Chapter 445

Having filled his belly, Broly began his new loop's journey.

He spent four days taking care of a pile of matters from the previous loop, then returned to the Raudia clan's forest.

This time, without putting that giant white wolf's Beast Race guardian Holy Beast on the grill, he was not hunted down by a group of Raudia clan beastman warriors.

But due to missing some actions in this loop, his reputation was not prominent at this time.

So, when he tried to enter a Raudia clan village, he encountered questioning from the beastman warriors guarding the village entrance.

"Halflings are all a bunch of petty thieves, outsider. If you dare steal anything after entering our village, watch out — we'll chop off your hands!"

The beastmen of this Tedrudia clan village had a poor impression of halflings.

The reason was that not long ago, halfling thieves who passed through their village and rested there stole things from within their clan.

Although the stolen items were nothing precious, this behavior of taking without asking still worsened the impression of the straightforward beastman warrior before him toward halflings.

Of course, if Broly had arrived here a bit later, perhaps the Tedrudia beastmen here would have forgotten this matter and would not have vented the actions of other halfling thieves on him.

"I don't steal. In fact, I'm a traveler searching for my Destined Partner. I wonder if there are any good girls in your village."

Beastmen are mostly straightforward in temperament, so Broly chose to speak directly.

"Huh? You little halfling runt, you actually dare covet our village's girls?"

The Tedrudia clan beastman warrior at the village entrance got a bit angry, but before he could act, Broly pulled out the stewed meat dish he had bought at a decent restaurant in the Milishion Holy Kingdom before coming here, and said: "I'll use this stewed meat dish as payment."

Smelling the fragrance in the air, the dog-eared beastman warrior's voice caught; the aroma made him swallow his saliva, but the expression on his face still held some contempt: "Just this little bit..."

Before he finished speaking, Broly produced more plates, each filled with fragrant stewed meat dishes.

"As long as your village's girls are willing to let me see them for a moment, I'm willing to treat them to a free stewed meat feast. Of course, if you're also willing to help me with this, I can treat you too."

The fragrance of the stewed meat hooked the beastman warrior's gluttony.

"You're not a human trafficker, are you?"

The beastman warrior began to doubt Broly's identity.

"I'm just one person."

Broly shrugged, indicating his harmlessness.

"I can't decide this matter, but I can go ask our Leader.

*Gulp* — however, you must prove your food has no problem."

"Here."

Broly handed over the stewed meat in his hand.

"I'll go and come right back; you watch him."

The cat-eared beastman warrior watched his dog-eared companion run off with the plates, his expression twitching as he really wanted to say something, but perhaps because Broly this outsider was present, he said nothing.

Not long after, the Tedrudia clan's Clan Chief arrived. Gustav Tedrudia looked at the halfling boy at the village entrance, frowned, and asked: "Are you the one preparing to find a spouse in our village?"

"I just want to see your village's women for a moment."

"That way of putting it sounds just like a slave trader selecting goods about to be stocked."

Gustav narrowed his eyes, revealing a somewhat dangerous look.

"What slave trader would be so foolish as to say such a thing right in front of you?"

Broly retorted.

"I truly came to search for my Destined Partner, who may exist in your village."

He declared his purpose once more.

"If you truly want to find a spouse in our village, the food you've offered isn't enough, even if it smells good."

"I know. But this is just a meeting gift. If the person I'm looking for isn't here, then it's simply treating those who came to see me to a free stewed meat meal."

"I'll be watching you."

"Fine."

"Bring your stewed meat and come in with me."

Gustav actively hosted him.

And just as Broly understood the beastman race from the previous loop, as long as he brought food as a gift, most beastman villages would give him a decent reception.

Especially in winter, this beastman village was no exception; they welcomed Broly who came bearing food.

"Call out all the women in the village, whether old or young. Our village has a generous guest today who wants to treat them to a big meal!"

Gustav clapped his hands and summoned the villagers to prepare a banquet.

"Esteemed halfling sir, our village has quite a few women. I wonder if the food you brought is enough?"

"Not enough, but I can go hunt new ingredients and make fresh stewed meat on the spot."

