Chapter 456: I'm Just a Bit Faster, a Bit Stronger, That's All

The ninth loop opened, the rabbit was sacrificed for the ninth time, repeating the previous loops' journey needs no further words; after obtaining the Crystal Love Set again, Broly this time did not head for the Holy Land of the Sword, but went all the way south, crossing the Red Dragon's Upper Jaw, and arrived at the Fittoa Region of the Asura Kingdom.

Just as he was preparing to hold a Crystal Love Game Exhibition in this territory, he received the guidance of the Human God of this loop.

"Broly, if I were you, I absolutely would not display your Crystal Love Set in this place."

"Why?"

Broly looked at the little Human God with some confusion.

"Didn't you from the previous loop think that using the Crystal Love as a gimmick could better attract more upper-class women to come meet me?"

He asked.

"I don't know the previous loop's situation, but I know this loop's situation; if you display your Crystal Love Set accessories here, then the Boreas Family, the great noble lords of the Fittoa Region, might clash with you personally in order to obtain the Crystal Love in your hands."

The little Human God spoke with a serious air.

"Mere nobles; do you think I would be afraid?"

Broly frowned; in his eyes, this world's nobles and commoners were much the same, after all, once he killed them, their dead appearances were much the same.

"No, you naturally wouldn't be afraid, but killing such a great noble would make your process of searching for unknown capture targets within the Asura Kingdom become fraught with obstacles.

My advice is you can raise the reward for meeting commissions, use copper coins that won't so easily attract great nobles' gazes to attract more commoner-class women to meet.

As for the girls from noble and wealthy merchant families, under my guidance you can very easily meet them; although it's a bit more trouble, it will make your subsequent schedule of searching for capture targets go more smoothly.

What do you think?"

The Human God asked.

"You really are a strange guy; what you say this loop and what you said last loop are actually completely different situations."

Broly was more or less speechless, and started complaining to the little Human God before him.

"I merely adapt to local conditions, to avoid my friend falling into trouble and be able to live a smooth life."

The Human God's words were very sincere; Broly didn't doubt anything, accepted His advice, and switched back to the mode of issuing money-for-meeting commissions.

But if he publicized it under the name of a Crystal Love Game Exhibition, then Sauros Boreas Greyrat, as the lord of the Fittoa Region, upon hearing the reputation of the Crystal of Love Accessories, would definitely invite Broly to his home to display the Crystal Love.

He would even hope Broly would split off the necklace from the Crystal Love Set, wanting to buy it to give to his cute granddaughter as a third birthday gift.

Broly would refuse to sell and thus generate some conflict with the other party; the Human God did not err in foreseeing this part, but what He did err in foreseeing was that upon seeing Lord Sauros's little granddaughter, Broly would give the entire Crystal Love Set to her.

And Sauros and his son Philip, because his displayed sincerity was too thorough, would be willing to let him interact with his granddaughter (daughter), Alice Boreas, who was just about to turn three.

Pity, all of this took a turn because of the Human God's proposal.

In the 1st month of Dragon Calendar Year 408, the two-year-old-plus Red Lion, mischievously digging dirt in her home's courtyard, heard a passing maid mention that a strange halfling adventurer had come to the city who would give a not-insignificant amount of copper coins to any woman who went to meet him, yet she didn't care at all.

At this age she had no concept of money; even if she had a concept later, a mere few dozen copper coins would absolutely not be placed in the eyes of her, born into a great noble family.

Broly only lingered in the Fittoa territory for half a month, and just like before when he didn't find a capture target, he departed for the next place.

As for Buena Village, that was just a remote little village; when Broly was preparing to head in that direction, he was interrupted by the Human God and guided to another village instead, not even passing through there.

And in the Human God's future vision, if Broly passed through that place, there was a certain probability he would encounter, in that village, a green-haired baby girl who had been born less than half a year ago.

Benefiting from the Human God's help, Broly arrived empty-handed at the Royal Capital named after the Ancient Hero Ars in the Asura Kingdom.

And this place was also the location of the Mizugami-ryu Main Dojo; after arriving here, Broly eagerly took his King Dragon Sword, found the Mizugami-ryu Main Dojo, and told the people at the front door outright that he wanted to spar with the current Water God.

