Chapter 800

"Mr. Broly, these vouchers..."

"What's wrong, you still want to return the money you've gotten your hands on to me?"

"Uh..."

There was some reluctance in Moduo's eyes, but he still handed over the Guild vouchers he had collected earlier.

"Without you, we would all have died on the 27th floor of the Labyrinth. I may be greedy for money, but I still know gratitude."

Seeing that Moduo was serious about returning the money, Broly touched his chin.

"Forget it. There's no reason to take back what I've given out."

"Eh?"

"You keep this money, split it with your subordinates. In the future, I might have use for you lot."

"Ah, Mr. Broly, if you have any orders, just command us."

"There's one right now."

"Hm?"

"Help me look after my Lamdon."

Broly handed over the Magic Beast Taming Whip, a Magic Tool for commanding beast taming, that he had confiscated from Jialuo. He hadn't killed either of the two Lamdon Giant Snakes, one green and one red, but Magic Beasts from the deep floors aren't easy to bring to the surface.

Just right, let Moduo, this Labyrinth local who has settled in Rivera Town inside the Dungeon, help look after them. In the future, when coming to the Dungeon, after passing through the shortcut gap of the first seventeen floors and arriving at the 18th floor, he can directly manipulate the Lamdon Giant Snakes to dig holes, digging out a straight-drop snake-path elevator to the deeper floors of the Dungeon.

Moduo: "..."

Not only giving money, but also giving a taming whip capable of manipulating two Lv. 5 Snake-type Magic Beasts.

"Drifting half my life, never meeting a worthy lord..."

If there weren't so many people present, this one-eyed burly man would have wanted to kowtow to Broly.

"Through boiling water and blazing fire, Bro-bro~"

Parting ways with Moduo and the others on the 18th floor of the Labyrinth, Broly brought Ryu back to the surface.

"Miss Adi's remains have already been repaired, just waiting for you to go up and witness her resurrection."

"Actually, you guys could just resurrect Adi directly."

"How can that do? You're the friend who pushed for her resurrection. The resurrected Miss Adi should see you first."

"Uh, this isn't a bird animal hatching a chick, needing the hatched chick to see the bird mom first."

"But resurrected people usually panic. If they can directly see a familiar person, they'd definitely feel at ease, right?"

Leaving the Babel Tower Dungeon entrance, heading toward West Main Street, the two figures gradually drew close. Unknowingly, Ryu, who originally kept some distance from Broly, had shrunk the safety distance to the Saiyan youth. Shoulders touching shoulders, occasionally the cloth of their clothes could rub against each other.

Ryu arrives, resurrection about to begin.

Originally, Fels suggested going outside Orario to resurrect.

After all, when Resurrection Magic resurrects someone, the commotion of opening the Gate of the Underworld is a bit big.

But...

"Resurrection Magic, I plan to make it a business for our Familia in the future. This can let our Familia grasp more say in Orario..."

Grasping the say is preparation for Vini to be able to walk openly on Orario's streets in the future.

So, this resurrection of Miss Adi is both helping Ryu resurrect a friend, and a publicity stunt aimed at Orario.

Resurrection began. Broly aimed at the white skeleton wearing proper clothes on the experiment platform and began chanting the Resurrection Magic incantation.

Magic Power inside his body began to be rapidly consumed. The Dragon Talisman worn on his body also began to continuously replenish the Magic Power being consumed in Broly's body.

A pillar of light similar to a god being sent back, at this moment of dusk, pierced through the Hearth Manor's Building without obstruction, rushing straight toward the sky.

Different from the pillar of light that appeared in the daytime last time, this pillar of light was very eye-catching against the backdrop of the approaching night.

【Is that... a certain god being sent back?】

This was the first thought produced by the Orario residents who saw the pillar of light.

【What god, being sent back takes this long?】

By the time Shakti, captain of the Ganesha Familia, brought Familia members of the City Guard to the Hearth Manor where the pillar of light appeared, everyone's thought had become this.

