Chapter 664

In the Labyrinth 17th Floor, a battle between a small person and a giant was taking place; Giant Goliath's physique was enormous, but mismatched with that enormous physique was its swift speed, its attacks like a violent storm, smashing toward the 17th Floor's sole Challenge.

The crystal ground cracked, but amidst that shower of flying Crystal Palace rocks, there was a dainty figure, narrowly dodging every single attack.

The giant was indeed fast, but not agile enough; if moving in a straight line, Broly would be hit, but within a small area turning and shifting, the giant could do nothing about him.

Just like humans find it hard to swat mosquitoes and flies that constantly shift position around them, Broly's footwork relative to Goliath was like a mosquito's movement relative to a human.

However, unlike a mosquito, the Short Sword in Broly's hand could wound the giant.

Dodging Goliath's bombardment once more, Broly rushed along its arm toward its shoulder.

The sword light swung during the charge tore the skin on the giant's arm.

"Roar~"

Goliath let out a pained sound, its right arm splitting open with wounds, blood spraying out.

And this big fellow seemed to possess a certain wisdom; upon discovering Broly was charging toward its neck.

Its left fist directly predicted the Saiyan's forward position, smashing toward its own right shoulder area.

Broly could only hurriedly jump, dodging the giant's predicted attack while simultaneously slicing a blood line on the opponent's left wrist.

Then, he vaulted over the giant's shoulder, landing back on the ground.

【Too shallow...】

Broly now faced a very awkward problem: compared to the giant before him, his Fire Joy was too short; although it could break defense and deal damage, but...

Just saw the giant cut with wounds releasing a burst of steam from the injured spots, and the wounds Broly had painstakingly inflicted began to scab and heal.

Killing the opponent through blood loss seemed impossible; the giant's recovery speed was actually higher than his damage output speed.

Against this kind of Enemy, either he exhausted his Physical Strength to wear the opponent to death, or he could only deliver a one-hit kill.

This was the judgment Broly made in his heart after fighting Goliath for a while.

【Retreat?】

Wear it down with stamina?

Being worn down in reverse was more likely.

As for a one-hit kill?

This giant guarded its vital neck with utmost vigilance; it didn't seem like an opponent he could easily Solve.

But the thought of retreat only circled Broly's mind once before he directly rejected it; what did he come Here for, if not for adversity and hard battles?

And the current situation was exactly what qualified as a so-called hard battle; hmm, he had to rack his brains on how to defeat that big Sandbag with the stronger recovery on the Other Side.

Broly pondered, while Goliath began picking up rocks.

Bell, lying prone at the 18th Floor entrance, widened his eyes watching the giant grab a handful of crushed stones from the ground and hurl them toward the boy on the Other Side.

【The hurled crushed stones were like cannonballs, yet Broly-san dodged every single stone attack like a butterfly passing through a Flower Bush.

Ah, truly too Elegant, as if the true Challenge wasn't Broly-san, but that giant giving its all attacking Broly-san.

After Broly-san dodged the stone attack, he charged toward the giant again, but this time he didn't jump onto the giant's body, instead attacking the giant's left ankle.

When the giant's heel was cut open and its movement became inconvenient, Broly-san's attacks shifted to the calf's knee bend above.

One sword, two swords, three swords... cutting until flesh flipped open revealing bone inside, cutting until cracks appeared on the bone, I even felt phantom pain for that giant's miserable calf when the sword light flashed, the giant's left calf was finally severed.

It lost Balance, toppling over, only its left hand bracing the ground, not fully falling, but looking as if it had knelt on one knee before Broly-san...】

The tall giant knelt before the dainty boy; this composition deeply Shocked Bell, especially in the boy's eyes, the boy's body bore the colors of a hero.

【This Scene, was like a hero conquering an unimaginable Enemy, difficulty.

Of Course, the Battle wasn't over, because the giant could still move; it raised its right fist striking over, but just like before, its attack was nimbly dodged by Broly-san.

Broly-san stood on the giant's hand back again, and began running up along the giant's arm.

But unlike before, the giant's other hand braced the ground, maintaining its own Balance, unable to intercept Broly-san anymore...】

Passing by Goliath's neck, Broly swung a sword, cutting a wound on Goliath's neck, then directly stepped on the giant's shoulder and leapt high.

Qi not abundant in his Body poured into Fire Joy, Fire Joy emitting a dazzling red light, Gravity Magic used on the wound he had cut on Goliath.

Falling from mid-air, he spun at high speed, looking like a blooming fiery red Flower.

Light Blade Gravity Spinning Descent Slash, like an execution technique, slashed again at Goliath's neck wound.

Just one strike, and Goliath's death cry was put on pause.

Only because its head connecting to its body was severed by the Saiyan boy's this combo move with added damage, the huge head directly separated from the neck.

"Bang~"

Smashed on the ground, letting out a rumble.

【Watching that Glorious ending Scene, I couldn't help but stand up from the 18th Floor entrance, Excitedly looking at Broly-san who seemed somewhat Tired after landing.

