Chapter 731
Death Arena, Bursting Logistics Load!
Chapter 731 Death Arena, Bursting Logistics Load!
The two-meter-tall metallic Blue Crab King was blasted away by a punch from the Saiyan boy who rushed over. Its shell, which was harder than its kind, prevented it from being killed by the punch, but it was powerless to resist. Broly's fist was like a storm, pushing it back step by step until it was pressed against the wall, where it was gradually driven in and embedded.
Seeing this, the Loki Familia members, who previously knew nothing about the wing skills, had never witnessed the boy's strength, and only maintained basic politeness towards Broly because of their captain's attitude towards the boy, did not question the boy's presence with the team at this moment.
Given their ferocious strength, if they joined the Loki Familia, they would immediately become front-line combat members, completely different from adventurers like them who are only high-level but not actually very powerful.
"Let's set up camp on the 28th floor today and go destroy some of the surrounding walls."
After leaving the Azure Falls that spans three labyrinth levels, the Loki Familia set up camp in the forest environment of the 28th labyrinth level.
Taking advantage of the fact that the dungeon environment will prioritize repair when it is damaged, after dealing with the monsters near the camp and destroying the surrounding environment, no new monsters will spawn in the vicinity for the time being.
Just as the logistics support staff were preparing to start a fire and cook, and needed to collect some clean water, Lefia went over to help.
"If you need water, just leave it to me."
As the elven girl finished chanting her incantation, the magically created water sphere floated into the large pot under her control.
"Hey, Lefia, you can actually use such convenient magic?"
"Why haven't I seen you use it before?"
"This is a magic technique I only recently learned."
"Does it consume a lot of magic power?"
"It's not serious. You'll recover after a short rest."
"Ah, if you had learned this magic sooner, we wouldn't have had to worry about storing water when we went to the Deep Zone."
Listening to the exclamations of her logistics and support companions, Lefia's eyes widened. She suddenly realized the value of the water magic that Broly had taught her, which had extremely low mana consumption, in exploring the dungeon labyrinth.
Unlike the development of magic in the Six Faces World, the development of magic in the DanMachi world is rather abnormal. This is mainly because a thousand years ago, the continent was teeming with monsters that had escaped from the Great Hole (the predecessor of the unsealed dungeons) and were wreaking havoc on every corner of the continent.
Therefore, races capable of casting magic tend to research magic in three directions: attack, defense, or healing. No one would research magic that consumes very little mana, such as creating water or fire, which has no offensive, defensive, or healing abilities.
When the gods descended, both races that were originally able to master magic and those that were able to master magic now because of the gods' grace began to rely on the ability stats provided by the gods' grace. The rise of magic stone technology brought the research and development of magic in this world to a complete standstill.
Starting a fire is fine, as this world has tinderstones that work like lighters, but as for creating water, there are no magical stones in this world that can conjure water out of thin air.
Of course, if you're talking about a water-attribute magic sword, then it is possible to create water, but the cost-effectiveness is extremely low. It's not as good as casting attack or defense spells that consume a lot of mana.
. . . . .
The meal was quickly prepared, and Broly was given a large bowl of rice topped with meat sauce.
Just as he was eating heartily, Rafia came over with her bowl.
“Mr. Broly…”
Rafia called his name.
"Ok?"
Broly stopped eating and looked at the elven girl with a puzzled expression.
"I am truly grateful for the water-making magic you taught me before."
Lefia immediately expressed her gratitude.
"Uh, didn't you already thank me before? Why are you thanking me again now?"
Broly was somewhat puzzled.
"I did thank you before, but I didn't know that this magic was so valuable, so I feel that my previous thanks were a bit insufficient."
As Lefia spoke, she scratched the back of her head somewhat embarrassedly. The elven girl felt that such a light thank you was not enough to repay the other party for teaching her this water magic.
"No need to be so polite, Lefia. We're good friends, aren't we?"
"Ah, um..."
The elven girl was initially surprised, but then nodded in agreement.
"Mr. Broly, is there anything I can do for you?"
However, she quickly asked again, appearing somewhat guilty and uneasy.
