Chapter 789: Non-Human Heroine Capture Targets

Cassandra suddenly came looking for him, speaking of a prophetic dream, which left Broly somewhat startled.

Seeing the girl looking at him with expectation, he decided to summon the party first.

"Dragon and Saru Knight?"

Everyone gathered, and after hearing Cassandra recount the prophetic dream, they looked at each other in bewilderment.

"I can understand the Saru Knight — that's Broly — but what is the dragon? Does it refer to the dragon monsters existing in the Dungeon Labyrinth?"

Tiona asked.

"Whether it is specifically a dragon monster, I don't know. It might be, but it might also just be some kind of metaphor."

Cassandra shook her head, unable to give a definite answer.

"If it is a dragon monster, then does Miss Cassandra mean that if we return to the surface now, Mr. Broly will successfully tame a dragon on the way?"

Lefiya was also somewhat curious.

"That possibility is not excluded."

Cassandra nodded.

Ais, on the other hand, frowned slightly; this girl held some hostility toward dragon monsters.

"But even if you tame a dragon, what use is it?"

Liliruca was somewhat confused.

"It can be used to transport supplies, as a Dungeon vehicle or something."

Tiona raised her hand.

"But you can open Broly-san's Crystal Palace Space, right?"

"That's true too, oh."

Tiona put down her hand.

"A land-walking dragon is indeed of no use to us, but if it's a flying dragon that can fly, it would be very useful.

The Ganesha Familia has successfully tamed flying dragons.

And riding them, one can quickly go from Orario to other cities."

Chunji added a sentence from the side.

"But that's only successful with surface-born flying dragons hatched from eggs, right? Can flying dragons directly spawned by the Dungeon Labyrinth be tamed successfully?"

Tiona asked curiously.

"I'm not a Beast Tamer, I don't know."

Chunji shrugged her shoulders.

"Wait, isn't the current question whether we should return to the surface because of Miss Cassandra's prophetic dream?"

Chunji raised her hand, twisting the derailed topic back on track.

"Hmm."

Broly nodded.

"What do you all think?"

He looked at the others.

"Uh, return for an uncertain prophetic dream?"

"Ah, my prophetic dream is real!"

"Didn't say it's fake, just that you, the dreamer, can't be completely certain what your dream ultimately represents, right?"

"Wuu————"

Cassandra could not refute Liliruca's words.

"In our original plan, we were to fill Broly-san's Crystal Palace Space with monster drops before returning, but now there are still two or three days until it's full.

A trip to the Deep Floors isn't easy; just the round trip takes three days. We worked hard to get here, and now we haven't encountered any danger — going back directly, isn't that a bit of a loss?"

Liliruca is better at calculating, and calculating like this, she felt it was a bit of a loss.

On the contrary, staying in the Dungeon longer would increase their harvest.

"But if we don't go back, the dragon will be caught by dragon hunters, and the Saru Knight will regret losing the dragon."

Seeing everyone around nodding, seemingly agreeing with Liliruca's words, Cassandra hurriedly stated the consequence of choosing not to return in the prophetic dream.

"Even if you say that, regretting over a dragon we don't even know what it is — isn't that a bit too strange?"

【Ah, it's like this again————】

Cassandra lamented in her heart; Liliruca's reaction was exactly the same as everyone else who had heard her prophetic dreams in the past.

"Mr. Broly————"

Cassandra could only turn her gaze to the Saiyan boy, hoping he would believe her prophecy and avoid the outcome of regretting something that might happen.

Broly pondered for a moment, then looked at the elf lady beside him: "Ryu, do you want to go back?"

This trip into the Labyrinth was mainly to help Ryu earn money, so her opinion was more important.

"Either is fine, I'll listen to you."

Ryu didn't believe in prophetic dreams, and also wanted to earn money, but she didn't force Broly to stay.

After all, what if Miss Cassandra's prophetic dream is real? If the boy truly missed something, regret would be no good.

"You decide."

Broly looked at Ais; before he could ask, the Sword Princess girl also gave her answer.

"That's right, we'll listen to you."

Ryu and Ais both expressed their stance, so the others naturally agreed; even Liliruca didn't mention the loss issue at this time.

After all, everyone else let Broly-san make the call; if she voiced another opinion now, wouldn't that make her look very insensible?

"Broly-san, I'll listen to you too."

Even the Pallum girl, to supplement her previous words, directly expressed her attitude.

"Uh————"

Broly originally wanted to hold a democratic vote and then decide whether to return or not; he didn't expect everyone else to abstain and let him decide.

He looked at Cassandra once more; this girl had a pitiful look, staring at him expectantly. After thinking for a moment, Broly said, "Then let's go back."

The Deep Floors of the Dungeon can be visited again later; there's no need to sadden a girl who appears to be thinking of him.

