Chapter 458

"Princess Ariel?"

A look of confusion surfaced on Broly's face; he had absolutely no impression of this name.

"It's the little princess we saw in the Asura Royal Palace half a month ago.

At that time, assassins just happened to attempt to assassinate her, you happened to run into it, and you stepped in to deal with those assassins."

The little Human God reminded him from the side.

"Oh, it's her."

Only then did Broly recall; there was indeed such an incident.

"After that little brat was saved by you, she seemed to have developed a favorable impression of you; the person before you has come precisely because of this."

"But I remember that I shouldn't have revealed my identity at the time."

When Broly, guided by the Human God, went to the Asura Royal Palace to search for a capture target, he happened to encounter the little Princess Ariel being assassinated by assassins.

Because the other party was a child, Broly simply lent a hand to help, but after just killing the assassins, he dusted off his hands and left.

The only words he spoke were comforting ones like "You are safe now"; logically speaking, no one should have come looking for him.

"You indeed didn't reveal your identity, but the swordsmanship you used to kill the assassins exposed you — the exquisite Water God Style swordsmanship, plus a user who looks like a child; with these two conditions stacked together, who doesn't know you are the new disciple Water God Leda took in, especially since the Water God even gave you the title of Water Emperor and held many meet-and-greet tea parties for you among the Asura Kingdom's upper nobility."

"Alright."

Broly shrugged his shoulders, not caring about the issue of his identity being exposed at all.

"Sorry, I have no interest in being anyone's guardian knight."

He directly refused the man before him.

"You just have no interest in being the guardian knight of someone who isn't a capture target acknowledged by your Crystal Palace."

The little Human God retorted from the side.

"Isn't that only natural?"

Broly countered; without Crystal Palace certification and without any relationship, isn't it just like that?

"Broly-sama, please consider it; the Asura King is willing to offer a generous reward."

The man before him hurriedly spoke.

This was the first request the little Princess Ariel had made; the Asura King, as the little princess's father, was also willing to do his utmost to fulfill his daughter's wish, and at the same time for his daughter's safety, he entrusted the task of recruiting Water Emperor Broly to him.

"Ariel Anemoi Asura, the Second Princess of the Asura Kingdom; because women of the Asura Kingdom also have the right to inherit the throne, ever since her birth, that little Princess has encountered a continuous string of assassination attempts.

The majority come from the factions of other princes who might inherit the throne in the future, and her biological mother queen passed away not long after giving birth to her, destined to let this little Princess experience a gray childhood filled with fear and dread in the future.

But now, she has finally encountered the first boy in her life in this world who gave her a sense of security, wanting the other party to become her guardian knight, so she ran to beg her Father King, but is about to face the matter of being harshly rejected by that boy.

Ah, Broly, can you really bear to see such a cute child feel sad and heartbroken?"

The little Human God raised his volume, asking in an aria-like tone.

"I only met the other party once, and enthusiastically helped her avoid an assassination; why is she sad and heartbroken, and why must I be responsible?"

Broly questioned back in some confusion; this was a somewhat unreasonable matter.

"I didn't say you need to be responsible; I just want to secretly tell you that when that little Princess Ariel grows up, she will be a super beautiful woman, and there is a certain probability she will become the King of the Asura Kingdom.

If you, Broly, agree to become her guardian knight, who knows — in the future you might become the man behind the new Asura King."

The little Human God spoke with a somewhat bewitching voice, as if he very much wanted to guide Broly into becoming the man behind the future Asura King.

"Who cares?"

Broly spoke these words aloud; with just this sentence, he clearly expressed his attitude.

"How can you be so dismissive of the Asura King?!"

The man's face flushed crimson, his hand resting on the sword hilt at his waist, seemingly preparing to draw his sword.

But Broly's next sentence made him stop the motion of drawing his sword.

"If you draw your sword, I will unhesitatingly chop off your head."

The man recalled the night the little Princess Ariel was attacked, the headless corpses of the assassins who had their heads chopped off by Water God Style swordsmanship in the courtyard, and suddenly felt a chill rise up his back.

He didn't ask if the other party dared; after all, Water Emperor Broly had silently infiltrated the interior of the Asura Royal Palace without permission.

