NABC Chapter 460: The dragon was beaten into a state of depression by the Saiyans and became a shut-in.
Chapter 460: The dragon was beaten into a state of depression by the Saiyans and became a shut-in.
Chapter 460: The Dragon God, defeated by Saiyans, became a shut-in.
"Can't hold it in" isn't a descriptive phrase, but rather an action, and what made Broly unable to hold it in was the poison from the Dragon God Orstide.
Broly had just learned the Northern God Style's Deceptive Sword Technique from the Northern God II, but before he could even put it into practice, the Dragon God Orstide taught him a lesson using the Northern God Style's Strange and Unpredictable Technique.
I feel cramping in my abdomen, the food I eat reacts violently in my stomach, and my body feels an urgent need to expel the bad things from my body.
Just as Broly was suffering from stomach pain and squatting on the toilet, Alsterde appeared at this crucial moment.
Even this dragon god was starting to lose his composure, because the poison he had collected was a terrifying substance that could easily kill even a giant dragon.
When it came to Broly, the poison only caused him diarrhea after he ingested it; his poison resistance was simply outrageous.
But seeing Broly's pale face, the poison must have had some effect, which pleased Alsterd.
The man drew his Mad Dragon Blade, intending to finish Broly off at his most vulnerable moment, and charged forward...
And then, that was it. Broly, who was suffering from severe abdominal pain, learned that the culprit behind all of this was this guy, Alsterd, and immediately gave him a big blow.
It wasn't swordsmanship, but rather the ability to condense energy blasts faster and more solidly after learning swordsmanship, which turned the world into daylight without considering the consumption of energy.
In a single moment, Orstide and most of the Six-Sided World were submerged. The god of this cycle also sensed the crisis of death in the World of Nothingness at the moment he made his move, and foresaw that he would be killed by the terrifying energy that rushed into the World of Nothingness after the destruction of the world.
Fortunately, this impending future hadn't even begun when Alsterd's sudden death brought the tenth playthrough to an abrupt end, and the time rewind ended.
Broly, whose stomach pain suddenly stopped and who was back on the prairie, gradually recovered from his tense state.
"I still can't bring myself to like the bizarre style of the Kitakami-ryu."
Broly said, still shaken.
However, he could also understand the Dragon God's eccentric behavior.
To the other party, I am a true strongman.
Broly does have this objective understanding.
So, after calming down, he wasn't too angry.
Since the Dragon God Orstide is weak, it's normal for the other party to act like a weakling.
"Sigh, if I had known, I should have learned how to identify poisons from Chantelle."
Broly sighed.
The Second King of the North Gods was generous and wanted to impart all the knowledge of the North God School to him, but Broly regarded the Strange Faction as useless and thus refused the other party's kindness.
Who would have thought that Orstide, who had always fought him fairly and squarely, would suddenly resort to the underhanded tactic of poisoning his food?
If one possessed the ability to identify poisons using the Northern Divine School of Strange Tales, one could likely detect something amiss before consuming food laced with poison.
This made him decide that in this reincarnation, he would also learn the knowledge of the Strange and Unusual School.
Similarly, when time was reversed, the Dragon God was mentally devastated by being instantly killed, but he quickly composed himself and sorted out the situation of his battles with Broly in the previous ten playthroughs.
Then, this person came to a conclusion: whenever Broly was angered, the guy would unleash power far exceeding his own to kill him.
The only way for him to win is when that guy is willing to fight him in swordsmanship and combat skills.
After arriving at this conclusion, Alsterd put it to use. In the following playthroughs, he stopped using underhanded tactics to deal with Broly and instead fought him with fair and square combat skills.
As it turned out, his deduction was correct. As long as he didn't resort to tricks or use poison (although poison was no longer effective), Broly wouldn't use much more power than him to fight him to the death, as long as it was a contest of skill.
As long as I have a stronger fighting spirit, as long as my fighting skills are better, as long as I work harder...
This will allow Broly to improve his combat awareness and skills every time he fights with him.
[I'll beat your mother!]
If you had to describe Alster's feelings during his seventeenth playthrough in three words, those three words would undoubtedly be the most fitting description after the selection.
If one race has higher stats than you and another has more explosive growth potential, even if you spend over seventy years honing your skills to surpass theirs, they will adapt to your techniques within a short time of fighting you. They will then absorb your skills and become even stronger.
How can we defeat such an opponent, such an enemy?
After six more defeats, the Dragon God concluded that he could not be defeated.
In the sixteenth playthrough, Broly wielded the Phoenix Dragon Sword in his left hand, employing the Sword God Style swordsmanship, and the Water God Blade in his right, employing the Water God Style swordsmanship. A dragon sword, Caggart, flew in the sky, ready to be used with the Northern God Style of Deceptive Swordsmanship. Allstard knew that the monster was far beyond his ability to defeat.
