly, there are a large number of monsters here, and it may even be a monster hatchery—you can see many broken eggshells that are dissipating.

He jogged all the way before catching up with the Saiyan boy who was walking ahead.

"What's wrong, Broly?"

Seeing that the other party had stopped and a bunch of scorpion monsters in front of them were pinned to the ground and unable to get up, Riveria couldn't help but ask.

"These monsters seem to be adaptable. After I crushed some of them to death, the newly born monsters gradually became able to withstand the pressure I brought."

"So, Mr. Broly, is it that gravity magic alone isn't enough to crush these monsters?"

Asphi asked the question, and at the same time pulled out an explosive device from her pocket, ready to help.

"That's not the case. However, if I increase the gravity magic further, I'm afraid the ruins themselves won't be able to withstand it."

Broly waved his hand, pointed to the cracks in the wall within the effective range of the gravity magic, and briefly explained the situation.

Artemis: "6"

"The remnants that sealed the ancient monster Andaris are incredibly strong, but before we've even seen the sealed entity, they're about to be broken by Orion's gravity magic, which he released so casually."

"Andaris is a terrifying monster with extremely adaptability. It has the ability to self-reproduce, split, and self-evolve. According to ancient records, the ancient great elves chose to build this ruin to weaken and seal it because they could not kill it. I thought this was just an exaggeration, but seeing how quickly these monsters adapted to Broly's gravity magic, this record may not be an exaggeration, but a reality."

After a pause, Hermes turned to look at the Saiyan boy and said seriously, "Anything that cannot kill Andaris will only make him more terrifying."

"Broly, if you can't deal with the Andaris Matrix later, you might want to prepare for the worst."

Broly glanced at Hermes, offering no comment on the god's words. He simply dispelled the gravity magic, and as a group of scorpion monsters on the ground quickly repaired their damaged bodies and rose to their feet, charging towards him, he raised his hand and slapped each of them.

The scorpion monster, which had adapted to more than twenty times the gravity, was clearly not adapted to Broly's simple physical attacks and was directly smashed into monster fragments.

Broly continued to move freely through the ruins. As he entered the center of the ruins, the scorpion monsters' shells became thicker, but they were still not immune to his physical attacks.

"Waaah~"

Andaris's mother was an enlarged version of a scorpion monster. In terms of size alone, it was on par with the Lone King of the Labyrinth. After Broly and the others arrived at the center of the ruins, it roared in Broly's direction, its voice like the mournful sound of wind blowing through a cave.

"Is Andaris a sentient monster?"

Broly frowned. Perhaps because he had the Demon King's Crystal Core inside him, he could hear the questioning information in the voice of the giant demon.

"This level of monster is close to the monsters in the three major monster-hunting missions for adventurers, and it must have intelligence that surpasses that of normal monsters."

Hermes said.

"Does this guy's roar have any special meaning?"

Asphie was somewhat puzzled.

"It's probably questioning us about why we're allied with the gods."

Riveria replied that, as she also possessed a Demon King's Crystal Core within her body, she could also detect the abnormality in Andaris's roar.

Upon discovering that Andaris was a sentient monster, Broly abandoned his plan to attack immediately. Instead, he stepped forward and began negotiating with the object sealed within the ancient ruins: "I think we can talk!"

Andaris did not refuse, because it sensed the aura of a fellow high-ranking dungeon servant (the Lone King of the Labyrinth) from Broly.

"Waaah~"

Like the cry of a whale, it's as if asking, "What do you want to talk about?"

"You have devoured a goddess, who was an important person to me. I hope you can spit her out to me. In return, I will help you break the seal that this relic has placed on you. As long as you come under my command and obey me, I can protect you and let you live on the surface of the earth from now on."

"Huh?"

The giant scorpion tilted its head, as if asking, "Do you also want to devour the god I've absorbed into my body?"

"Not to devour her, but to rescue her—"

Watching Broly and Andaris's negotiations, Artemis felt a sense of unreality.

It turns out that the way to rescue her true form is by talking to the ancient monster Andaris.

"Ugh!"

Okay, once Andaris realized that Broly's purpose wasn't to devour the god, but to save the god within him, the giant scorpion became enraged. Facing Broly, it assumed a battle stance, its tail gathering energy beams—

"Weren't we having a good discussion? What happened now?"

Asphie was somewhat puzzled.

"This guy seems to think we're traitors to the dungeon."

Riveria offered an explanation.

"Sigh~"

Broly sighed. The ancient monster that devoured Artemis was intelligent, and he had thought the problem could be resolved through negotiation.

"Since you won't listen to reason, then I'll try a different approach—"

Broly's figure disappeared from the spot.

The next moment, an explosion rang out.

The front half of Andaris, the ancient monster, was slammed into the ground of the ruins by a simple punch thrown by the Saiyan who rushed in front of him.

"I've heard you're highly adaptable, so I wonder if you can handle my punch with its near-S power level?"

Andaris, blasted into the ground, convulsed uncontrollably, his carapace shattered.

It looked like it was about to die after just one punch.