"I also miss Lady Hestia a bit!"

Moreover, before coming down Broly hadn't thought much about it, but now thinking carefully, he realized he had taken everyone from the Familia except Bell.

Now Hearth Manor only has Hestia left; that Goddess said she was lonely before, so indeed he should return earlier.

Broly made the decision; the others had no objections and directly set off to return.

The road back was smoother than the way down.

In half a day, Broly and the others passed through the entire Deep Floors (25-36).

"Hey, is someone being chased by monsters over there?"

When they were traversing the 19th floor Labyrinth Forest environment, explosion sounds came from the side, from far to near.

Broly and the others looked over and saw a bird monster burning all over, flying in the sky not far away, throwing explosive fireballs at the ground, looking like it was chasing and killing someone.

"Looks like it's heading our way; I'll go help~"

Tiona is kindhearted; holding the twin greatsword Uruga, she jumped up a tree and then actively went to meet the large bird monster flying this way.

The flame bird monster in the sky wasn't high level, and it didn't expect someone to suddenly jump at its face.

When Tiona jumped over, it tried to dodge, but it was already a bit late.

It solidly took the Amazon girl's force-splitting-hua-shan one sword strike.

Its body was directly split in two halves; it's just that monsters are special — after death they directly turn to ash.

Otherwise, there would definitely be a rain of fresh blood.

"Don't worry, you're safe————"

Tiona landed, just about to say some cool lines, but her voice paused.

Only because the person being chased she saw was not a bedraggled Adventurer.

But a monster with light gray skin, humanoid appearance; the other party was currently in a state of full-body stiffness because it had rashly intruded into the encirclement of a group of Adventurers, Broly and the others.

"Is this a Dragon Girl? Is she crying?!"

Tiona behind didn't see, but Broly and the others at the front saw clearly.

The Dragon Girl appearing before them, upon seeing them, showed despair on her face, tears welling in her eyes.

"Is she being chased by other monsters?"

Lefiya was somewhat surprised.

Generally speaking, Dungeon monsters do not attack existences that are also monsters; even if they are different species of monsters, it's the same.

"Should we eliminate her?"

Liliruca questioned, raising her hand crossbow, but not knowing whether to pull the trigger.

"Don't attack her."

Broly spoke to stop them.

"Hm?"

Everyone subconsciously looked at him.

"I think I know what the dragon in Cassandra's prophetic dream refers to."

The youth continued.

"Ah, you mean this Dragon Girl?"

Tsubaki asked with some surprise.

"Mm."

Broly nodded, looking at the Crystal Palace Panel.

【Discovered new Capture target, Vini, current Happiness Value 0, continuously decreasing】

The Dragon Girl encountered on the return road was the dragon from Cassandra's prophetic dream, making everyone a bit stunned.

"Then how do you plan to tame her?"

Tiona asked curiously.

"I don't know, but first we should communicate with her."

Broly thought for a moment and said.

"Monsters, can they communicate?"

The Sword Princess girl's hand still gripped the sword hilt, her beautiful eyebrows furrowed, directly retorting.

"Not sure, I'll try."

Broly directly stepped forward, sensing the Dragon Girl's breath changes, stopping at the edge of her vigilance line.

"Hello, can you understand what I'm saying?"

The Small Dragon Girl was silent; after hearing the question, she even took a step back.

"This vigilance is a bit heavy; was she injured by Adventurers————"

Broly saw the injuries on her body and suddenly had an idea.

"Holy power, the nourishment of fragrant delicacy————"

He began chanting; magic light emerged.

The little guy opposite thought he was being attacked, raising his hands and subconsciously making a move to resist.

However, the imagined pain did not arrive; instead, a warm energy wrapped around her.

Little Dragon Girl carefully opened her eyes, discovering that the injuries on her body had healed.

"I have no malice."

Broly shrugged at her.

Little Dragon Girl seemed to have detected this point as well.

The nervous expression on her face gradually relaxed.

"That guy's traces are on this side, chase him for me!"

But the next moment, the sound coming from the dense forest behind her made this little guy become nervous again.

She looked around in some panic, seemingly wanting to find a path to escape.

However, ahead was a semi-encirclement formed by Ais and the others.

Behind, was a group of fierce-looking guys chasing her.

After discovering she had no way to run, Little Dragon Girl looked toward the boy in front of her who had healed her injuries.

She could no longer bother to stay vigilant against him, leaning in close and hiding behind Broly.

That posture of cowering with her head in her hands made Ais watch in some silence, feeling a sense of familiarity.

Because when she was little, she had done similar actions too.

Encountering monsters, feeling afraid, directly cowering with head in hands.

Just that this time, the one cowering with head in hands had become a Little Dragon Girl.

And what made the other party afraid had become a group of ferocious Adventurers.

