Chapter 649: The Unparalleled Style's Dungeon Adventure

Broly strolled leisurely through the Dungeon Labyrinth's shallow floors, but because the Dungeon's walls all possessed the presence of Qi, he also had no way to precisely locate the monsters he needed to hunt through Ki Sense.

Fortunately, the Dungeon seemed to possess an instinct to repel outside invaders; every so often it would generate those monsters in the nearest places called Gaps, near the Adventurers.

However, the monsters generated in the shallow Dungeon Labyrinth were very weak; Floors 1 through 4 had only Earth Spirits and Goblins, two species that even newbie Adventurers who had just entered the Adventurer profession could defeat unscathed as long as they were cautious.

To describe their strength in Broly's words, it was roughly: the act of picking up the Magic Crystals and occasional drop items they left behind might consume more of his energy than killing them.

During this time, Broly also attempted to summon Water Elementals or White Shadow Ninjas to come out and work picking things up, but failed.

Even attempting to invest the Magic Crystals he had picked up, the Water Elementals and White Shadow Ninjas were not successfully summoned.

One wondered whether this World did not allow the existence of summons, or if it was simply that the summoning of Water Elementals and White Shadow Ninjas required some modifications to conform to this World's Rules.

But undoubtedly, all of that would take time and effort; compared to bending over to pick things up himself, researching this seemed like it would be a bit more troublesome, so Broly could only accept the situation of not having summons to help out.

And as he killed monsters all the way, gradually delving deeper into the Dungeon Labyrinth's Fourth Floor, after killing another club-wielding Goblin, he suddenly had a special feeling.

This feeling was just like when, after a period of Gravity training, one removed the Gravity and could perceive the body becoming stronger.

But the problem was, was the current self conducting Gravity training?

The answer was negative.

Then, the abnormal strengthening situation appearing on his body now was likely the effect brought by the God's Blessing.

After all, it had already happened once last night.

And this should not be a Level Up; perhaps it was the feeling of Ability Values increasing.

Broly looked at the club Goblin whose neck he had casually twisted off, dissipating in his hand, and felt somewhat amazed in his heart.

After all, merely solving some monsters that were incomparably weak compared to himself could grant an effect similar to Gravity training improving basic physical qualities; it was somewhat too simple.

Even if the magnitude of increase was much lower compared to when he did Gravity training himself, that was only because he had not yet truly let loose to slaughter the Dungeon's monsters.

Okay, although the main reason was still that the Dungeon environment came with its own Qi presence, making it a bit difficult for him to locate monsters with only faint Qi.

Of course, searching carefully would definitely find them, but that was like reading a book with small print; not only was it tiring, who knew if what he found would still be the same incomparably weak newbie Adventurers.

Perhaps killing Adventurers would have a similar strengthening effect to killing Dungeon monsters, but Broly was not the kind of Saiyan who would intentionally kill others just because they hadn't provoked him.

Of course, unintentionally killing with an AOE Energy Bullet didn't count in this; in short, in non-necessary situations, he did not indiscriminately slaughter the innocent.

Therefore, he chose to continue delving deeper into the Dungeon Labyrinth.

According to the content written on the Dungeon Introduction Manual that the Guild Staff lady named Eina had given him last night.

The deeper one went into the Dungeon's levels, the higher the Labyrinth monsters' refresh frequency would become, and the quantity and quality of monsters Adventurers encountered would also increase and strengthen.

As long as he didn't enter the Thirteenth Floor Dungeon Labyrinth, which was said to be where only Lv. 2 and above Adventurers could guarantee their own life safety, he shouldn't encounter monsters that he might casually bump to death a few of, only for them to use extortion to make him suddenly Level Up.

Broly entered the Fifth Floor; the surrounding walls began to turn green, as if a layer of Moss had climbed up, but in reality it was not Moss.

It was more like a color change brought about by higher Magic Power concentration; the Qi presence Broly felt from the surrounding walls had also strengthened.

It was also from the Fifth Floor onwards that the monsters encountered were not only Goblins and Earth Spirits; some monsters rumored to be troublesome and annoying were added.

For example, Purple Moths that would scatter Poison Powder everywhere, and also, for example, War Rabbits that were born carrying axe Weapons and would use Flying Axe tricks.

And even the Goblins and Earth Spirits appearing down here had added some Long-range attack methods, although it was just picking up stones from the ground and throwing them at people.

But if it were truly ordinary newbie Adventurers encountering them, they might, because of the experience of easily dealing with some monsters on the first four floors, become careless, and thus capsize in the gutter.

You ask how Broly knew these things?

Well, he heard it personally from the mouth of a newbie Adventurer he happened to encounter on the Fifth Floor, who was almost killed by monsters and whom he casually reached out to save, recounting their personal lesson.

"Thank you, Mr. Broly. If you hadn't reached out to help, I might have died here. The easily dealt with monsters on the first four floors made me careless. I shouldn't have been arrogant, and should have entered the Labyrinth Fifth Floor cautiously..."

The rescued Adventurer was named Lorne Weike, a Pallum with orange hair, from the Hermes Familia.

