Chapter 462: New Teammate Boss Long's Professionalism
In the nineteenth loop, Broly looked at the Big Ear Rabbit in the sky, flew up, and vigorously rubbed its fluffy head while it was in a panic, then followed Orsted's Ki to arrive inside the Dragon Ruins on Dragon Roar Mountain.
"You've come."
Dressed in a pristine white fur robe, groomed meticulously, Orsted looked exactly as he did when they first met, yet he had long since prepared to receive him, only now he carried two additional Magic Backpacks containing travel food supplies and a pile of Magic Stones worth at least over a hundred thousand Gold Coins that could be converted into travel funds.
"Let's go."
Orsted went outside, raised his hand, and used Dragon Summoning, directly summoning a massive blue dragon.
"You still have this trick?"
Broly looked at the blue dragon and couldn't help but lick his lips; seeing this, Dragon God Orsted immediately explained: "Magic Dragon King Laplace was originally the Dragon Race's Dragon Tamer; his notes contain dragon taming techniques, and this is a draconic Magic Beast I caught in the wild and tamed previously; it is not food, and moreover, its body carries poison; it is not something good to eat."
"Fine, I wasn't thinking of eating it anyway."
Hearing it was poisonous, Broly thought of his past loops' lack of restraint, pursed his lips, and denied the thought he had indeed just generated.
The blue dragon didn't know it had circled the Saiyan's menu; it only instinctively felt uneasy and shifted its feet in place.
"If your belly is hungry, eat this."
Orsted pulled out a piece of beautifully rose-colored dried meat from the Magic Backpack and handed it over.
"Beast Race Wind-dried Meat?"
Broly's eyes lit up; he took it and started gnawing.
"Mm, I remember you're quite fond of this, so I brought some; however, there's no bread or the like, because I didn't know when you'd find me, so I didn't bring food inconvenient for long-term storage; get on, next we're heading to the Magic Continent."
The blue dragon's back was very wide, with a spacious soft couch strapped on top; never mind seating two people, even lying three or four would be no problem.
"But I still have some matters to handle."
Broly said.
"Teaching that guy North God III a lesson, right? I've already taught him a lesson for you; this is his King Dragon Sword."
Orsted pulled out the King Dragon Sword from the Magic Backpack again; the Magic Bags on him were all from the Dragon Race Treasury, inscribed with Space Expansion Magic Circle patterns, which by this era's magic technology counted as lost Ancient Magic.
"Besides this, I still need to..."
"I know; you want to handle the people you met in past loops and wanted to help, right? Rest assured, I've handled all of those for you; for instance, Miss Natasha Elliot of Kule Town, a year ago I went and killed her biological older brother."
Orsted spoke, making a heart-and-lung-digging gesture; this was also why his reputation in this world was always infamous.
Orsted killed without needing a reason; at least to outsiders without looped time memories, it appeared so.
And this time, to handle trivialities for Broly, the number of people he killed had already exceeded a thousand, including Nobles, commoners, Thief bands, Slave Traders, and other such roles.
"Of course, regarding Death God Randolph, I also submitted a proposal to his restaurant in your name two years ago; when I passed through Tarakia half a year ago, his Death God Restaurant was already thriving, and he was very grateful to you; you don't need to go there specially."
Broly was somewhat sidelong-glancing; this was only his second loop teaming up with the Dragon God, yet the other party had already, before the time he returned to the past, at an even earlier time, resolved the things he originally intended to do in this world — such thoughtfulness and efficiency.
"Thanks."
Broly said thanks and followed up.
"No need for thanks; I merely did these things to help you find your destined partner faster."
The blue dragon took off, heading toward the Magic Continent; midway they switched to another giant dragon; though flight speed wasn't fast, compared to sailing by sea, it took only a day and a half to reach the place where they ended the previous loop.
And only one-third of the Magic Continent's territory remained to be searched in detail; Orsted pulled out his self-made, even more detailed map.
"The small village we're looking for next is the Migurdia Tribe, who have blue hair but due to lighting are always mistaken for green-haired Spearude Tribe, and are feared by other Demon Races."
Orsted's preparations were extensive; in this loop's seventy-plus years, his footsteps had virtually trodden every place where people lived.
No matter how remote the village, even tribes living in mountain caves, he recorded them on the map and maintained real-time updates once a year.
Although in terms of navigation capability his method was a bit archaic, its precision was trustworthy.