After placing the restaurant-bought stewed meat dishes on the ground, Broly ran out, and two beastman warriors followed him out at the signal of Clan Chief Gustav.

However, after following him out of the village entrance, the two beastman warriors saw the halfling boy leap once and *whoosh* — fly away.

After staring at each other in bewilderment with the beastman warriors guarding the village gate for a while, the two could only return to the village and report this situation to the Clan Chief.

Upon learning Broly had flown away, Gustav was a bit dazed, but after the daze he said: "Forget it. Whatever that guy is, anyway this food is edible.

If he has no ill intent, we'll host him well when he returns; but if he has ill intent, our blades can also slay our enemies!"

As the Tedrudia clan's Clan Chief possessing Saint Rank strength, Gustav was very confident.

However, this confidence turned to shock when Broly flew back carrying a Blue Dragon corpse.

"Clan Chief, if this person has ill intent, it seems we can't beat him."

Although the Blue Dragon is only a Rank A Subjugation Level magic beast, anything hooked to a dragon is inevitably a difficult existence to deal with.

With this village's strength, mobilizing all warriors might be able to subjugate one Blue Dragon, but it would inevitably exact a heavy price.

Like Broly, who left for just a moment and flew back carrying a Blue Dragon — any warrior could understand the gap.

This made the dog-eared beastman warrior lean in by his Clan Chief's ear to remind him.

"So, this person shouldn't have any bad intentions.

Go, bring out the dried fish and dried meat from the warehouse."

"Eh, but that's our village's reserve food for the winter."

*Smack—*

The dog-eared beastman warrior who was speaking took a slap directly to the back of the head from his own Clan Chief.

"The guest brought a Blue Dragon here, and our village won't even put out some dried meat?"

A fresh Blue Dragon corpse let Broly receive this village's enthusiastic treatment.

"Come, Broli-sama, I toast you a cup. This is fine wine brewed by my wife from tree fruits picked in autumn."

"Thanks, but I don't drink alcohol."

Gustav wanted to drink heartily with him, but was refused by Broly; the Good Wine-loving Aqua Master, however, had prohibited him from drinking before coming of age.

Broly used Water Creation to make himself a cup of water; a little catgirl was lying prone at the table front, watching this magical scene, and the tail behind her butt couldn't help but start wagging.

"This is my granddaughter Linia."

Gustav picked up the little catgirl and introduced her to Broly.

"The halfling Big Brother who carried a Blue Dragon to our village and treated us to a big meal, is that magic?"

The mere two-year-old little catgirl, lying on her grandpa's arm, asked somewhat cutely.

"It's magic."

Broly nodded, condensed a small waterball, and started amusing this little guy.

And just when the little catgirl was grabbing the waterball in front of her to play, a little doggirl secretly slipped to Gustav's side and swiped the stewed meat cooking that should have been divided to the little catgirl.

"Eh, where's my meat?"

By the time Linia wanted to eat something, she discovered the leaf bowl originally holding stewed meat on the table had disappeared.

The little catgirl sniffed with her nose to search, and arrived in front of the little doggirl.

"Pulsenna, it was you who stole my stewed meat, right?!"

"I don't know what you're talking about."

The little doggirl had a completely innocent look.

If Broly hadn't watched her eat it along with the leaf bowl, one might have believed her.

"This is the Yadrudia Clan Chief's granddaughter, and also the daughter of this Yadrudia Warrior Chief Tirutilia."

The Tedrudia Clan Chief Gustav introduced the little doggirl's identity to Broly.

"It's thanks to Clan Chief Gustav's light that we also get to eat Blue Dragon meat."

The dog-eared beastman man at the side said with a laugh; he was merely a guest on the Tedrudia side.

"To tell the truth, it's not thanks to my light, but thanks to the light of the girls in our village."

Gustav spoke, and looked at Broly.

"Broli-sama, have you found someone to your liking?

Rest assured, a male like you who can hunt a Blue Dragon alone, most of the age-appropriate girls in our village should be willing to combine with you and form a family.

As long as you can obtain their parents' recognition."

The Tedrudia village's beastman view on marriage is somewhat conservative.

But pity, there isn't the person Broly wants to find here.