The Hermes Familia was a famous Information Broker God in Orario; there were quite a few people inside who were Non-combatants who would not come down to the Dungeon; the Pallum male before him had been one such person previously.

"It's just that, I fell for a girl. She said she likes powerful Adventurers, and in the future will only marry an Lv. 2 Adventurer..."

"So you, a Non-combatant of the Hermes Familia, came down to do the work of an Exploration Familia Adventurer?"

"Mhm."

The Pallum male nodded somewhat embarrassedly; there might be many reasons to become an Adventurer, but people who Adventured for love like him were probably comparatively few.

"Eh, Mr. Broly, where are you going?"

Lorne saw the boy lift his foot to leave and hurriedly asked.

"Naturally to kill monsters. Otherwise, staying here listening to the prequel of someone unrelated to me who almost died Adventuring for love — the story of why you fell for that Pig Person girl?"

"Ah, then please at least tell me your Familia, so I can find you after I return to Orario and repay your life-saving grace."

The orange-haired Pallum hurriedly said.

"I am of the Hestia Familia. As for the repayment of life-saving grace you speak of, that is unnecessary. I also just happened to coincidentally encounter you while in the middle of hunting monsters, and saved you incidentally."

Broly waved his hand.

"How can that do? To you, it might be just an incidental matter, but to me, it is a real life picked back up."

"You're an Information Broker, right?"

"Yes."

"Since you insist on repaying me, how about you tell me which places in the Dungeon have a comparatively larger quantity of monsters?"

Broly inquired; the time he spent finding monsters was much more than the time spent solving monsters.

"Places with many monsters? There is that. Like the Food Storage, praised as the Monster Granary, one can always encounter many monsters there."

"Oh, then where is the Food Storage?"

Broly grew interested and hurriedly pursued the question.

"The nearest Food Storage is on the Dungeon Labyrinth Thirteenth Floor, located at the Southwest Corner position."

Hearing this, the delight on Broly's face quickly faded.

"Mr. Broly, is there a problem?"

Lorne Weike noticed, and asked in some confusion.

"I have no intention of going to the Floor 13 Labyrinth."

Broly replied.

"Uh..."

Luo En Weike froze for a moment; having just witnessed the scene of a monster having its head blown apart by mysterious means, he subconsciously treated the boy as an Upper-Level Adventurer, but now hearing these words it didn't seem so.

However, thinking carefully, he hadn't heard of the Hestia Familia before either; most likely this was a newly established Familia, and Broly as a member was probably also an Adventurer who hadn't been one for long.

"If that's the case, to encounter a large amount of monsters in the shallow floors, one would have to rely on a tool like 【Lure Bait】 that can emit a scent to lure monsters."

"I don't have that either; do you?"

Lorne: "..."

In a situation where experience can only be gained by defeating monsters of the same level or higher than oneself, few Adventurers would carry that 【Lure Bait】 tool.

The bad scent is one aspect; accidentally having the bag isolating the scent break during a battle with a monster in the middle of Dungeon exploration is very likely to get oneself killed.

"I don't have it either."

Lorne answered.

Just as Broly was wondering whether to go back to the Ground once to buy a monster-luring tool to accelerate his monster-finding speed, the orange-haired Small Person beside him provided another piece of information.

"Not having 【Lure Bait】 actually doesn't matter; from the Seventh Floor of the Dungeon Labyrinth onward, a monster called Killer Ant appears.

When that kind of monster is beaten into a near-death state, they release a pheromone summoning companions; with Broly-sama's strength, as long as you aren't surrounded by too many Killer Ants, there should be no problem."

"Seventh Floor Killer Ants, huh; thanks. Be careful on your way back; I won't see you up."

Watching Broly take out a map, looking fully prepared to go straight to the Seventh Floor to find Killer Ants, Luo En Weike couldn't help but feel some envy.

Even if the other party wasn't a Lv. 2 Adventurer, he was surely a Lv. 1 Adventurer on the verge of leveling up to Lv. 2; common sense made this Small Person never imagine that the Saiyan boy who saved him had only registered as an Orario Adventurer yesterday.

"Hestia Familia, huh; I'll remember it. The person who saved me is Broly of the Hestia Familia."

Muttering this, Luo En Weike headed back the way he came toward the upper floors; staying on the Fifth Floor with injuries and Medicine run out was undoubtedly suicidal; he had to return to the Fourth Floor before the Dungeon interval passed and new monsters spawned.

Following the Dungeon Labyrinth map purchased from the Guild last night, Broly ran straight to the Seventh Floor of the Dungeon Labyrinth.

Along the way he encountered quite a few Purple Moths and Barbarian Rabbits, monsters that give ordinary Lv. 1 Adventurers trouble, but he casually resolved them all.

Be it the Purple Moths' Poison Powder or the Barbarian Rabbits' flying axes, if not for the fact that he minded the Leather Armor Hestia bought him possibly getting dirty, Broly probably wouldn't even have needed to deploy an air barrier.