In this regard, the Mizugami-ryu was more civilized than the Sword God Style; no one made him prove his strength or anything; the Mizugami-ryu disciple at the door went in to report, then came out to invite him in and even poured him a cup of tea.

"Are you here to challenge me?"

Broly waited in the lounge for a while before someone slid open the wooden door and walked in, asking him.

"This person is Water God Rida Lilia."

The little Human God introduced the graceful woman opposite; the current Water God Rida was vastly different from the old crone she would be twenty-plus years later.

Although her actual age was already nearly forty, she maintained herself extremely well, looking at most twenty-eight or thirty.

Her figure was full, a faint smile on her face, but she inwardly restrained a sharp edge unique to swordsmen.

"I want to spar with you in swordsmanship."

Broly stated his purpose again.

"King Dragon Sword, are you Karlman the Second's child?"

The woman's gaze paused on the King Dragon Sword for a moment, then asked.

"This I won, from Kalman III's hands."

Broly shook his head in denial, explaining the sword's origin.

"Able to win against the Hero's Son's descendant, looks like you're a very capable person."

Rida Lilia praised a sentence, then said: "However, you want to challenge me, yet you do need to prove a bit……"

"My own strength, right."

Broly answered first, only to see the woman opposite shake her head: "Not strength, but financial resources; you need to first pay two Asura Gold Coins. If you win against me, the money will be returned in full, but if you lose, I'll take your challenge fee. How about it?"

"Water God Rida counts as a money-making expert; guys who want to challenge her, if they lack confidence in their own strength, will always hesitate before the high challenge fee.

And guys who are confident in their own strength will then be defeated before her powerful Mizugami-ryu swordsmanship, and have their high tuition collected.

However, what this paid challenge brings is that the opponent very rarely maims or kills the challenger during the sword bout.

Basically, it's much the same as receiving swordsmanship instruction training, except the sparring partner is the Water God; two gold coins can count as this Mizugami-ryu head's sparring fee."

The little Human God explained.

"This works too."

Broly clicked his tongue in amazement, fished out two Asura Gold Coins from the Crystal Palace, and placed them on the table before him, pushing them over.

"I've received your challenge fee; then, please come with me."

Rida smiled cheerfully, took the money on the table, and led Broly deeper into the dojo.

The Mizugami-ryu Main Dojo's disciples looked to be many more than the Sword God Style Main Dojo's disciples.

Of course, quality couldn't compare; the Sword God Style side, a good half were Sword Saints.

And here, Upper Swordsmen are a minority; there are Sword Saints and Sword Kings, but they are all doing the work of instructors.

"Among the swordsmen she defeated, some chose to stay at this dojo and serve as swordsmanship teachers; among these people, there are those who want to learn even more exquisite Water God Style swordsmanship from her, and there are also simply lechers who just want to spend a night with this Water God..."

The small god's incessant chatter gave Broly an even deeper understanding of the Water God walking ahead.

He was brought to an empty training room, where Water God Leda stood opposite him, drew a real sword, and simply let him choose whether to attack first or second.

From the perspective of the Sword God Style, which advocates an ideology of fast, accurate, and ruthless, letting the opponent attack first means giving up the first-strike advantage; but from the perspective of the Water God Style, which advocates a defensive counterattack ideology, attacking first is a disadvantaged opening.

But according to what the small god said, this Water God takes money to do the job, and gives challengers two chances, mainly providing a backhand-and-forehand education.

"I'll attack first then."

Broly thought for a moment, then decided to attack first; he planned to first experience this Water God's swordsmanship.

"Good."

Rida Lilia agreed with a smile, then held her sword horizontally before her body, assuming a standard Water God Style middle guard stance.

"Whoosh—"

The next moment, the sound of a sword blade slicing through the air rang out; even in a Low Ki state, even without specifically using Sword God Style swordsmanship, Broly's sword swing speed was extremely fast.

However, before he could cut down his target, he stopped, because as his opponent, Water God Leda's sword had already gotten there a step ahead and was pressed against his throat.

Broly had to admit, the God Rank powerhouses in this world all have two spears; under equal Ki conditions, not knowing the opponent's moves, he would always eat defeat.