"Hey, you guys, did you see a Dragon Girl run over here?"

The bald, burly man with tattoos on his face who rushed out of the dense forest didn't expect there to be other people here; he frowned and subconsciously asked the Amazon girl closest to him.

"Brother Joesen, look over there."

Cowering with head in hands isn't invisibility; among the group of Adventurers who ran over here, someone soon discovered Little Dragon Girl behind Broly.

"Hey, brat, that Dragon Girl is our prey."

The bald burly man looked over with a somewhat unkind gaze; Dragon Girls in the Dungeon are rare monsters — not only is the Red Gem drop on their forehead precious, but that appearance of a non-human girl resembling a human is also coveted by some Monster Lovers on the surface.

Catch her, secretly transport her out, and she can be sold for a high price.

"Prey?"

"That's right, she was the one we targeted first; it's just that midway we were attacked by other monsters, which led to her running away."

"In the Dungeon, among Adventurers, there's a rule against stealing others' prey; you, this brat, wouldn't happen to not know this rule, would you?"

The bald burly man stepped forward, seemingly wanting to use his own tall stature to intimidate the boy in front of him.

"Not keeping watch over your own prey is your problem; since she came before me, and was coveted by me, she's mine.

However, considering you are Adventurers who make a living subjugating monsters, I can appropriately give you some economic compensation."

Broly is not an unreasonable Saiyan; the Dragon Girl behind him, although a Capture target acknowledged by the Crystal Palace, in the eyes of this world's Adventurers, is merely a monster with subjugation value.

Broly has no intention of refuting this universal values, nor does he plan to kill this group of Adventurers because of it; to avoid conflict, he chose the method of giving these people some economic compensation.

It's just that this proposal, which in Broly's view was very reasonable, in the bald burly man's view was just throwing a few scraps, an act preparing to snatch their precious prey.

"Brat, looks like you're courting death.

I'm telling you, a few people dying in the Dungeon is fundamentally not a thing."

The bald burly man drew his knife.

Broly glanced at this person, and stopped talking.

If the other party makes a move, then just directly kill the other party.

"Hey, Brother Joesen, you look at the people behind him first————"

However, the bald burly man didn't get the chance to court death before he was reminded by the little brother behind him.

"The people behind him, isn't that a Dragon Girl————"

The bald man's words paused; he caught sight of the people in the team behind Broly.

And minor characters like Liliruca, he naturally didn't recognize.

But star Adventurers of Orario like Sword Princess, he recognized very well.

And White Shrine Maiden, One-Eyed Craftsman, their fame in Orario is also not low.

Even Great Severing, who wasn't recognized at first, was connected up after recognizing Sword Princess.

As for Broly, he also, after recognizing Sword Princess, looked more and more familiar.

The bald burly man gradually recalled where he had seen this face.

War Game, twice, he lost 300000 Valis.

If this were the surface, he would dare to scold the other party a few times.

But this is the Dungeon, just as he said before, a few people dying fundamentally doesn't count as a thing.

And now he's drawn his blade, still looking like he wants to chop the group opposite to death————

Thinking of this, the bald burly man's cold sweat came out all at once.

*Gulp~*

He swallowed, his stiff expression twitching twice.

"Sorry, we got it wrong, our prey should have run off that way."

The bald burly man said this, turned around, and slapped the little brother behind him.

"Bastard, how were you tracking?"

This person bowed in apology while wearing a fawning smile, a complete turnaround from his earlier arrogance, and led his group away in a somewhat sorry state toward another direction.

As for the dragon girl, what dragon girl? What they were chasing was clearly a Hellhound!

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"Brother Joesen, even if we did run into the Sword Princess and her group, are we just going to let them have the precious prey that originally belonged to us?"

After running a distance, a little brother finally couldn't hold back and asked.

"What else can we do? How about we actually fight them for real?"

"But the Loki Familia doesn't listen to reason, do they?"

"Stupid goods, our Ikaros Familia already walks the gray edge, sometimes even mixing with Dark Faction familias. If the Sword Princess and the others found out our real identities, they'd kill us directly — what reason would there be to speak of?"

Pausing a moment, the bald burly man continued: "Besides, the Sword Princess's group is one thing. The important one is that False Newbie. The look he gave me just now was clearly the look you give a dead man. If I'd really clashed with him just now, I might have been killed by him without mercy."

The bald burly man who had fled, recalling the Saiyan youth's gaze just now and connecting it with some rumors related to him, felt more and more alarmed the more he thought about it.

"Ah, False Newbie, Brother Joesen, you mean that Tyrant of Extreme Desire?"

"Right, that's the one."

During the time spent monster hunting in the Dungeon, Broly, who had previously resolved the Ishtar Familia in the War Game, had apparently acquired another strange new nickname.

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