The soaring pillar of light had already persisted for twenty-odd minutes, but there wasn't the slightest sign of dissipating.

"Ryu, what exactly happened at the Hearth Manor? Was Goddess Hestia sent back to Heaven?"

Shakti pressed the Magic Stone Doorbell of the Hearth Manor, and directly asked the elf who came out to open the door.

"No, it's not a send-back to Heaven, but resurrecting the dead. Miss Shakti, you've come at just the right time. We need your help right now."

Ryu directly grabbed Shakti's hand and pulled her good friend's older sister inside.

After entering, Shakti, approaching the pillar of light, discovered there were truly many gods inside the Hearth Manor.

Besides Hestia, the owner of the Hearth Manor, Hephaestus, Loki, Freya, Hermes, Deiankete and other Main Gods of Familias were actually all here.

"The resurrection of the dead you speak of is?"

"Adi. My good friend. Your younger sister."

"Ah?!"

"The skeleton repair absolutely has no problem, but why would the resurrection time be this long? Has it failed?"

"No, there isn't. The Resurrection Magic is still operating normally."

"Then where exactly is the problem?"

The remains have no problem, the Resurrection Magic has no problem, but the resurrection time is a bit off. Fels and the others quickly investigated the source of the problem and soon had a conclusion.

"Right. Miss Adi died seven years ago. The Underworld collects souls from the entire Lower World. In seven years, who knows how many lives' souls have returned to the Underworld. Wanting to find Miss Adi's soul among so many souls, even for Mr. Broly who has the Luck Development Ability, is very difficult to do directly."

"Then what to do now?"

Liu didn't expect this kind of mishap to appear either, and asked the Fool Miss with some nervousness.

"We can only have Broly continuously cast Resurrection Magic, and slowly search Miss Adi's soul."

"But there is also a possibility that souls returning to the Underworld will gradually fall into a peaceful state in the Underworld, slowly washing away memories from when they were alive.

Perhaps the one you want to resurrect has already completely rested in peace on the Underworld side, unable to respond to your resurrection……"

Hermes' words were like a basin of cold water, poured onto the elf who was full of joy, waiting for her friend's resurrection.

"Hermes?!"

Freya looked at this spoilsport with some dissatisfaction, and the Omnipotent Asfi beside him was the same; Hermes hurriedly raised his hands, making a surrender gesture.

"I'm just stating a possibility; the time souls rest in peace isn't actually that fast either. The souls of those great heroes can even remain active in the Underworld for over a thousand years.

Pity, I still want to stay in the Lower World, and the opened Gate of the Underworld can't let us gods pass through for the time being.

Otherwise, I could find a Divine Friend in the Underworld and have them help a little in searching for a specific dead soul."

The situation before us seems like it can only maintain the continuous use of Resurrection Magic.

"Gods can't pass through the Gate of the Underworld to the Underworld; then what about people in a soul state?"

Facing the Resurrection Magic that didn't know how long it would need to be maintained, Broly raised his own doubt.

"People in a soul state? That's dead people, right? Dead people can naturally go to the Underworld."

Hermes nodded, then asked with some doubt.

"What, Young Man Broly, you still want to let someone die and go to the Underworld to directly search on-site for the soul of the person you want to resurrect?"

Liu was eager to try.

Seeing this scene, Hermes hurriedly said: "Forget it. The Underworld's Underworld is many times more vast than the Lower World.

Ordinary people dying and going there don't even know if they can figure out directions there; wanting to find a dead soul on-site in the Underworld is simply harder than fishing a needle out of the sea."

"No problem, I'm not ordinary. I can personally go over."

Regarding going to the afterlife to directly fish for souls, Broly counts as experienced; back in the Food Spirit World, he did this thing.

"Ah, but Broly, you're the one presiding over the Resurrection Magic. If you go to the Underworld to find the soul, who will preside over the Resurrection Magic?"

Fels asked.

"Simple, let Bell do it."

Broly pointed at the white-haired youth to the side.

"Eh, Broly-san, me?"

Bell pointed at his own nose, somewhat in disbelief.