"What do I need you to do for me?" Broly was taken aback for a moment before replying, "Well, not yet, but there is one thing I need you to promise me in the future."
"What is it?"
Lefia's eyes lit up, and she quickly pressed for more information.
Ordinary friends, indeed.
But her close friend, the elf girl, realized that she hadn't actually thought that way before.
So now she feels a little indebted to the boy, which makes her want to do something for him.
"If you don't feel disgusted, repulsed, or annoyed, grant me one request in the future."
Broly replied without going into details about their encounter, wanting her to be his wife, or becoming a member of the Crystal Palace.
"Uh, isn't it something specific?"
Lefia asked, somewhat surprised.
"It is true, but the time is not right yet, so I cannot explain it to you in detail. However, Miss Lefia, please rest assured that if you do not wish to grant my request at that time, you can refuse."
Broly said seriously.
"I don't dislike, I don't reject, I don't hate it. If I refuse requests like this, wouldn't I be terrible?"
Given the high moral standards of elves, repaying kindness is a perfectly normal thing, while failing to repay kindness is a completely morally reprehensible act.
Lefia felt that if Broly really did have those three requests, then she would absolutely not be able to refuse him in the future, so the elf girl readily agreed.
Not far away, Nine Demon Princess Riveria, who was also eating, swallowed a mouthful of rice and suddenly said to the swordswoman girl beside her, "Ais, Broly needs more rice. Go and give him some."
"okay."
The swordswoman didn't hesitate and prepared to go over and serve the Saiyan boy more rice.
"Use your rice bowl, fill it with more rice, and then go over and share it with him."
However, before the girl could leave, she was called back by the 99-year-old elf behind her.
"Uh, okay."
Although she didn't know why the rice was served in this way, the swordswoman followed her elf guardian's advice.
"Rivia, is it really okay for you to interfere with Ais's behavior like this?"
Grace sipped the small keg of beer he had brought and said something after Ais left with the pile of rice.
"Ais is too naive. If I don't give her a push, she might fall behind one day."
Riveria took a sip of the brewed elven tea and watched as the girl who had gone to the Saiyan boy not far away, after sharing the extra rice from her bowl with the boy, sat down next to him to eat. A satisfied smile appeared on Riveria's face.
A family should definitely eat together.
"I have a feeling that it won't be long before Ais and Lefia become mothers."
Finn, on the other side, said with a smile.
. . . .
"Ah, Miss Ais, I'm running out of food too, could you share some with me?"
Upon seeing the approaching swordswoman, the elf girl immediately shared her rice with the Saiyan boy. Seeing the swordswoman put her chopsticks in her mouth after sharing the rice, Lefia thought of an indirect kiss and immediately said she wanted more rice too.
"Woo~"
Ais looked at the bowl that had been flattened and hesitated for a moment.
"I'll share some of mine with you."
Broly, who was also a foodie, immediately understood Ais's hesitation and shared some of his rice with Lefia.
This is different from when we were on the surface. Now, in the underground city, the food ration for each person per meal is actually limited.
Otherwise, if overeating leads to insufficient supplies, then they will have to return before obtaining enough spoils.
"Uh……"
Lefia glanced at the Saiyan boy who had also finished distributing the food and had put his chopsticks in his mouth.
The elf's obsession with cleanliness...
She didn't seem to have a reaction; she just hesitated for a moment before starting to eat with the other two people beside her.
The others looked over and noticed that the three people over there were eating at a similar pace.
Eating, drinking soup...
Broly conjured a water sphere, and the swordswoman habitually reached into it.
First wash your hands, then wash your mouth.
Before the water balloon was thrown, the elf girl quickly followed, but did the same thing.
Well, if it weren't for the fact that drinking water that Miss Ais used was bad, it would make me seem a bit too much of a pervert.
Lefia might do it again.
Broly, on the other hand, looked at the murky water sphere, tossed it aside, and then condensed another one.
“Mr. Broly, I hope you will allow other spellcasters in our clan to learn your water magic on their own.”
After the meal, Finn approached him and made a request.
"can."
Broly readily agreed.
"If needed, I can also help teach them."
