Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Gourmet Journey

Chapter 799 The Gatekeeper of the Underworld, the Trial of the Dark God

“Mr. Broly, these contracts…”

"What's wrong? Do you still want to give me back the money you already have?"

"Uh……"

There was a hint of reluctance in Modo's eyes, but he still handed over the guild contracts he had received earlier.

"Without you, we would all have died in the 27th floor of the maze. Although I am greedy for money, I still know what is good and bad."

Seeing that Modo was serious about repaying the money, Broly stroked his chin.

"Forget it, there's no reason to take back what I've given away."

"Huh?"

"Take this money and share it with your men. I might need your help in the future."

“Ah, Mr. Broly, whatever you need, just do as you say.”

"There's one right now."

"Ok?"

"Keep an eye on my Lambton for me."

Broly handed Mordo the whip, a magical tool for commanding and taming beasts that he had confiscated from Jarrow. He hadn't killed either of the two giant Lemton serpents, one blue and one red, but these deep-seated monsters were not easy to bring to the surface.

Perfect timing! Let Modo, a local of the dungeon in Rivera Town, help look after it. In the future, when you come to the dungeon, after you've taken the shortcut through the gaps in the first seventeen levels of the dungeon, once you reach the eighteenth level, you can directly control the Lambton Serpent to dig a tunnel, creating an elevator serpent tunnel that leads directly to a deeper level of the dungeon.

Modo: "..."

This not only gives money, but also a beast-taming whip that can control two Lv.5 snake-like monsters.

"Having wandered for most of my life, I have yet to find a wise ruler..."

If there hadn't been so many people around, this one-eyed burly man would have kowtowed to Broly.

"I'd go through fire and water for you, Brother Bu!"

After parting ways with Modo and the others in the eighteenth-floor labyrinth, Broly took Ryu back to the surface.

"Miss Adidas's remains have been restored, and we are waiting for you to go up and witness her resurrection."

"Actually, you could just revive Adi directly."

"How can that be? You are the friend who pushed for her resurrection. Miss Adi should see you first after her resurrection."

"Uh, this isn't like birds hatching their chicks, where the chicks need to see their mother bird first."

"But people who are resurrected are usually panicked. If they could see people they know, they would definitely feel at ease."

As they left the entrance to the Tower of Babel maze and headed west, the two figures gradually drew closer. Unbeknownst to them, Ryu, who had initially maintained some distance from Broly, had shrunk the safe distance between herself and the Saiyan boy. Their shoulders were touching, and occasionally the fabric of their clothes could brush against each other.

. . . .

With Ryu's arrival, the resurrection is about to begin.

Originally, Fels suggested that they revive outside Orario.

After all, when resurrection magic resurrects a person, opening the gates of the underworld can be quite a commotion.

but……

"I plan to turn resurrection magic into a business for our clan in the future. This will allow our clan to have more say in Orario..."

Gaining control of the narrative is a preparation for Winnie to be able to walk openly and proudly on the streets of Orario in the future.

Therefore, this resurrection of Miss Adi is not only to help Ryu revive her friend, but also a form of publicity for Orario.

The resurrection began. Broly aimed at the well-dressed white skeleton on the experimental table and began chanting the incantation for the resurrection magic.

Broly's magic power began to be rapidly depleted, and the dragon talisman he wore began to continuously replenish the magic power that Broly was losing.

Like a beam of light sent back by the gods, at this moment of twilight, it pierced through the buildings of the Hearth Hall without hindrance and shot directly into the sky.

Unlike the pillar of light that appeared during the day last time, this time the pillar of light was very eye-catching against the backdrop of the approaching night.

[Was it that a certain deity was returned?]

This was the first thought that came to the Orario residents who saw the pillar of light.

[What kind of god is this? It takes so long to be returned!]

When Shakti, the leader of the Ganesha Familia, arrived at the Hearth Hall where the pillar of light had appeared, along with the members of the Familia from the city's military police, everyone's thoughts turned to this.

The towering beam of light had been going on for more than twenty minutes, but showed no signs of dissipating.

"Ryu, what exactly happened at the Hearth Palace? Was the god Hestia sent back to the heavens?"

Shakti rang the magic stone doorbell of the Hearth Hall and asked the elf who came out to open the door directly.

"No, it's not about returning them to the heavens, but about resurrecting the dead. Miss Shakti, you've come at just the right time; we need your help."

Liu grabbed Shakti's hand and pulled her friend's older sister inside.

Upon entering, Shakti, who was near the pillar of light, discovered that there were truly many gods in the Hearth Hall.

Besides Hestia, the master of the Hearth, the main gods such as Hephaestus, Loki, Freya, Hermes, and the Deanquets were all here.

"What are you talking about, resurrecting the dead?"

“Adi, my friend, your sister.”

"what?!"

. . . .

"The skeleton repair is definitely not a problem, but why is the resurrection taking so long? Did it fail?"

"No, no, the resurrection magic is still working normally."

"So where exactly did things go wrong?"

