Chapter 665

The two of them, covered in blood, walked out of the Dungeon, drawing sidelong glances from not a few Adventurers also exiting at the entrance.

Honestly, missing limbs is not all that rare for Adventurers, but returning whole and unharmed while drenched in blood, and looking like the haul was substantial to boot — that is truly seldom seen.

Still, since they could walk out of the Dungeon normally and didn't look like they needed a hand, no other Adventurers approached on their own; a stranger's goodwill is, more often than not, met with vigilance.

"Broly-san, where are we going now?"

Stepping out of the Dungeon, looking at the orange-red sunset light outside, Bell suddenly felt as if a world apart, as if he had experienced a great deal; when he came back to his senses, he asked the boy walking ahead.

"We'll go to the Second Floor of Babel Tower first, rent two bathing rooms, wash the filth off ourselves, then talk."

Broly had no desire to go back looking like this and cause Hestia worry.

He took Bell upstairs, bathed, changed into a set of Casual Clothes bought with money, and only then came out.

Then he took Bell up to the 4th floor restaurant, ordered two set meals to fill their stomachs, and only then brought out the Guild Vouchers from today's harvest and pushed them in front of Bell.

"Broly-san, this is?"

"Your pay for today."

"Ah, but isn't this a bit too much? Isn't my cut only one-tenth?"

Bell was startled, because the boy had given him all of today's earnings.

"Don't rush, it's not much. Don't forget, we still haven't tallied some of the things we brought out, and this should merely be the bulk of it."

Broly pointed at the large Backpack beside him holding the Giant's Magic Stones and drop items.

"Ah, this counts too?"

Bell was somewhat unexpected; the boy intended to split the Giant's proceeds with him as well.

"Of course it counts. What we agreed on yesterday, giving you one-tenth of the proceeds means one-tenth of the proceeds.

It's just that the Floor Boss's items would be rather conspicuous to process, and my family's Goddess doesn't want me too Eye-Catching.

So I don't plan to Sell these to the Guild; I intend to take them back and sell them to the Familia of a God who is a friend of my family's Goddess.

Hmm, Bell, regarding my plan to handle these through Private Channels, are you willing to trust me?"

What Broly asked was whether the boy had any objection in the matter of money distribution when processing the harvest through private channels.

"Ah, trust you, of course. Broly-san, you've saved me Many Times, given me work, took me Dungeon Diving — even if you didn't split these proceeds with me, it would be only right. Much less when Broly-san you are willing to share them with me."

Bell replied with No Hesitation.

"Good then."

Broly nodded; he Very Like the boy's attitude of trusting him.

"You hold onto these vouchers for now. Tonight I'll go back and Sell these things; if it falls short of one-tenth of today's proceeds, I'll Fill the rest tomorrow."

Broly would not let someone willing to trust him suffer a loss.

"Broly-san……"

However, Bell was somewhat Reluctant.

"What's wrong?"

Broly looked at him Strangely.

"I……"

Bell had just wanted to speak when he was Interrupted by the Waitress bringing the Meat Steak.

"Customers, your Meat Steak set meals. Careful, the edges of the iron plate are hot."

With this interruption, the boy's words became somewhat unspeakable.

"Don't hem and haw. Whatever it is, just say it directly."

Skewering a piece of Meat Steak, Broly ate a bite; after the aroma of the steak mixed with some Mushroom Sauce burst in his mouth, he said to the boy opposite, who was somewhat lukewarm and hesitant.

"The matter is like this……"

Bell gritted his teeth and spoke of his wish to join a Familia.

"I want to join a Familia, but in Orario there isn't a single Familia willing to take me.

Uh, I mean, the normal kind of joining a Familia, not the kind that demands I do Strange things.

Broly-san, I can forgo all of today's proceeds, but I wonder if you could give me an opportunity to Introduce me into your Familia?"

After finishing, Bell looked at the boy somewhat Worried.

"I thought it was something else; so it's just this?"

"Ah, then……"

"I can introduce you, but whether you can join the Familia I'm in is Another Matter.

Hmm, this matter requires my family's Goddess to make the decision."

"Ah, being able to meet the Goddess is enough. I'll definitely Properly present myself before the Goddess, Strive For entry into Broly-san your Familia. Even if I'm rejected afterward, I won't have any complaints."

Hearing this, Bell hurriedly said.

"Hold on a moment."

Broly raised his hand.

"Hm?"

Bell lifted his head, looking Confused.

"You wanting to present yourself is Don't Care, but listen: my family's Goddess is the one I'm currently Capturing. If you dare have thoughts of competing with me, I won't be polite to you."

Broly hasn't forgotten the White Hair boy's Declaration at the city gate; if this guy dares harbor improper thoughts toward Hestia, he'll make him know his Powerful.

"Eh, Broly-san's Capture target is actually a Goddess?"

Bell's eyes widened.

"You have a problem with that?"

Broly Refuted.

"Ah, I don't have any issues, just feel that as expected of you, Broly-san, you easily did what us mortals dare not do."

The youth had a face full of admiration.

"No, what kind of expression is that?"

