vncnus Chapter 492 Do you really think I haven't watched Dragon Ball?!
Chapter 492 Do you really think I haven't watched Dragon Ball?!
Chapter 492 Do you really think I haven't watched Dragon Ball?!
Rudius considered Broly as a hypothetical opponent in his mind, but he did not show any hostility on his face.
On the contrary, he was very polite, and only after Broly and the girls finished speaking did he step forward and bow: "Nice to meet you, my name is Rudeus Greirat. I have long admired Brother Broly, please take care of me!"
"I've heard of you. Loki often praises you as a smart child with magical talent. If you need me, I'll teach you."
Broly looked at Rudeus, nodded, and gave a serious reply, which left Rudeus somewhat bewildered.
Generally speaking, "please give me your advice" is just a polite way of saying that. No one would actually agree to it or say that they would come to give him advice if needed.
Isn't this tantamount to the other party acquiescing, which is better than him needing guidance? Rudeus thought to himself.
"Oh, thank you so much."
Rudius's response only fueled his opinion that Broly was an arrogant jerk, and he resolved to teach him a lesson later.
But before that, Rudeus thought he needed to thoroughly investigate his opponent's strengths and weaknesses. If the opponent was really as powerful as Alice and Sylphie said, then going up against him would only be humiliating.
. . . .
Broly was in a great mood after finding a new Crystal Love ore, and when it came to commissioning the forging of Crystal Love jewelry, he still chose Wood Workshop because the craftsmen there were very skilled.
However, considering Alice and Silphie's ages, their Crystal Love accessories and Loki's accessories do differ in function.
The amplification focuses more on mana recovery, as well as spells with some beneficial buffs and some interesting support spells, while the reduction is on the part that simply amplifies the power of magic.
For Alice and Silphie, who are children, what's more important is to grow up carefree and happy, with play and learning going hand in hand.
As for features like increasing combat power, to be honest, they're pretty useless.
After all, this cycle has come to an end; one of them is 7 years old and the other is 5.
Could it be that there's some kind of battle that requires their participation?
During the commissioned jewelry-making period, Broly returned to his daily life.
However, his daily life was now filled with a strange boy named Rudeus.
The boy often secretly observed him, and Broly could occasionally sense a subtle hostility from him.
But this hostility wasn't true murderous intent or malice. It made Broly think of a boy, the halfling young master Ga.Feng, who had once also wanted to pursue Loki.
Rudius gave him the same impression as G.Feng.
It seems the boy had feelings for Alice or Hilfi, or perhaps both, and treated her as a rival.
After realizing this, Broly wasn't angry, because he wasn't afraid of competition. As long as the other party didn't use dirty tricks and competed with him fairly for the girl, even if he lost, it would only prove that he was not as good as the other party at making the girl happy.
. . . .
Broly has a keen sense of perception; every time I try to secretly observe him, he always notices.
Every time I'm caught, I instinctively put on a forced smile to disguise myself.
However, the other person would always look at me intently, as if they could see through my smiling face to my true feelings.
Whenever I felt guilty and flustered, Broly would immediately look away and continue interacting with Alice and Sylphie.
Listening to the silvery laughter of the girls not far away, Rudeus could also see the boy among the girls giving him a subtle, sidelong glance.
It felt like the other party was asserting their dominance over the two girls, and implying to him, the challenger, that he was overestimating himself.
After experiencing similar things many times, Rudius was quite certain that Broly had discovered his own feelings for the girls, and at the same time, he made no attempt to hide the fact that he had discovered his intentions.
However, the other party did not make any extreme moves, but simply looked at him with a gaze that said, "You are the challenger who came later."
It's strange, but I went from feeling flustered and nervous at the beginning, and using forced smiles to cover it up, to no longer feeling flustered or nervous, but instead looking back with a serious gaze.
I swear, I have never met such a strange guy as Broly in my past or present life, but I have unexpectedly formed a peculiar impression of him: a man from the Showa era.
I know it's strange, but it's true. And when I'm with a boy like that, I feel that if I keep dodging and weaving, it will only prove that I'm nothing.
Driven by this thought, on the day of the practical training, I stepped forward, interrupted my cousin Alice's praise of Broly, and took the initiative to say, "Brother Broly, I also want to test my combat abilities. Could you please give me some pointers?"
"Ha, Rudy, your swordsmanship is so bad, you can't even beat me. How dare you ask Broly to teach you?"
Alice was interrupted by the boy, and immediately looked at Rudeus with some displeasure, muttering something under her breath.
"I'm not only going to teach you swordsmanship, but also magic. Normally, I can't actually use intermediate or higher-level magic on the two of you, so now I need someone stronger to teach me practical magic skills. What's wrong with that?"