Soon, the two riding the blue dragon arrived above the Migurdia Tribe village, and the village's telepaths, because a giant dragon appeared overhead and lingered right above their village, readied themselves in guard with some alarm.
Though the Magic Continent had many experts, few could face a giant dragon; the Migurdia Tribe was just an inconspicuous small village; if attacked by a giant dragon, the consequences would be unthinkable.
"Elderly, children, and women quickly hide in the mountain caves; warriors grab weapons and spread out; draconic Magic Beasts have breath attacks, don't cluster together; we must protect our village."
Magic Continent villages were actually accustomed to Magic Beast attacks; of course, a giant dragon was somewhat beyond spec, but they still took corresponding actions.
And just as this group of telepath warriors tensely awaited the giant dragon's surprise attack from the sky, two figures jumped down from the dragon's back and landed in the village center.
"Call out all the women in your village; we need to meet them face to face; this is the reward."
Orsted tossed a bag containing Magic Stones onto the ground and said to the Migurdia Tribe.
"You... what do you want? Could it be you want to take our clan's women to feed your raised dragon beasts?"
The giant dragon having a master was something they hadn't expected, and the Curse on Orsted made these telepaths produce such a terrible guess.
"We're here to find a partner; if the person we're looking for isn't here, the Magic Stones are yours and we'll leave; but if they are here, we'll take them away, but we'll give your clan even more Magic Stones."
Orsted spoke concisely.
"Partner? Suitable food is more like it!"
The Migurdia Tribe's warriors got a bit excited, but the Village Chief stopped the village's young warriors from more extreme behavior.
"You'll keep your word, right?"
Circumstances overpower the individual; compared to possible clan extermination, sacrificing one or two clan members became a choice they had no choice but to make.
Just as the Migurdia Tribe was being 'coerced' by outsiders to call out all the village women for outsiders to inspect.
On the wilderness, at this moment a figure also came sprinting through the air; the other party had a head of green hair and a Red Gem on their forehead.
"Loin, is your village alright?"
After this person arrived at the village side, they asked an acquaintance here.
"It's Rigelud, our village..."
Roxy's father, Loin Migurdia, immediately told him about the evil ones riding a giant dragon who came to the village to force the purchase of dragon beast meat — the women.
And these words made Rigelud, who intended to change the Spearude Tribe's terrible reputation, anxious with anger, because the women included children.
Due to hair color, the Migurdia Tribe were rare Demon Races who didn't feel excessive panic after contact with him; he felt he must do something for these people.
Thus, after checking all the village's women large and small, confirming none were the partner Broly sought, Orsted, who was just preparing to pay and leave, suddenly saw a green-haired guy come leaping from the nearby cliff; the other party merely threw a spear, piercing through the head of the giant dragon he had painstakingly tamed.
Hearing his mount's death cry, Orsted's face darkened instantly, and with two punches and two kicks he sent the green-haired man lunging at him flying into the Migurdia Tribe house remodeled from a Big King Land Turtle shell.
"Rejilude Spegelude, you bastard, are you looking to die?"
Orsted knew Rejilude, this former Warrior Chief of Magic God Laplace's personal guard, but he didn't understand why the other man was attacking him out of nowhere.
"Don't you dare feed children to dragon beasts."
The words spat out by the blood-coughing man left Orsted completely baffled.
Hearing this, the Village Chief of the Migurdia Tribe, who had just picked up the meeting fee from the ground, turned green in the face.
The terrifying fellow radiating evil aura was about to leave, when the suddenly appearing Spearude Tribe went and killed his mount.
Loin Migurdia lowered his head, realizing he seemed to have made a big mistake.
Fortunately, nothing worse happened; after all, only a Transport Dragon had died.
After tying up Rejilude and making him lead the way to the Spearude Tribe's village, Orsted and Broly left the village amid the Migurdia Tribe's entire village begging for forgiveness on their knees.
"Your personality of protecting children really hasn't changed at all."
Facing Broly's teasing, the bound Gun Emperor Rejilude didn't know what to say, because he didn't know the other man at all.
"Don't worry, we don't feed people to dragon beasts; we're just looking for someone. As long as you lead us around your village for a bit, there'll be no trouble."
Rejilude couldn't believe Orsted, who bore a curse, but he could believe the words of Broly, who was just a child.
Pity, although there were some females in the Spearude Tribe, none were the partner Broly was looking for. Orsted let this fellow go and left riding the only remaining dragon beast mount.
A year quickly passed. Having searched everywhere left on the Magic Continent, when heading to the Heaven Continent, Orsted took Broly to meet someone.