Broly was somewhat confused by the youth's reaction, but he soon heard Bell speak about how gods are noble, are existences that should be revered and enshrined by mortals.

Simply put, among the objects this youth wishes to encounter, there is absolutely no existence of a god; rather, he distinguishes humans and gods clearly, believing that a mortal wanting to encounter a god is a form of disrespect towards the god.

Of course, excluding this Broly-san of his, and if one asks why.

"Because Broly-san, you are a hero!"

Bell answered so naturally; in his view, a hero should do what mortals cannot.

And that includes having the idea of an encounter (capture) with the high-and-mighty gods.

As for himself, although he has the thought of becoming a hero, he is currently still a mortal.

After learning Bell would not have improper thoughts towards his own Goddess, Broly called him to dine: "Pad your stomach, then come with me back to the Hephaestus Familia base, I'll introduce you to my Goddess."

"Ah, Broly-san, so you're actually a member of the Hephaestus Familia? That's a top-tier major faction in Orario!"

Bell was very surprised.

"No no no, my Goddess and I are just temporarily staying there."

After dining, they went downstairs; although his body was a bit weak from today's overexertion in the Dungeon, Bell's spirit was full, walking behind the boy.

"Hestia-sama, I'm back."

"Ah, Broly, you're finally back, are you hurt?!"

Opening the guest room door, Broly spoke a line.

Inside, a Loli Goddess pounced flying towards him.

One day apart feels like three autumns; this roughly describes Hestia's situation.

She circled around the boy, even lifting his clothes to check the condition inside.

Fortunately, back at Babel Tower, Broly had used healing magic to heal some of the injuries on his body.

"Right now I don't have a single injury."

Broly smiled and told Hestia the truth, though having no injuries now doesn't mean he wasn't injured before.

"Eh, who is this?"

Hestia circled twice, confirmed the boy indeed had no issues, then noticed the white-haired youth beside her looking at her in surprise; that pure white, nearly transparent clean soul of his made it impossible for anyone (god) not to pay attention, so Hestia tilted her head and asked.

"He's called Bell, an acquaintance I helped before; yesterday I hired him as my supporter, today he also went Dungeon diving with me, and he wants to join our Familia, so I brought him over for Hestia-sama to take a look."

Broly explained the situation.

"Hestia-sama, I am Bell Cranel, I've received much care from Broly-san; this visit is very presumptuous, but please give me a chance to join your Familia."

After he finished introducing, Bell also stepped forward on his own, bowing to Hestia and speaking.

"Uh, does this kid know that Hestia Familia currently only has me and Broly, two people?"

The Loli Goddess asked curiously.

"Mm, I know."

Bell nodded; on the way over, he had inquired about the situation.

"A two-person Familia, that's a small Familia that can't get any smaller."

Hestia reminded.

"That's not true."

But just as she finished speaking, the youth flatly denied this statement.

"As long as Broly-san is there, even if it's a two-person Familia, it's still a very powerful Familia."

Bell said very certainly.

"Eh, this kid, you really have good judgment!"

Hestia's eyes brightened, she came before Bell, raised her hand and patted the youth's shoulder twice, showing an expression of appreciation.

"Then Hestia-sama, I want to join your Familia, wondering what kind of trial I need to go through?"

Bell hurriedly asked.

"Ha, trial?"

Hestia patted the youth's shoulder two more times.

"What are you saying, that kind of thing, Bell-kun, haven't you already passed it?"

Bell: "Eh?!"

"Since Broly is willing to help you, how could I, this Goddess, possibly not help you?" (You're already willing to praise Broly, what else can I say?)

"Youth, welcome to Hestia Familia."

The Loli Goddess expressed welcome to the white-haired youth.

"So you've recruited another Familia child?"

Hephaestus just happened to come over this way, saw this scene.

"He's a simple child."

She glanced at Bell, then made her own evaluation.

"Broly, did you bring back something good today?"

The Red-haired Goddess asked the Saiyan boy again, her gaze locked onto the thing behind Bell, wrapped in black cloth and placed in the large backpack.

"Hephaestus-sama, today I brought back the 17th Floor Floor Boss's Magic Stone and drop items, please appraise them for me."

Broly had Bell take out the things from the large backpack, then spoke to Hephaestus.

"What, the 17th Floor Boss?"

Hearing this, Hephaestus thought her ears had malfunctioned, until she saw the contents inside after the black cloth was unwrapped, only then discovering her ears were fine, and the boy hadn't misspoken either.

"No, Broly, you're only Lv. 1, right?"

"Mhm."

"Your own original power was also sealed away by that Super Weighted Training Skill, correct?"

"Correct."

"Then how did you manage to subjugate a Lv. 4 Giant Goliath relying on an ordinary Lv. 1 Status Board?"

Hephaestus completely couldn't understand; overleveling challenges she hadn't never seen before, but those generally overleveled ordinary monster levels — whose Adventurer overleveled a Floor Boss's level, hating that their life was too long?

"It's just that I went to the 17th Floor, saw the Floor Boss, then I went up and had a big fight with the opponent, and in the end I won."

Broly spoke concisely and comprehensively, and he understood the Spring and Autumn Annals style of narration.