After all, Saiyans have very strong poison resistance; as for whether the Barbarian Rabbits' flying axes could even hit him, that's another matter — even if they did hit, it would likely be a 0-damage no-penetration situation.

"This should be the Killer Ant."

Broly quickly found a Killer Ant on the Seventh Floor; this ant is fiery red all over, and the reason it's called a Killer Ant is naturally because of that unique trait of summoning kin to assist when near death, which has killed quite a few Adventurers who didn't do their homework and didn't understand their habits.

In response, Broly, having just found the Killer Ant, flicked the air and smashed the limbs of the Killer Ant in front of him before it could even react.

The goat-sized ant-type monster fell into a near-death state and soon released a unique scent; Broly smelled it but had absolutely no intention of stopping it.

Before long, rustling sounds rang out; one fiery red Killer Ant after another crawled out from the several passages connecting to this cave space.

The quantity was huge, looking densely packed, blocking all paths Broly could use to leave.

"Ah, it's Killer Ants, run."

"With this many, it's definitely some idiot newbie who didn't finish off a near-death ant in time, causing this."

Voices of two unfamiliar Adventurers came from the side passage; they should be passersby.

And those passersby had no intention of rushing in to save the idiot newbie in their eyes.

Footsteps hurried away; though somewhat cold, Broly was satisfied.

If they had rushed in intending to save him, he would have needed to be careful not to kill them too.

And now, there was no such concern.

Broly drew the Short Sword at his waist; as for why he didn't use Air Bullets or the Plundering Aura to deal with this group of ant-type monsters, it was mainly because he worried about destroying or absorbing the Magic Crystals inside these Killer Ants.

After all, his main purpose for entering the Dungeon Labyrinth was to make money; the idea of raising his Ability Values only suddenly arose after he discovered killing monsters could achieve that.

Now it kills two birds with one stone; he just needed to pay slight attention, avoid the positions where the Magic Crystals are inside these ants, and slashing them would be enough.

Broly's sword was fast; although the Short Sword used was merely an Uncommon Beginner Sword, it couldn't withstand him attaching his own Qi to it.

The Saiyans' powerful Qi turned this Short Sword, which was at most an Uncommon beginner weapon, directly into a terrifying slaughter weapon.

The hard Carapace that Killer Ants pride themselves on among Low-Level Monsters was like tofu before the Qi-attached Short Sword, very easily cut in two.

As more and more attracted Killer Ants gathered, Broly also got a bit annoyed and directly used the Suijin-Ryu Secret Art 【Deprivation Sword Domain】, temporarily turning this cave space into a monster-grinding zone where movers die.

Of course, Broly still deliberately left some that were only near death, specifically to serve as Bait Ants to attract more Killer Ants to come and release pheromones.

This one-sided slaughter, with Killer Ants lunging at swords, lasted nearly two hours.

Until the Killer Ants were killed, their corpses turned to ash leaving black ashes that hadn't yet dissipated, almost blocking the entire cave entrance; only then did Broly finish with a single Light Blade draw-slash, slaying all nearby Killer Ants, declaring the end of this monster-grinding session.

Of course, it wasn't that he couldn't cut anymore; it was just that the ant corpse black ash inside the cave was about to drown him.

"Hah—"

Broly sheathed his sword and exhaled; the stirred Air Current directly shook away the large amount of light, fluffy black ash.

On the cave floor lay Magic Crystals slightly larger than fingernails covering the ground, and equally spectacular quantities of extra drops — Biological Materials like Killer Ant mandibles, Ant Acid Glands, Carapaces.

Broly collected the Loot; from finding Killer Ants, luring more Killer Ants, killing Killer Ants, waiting for new Killer Ants to arrive, then killing and luring again, repeating this process until the end, it took only two hours total.

But the time he spent collecting Loot from the black ash was twice that; by the time he exited the Dungeon, it was already Afternoon.

He hadn't eaten in the Morning or at Noon, making his Belly growl; Broly first went to the Fourth Floor of the High Tower to eat a meal, then turned to the Adventurer's Guild.

Although Babel Tower also has an Exchange, it was lined with Adventurers who had just exited the Dungeon with harvests; the amount of Magic Crystals and extra drops Broly prepared to exchange was quite large, so he prepared to find the Guild Staff lady said to be in charge of him, to ask if she could let him use a fast track.

The Guild's Afternoon is a relatively leisurely time segment within the day, because at this time only a small portion of Adventurers leave the Dungeon; those people prioritize choosing the nearby Babel Tower Exchange to directly exchange the Magic Crystals and drops they hit for money.

And one or two hours later is when large batches of Adventurers leave the Dungeon and come to the Guild to exchange the day's harvest.

Eina lay slumped on her desk; every day at this time she would nap a bit to conserve energy for the busy work afterward.

It's just that today she couldn't sleep; closing her eyes would make her think of the boy who was brought here by the deity last night, the one she was responsible for registering as a rookie Adventurer — oh no, she should say youth.

"That youth is going on a Dungeon Dive for an Adventure today; he should be able to complete his first Adventure smoothly, right?"

(Chapter End)