"This is Perugius. He has a very good reputation on the Heaven Continent. Relying on his reputation, we can search for people on the Heaven Continent more effectively."
Perugius: "…"
He was one of the few in this world not affected by the curse on Orsted's body, and also the child of two Dragon Kings among the Five Ancient Dragon Generals.
Like Orsted, he was a Dragon Race sent from the past to the future, but unlike Orsted, he didn't know about the grudges between the Dragon Race and humans and gods.
The previous Dragon God Urpe hadn't told him these things, perhaps not wishing him to also fall into the hatred passed down through generations of the Dragon Race, seeking revenge that could never be achieved.
"Orsted, you come here on your own and say things on your own—what exactly do you want?"
"Perugius, I need your help. I hope you can lend me one of your subordinates, this Apostle, for a period of time."
Orsted said, pointing to the female of the Angel Race beneath the throne, who had a pair of black wings behind her and looked like a buxom beautiful mature woman.
The other Apostles glared at him sideways, and Shivalier, who revealed the lower half of her face and wore a bird-type mask on the upper half, pursed her lips, showing displeasure.
Sensing his Apostles' hostility toward Orsted, Dragon King Perugius immediately broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead.
Even he, being of the same race as Orsted, was somewhat afraid of this Orsted, whose temper was unpredictable and whose strength was so great he was on a completely different level from others.
But this group of Apostles around him were truly bold, actually thinking of attacking him—were they trying to drag him into death?
Panicked inside but calm on the surface, Dragon King Perugius asked, "Can you tell me the reason?"
Orsted didn't hide anything; pointing to Broly, he explained to Perugius the reason for lending his subordinate 【Shivalier of the Void】.
The Dragon King was stunned one after another, and after Orsted finished speaking, he couldn't help but retort: "When did you, Dragon God Orsted, start doing matchmaking?!"
Hearing this, Orsted's face darkened. Though he actually felt embarrassed, he looked terrifying.
The Dragon King was directly frightened and hurriedly said, "I didn't mean that, cough, cough. Shivalier, you just follow them to the Heaven Continent."
"I obey the orders of Lord Perugius."
The Angel Race woman bowed and replied. Even though she didn't want to help Orsted, this man radiating terror and evil aura all over, she wouldn't refuse the Dragon King's order.
With an Angel Race hero leading the way, Broly's trip to the Heaven Continent went especially smoothly. In just a month and a half, he had thoroughly searched the Angel Race's gathering place. Though he still hadn't found them, the search speed was indeed fast.
After leaving the Heaven Continent, Shivalier went back by herself. After spending another cycle's worth of time and passing through the Biernilulu Kingdom, Broly and Orsted arrived at the Magic Three Kingdoms.
Returning to this region again, Broly subconsciously went to the Nelis Kingdom, found the Wood Magic Tool Workshop, took the precious ore he had found at the Mine Pit Tribe during his previous journey, and crafted the Crystal Love Set.
Seeing this, Orsted was somewhat confused about the meaning of his action and asked directly.
But after learning from Broly that this was the guidance of the Human God and that he was just habitually doing it, Orsted's face looked rather unpleasant.
"Actually, whether or not you craft the Crystal Love Set is the same if you can't find the capture target. If you don't like it, I'll just cancel the plan to craft the Crystal Love Set."
Broly said.
Orsted pondered for a moment and then suggested a possibility: "Broly, do you think it's possible that you couldn't find the capture target before because the Human God deliberately gave wrong guidance?"
"Hmm?"
"Think about it. That fellow could lie to you while dealing with me. Could it be that, in order to give you more time to deal with me, he made you unable to find the capture target you wanted all along?"
"Uh, I don't know."
"In your previous cycle, when you first came to this side, how were you originally planning to search for your Destined Partner?"
Orsted asked.
"I was planning to issue a 【Meet and Get Paid】 commission."
Broly answered honestly.
"Then let's verify it."
Orsted gave the suggestion of reverse operation, and it wasn't strange that he wanted to try it. After all, across multiple cycles, the Human God guiding Broly to the Nelis Kingdom to craft the Crystal Love Set was somewhat abrupt, making him feel there was a possibility that the other side was misleading Broly.
"Okay."
Broly felt Orsted made sense and agreed.
World of Nothingness. The Human God of this cycle suddenly had an ominous premonition.
But strangely, when He looked at His own future, He found nothing wrong.
(Chapter End)
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