He added.
"Well, Broly, I'll leave it to you."
After arranging for several spellcasters accompanying the team to learn water magic from the Saiyan boy, Finn went back.
"You were just trying to use the supporter commission to talk to him about the water magic learning license, right?"
Riveria asked the returning dwarf leader a question.
"Yes, in the end, they didn't even need me to negotiate; they just agreed."
Finn scratched his head.
“Broly is very similar to Ais; they are both simple and straightforward. Instead of talking about interests with him, we should talk about feelings and make friends with him sincerely.”
"Then I'm the one who's being snobbish."
Finn shrugged.
"What about the commission?"
Grace asked.
"Heh, we're all friends now, why take a cut? It's just one more piece of his spoils. Do you think our logistics team can't handle it?"
Finn said with a smile.
. . . .
"Ah, Finn, with Ais and Broly here, how are we even going to be able to fight any monsters?"
The following day, after Broly and Ais began practicing their swordsmanship with monsters, Loki's gold-farming group discovered a serious problem.
"Tempest!"
The two, having activated Wind Spirit Speed, were like two ruthless monster-slaying machines. Any monsters they encountered in the maze that showed themselves were instantly killed, while others didn't even have a chance to make a move.
Finn organized the team to go into the dungeon to farm money, but half of the monsters that drop loot are being snatched by the Saiyan boy, which is making him a little upset.
"Let's go to the Death Arena on the 37th floor."
Finn, who hadn't fought a single battle all day while following behind two monster-slaying machines, made this decision.
"However, the monsters in that place are incredibly powerful. Once they are defeated, they will instantly respawn and be reborn from the dungeon..."
The Death Arena in the 37th floor of the dungeon is a very special place. When no one goes there, the monsters inside will fight each other, and the victors will devour the magic stones of the losers, just like raising poisonous insects. This has resulted in a large number of enhanced monsters inside.
Another characteristic is that after monsters are destroyed there, they are quickly regenerated in the dungeon, unlike other places where it takes a period of time for the destroyed monsters to be regenerated.
These two characteristics have led many adventurer teams that are capable of exploring the deeper areas to avoid getting close to that place.
Firstly, it's too dangerous, and secondly, it's difficult to effectively recover loot in the face of hordes of constantly spawning monsters.
“You’re right, but everyone has seen how fast Ais and Broly eliminate monsters. If it weren’t for the occasional high-level monster that slips through the net, I would have thought I was taking a stroll in the upper fifth floor or above…”
Finn was also helpless. They were supposed to be a gold-farming group, but there weren't enough monsters to fight, so most of them could only watch and slack off.
"Therefore, in order to ensure that others can also fight monsters, only the monster spawn rate in the Death Arena is fast enough."
On this point, none of the other members of the Loki Familia Gold-Making Team could refute it, and on the third day of their dungeon raid, they went directly to the Deep Zone.
The original plan to spend most of the time farming monsters and making money in the lower levels has changed somewhat.
But even bigger changes are yet to come...
. . . .
"Commander, our logistics support is overloaded."
On the very night he arrived at the Death Arena to grind monsters, Finn received an unexpected message.
"Why so fast?"
The leader of the dwarf tribe was very puzzled, as they had come down prepared to transport a large amount of spoils of war.
"It's a problem with the drop rate..."
However, Finn soon learned the answer: the problem mainly lay with Broly.
Luck, this extremely special development ability, allowed Broly and Ais and Lefia, who shared this part of luck through their wing skills, to have an extremely high drop rate when fighting monsters.
Combined with the speed at which the Death Arena breeds monsters, the transport capacity of the Loki Familia's gold-farming team's support team was exceeded in just three days, far surpassing the original estimate of six days.
Upon learning of this situation, Finn, after a moment of bewilderment, made a very clear decision: to assign the task of farming gold to members with higher drop rates.
"Except for Ais, all combat members were converted into supporters, leading the team to open up a transport line between the 37th floor of the Death Arena and the 18th floor of Rivera Town, to transport the spoils of war fought by Broly, Ais, and Lefia up for sale."
(End of this chapter)