Coupled with the other party's identity as Water God Leda Lilia's disciple, even if he were killed right now, the Asura King probably wouldn't fall out with the Water God over this.

Broly bypassed the man, and after leaving the city gate, he walked along with the crowd toward the next village near the royal capital.

In the World of Nothingness, the Human God sighed: "As expected, if it's not a target acknowledged by the Crystal Palace, it's no good?"

Guided by Ars on this side, the Human God continued his scheming.

In His future vision, if this time he could guide Broly into becoming Princess Ariel's guardian knight, then the other party would in the future constitute a situation of opposition with the Dragon God.

Although due to the involvement of the Dragon God, the future the Human God could see was somewhat blurry, He could be certain that was a future beneficial to Himself.

It's just a pity that this loop the Human God somewhat underestimated the Crystal Palace's influence on Broly's determination of targets.

Of course, if He also had the memories of getting along with Broly from the previous few loops, He probably wouldn't have made this meaningless attempt.

Beauty, power, wealth, status — these things countless people in the world pursue and go crazy for — on Broly's side are not as important as finding a good opponent.

"Damn it, why isn't Ariel Anemoi Asura a capture target acknowledged by the Crystal Palace either? Just how does this Crystal Palace thing judge who is a capture target?"

The Human God complained two sentences, then exhaled: "Forget it; this chosen target doesn't work; maybe the next target will work.

Broly, if the capture target acknowledged by the Crystal Palace that you encounter next time won't let you stagnate, but instead can let you clash with Dragon God Orsted, then I will actively guide you!"

The capture targets acknowledged by the Crystal Palace seen through future vision earlier — not a single one was useful; all were options that would make Broly avoid opposing Dragon God Orsted.

As for why the Human God could know, that was naturally because He saw it by observing His own future.

Once Broly encountered the previous capture targets, His future would become dim.

If He didn't interfere with the Dragon God, He himself might face a future of being dealt with by the Dragon God.

That guy Orsted, it seems through constantly tracing back time, obtained the notes left behind by Magic Dragon King Laplace, and found his own sealed weakness.

And such a future is one the Human God absolutely will not let come to pass.

Of course, preventing such a future from occurring does not entirely require Broly.

But, who asked for Broly to be the most useful?!

With just a bit of help from himself, the other party completely believed in him, without doubting him, and his strength was strong to boot.

In this world, could there be a tool person more useful than the other party?

No, this is the answer in the Human God's heart.

Therefore, He will become Broly's best friend, and will actively help the other party on the road to finding his Destined Partner.

Of course, the premise is that targets which cannot enhance the friendship between them, but instead would destroy their mutual assistance situation, must be excluded.

"Alice Beryas Greyrat, Sylphiette Yett, let me think properly, what method should I use to make the two of you retire from this world ahead of time.

Hmm, as for Sylphiette Yett, got it, just wait until the other party grows up a bit, and when she is bullied by the little brats in the village as a demon race, induce those little brats to pick up some sharp stones and smash the other party to death.

As for Alice of the Boreas Family, this is a bit troublesome, but the Boreas Family likes to buy Beast Race slaves, so just guide a Beast Race slave with hatred for humans to be bought back by their family, then give that slave a chance to escape, and during the escape process, take the Boreas Family's Thousand Gold hostage and kill her."

The Human God of the Ninth Loop began arranging a script for accidental deaths, but His fate script had not yet begun execution.

In early January of Year 409 of the Armored Dragon Calendar, Broly, having finished exploring the towns within the Asura Kingdom and preparing to cross the Red Dragon Jaw, perceived the aura of Orsted lying in wait.

"Orsted, seems to have set up some strange things in the mountain range."

The Little Human God would lose contact upon approaching Orsted; after Broly ran off to observe Orsted's behavior, he returned to the area outside the Red Dragon Jaw, and after reconnecting with the Human God, told the other party what he had seen.

"That is an ancient war magic circle; this is him, having realized your strength, preparing to use a magic circle to deal with you.

However, as long as you don't step into the trap he set up, Orsted's approach won't be able to take effect, right?"

The Little Human God spoke, then asked Broly: "What do you prepare to do?"

"I prepare to go back and find Teacher Leda, and after updating the latest Mizugami-ryu techniques, come back and have a battle with Orsted."

"Eh, you clearly know the other party set up a trap here, yet you still prepare to step right into it?"