"Right, didn't I give you the Resurrection Magic Grimoire before?"

"Uh?"

"Having you learn it was also to let you shoulder a heavy responsibility later."

Broly will leave this world later; for the Hestia Familia to operate the resurrection project later, the only one suitable to operate this project within the Familia who also possesses the Luck Development Ability is Bell.

Broly consciously cultivated Bell in the direction of the Resurrection Sacrifice, just didn't expect to have to use this little brother so fast.

"But my Magic Power……"

"Don't worry about the Magic Power problem. I'll give you the Dragon Talisman to use. The most important thing for Resurrection Magic is Luck."

"Letting Bell, who also possesses high Luck, carry the Dragon Talisman and take over presiding over the Resurrection Magic is indeed no problem, but Broly, how will you find Miss Adi in the Underworld?

Based on appearance? But for souls, appearance changes with self-cognition. Seven years is too long; perhaps the other party is now just a soul sphere shape……"

Hestia raised another problem.

"I can search by Breath. Doesn't Miss Adi still have an older sister who is alive in the mortal world?"

Right at this time, the Magic Stone Doorbell rang; it was people from the City Guard.

Liu immediately went out to open the door, pulling in the Ganesha Familia Regiment Commander, Adi's biological older sister Shakti.

Quickly explaining the situation, she pushed the other party to Broly, who had freed up after the person presiding over the Resurrection Magic was switched.

Broly glanced at the other party, memorized the other party's Breath, then took out the Sheep Talisman and unhesitatingly used Astral Projection.

A burly, extremely oppressive, 2.23-meter-tall big guy Spirit Body appeared, scaring Shakti a jump.

"Then, I'll make a trip to the Underworld."

The Saiyan youth waved at everyone present, his figure directly sinking into the pillar-of-light-like Gate of the Underworld.

The feeling was somewhat similar to going to the Great Spirit Vein in the Food Spirit World before. Broly first fell into a sea of light, flew forward for a while, then saw a line-of-sky-style dim color.

When he got close, the desolate, deathly-silent Underworld appeared before him. Inside looked grey, the kind of color of a black-and-white photo that has lost color.

Broly went straight inside. The whistling sound heard as he passed carried a hint of dead souls' wailing.

After flying into the Underworld, Broly then began to unfold his aura. The Super-Weighted Training Skill restricts only his physical body, not his soul. The power restricted by his Super-Weighted Training Skill was completely unlocked in the soul state.

Broly's aura quickly enveloped a large area of the Underworld. The massive number of dead souls existing under this desolate Underworld then woke from slumber due to the stimulation of his aura.

The entire grey-white land, as far as the eye could see, was like a Dead Soul calamity had occurred.

Countless dead souls with different death appearances surged up from underground to the surface like a tide.

"Tap tap tap……"

And amidst this noisy commotion, clear footsteps instead transmitted from far to near. Broly followed the sound and saw a black-haired youth wearing quite trendy clothes, emitting a faint divine might, walk to the edge of a protruding grey-white cliff on the ground underfoot.

"Oh my, no wonder the Underworld is so lively today. Turns out a Customer came. However, this Customer is very unfamiliar; wonder where they come from?"

"Who are you?"

"This God is Erebos. The Underworld barely counts as this one's Divine Domain."

The black-haired youth slightly bowed, introducing himself.

"Then, you?"

He raised his head.

"My name is Broly, Captain of the Hestia Familia."

Broly landed and politely introduced himself.

"Eh? Goddess Hestia, she descended to the Lower World too?"

Erebos looked somewhat surprised.

"Yes, seven years after you were sent back to Heaven."

Broly nodded.

"Then you, child of the Hestia household, have you just died and come to the Underworld?"

"I didn't die, I just came to the Underworld to handle some business, looking for a soul."

Broly explained the situation regarding Resurrection Magic, as well as his acquaintance with Hermes.

Hermes's Divine Friend in the Underworld was precisely this Dark Lord God who had appeared before them.