And whether it's the Death God, or the Sword God, or the Water God before him, they all count as figures of the same level, just with different areas of expertise.

【Quasi-Emperor Level swordsmanship standard?】

Because Broly did not use Sword God Style swordsmanship, this caused Water God Leda to make some assessment errors regarding his strength.

"I concede."

This person politely said one sentence, then retracted her sword.

"I heard you give people two chances, to experience different feelings."

Broly also retracted his sword, and asked directly.

"You've done some homework, haven't you? That's right, I give paying challengers two chances, at least making them feel their challenge of me counts as getting their money's worth. My turn to attack first, you prepare yourself."

Broly retreated to his original position, and right before Water God Leda's face, began imitating the Water God's Secret Art he had learned from Orsted.

"What, Sword Domain Deprivation, how would you...?"

Seeing the Sixth Mystery he had created by combining two Water God's Secret Arts being used by the boy opposite, Rida Lilia was greatly shocked.

"I learned this move from the Dragon God."

Broly spoke the truth.

"The Dragon God, I've met him before, he's a terrifying guy, but I've never fought him, let alone revealed this mystery in front of him..."

"He is an existence capable of continuously tracing back time; perhaps on other traced-back timelines, you fought him, and he learned the move."

"Trace back time?"

Rida Lilia was somewhat puzzled.

"You revealing the Dragon God's time tracing ability like this, you really don't hesitate at all."

The small god retorted.

"No one told me to keep it secret."

Broly righteously replied with a sentence.

"Your words are hard to believe, but right now I can only choose to believe them; however, you use my mystery in front of me, are you sure you want to do this?"

"If I don't do this, how else would I know the gap between the Water God Style I've mastered and the Water God Style you've mastered?"

"Fine."

Rida Lilia also changed her opening attack stance, switching to using the same Sword Domain Deprivation, then moved her feet and slowly approached Broly, using her formidable learning ability to imitate a (Pseudo) Sword Domain Deprivation.

Between the two people's auras, the sound of clashing swords gradually exploded, but unlike the Sword God Style's wild bombardment, it was like a babbling stream, *hualala*, ringing continuously without end.

However, after all, it wasn't true flowing water; once Water God Leda closed to within two meters before him, Broly lost. His behavior of showing off the opponent's self-created mystery before the Water God, and the original future Water God facing Orsted who had done his homework, are actually the same.

Unless he used his own super high basic stats to buff himself, otherwise failure is a perfectly reasonable thing.

"You lost."

Rida Lilia said.

"Yes, I lost."

Broly straightforwardly admitted defeat.

"Can we talk about the Dragon God?"

"What's there to talk about?"

"I can instruct you on the insufficiencies of your Water God Style swordsmanship."

Leda thought for a moment, then offered a benefit.

"Alright, what do you want to talk about?"

"The Dragon God's time tracing, and the matter of you knowing my Sword Domain Deprivation mystery."

"I don't know much clearly; the time tracing is a secret technique the Ancient Dragon Clan's first Dragon God cast on the modern Dragon God. As for Sword Domain Deprivation, in one reincarnation I fought him, saw him use it, and then self-taught to learn it."

"Your words are hard for me to believe; after all, you can't even beat me, how could you possibly deal with the Dragon God, who is second among the strong..."

The Water God's words had just fallen, when the sword in her hand directly flew out of her grip.

"I never said I would fight him using the power and speed I used to spar with you."

Rida Lilia felt her tiger's mouth go numb, looking at the boy before her who had already sheathed his sword; just now, the moment her sword was knocked flying, she, as the Water God, actually didn't react in time; that sword's speed was too fast, faster than the Sword God's drawing speed she had ever seen.

"With just this kind of speed and power, do you still need to accept my instruction?"

She asked.

"I'm just a bit faster, a bit stronger, but my Water God Style swordsmanship isn't that strong."

Broly explained.

"Alright, if you need it, then I'll properly instruct you in Water God Style Swordsmanship."

Broly's statement of a tiny bit convinced Rida Lilia, who experienced it firsthand.

Therefore, she decided to fulfill the verbal agreement and instruct Broly's Water God Style Swordsmanship.

(Chapter End)