"Very regrettable, your village doesn't have the person I'm looking for."

Broly shook his head.

"Then Broli-sama, would you like to go be a guest at our Yadrudia village side?"

Hearing these words, Tirutilia, who knew why Broly had treated them to a big meal, invited him.

A halfling honored guest who can bring a Blue Dragon corpse as a noble greeting, probably any beast race village would welcome.

"Okay."

Broly did not refuse.

And the young catgirl and doggirl over there had also decided the win/loss by this time.

The young little doggirl was smart, but based on her current age, she still didn't have the IQ to crush the little catgirl.

Under Linia's relentless entanglement, she paid out her own stewed meat as compensation.

The little catgirl was very happy.

But Broly knew, the compensation cooking she obtained had already been partially eaten by the little doggirl.

Soon, Broly spent one week on the Raudia territory.

This one week, Broly walked through all of the Raudia's multiple branch village clans.

And the fact proved, there wasn't the target he wanted to find here.

However, Broly did see the White Giant Wolf from the previous loop, whom he had knocked out and tied onto a roasting rack.

The other party's name is Leo; his attitude toward him is very friendly.

"The Holy Beast-sama is still rarely this friendly to outsiders; Broli-sama is definitely a pure-hearted halfling!"

Praised so by several Raudia Clan Chiefs, Broly felt somewhat ashamed.

After all, in the previous loop, he had nearly roasted the Holy Beast-sama before his eyes.

"I feel your Holy Beast-sama simply likes eating the food I brought."

"No, Holy Beast-sama isn't that shallow; your body definitely has some temperament attracting Holy Beast-sama."

Clan Chief Gustav does not believe his own Holy Beast-sama would be a gluttonous wolf.

"Perhaps, in the future, you will become the hero who saves this world."

Clan Chief Broli also spoke.

Who says beastmen don't know how to flatter people? Look, they've already puffed him up.

Of course, this might actually not be flattery.

Because in the beastmen's legends, Holy Beast Leo-sama chooses to follow by the side of the hero who saves the world.

"If there is a need..."

Broly didn't mind, spreading his arms and hugging the big white wolf before him.

"Last time, I'm truly sorry."

He apologized in a small voice by the big white wolf's ear, then took out his apology gift.

Various delicious foods and ingredients he had personally hunted or purchased were all placed before Leo.

"Wuu~"

The big white wolf let out a happy sound, then rubbed its big head against Broly's face, its tongue even licking him.

"Then, everyone of the Raudia clan, I shall take my leave here. Thank you for your care these past days."

Finishing his interaction with the Holy Beast, Broly bid farewell to the several beastman clan chiefs before him.

"No, it is we who thank you for your consideration."

After both sides exchanged thanks, Broly took flight under the gazes of the many beastmen.

The next place to search for is the Magic Continent.

And the Human God also came back online after being offline for many days.

Upon coming online, He immediately asked: "Have you found the capture target?"

Broly shook his head: "No."

Soon, he arrived at the last harbor town on the Miris Continent.

But it was in Zante Port City's blacksmith shop that he bought a top-quality iron sword.

"With your strength, do you still need to use a weapon?"

The small Human God felt it was a bit strange; He had personally witnessed the boy bare-handedly hunt a Blue Dragon.

"I'm preparing to practice swordsmanship a bit."

Broly replied.

"Practice swordsmanship for what?"

"To deal with the Dragon God."

"Is that guy that strong?"

The small Human God asked; this loop's He does not carry memories from other loops.

And Orsted hasn't shown his face much in this loop.

So, He hasn't really noticed his existence either.

"Uh, that's not it either; I can easily deal with him with one hand."

"Then why do you still need to practice swordsmanship?"

"Practicing swordsmanship is to repay him for helping me quickly restart last time."

"Hm?"

The small Human God was a bit confused.

"Every time Orsted comes looking, I easily handle him, and I feel that's not too good.

So, I want to practice swordsmanship, suppress my own strength a bit, and when he comes looking again, I can use a combat method I'm not good at to give him more combat experience."

Broly explained his reason for practicing swordsmanship.

The Human God was silent for a while, then retorted: "Broly, you really do repay kindness!"

(Chapter End)