Broly-san also looked at me, and gave me a thumbs up, smiling and poking his back, as if saying: Look, the big guy behind me was beaten by him.

And I thought so too; after all, the giant's head was chopped off, How Possible could it still be alive, however, we both Underestimated Labyrinth 17th Floor Boss Goliath's Life Force.

Goliath could become Layer Lord precisely because of its extremely terrifying recovery; as long as its Body's Magic Stone wasn't Destroyed, or three-tenths of its body wasn't beaten away, this guy retained action capability.

And at that time, I didn't know this, Broly-san didn't know this either, so, he paid an extremely Miserable price for insufficient information grasp...】

The landed Goliath head slowly turning to ash, stared dead at Broly with blood-red eyes.

The headless giant suddenly moved.

"Broly-san, careful behind you..."

Bell's Excited expression was replaced by panic, shouting loudly toward This Side, making the already relaxed Broly Realize the situation was wrong.

However, his body, fatigued from letting his guard down, didn't have time to make an evasive move; he could only assume a defensive posture to block.

The next instant, the giant's right fist slammed into him, sending him flying like a cannonball, smashing through the rocks blocking his path, and embedding his whole body directly into the Wall of Grief.

"Broly-san..."

Bell's voice was somewhat muffled and distant; Broly's spirit fell into a trance, and the scene before his eyes turned blood-red and overlapping.

Blood surged from the boy's mouth and nose as if it cost nothing; agonizing pain burned his entire frame like flames, yet sensation had already gone numb.

Just taking one hit — the crushing disparity in stats — drove Broly to the brink of death; if he hadn't assumed a defensive posture, that one punch would likely have killed him.

The headless giant's severed neck began to regenerate; Bell was terrified to the core, but he gritted his teeth, set down the large backpack on his back, and ran toward where the boy had landed.

The youth laboriously pulled the boy's somewhat tattered body off the wall, muttering words of "don't die," then took out all the potions from the satchel Broly had given him before going out to solo the Floor Lord, and without checking what any of them were, dumped them all onto Broly in one go.

Healing potions still need time to work, and it was unknown whether they could fully heal the boy's such grievous injuries, so Bell directly hoisted the boy onto his back and ran toward the Labyrinth 18th Floor Entrance.

Unfortunately, the entrance was some distance from here; just running over at full speed had taken one minute, and now carrying a person back would take at least three minutes...

Meanwhile, Goliath (the giant) had already regrown its head; although it still lacked skin, it had already recovered mobility.

"Roar—"

The giant roared, then limped in pursuit toward this side.

【Back then, I didn't want to give up on Broly-san who was good to me, so I ran forward carrying him, but misfortunes never come singly — I tripped on a protruding stone on the ground.

Then the giant behind us, like an Abnormal Titan, caught up; its huge palm came slapping down at us, and just when I thought Broly-san and I would be flattened together, both of us heading to the underworld together...

Broly-san on my back recovered; he wielded his hand as a substitute sword, swinging out a barrier like light; the instant the giant's descending palm touched the light, it was torn to shreds.

Immediately after came Goliath's (the giant's) main body; if before being injured Broly-san had nearly subjugated Goliath — three levels higher than himself — unscathed through absolute battle technique and awareness, then after suffering severe wounds, Broly-san used pure, savage strength to tear the giant to pieces.

Later, I heard from the Goddess that this is one of Broly-san's Rage Skills; once his rage exceeds a certain threshold, Broly-san enters a Rage Form, and his overall stats temporarily surge tenfold.

Hmm, even if I hadn't rushed out to rescue him back then, Goliath (the giant) would probably have been torn apart by the already-enraged Broly-san anyway.

After all, Broly-san also knows healing magic; as long as he isn't incapacitated, a temporary tenfold stat surge — who could withstand that?】】

This excerpt is taken from the autobiographical story Bell will write in the future, its Chapter One 【First Time in the Dungeon, We Wiped Out the Giant Floor Lord, Broly-san and I Are Amazing!】

【Am I going to die?】

【If I die, how heartbroken and sad Aqua Master and the others will be...】

Thinking of the misfortune that might occur, rage surged unstoppably from the bottom of his heart.

Broly resisted death; his wild power roared; he should have lost rationality, stood up, and slaughtered the giant.

But it was halted temporarily because a simple youth ran to his side and poured potions onto him; Broly realized he might lose control and wipe out his own supporter as well.

He strove to calm his heart, feeling his body gradually repaired by the healing potions, until the youth carrying him accidentally fell, and the two of them were about to be slapped into meat patties — only then did he release the rage in his heart.

In the process, he briefly lost rationality; by the time he came to, that Floor Lord had already been completely shredded by him.

Broly stepped on the large Magic Stone fragments left by Goliath, looked around, and only then saw the white-haired youth fallen over there, still maintaining his fallen posture.

"Bell, that was a splendid support!"