If the Dragon God were a martial artist who pursued the pinnacle of skill, he would probably be very happy to always have an opponent who could surpass him and keep chasing after him.
In their repeated battles with Broly, they improved each other's fighting skills, but unfortunately, the Dragon God Orstide was not such a warrior; he was an avenger.
And for this Avenger, when faced with a roadblock like Broly—or rather, a meteorite—all he could see was an insurmountable wall of despair, a wall of sighs.
"Ah, why, why, why..."
In his seventeenth playthrough, after smashing his fists until they were bloody and mangled, Alsterd lost all will to fight.
None of the hundreds of defeats he had suffered in battles against gods and men were as devastating as the defeat he experienced during Broly's brief sixteen cycles of reincarnation.
He was like a person who had suffered severe trauma, and began to stay in the ruins after rewinding time, never leaving his home.
. . . .
On his seventeenth playthrough, Broly had already explored all six sides of the world, but still hadn't found a single character to romance.
Just as he was looking forward to what surprises the Dragon God Orstide would bring him this time, the Dragon God Orstide failed to appear.
In the seventeenth cycle, in August of the 411th year of the Ankylion calendar, when Broly's remaining time was only a few digits, he took the initiative to approach the Dragon God for the first time.
Following the scent, we arrived at Dragon Cry Mountain and entered the ancient ruins left by the dragon clan. The first thing we smelled was a strong stench of alcohol.
A disheveled figure lay on the stone bed, his messy hair and jet-black robe making him look like a down-on-his-luck vagrant.
"Are you Alsterd?"
Broly's voice sounded somewhat incredulous.
Hearing the noise, the Dragon God opened his eyes and saw the familiar figure at the entrance, the one who had repeatedly plunged him into despair.
His empty eyes showed little reaction; he simply reached out numbly from the bedside table, grabbed a half-finished bottle of wine, and chugdled it down.
"Hey, I'm asking you a question!"
Broly pulled the bottle out of the homeless-looking man's mouth and said with some dissatisfaction.
"Kill me if you want, but don't stop me from drinking."
Alsterd's voice was hoarse beyond imagination, after all, he had been drinking heavily for more than seventy years and had not spoken for more than seventy years.
And this is how he spent his days in despair, drinking every day without any motivation to work hard, because no matter how hard he tried, he could only turn his efforts into resources for improving the fighting skills of the terrifying monster called Broly.
Rather than that, it's better to just give up. He's now pretty much like those NEETs who have suffered a major blow and become shut-ins.
The only difference is that no one can sponge off his parents; he can only sponge off his own parents, taking some treasures from the dragon treasury to sell, and then using the money to threaten the humans in nearby villages and towns to buy him wine and food.
As for what will happen next, who cares? Right now, strong liquor is his best companion. He lives a life of drunken revelry, completely carefree and relaxed...
"How did you end up like this?"
Broly couldn't understand how Orstide, who had fought him to a standstill using the Three Gods Style swordsmanship in the previous playthrough, had become a drunkard in this playthrough.
After thinking for a moment, he said cautiously, "I know, isn't this your scheme? You're trying to lull me into a false sense of security, waiting for me to let my guard down before launching a sneak attack, right?"
"Heh~"
To this, Alsterd gave a disdainful sneer. It was no wonder he was in this state; it was the other person's fault. The funny thing was that the other person thought he was scheming against him. If he could really scheme against him, if he could really see hope, would he have ended up like this?
"Seeing your wariness is truly laughable. You possess such immense power, yet you treat someone as insignificant as me with such caution. Is this really something to be amused by?"
Alster got up, swaying unsteadily. Under Broly's wary gaze, he walked to the other side, opened the cabinet, took out an unopened bottle of wine, opened it, and sat down on the floor to drink. He had no fighting spirit, and his body, due to lack of training and long-term alcoholism, was not even at the King level.
The dragon god in this loop is a NEET who is indifferent to life and death, only caring about alcohol, because only alcohol can numb his desperate yet sensitive heart.
Broly couldn't quite understand the other's mental state; he just felt that the current Dragon God was very unfamiliar and also seemed a little pitiful.
Perhaps it's because I'm often defeated by myself...
With that thought in mind, Broly sat down next to the drunkard.
"Hey friend, if you're feeling really down about losing all the time, I can actually let you win this one time."
Broly tried to comfort the other person.
"Stop with your hypocrisy, you lackey of gods and men. All you want is to give me hope, then plunge me into deeper despair, isn't it?"
"I don't."
"You've always done this, controlling your power to give me hope of defeating you, but in the end it's all just one-sided manipulation of me."
And this is all a trick by your master, the god. If you want to see more of my ugly side, forget it. All you'll see is me as I am now.