Alice's voice was so loud that it hurt my ears, forcing me to cover the ear closest to her and then refute her point of view with reason and evidence.
My weakness lies only in swordsmanship, not magic. As for actual combat with magic, although I haven't tried it, I have many ingenious ideas in my mind. In my previous life, I also played various fighting games and even did some rehearsals in private, so I have considerable confidence.
"Is it alright, Brother Broly?"
I stared intently at the other person, feeling like I was in a Crows Zero movie, albeit in a world of swords and magic.
"certainly."
Broly didn't refuse, even though he didn't know what Rudius was thinking, but whatever the boy was thinking, he would win.
"Is it limited to magic only?"
Standing opposite Rudeus, Broly asked directly.
"There are no restrictions on that. I'm better at using magic, so I'll tend to use magic more often. As for what you want to use, Brother Broly, that's your freedom."
Rudius replied.
"I won't bully you. Since you're using magic, I'll use magic to teach you a lesson."
"Ah, I know that. It's a technique of Kitakami-ryu. Even though that's what I say now, if I get close to you, you'll defeat me without hesitation, right?"
"If that's how you think, then there's nothing I can do."
Broly shrugged. Rudius didn't believe him, and there was nothing he could do about it.
"Rudius, although I don't think you can beat Broly, try your best not to lose too badly."
Gilead stood in the middle, raised his hands, and said to the two men, "Now, you two take your positions, and the combat contest begins!"
When Gilead announced the start of the match, I immediately used my Wind Blow to create distance between myself and Broly. I had seen Broly and Alice fight before and knew that the other was very fast. Once the other rushed close, even if the other didn't have a wooden sword, he could probably easily knock me down with just a hand chop.
However, to my surprise, Broly didn't move; he just stood there with his arms crossed, looking at me.
Damn, that pose is really pretentious, but it's also kind of cool. If I could, I'd like to imitate it, but I know I'm not as good as him, so I have to go all out and show him how powerful I am.
"Intermediate spell, Great Fireball!"
I didn't use a spell without chanting, because chanting spells increases the power of magic. I didn't give up this advantage while the opponent was not moving. I condensed a blazing fireball that was twice the size of a standard fireball that could be released without chanting.
I didn't remind him to prepare. I just waved my hand and launched the fireball. The fireball wasn't very fast. I was even prepared for Broly to dodge it. I secretly used my magic to set up a swamp spell on the ground around the boy to restrict his movement.
However, Broly didn't actually dodge; instead, a layer of water rippled around him as the fireball approached.
With a loud bang, the fireball exploded, and a large amount of evaporated water vapor filled the air. I wasn't worried about the other person's safety; my intuition told me that they must be alright.
Therefore, I quickly implemented the next strategy.
. . . .
The ground beneath his feet trembled slightly, and although his vision was limited by the water vapor, Broly still jumped up.
The next moment, a blunt earthen stake was driven into the ground, directly hitting the spot where Broly had been standing.
The thin film of water on his body was certainly not enough to stop it. Just as Broly landed on the earthen stake, a slight whistling sound came from behind him.
Turning around, the mist parted, and two invisible wind blades shot towards him.
"Bang!"
Two water elementals emerged from the ground, blocking the wind blades from the left and right. Although the wind blades still pierced through them, they acted as a buffer, preventing the wind blades from having any damaging effect when they reached Broly.
Through the mist parted by the wind blades, Broly saw Rudeus using the wind as a speed-up skill.
"go."
Broly commanded two water elementals, each as tall as a person and with newly healed liquid bodies, to attack the opponent.
. . . . .
"Frost Strike!"
I've seen Broly's water elementals before. These familiars, formed from magic, are very troublesome. Swordsmanship, wind blades, and earth spikes are useless. Only by using fire magic to clash with them and exhaust the magic power within the water elementals can you defeat them.
However, I did not choose fire magic because it would consume too much magic power. Instead, I used ice magic to restrict the movement of these water elementals by increasing their weight.
Broly either needs to dispel the summoned water elemental or continue to maintain and increase his own mana consumption. This is the stalling tactic I came up with after the quick ambush tactic failed.
Human magic power is limited. During my studies here, I discovered that my own magic power is enormous. Now, I'm betting that Broly's magic power is less than mine. While I'm carefully calculating my magic power consumption, I'll make sure that Broly consumes as much magic power as possible.
Just as I was thinking this, I suddenly realized that Broly had disappeared. When I found him again, he was already standing behind me, with his hand on my shoulder, saying to me, "You lost."
"Brother Broly, how did you do that?"