The remains were fine, and the resurrection magic was fine, but the resurrection time was a bit off. Fels and the others quickly investigated the problem and soon came to a conclusion.

"By the way, Miss Adi has been dead for seven years. The Underworld collects souls from the entire lower realm. In seven years, countless souls have returned to the Underworld. Even for Mr. Broly, who has the ability to develop luck, it would be very difficult to find Miss Adi's soul among so many souls."

"So what do we do now?"

Liu was surprised by this unexpected turn of events and, feeling a bit nervous, asked Miss Fool.

"The only thing we can do is have Broly keep casting resurrection spells and slowly search for Miss Ady's soul."

"But there is also a possibility that the souls that return to the underworld will gradually fall into a state of peace there and gradually wash away their memories of their previous life."

Perhaps the one you wish to resurrect has already found peace in the underworld and is unable to respond to your pleas for resurrection…

Hermes' words were like a bucket of cold water poured on the elf, who was filled with joy and waiting for his friend's resurrection.

"Hermes?!"

Freya looked at the spoilsport with some displeasure, as did Asphie, the all-powerful one beside her. Hermes quickly raised his hands, making a gesture of surrender.

"I'm just stating a possibility. The time it takes for the souls of the dead to rest isn't actually that quick. The souls of those great heroes can even remain active in the underworld for thousands of years."

Unfortunately, I still want to stay in the mortal realm, and the opened gates of the underworld cannot allow us gods to pass through for the time being.

Otherwise, I could ask a friend in the underworld for help in finding specific souls.

The current situation seems to only allow for the continued use of resurrection magic.

"If gods cannot travel to the underworld through the gates of the underworld, then what about people in a soul state?"

Broly expressed his doubts about the resurrection spell, which he didn't know how long it would take to maintain.

"A person in a soul state? That's a dead person, of course. Dead people can go to the underworld."

Hermes nodded, then asked with some doubt.

"What, Broly? Do you want people to die and go to the underworld so you can directly search for the souls of those you want to resurrect there?"

Liu was eager to try.

Seeing this, Hermes quickly said, "Forget it, the underworld is much larger than the mortal realm."

When ordinary people die, they don't even know if they can find their way around in the underworld. Trying to find a lost soul in the actual underworld is harder than finding a needle in a haystack.

“It’s alright, I’m not ordinary, I can go there myself.”

Broly was experienced in going to the afterlife to retrieve souls directly, having done so in the previous Food Soul World.

"Ah, Broly, you are the one who presides over the resurrection magic. You need to go to the underworld to find souls, so who will preside over the resurrection magic?"

Fels asked the question.

"Simple, let Bell do it."

Broly pointed to the white-haired boy beside him.

"Hey, Broly, shall I go?"

Bell pointed to his nose, somewhat incredulous.

"Yes, didn't I give you the grimoire for resurrection magic before?"

"Uh?"

"I'm teaching you this so that you can shoulder great responsibilities in the future." Broly will leave this world eventually, and the only one in the Hestia Familia who wants to manage the resurrection project and is suitable to manage it is Bell, who also possesses the ability to develop luck.

Broly was consciously training Bell to become a resurrection priest, but he didn't expect to need this little brother so soon.

"But my magic..."

"Don't worry about the magic power. I'll give you the dragon talisman. The most important thing about resurrection magic is luck."

"It's certainly not a problem to let Bell, who also has high luck, take over the presiding over the resurrection magic with the dragon talisman, but Broly, how are you going to find Miss Adi in the Underworld?"

Based on appearance, well, for a soul, appearance changes with self-awareness. Seven years is too long; perhaps the other party is now in the shape of a soul sphere…”

Hestia raised another question.

“I can look for it in the scent. Doesn’t Miss Adi have an older sister who is still alive?”

Just then, the doorbell of the magic stone rang, signaling the arrival of the city's military police.

Ryu immediately went out to open the door and pulled Shakti, the elder sister of Adi, the leader of the Ganesha Familia, into the room.

He quickly explained the situation and pushed the other person in front of Broly, who was now free as someone else was in charge of the resurrection magic.

Broly glanced at the other person, memorized their aura, then took out the Goat Talisman and used Astral Projection without hesitation.

The appearance of the muscular, imposing, two-and-a-half-meter-tall spirit startled Shakti.

"Then, I'll go to the underworld."

The Saiyan youth waved to everyone present, and his figure disappeared directly into the pillar of light that was the gate to the underworld.

Similar to the feeling of heading to the Great Spirit Vein in the Food Soul World, Broly first fell into a sea of ​​light. After flying forward for a while, he saw a dim color resembling a narrow slit.

As he drew nearer, the desolate and deathly underworld appeared before him, its grayness resembling that of a black-and-white photograph devoid of color.

Broly drove straight in, and the sound of him rushing past carried a hint of the mournful cries of the dead.

After flying into the Underworld, Broly began to unleash his aura. The Overload Training Skill only restricted his physical body, not his soul. The power that was restricted by the Overload Training Skill was fully unlocked in his soul state.

Broly's aura quickly enveloped a large area of ​​the underworld, and many of the souls existing beneath this desolate underworld were awakened from their slumber by the stimulation of his aura.