Broly gave a thumbs-up toward the other party.

Hearing this, the fear on Bell's face originally directed at the Saiyan boy's brutal side was gradually replaced by delight.

"Broly-san, you've returned to normal, that's truly wonderful?!"

The frenzied Broly was truly somewhat terrifying; it felt as if getting close would get oneself torn to shreds by him.

"I'm a bit tired; the Floor Lord's loot, I'll leave the cleanup to you."

Having said that, Broly collapsed onto the Magic Stone.

The potions hadn't fully repaired the injuries on his body; his whole body still ached.

【If this doesn't count as adversity and a hard fight, then whoever wants to level up can go level up...】

He thought to himself.

Goliath's loot was quickly cleaned up; aside from a bone and a piece of skin, there was only the large Magic Stone remaining beneath him.

If he hadn't regained rationality in time, even this Magic Stone beneath him would likely have been smashed to bits by him directly.

"Broly-san, it seems we can't carry a Magic Stone this big."

Bell looked at the Magic Stone fragment taller than himself, looking rather troubled.

"Sell the other stuff on the 18th Floor first, then come back to transport it."

Broly jumped down and said; but before that, he first went to the spot where he had smashed the bedrock and retrieved the Fire Joy embedded in the rock wall.

"So you're newbie Adventurers who just entered the Middle Floors? For the stuff you got, I can only give this much."

Rivira Town; looking at a human youth and a boy of suspected Beastman and Smallfolk mixed blood entering his shop, Moduo, after tallying the drops they prepared to sell, quoted a price far below the Orario Guild's purchase price.

"Ah, how come it's so little? These are Middle Floor drops; the Upper Floor drops we got sell for higher than your price at the Guild, right?"

Bell felt like he'd run into a shady merchant and immediately objected to the scarred man's quote.

"Then you can take the stuff back and sell it at the Guild; if you want to sell here, you have to sell at Rivira Town's local purchase price."

Moduo looked the two up and down at their miserable, blood-and-grime-covered state, shrugged indifferently — he'd seen plenty of newbies like this: just having strength and a bit of luck, smoothly detouring past the Floor Lord down to the 18th Floor, but lacking the strength to bring the loot back, ultimately forced to accept selling drops cheaply at his place.

"Will you pay with Valis or a Guild Voucher?"

Broly stopped Bell, who wanted to haggle, and directly asked this man from whom he had once bought intel on the Twin-Headed Dragon Floor Lord.

"Yo, not completely a newbie, huh? You know Vouchers are the norm here, but if you pay with a Guild Voucher, the handling fee is on you."

Moduo said.

"Fine, but you're giving me that big black cloth, plus two nose clips on top."

Broly pointed at the dust cover on the shelf next to him and said.

"I'll remind you of one thing — this is just an ordinary dust cover, not some tool."

"I know."

"Fine then, agree to the deal and I'll throw it in."

Moduo handed over two guild vouchers with face values of 100,000 and 150,000 respectively, then took down the dust cover and, by the way, passed two nose clips to the boy.

He watched Broly and Bell leave, muttering: "Deodorant, huh — truly a clever little ghost, this should let him survive in the dungeon for a long time."

After leaving the shop, Bell couldn't help but ask in confusion: "Broly-san, that person's purchase price was so low, why did we still have to trade with him?"

"His shop has this large black cloth; if the floor boss's magic stones are transported up without cover, it would attract more attention. I don't want to attract attention, so I need this thing."

Broly explained in one sentence, then took Bell back to the 17th floor, took out the large magic stones hidden in the rubble, wrapped them well in the large black cloth, and put them into the backpack.

And transporting large pieces of magic stones out is not easy, especially when some terrain is too narrow to pass through, but Broly can demolish walls so it's no problem.

Broly himself wore a nose clip, handed another to Bell, tore open a deodorant packet, tied it with a tree branch folded from the 18th floor, held it like a lantern in front, and walked ahead first.

The deodorant's scent dispersed, plus Broly's timely action, so not much battle occurred on the road.

Broly and Bell soon left the middle floors, and when they reached the upper floors, Broly said to Bell: "From here on, there shouldn't be any need to worry. Bell, give me your large backpack; your physical strength should be at its limit too, right?"

"Ah, I'm still fine."

"Don't push yourself."

Broly said a word, then took the backpack from behind the boy whose footsteps were trembling.

"In the middle floors I couldn't fight while carrying this load, but in the upper floors it doesn't count for anything."

Broly spoke, then opened another deodorant and handed it to Bell.

"Here, you hold this and walk in front; if there's danger, hide behind me."

Bell, who was handed the deodorant by the boy: "..."

He somewhat suspected the boy just didn't want to keep being smoked by the stench; hmm, even wearing nose clips, the deodorant's stench seemed able to pass through the air breathed through the mouth into their nasal cavities.

The upper floors' path was very calm; Broly and Bell only encountered a few monsters and walked out smoothly, leaving the dungeon.

(Chapter End)