When I asked him how he did it, he explained to me the optical refraction principle of using a water film to refract light, thus achieving invisibility. This made me, a reincarnated person from the modern world in my previous life, feel very ashamed.
"But how did you escape from my swamp spell?"
But I still have some questions. Even if he becomes invisible, the Swamp spell should still be effective, unless he can fly. But it's impossible to maintain the water film while flying with wind magic, which doesn't make sense.
"This is even simpler..."
Broly lifted his foot to show me the water beneath it. While I used Windblast to accelerate my movement, he controlled the flow of water beneath his feet to easily glide across my Swamp spell.
Broly didn't defeat me with any ability other than magic, which made me accept my defeat wholeheartedly.
Of course, this only means that I am convinced of the effectiveness of magic in actual combat.
As for winning over girls, with my extensive experience playing visual novels from my past life, I'm still confident I can surpass my rivals in pleasing them...
Weird!
In reality, there are no strategy guides or options in games; everything has to be done through your own actions. How can a theoretical master like me, with little practical ability, possibly win against a seasoned expert who can give away seemingly precious jewelry gifts?
If the other person is just rich, that's fine, but what if they're genuinely trying to make my cousin and Hilfi happy every day?
I tried everything I could and gave it my all, but I still couldn't seem to overcome Broly's position in the girls' hearts, which made me feel a little disheartened.
However, it's not too upsetting; it's just that my dream of winning over the pretty girl next to me has been shattered.
But who knows, there might be another beautiful other half waiting for me in the future.
I'm actually quite into pure love. Although I watched adult films with N-series labels in my past life, I would still give my blessings to the male and female leads in a normal way if there were some pure love films with good plots.
Rudius sat under a tree whose leaves were beginning to turn yellow, watching in the distance a big boy holding two girls' hands, playing around and swinging a large windmill.
Before he knew it, he had lost the desire to compete with Broly and was only thinking about whether he could meet a girl who was completely devoted to him in the future.
You don't need many, just one is enough.
Of course, it would be even better if there were two.
"Hey Rudy, aren't you coming to play?"
The windmill over there stopped, and the green-haired girl called out to him, who was alone there, and asked him a question.
"No, I'm not interested in that."
Rudius refused; he didn't want to be a third wheel.
Childhood sweethearts, childhood sweethearts who walk down the aisle together—it's always best to keep things pure.
He didn't want to be the one superfluous in something like creating wonderful childhood memories for each other.
Thinking this way, Rudius felt great, believing that Broly would have to toast him when he married the two girls in the future.
"Um……"
For some reason, looking at Broly's outfit today, I suddenly felt a sense of familiarity, but I couldn't remember where I had seen it before.
"Brother Broly, haven't we met before?"
Rudius approached and asked the question as the boy summoned two water elementals to play a water balloon dodge game with the two girls.
"Have we met before?"
Broly found Rudius's question strange.
"Probably not."
He thought about it carefully but couldn't recall ever meeting the boy, so he shook his head in response.
"That's true."
I scratched my head, thinking it must be my imagination. I've been in this world for almost four years, and I never left my house before, so how could I have met Broly?
"By the way, Brother Broly, I've been meaning to ask, are you a half-orc and halfling hybrid?"
Looking at Broly's tail, to ease the awkwardness of the sudden question, I casually changed the subject and asked again.
"No, I'm not a half-human, half-human hybrid; I'm a Saiyan."
Broly replied casually.
"I see, they're Saiyans... huh?"
After I realized what was happening, my eyes widened.
Saiyan, do you think I haven't watched Dragon Ball?!
It's a race name that makes you want to complain, but maybe there really is a race called Saiyan in this world, haha~
However, Saiyan + Broly reminds me of some memories from my past life. Although I prefer eroge anime, I have also watched some theatrical anime movies, such as "Dragon Ball Z: Burn It Up!".
So I jokingly said, "Brother Broly, do you also know a guy named Kakarot?"
"Who is that?"
That's exactly what I was thinking.
Rudeus had thought so until he asked Broly if he could fly, if he could use energy blasts, and if his father's name was Paragus.
Seeing Broly float up, condensing an energy blast in his hand, and asking him in bewilderment why he knew his father's name, Rudeus plopped down on the ground.
He opened his mouth, but no sound came out. Was he afraid?
Undoubtedly, there are, but there are even more doubts.
Was I reincarnated not into a world of swords and magic, but into the world of Dragon Ball?
They simply arrived on an alien planet that didn't belong to Earth.
But why Dragon Ball? I don't even like action anime.
Damn it, why?!
Rudius was on the verge of tears; he wouldn't be surprised if he died one day when the planet was destroyed.
(End of this chapter)