The entire gray-white land, as far as the eye could see, looked as if a cataclysmic disaster of the dead had occurred.

Countless souls, each with a different appearance, surged from the earth to the surface like a tidal wave.

"Da da da……"

Amidst the commotion, clear footsteps approached from afar. Broly looked in the direction of the sound and saw a black-haired youth dressed in trendy clothes, exuding a faint divine aura, walking to the edge of a protruding gray-white cliff at his feet.

"Oh my, no wonder the Underworld is so lively today. It turns out we have a guest. However, this guest looks unfamiliar. I wonder where he comes from?"

"you are?"

"My humble god Erebus, the underworld, can barely be considered my divine realm."

The black-haired youth bowed slightly and introduced himself.

"And what about you?"

He raised his head.

“My name is Broly, the leader of the Hestia Familia.”

Broly landed and politely introduced himself.

"Hey, has the goddess Hestia descended to the mortal realm as well?"

Erebus was somewhat surprised.

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

Broly nodded.

"So, you, a child of the Hestia family, have just died and come to the underworld?"

"I'm not dead. I just came to the underworld to take care of some business. I'm looking for a soul."

Broly explained the resurrection magic and his acquaintance with Hermes.

Hermes's divine friend in the underworld is none other than the dark god who appears before us.

Erebus, on the other hand, used his authority to teleport here to check on the situation because of the sudden unrest in the Underworld.

"This is outrageous! Have they already developed a miraculous method to resurrect the dead at will in the lower realms?"

"Currently, only a few people can use resurrection magic, and they still face the problem of not being able to summon souls."

"That's pretty outrageous. Those children in the mortal realm really do have the potential to shock even the gods!"

The young god sighed.

"Lord Erebus, about the search for the soul..."

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

"Ok?"

“Ah, although I would love to help, as a god of the underworld, my duty is to protect the peace of the souls of the children who have come to the underworld. And for something that requires disturbing the rest of the souls, even if you have connections with my old friend Hermes, I cannot help you. This is a matter of principle…”

Erebus shrugged helplessly.

"I can turn a blind eye to your resurrection of the dead in the mortal realm and the resulting souls being taken away from the underworld. But you've come directly to the underworld to try and retrieve souls on the spot. That's a bit... well, I'm sorry, but could you please go back?"

Broly: "..."

The world of food spirits seems to be ruled by gods who also adhere to these principles.

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

he asks.

"No."

The black-haired youth shook his head.

"I don't really want to be violent towards God."

Broly offered some helpless words of advice.

"Ha, you want to fight me? Let me remind you, this is not the lower realm, a place where gods cannot use their divine power."

"And I, after all, am the Dark God, absolute evil, and among the gods, I'm quite formidable."

"So, if I can beat you, can you do what I need?"

"Hahaha……"

Erebus laughed.

"How about this, you should defeat the two people I sent first."

With a wave of his hand, the dark god caused a dark void to appear on the ground.

Two figures, which were probably also souls, were squeezed out of the dark void.

"Erebus, why do you disturb my slumber?"

A woman with long white hair, a cold and beautiful appearance, dressed in a formal gown, and with her eyes closed, questioned the dark god beside her rather rudely after she appeared.

Beside him, a tall man clad in full iron armor emerged from the dark void, silently watching him.

"It's like this..."

Erebus spoke quickly, explaining Broly's identity as a soul retriever who had descended to the underworld.

“He is very confident, and I really want to give him a chance, but as a god, I am somewhat like bullying a child from the lower realm. Therefore, I need you to let him know the power of those who stood at the pinnacle of the lower realm in the past, so that he will back down.”

"Let the dead continue to work for you, Erebus, you truly deserve to be called the absolute evil god of darkness. If there were lampposts in the Underworld, they should hang you up there!"

The woman spoke with a sharp tongue.

"Even in death, we must become whetstones. Forget it, this is the tragic wish of our clan."

The man sighed and accepted his place as a participant in the trial.

"Let me introduce you to this man, Chardo, who was a powerful member of Zeus's Familia in his previous life. He defeated Behemoth and completed one of the three ultimate missions for adventurers."

This is Alfia, a powerful member of Hera's Familia, who was called the embodiment of talent and a monster of talent by the gods in her lifetime. She is also one of the three great missions that adventurers must complete after defeating Leviathan.

If you can defeat these two powerful figures who once stood at the pinnacle of the lower realm, I will give you the opportunity to challenge me and gain access to the underworld through my presence as the Dark God.

"This is the trial of Erebus, the absolute evil, the chief god of darkness, the god of the underworld. Broly, are you prepared to risk your life to face this trial?"

"no problem."

Broly agreed without hesitation. The other party was willing to make an exception, but some necessary procedures needed to be followed before it could be done, which was better than the situation where they would never make an exception.

"So, are you coming one by one, or all at once?"

Broly asked directly.

Erebus, Chardo, and Alfia: "..."

That doesn't make sense. Who is the one facing the trial?

(End of this chapter)