Erebos, on the other hand, had used his Divine Authority to teleport here to investigate because of a sudden disturbance in the Underworld.

"Truly absurd, has the Lower World already developed a miraculous method to casually resurrect the dead?"

"Currently, only a select few can use Resurrection Magic, and they still face the problem of failing to call back the soul."

"That's also quite absurd, those kids of the Lower World truly have the possibility to make gods drop their jaws in shock!"

The young god sighed with emotion.

"Lord Erebos, regarding the matter of searching for a soul..."

"I'm very sorry, Broly, but I may not be able to agree to your request."

"Hm?"

"Ah, although I really want to help, as a God of the Underworld, my duty also includes guarding the peace of the souls of Lower World children who arrive in the Underworld. Something like this, which requires greatly disturbing the rest of the dead, even if you have a connection with my old friend Hermes, I cannot help you. It's a matter of principle..."

Erebos shrugged somewhat helplessly.

"You resurrect the dead in the Lower World, and souls are summoned away from the Underworld — that I can turn a blind eye to. But you coming directly to the Underworld wanting to physically fish for souls, that's a bit... you know. So, sorry, could you please go back?"

Broly: "..."

The Food Spirit World, it seems, also has this kind of principled god.

"Lord Erebos, can't you make an exception?"

He asked.

"No."

The black-haired youth shook his head.

"I don't really want to use force against a god."

Broly persuaded somewhat helplessly.

"Hah, you want to fight me? Let me remind you, this isn't the Lower World, where gods cannot use Divine Power.

And I, at any rate, am a Dark Lord God, Absolute Evil. Among gods, I'm also the very fightable type."

"So, if I can beat you, will you handle my matter?"

"Hahaha..."

Erebos laughed.

"How about this, you beat the two people I send out first, then we'll talk."

This Dark Lord God waved a hand, and a dark cavity emerged on the ground.

Two figures, who should also be souls, were squeezed out from the dark cavity.

"Erebos, why disturb my slumber?"

A woman with long white hair, a cold and beautiful appearance, wearing a formal dress, eyes tightly shut, spoke rudely to the Dark Lord God beside her the moment she appeared.

Beside her, similarly emerging from the dark cavity, a tall man clad in full iron armor, watched him without saying a word.

"It's like this..."

Erebos spoke at rapid speed, introducing Broly's identity as a Lower World intruder who entered the Underworld to fish for souls.

"He's very confident, and I really want to give him a chance, but for a god to step up feels a bit like bullying a Lower World kid. So I need you to let him know the power of those who once stood at the peak of the Lower World, to make him realize the difficulty and back down."

"Making dead people continue to work for you, Erebos, you truly are the Dark Lord God of Absolute Evil. If the Underworld had lampposts, you should be hung from one!"

The woman spat with a poison tongue.

"Even in death we have to serve as whetstones? Fine, this is also the sad wish of us Familia members."

The man sighed, accepting his role as a trial-giver.

"Let me introduce them. This one was a powerhouse of the Zeus Familia in life, the one who defeated Behemoth and completed one of the Adventurers' final three Great Quests, 【Gluttony】 Charudo.

And this one was a powerhouse of the Hera Familia, known in life by all gods as the Avatar of Talent, the Talent Monster, 【Silence】 Alfia, who likewise defeated Leviathan and completed one of the Adventurers' final three Great Quests.

As long as you can defeat these two who once stood at the peak of the Lower World, I will give you the chance to challenge me, to gain the opportunity to have the gates of the Underworld opened wide for you by me, this Dark Lord God, this Underworld God.

This is the trial of I, Erebos, Absolute Evil, Dark Lord God, Underworld God. Broly, are you prepared to stake your life and face this trial?"

"No problem."

Broly agreed without hesitation. The other party was willing to make an exception, just needing to go through some necessary procedures to do so — better than the situation where they wouldn't make an exception even if beaten to death.

"So, are you coming one by one, or together?"

Broly asked directly.

Erebos, Charudo, Alfia: "..."

That's not right, with those words, who exactly is the one facing the trial?

(Chapter End)