"Forget it, I'll appraise it for you first. Hmm, this Magic Stone is a bit small; the Guild's quotation won't exceed 10 million Valis, so I'll calculate it at 10 million Valis for you.

The Goliath's hide is a bit shattered, but fortunately there are large pieces; I'll count it as 22 million Valis. As for this skull, the quality is quite good; it should be able to serve as a Main Material to forge decent Protective Gear..."

Hephaestus ultimately gave a total quotation of 80 million Valis, roughly equal to a certain Liaris Freese's bounty.

"Alright, my appraisal is complete. If you're willing to sell, wait a moment and hand over with Chun.

Now, it's time for the next phase.

Hestia, it's time to witness your Home's child's growth today!"

Hephaestus's eyes were full of expectation as she said this to her close friend beside her.

The process of Broly defeating Goliath was described far too briefly.

But the Status Board wouldn't deceive; Hephaestus wanted to know right now exactly what this boy relied on to successfully subjugate Goliath.

"Bell, you go out first."

"Eh, Goddess-sama?"

"The Status Board is a private matter; even children of the same Familia don't share it with each other."

As Hestia spoke, she pushed the youth out, but mainly she still didn't quite trust the child she was meeting for the first time.

A child who joined the Familia isn't necessarily that Familia's person forever; cases of converting and switching Familia do occur. Broly is her first Familia child, and also the core of Hestia Familia; his Status naturally had to be kept Secret.

"Pa~"

The door was closed, Bell was isolated outside, and only then did Hestia come over to remove the boy's upper garment.

"Silver Needle, give it."

Hephaestus handed over a Silver Needle; after Hestia pricked her Finger, she touched her Fingertip to the boy's back.

As Broly's Status Board emerged on his back, the Two Goddesses simultaneously let out surprised sounds.

【Broly】

Level: Lv. 1 (Promotable)

Strength: s999→2s1515

Durability: s999→2s1530

Dexterity: s999→2s1510

Agility: s999→2s1495

Magic Power: s999→2s1500

……

"Ah, Hephaestus, can a child's Status exceed s999?"

Hestia asked in surprise.

"I don't know; at least among my Familia's children, there's never been a case of Status exceeding s999."

Broly's limit-breaking Status gave Hephaestus a bit of a shock, but with only this degree of numbers, it should be impossible to subjugate the 17th Floor Boss Lv. 4 Goliath.

"Hestia, never mind Broly's Second Panel for now; look at what the situation is with his First Panel underneath."

Hephaestus urged; Broly's Second Status Board, the Magic and Skill items were just decorations; she felt the key to defeating Goliath should be in the possible new Skills or Magic that might appear.

Hestia nodded, shrunk the Second Status Board, revealing Broly's First Status Board underneath.

And on it, compared to before, there were indeed quite a few changes.

The Magic column had gained a Healing Magic, but it was rather ordinary, nothing eye-catching.

But the Skill column underneath, the two extra Skills, were extremely eye-catching.

Just the Skill Effect descriptions were enough to make the Two Goddesses stare dumbfounded.

【Warrior Race】

Effect ①: Battle makes you stronger; the more intense the Battle, the more it can turn into nourishment for your own Strength; you are a born warrior.

Effect ②: When falling into a near-death Severe Injury yet not dying, can break through the Current Level's physical Limit (surpass the Limit Value); this effect has been Activated for the Current Level, lasting until the Current Level rises.

【Anger】

When Anger surpasses Rationality, activate the wild power within the Body, greatly Amplify the Current Level's Status (temporary); Amplification Effect increases with Level rise; Current Amplification Effect is: Level (Lv. 1) * 1000% = 1000%

After reading the 【Anger】 Skill's introduction, Hephaestus had absolutely no more doubts about how the boy defeated Goliath.

One fit of Anger, and you gain a tenfold Status Amplification; even if there exists a Level Sublimation gap, the quality of each Level unit's Status cannot simply be equated.

But with Broly's Skill activated, even if it doesn't reach theoretical Lv. 10 Status, it's estimated to have Lv. 5 or 6 degree; just subjugating a Goliath truly has no problem.

【Truly, the Status Board records every child's characteristics; even if a Skill sealed the power originally possessed, but once the re-revealed talent is recorded, the originally sealed power will, like dead ashes reigniting, reappear on the Status Board in another form……】

Broly's first Skill was 【Natural Stat Monster】, and the other party truly was a Natural Stat Monster in the literal sense.

Last night I casually spoke of a Transcendent Talent, originally thinking it could only represent the future verb 'Transcend' God, but now looking at it, this child's Talent can truly Transcend God.

Hephaestus's Mood couldn't calm down, and equally unable to calm down was Hestia: "Broly, you, you were Severely Injured, and almost died?"

The Loli Goddess's focus was entirely on the second effect of the 【Warrior Race】's activation; Broly could use the Spring and Autumn Annals style to hide his experience of being severely injured and near death, but the Status Board turned this kind of experience of his into a rigid Skill Effect and displayed it directly.

It directly caused Hestia to look at it with tears welling up, an appearance on the verge of crying.

(Chapter End)