Time will keep rewinding; I can't escape this cage, but neither can you. Live with me in this endless cycle of time.
The Dragon God has set off, but not completely. The secret dragon technique on his body is still there, which can forever freeze the time of this six-sided world between the years 330 and 530 of the Armored Dragon Calendar.
Without the memory of rewinding time, only he would suffer, but now, there are two people suffering: himself and the apostle of God beside him.
Although one cannot take revenge on the gods and humans, it is a good thing to be able to take revenge on those who prevent one from seeking revenge against the gods and humans.
Of course, this is just for psychological comfort, because it is the only counterattack he can make. As for other counterattacks, what effect can they have other than making the other party more excited?
"I don't quite understand your hatred for God, but if you can promise me that you will no longer persecute Him, I can stop attacking you."
The Dragon God's dejected appearance, devoid of any fighting spirit, made Broly lose the desire to continue fighting this person.
Having spent so many playthroughs in this world without finding a romanceable character, Broly lost all hope.
I have been cut off from the outside world for too long. If the Dragon God can grant my request, I will wait for the time I am stuck here to end and then return to my own world.
"You're saying I'm persecuting God and men?!"
If Broly's words were a victor's sarcastic remark, the Dragon God would have ignored it and continued drinking. But Broly's words, which made it seem as if the god himself was the victim, were something Orstide simply couldn't tolerate.
"Isn't that so? In ancient times, your dragon race's first dragon god attempted to destroy the other worlds of the Six-Sided World. The human god of the human realm sacrificed himself and the five righteous dragon generals within your dragon race to protect their own world and defeat that mad first dragon god. However, they were hunted down and persecuted by you, the die-hard loyalists of the first dragon god, until now..."
Broly recounted what he knew about the feud between the dragon god and the human god, and then tried to persuade Orstide to let go of his past hatred.
"As long as you stop targeting my friends, I won't stop targeting you either."
"I see. Is this what you learned from the gods and men?"
Dragon God Orstide was silent for a moment, then burst into laughter.
"What's so funny?"
"I laugh at a strongman like you for being fooled by a god and believing the lies that guy made up."
"Am I wrong in my understanding of the feud between you two?"
"Yes, absolutely right. Apart from the fact that the first Dragon God wanted to destroy other worlds and that the human god was guiding him behind the scenes, everything else is correct."
"Um?"
Broly looked puzzled, and seeing this, Alsterd began to tell him about the secrets behind the ancient war.
Initially, disasters occurred in different worlds. Some powerful monsters were transferred to villages that were not well protected and caused destruction, or leaders of certain places were suddenly transferred away, causing chaos.
Following that, the dragons investigated the transfer incident. The wife of the first dragon god was murdered. The wife of the first dragon god was also the daughter of a human god. The traces left at the scene proved that it was done by people sent from other worlds to exchange technology.
"The first Dragon God went to question and demand the return of the suspects, while other worlds believed that their important personnel sent to the Dragon Realm had been killed by the Dragon Clan, and that the Dragon Clan was researching teleportation magic, and therefore believed that the teleportation of disasters was the work of the Dragon Clan."
Misunderstandings led to conflict, and the demon god's wife died. Evidence left by the murderer pointed to the dragon race, and war became inevitable.
As the war drew to a close, the first Dragon God discovered something amiss and prepared to take action against the last human god in the human realm, or rather, the one who had replaced the human god. However, the other party instigated the five dragon generals under the first Dragon God to rebel against him.
When both sides were severely weakened, the one who had replaced the god of men finally emerged and told the first dragon god about his plot to destroy the six-sided world, thus leading to a war between the five dragon generals and the god they served.
He mocked the foolishness of all the gods, the idiocy of the Five Dragon Generals, and the Dragon God as a fool who was easily manipulated and even had the Dragon Realm destroyed...
However, that guy underestimated the strength of the first Dragon God. Even though He fought against the gods of other worlds and against His own five Dragon Generals, and was ambushed and seriously injured, He still had the strength to run to fight Him in the human world.
Ultimately, the first Dragon God sealed the one who had replaced the human god in the World of Nothingness and placed his hopes of defeating the human god on his only son.
Using the teleportation magic circle they had already researched, Laplace, the only one of the Five Dragons who did not participate in the battle, teleported his infant son to a future timeline.
And His son, in the future, will represent Him and the Dragon Clan in seeking revenge against the mastermind behind all the conspiracies—the god-human sealed in the World of Nothingness.
"So, you are the son of the first Dragon God?"
"That's right, that god killed my mother, murdered my father, and branded the entire dragon race with the infamy of world destruction. Do you really think you can make me give up this hatred with just a few words?"
Alsterd's gaze was fixed on Broly. Even though he was in despair and despondency because of the man in front of him, he would never forget his hatred for gods and men.
(End of this chapter)