The Little Human God asked with some confusion.

"I just want to verify the Mizugami-ryu Swordsmanship I learned in this loop."

Mizugami-ryu is a defensive-concept swordsmanship, and what it can defend against is not only physical attacks; even energy-type magic attacks, Mizugami-ryu can also use sword qi to split apart, thereby achieving a defensive effect.

However, after training Mizugami-ryu to God Rank, most people's attacks could not make Broly bring the defensive concept of Mizugami-ryu swordsmanship to its extreme.

But Broly believes Dragon God Orsted can do it; the other party's combat techniques are trustworthy.

"Next loop, Broly, remember to come find me."

In the Mizugami-ryu Main Dojo in Ars, City of Asura, Water God Leda Lilia taught Broly all the Mizugami-ryu techniques and insights she had comprehended during this period, then said to the boy.

"Okay, Teacher Leda."

Broly nodded in agreement.

"Broly, when it's the next loop, don't forget to get to know me again."

Arriving again at the outskirts of the Red Dragon Jaw, the Little Human God made a reluctant-to-part appearance, saying to the boy.

"Mm."

Broly also agreed, then deployed the Mizugami-ryu defensive aura domain, and walked into the Red Dragon Jaw mountain range.

Starting everything over, Dragon God Orsted, in the previous loop, truly recognized Broly's actual situation, and no longer held expectations for easily defeating this Human God Apostle.

This time he didn't even take the initiative to find Broly, but instead set up a large number of magic circle traps here at the Red Dragon Jaw, on a path Broly might travel; Orsted didn't know when Broly would come, and didn't even know if Broly would come here at all.

But he had already decided to wait like a stump for a rabbit for ten years here first; if Broly still hadn't come to find him in ten years, he would think of a way to lure the other party over.

However, Broly, who came to the Red Dragon Jaw wanting to taste the Red Dragon's flavor, then discovered his tracks and happened to generate the idea of wanting to verify his Mizugami-ryu Swordsmanship, saved Orsted from having to wait bitterly.

This day, the entire Red Dragon Jaw region was trembling; the magic circle traps Orsted had spent over a decade setting up here outputted almost without pause.

However, facing Broly's high-stat version, and the Mizugami-ryu aura that showed almost no end to physical strength, those ancient magic circles' released war magic fundamentally achieved no results.

Orsted watched Broly, who had trained yet another new style to the top level and deployed a Mizugami-ryu aura that was almost impossible to breach, and despair surfaced in his eyes.

Broly's strength was something he could not understand; in this despair, Orsted chose to burn his life of this loop, and used a Mad Dragon Slash with power exceeding the Second Loop on Broly.

In the Ninth Loop, the Central Continent of the Six-Faced World began to split apart from the Red Dragon Jaw under his move.

The entire continental plate collapsed and disintegrated under the Dragon God's attack, but the effect on Broly was merely breaking his Mizugami-ryu defensive aura.

Of course, when receiving the move, the desperately struggling Orsted still forced Broly's Qi back to around double, but that was it.

"As expected, my Mizugami-ryu Swordsmanship is still lacking a bit."

Battling a true master, Broly could better perceive the flaws in his own techniques; he turned his head to look at the Dragon God who had almost burned out, and jumped over from the mountain ground full of cracks.

Only when he reached the other party's front did he start thanking the Dragon God who had only one last breath left, very politely thanking the other party for going all out to accompany him in sword practice this time.

【Is this guy mocking me? He should be mocking me! The Human God that guy is like this, he is His Apostle, definitely the same……】

Orsted could no longer hear sounds, his vision was also blurry; facing Broly opening and closing his mouth before him, he could only restore what the other party was saying through daydreaming.

What followed was intense resentment and unwillingness, as well as even stronger despair and powerlessness.

What should he do to defeat the monster before his eyes?

The Orsted of the Ninth Loop expired without finding an answer, and time regressed to the origin.

New loop, in Year 342 of the Armored Dragon Calendar, Orsted thought of a method.

He began collecting all kinds of lethal poisons from this world, wanting to poison Broly who would only appear after Year 407 of the Armored Dragon Calendar.

A person strong on the outside is not necessarily strong on the inside; although this is just a helpless measure, it is worth a try.

(Chapter End)