Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Culinary Journey Through the Heavens

Chapter 139 Taunting Techniques and Sword Skills

Chapter 139 Taunting Techniques and Sword Skills

"Remember this, we're not detaining you this time because you're young and it's your first time doing something wrong here in Axel. But if you do something like this again, we'll arrest you."

After receiving two hours of education at the police station, Eris was finally released.

"This is not what I expected."

The thief muttered, feeling somewhat aggrieved. She had originally wanted a unique, adventurer-like encounter with her believer.

But the result was that he was taken to the police station and given two hours of training on the professional ethics of adventurers.

When the white-haired goddess came out of the police station and came to the Adventurers' Guild, she found that the person she was looking for was no longer there.

"You mean Miss Darkness? She's already joined Miss Otter's group and went to the fields this morning to hunt down the running lizards."

The giant frog swarms of Axel suffered a fierce attack from a Saiyan, and now the only troublesome monsters left in the wilderness are those giant lizards that roam around everywhere.

"The leg muscles of the running lizard have an extremely chewy texture due to years of running. Although some people might call this texture dry, I really love these thigh meat skewers!"

Under the guise of monster extermination, it was actually a free-for-all of fresh meat. Broly wiped his drool and prepared to deal with the swarm of lizards in the distance.

"Running lizards, huh? I remember the last time they trampled me like that was two months ago," Darkness said with a nostalgic look. "I'm a Crusader, leave the task of attracting monster aggro to me."

"Wait, did you say something strange?"

Aqua asked the question.

"We're about to go. Hey, you bunch of big lizards over there, you're so slow. The old lady I helped on the way here has better legs than you."

Darkness didn't answer Aqua's question; instead, she used a taunt skill to shout at the swarm of lizards running around.

The fact that the word "running" is prefixed with the name of a creature like the Running Lizard shows how important it is to them.

After hearing Darkness's insults, the entire group of over thirty running lizards changed their target, squawking and running straight toward them.

Dealing with these giant lizards would only take one energy blast. Even if we consider getting their meat, it would only take one punch per lizard. But since Darkness wants to show off, let her.

This is also why Broly, even though he could handle the quests alone, always brings his master along. He wants his master to feel involved, thereby increasing his happiness level while completing the mission.

"Don't push yourself too hard; just say so if you need help."

As Broly said this, he stepped aside.

"Honestly, I should be the one using the monster-luring skill."

Aqua felt that Darkness had taken away her few tasks, and while complaining, she cast various amplification blessings on Darkness.

"Wow, what a powerful blessing effect!"

Darkness could clearly feel her physical abilities improving, which shocked her somewhat.

"With such a powerful blessing, I should unleash my full strength and show you all what I'm capable of!"

As Darkness spoke, she removed her breastplate, picked up a two-handed greatsword, and stepped forward.

"The Crusader is one of the strongest melee classes. Although it's a defensive class, I've heard that some Crusaders sacrifice defensive capabilities for offensive boosts. Is Darkness one of those offensive Crusaders?"

As Aqua talked about the advanced class of Crusader, she looked at Darkness ahead with some anticipation.

"Prepare to die, you monsters who run around recklessly, sometimes even wandering into wheat fields and trampling them indiscriminately!"

Darkness shouted righteous words and then swung her greatsword forward, killing the non-existent Lanling King with a single blow.

"Running Lizard, you're quite capable, you actually dodged my attack."

Darkness, who was being rammed by a group of running lizards, used her sword to support herself and said just that.

"No, no, no, it's purely a matter of your timing. Who would start swinging their sword when they're five or six meters away?"

Aqua was lifted into the air by Broly, and after avoiding being hit by the running lizard, she immediately started complaining about Darkness's missed sword attack.

"That was just a mistake. I've never experienced such a strong blessing before, which is why I didn't time my attack well."

Darkness found a reason and began to explain.

"Ah, so your mistake was caused by my overwhelming blessing power?"

Aqua, having received a roundabout compliment, directly expressed her magnanimity towards Darkness's mistake.

"No one is perfect, everyone makes mistakes, so this is understandable."

"Don't worry, I'll time my attack perfectly this time!"

Darkness raised her two-handed sword again and looked at the swarm of lizards that had rounded the bend and were charging back towards her.

Three minutes later...

"Wow, this blessing is amazing! I've been rammed by these lizards for so long, and I'm still standing!"

Darkness was covered in footprints, her face flushed, seemingly enjoying the physical assault.

"Hey, hey, hey, even if you keep going around in circles praising my blessings, I won't be happy. Your swordsmanship is so bad it's practically unbelievable—which mage did you learn it from?!"

Despite being rammed by the swarm of lizards more than ten times, Darkness managed to perform the astonishing feat of "walking through the lizards without being hit by a single one." If her two-handed sword had made even one mistake, she could have managed to hit one or two of the running lizards.

"No, my swordsmanship teacher wasn't a magician; he was a famous swordsman."

Darkness was quite respectful of her teacher and immediately refuted Aqua's malicious speculation.

"Then how do you explain that you couldn't hit the monster even once with your sword?"

Aqua questioned.

"That's because I'm naturally bad at maintaining a sense of distance."

Darkness explained.

"So, you, this Crusader, actually have no offensive capabilities whatsoever?"

Aqua asked.

"Well, I still have the ability to attack. For example, when these lizards bump into me, they will also experience a corresponding recoil force."

Darkness was still being bumped by the lizard, but she tried to save face.

"If that's the case, then what's the point of removing your breastplate and lowering your defense?"

Aqua couldn't help but complain.

"It's because they want to be assaulted, to be trampled on even more thoroughly!"

Darkness found it hard to say such blunt truths.

"Fine, I'll let Broly deal with these running lizards."

Aqua sighed. After several days of getting to know him, she could tell he had a masochistic streak.

"No, I'm almost done with them, let me do it by myself."

Upon hearing this, Darkness immediately made a request.

Broly: "..."

He looked at Master Aqua, whom he was carrying in his hand.

Aqua: "..."

Finally, after forty-five minutes, the running lizard horde was exhausted and brought down by Darkness's superior tankiness.

The lizards, lying down, looked at Darkness with terror in their eyes, as if they were looking at some kind of lizard demon.

After all, this creature that used taunt skills to control them without harming them, and simply wore them down by consuming their stamina, was something these lizards had never seen before.

Killing a lizard is nothing more than a quick death. What grudge could possibly lead these lizards, who love to run, to experience such a cruel way of dying from exhaustion?

【it's over!】

Seeing that the female knight's greatsword no longer deflected and fell straight towards his head, the leader of the running lizards showed a human-like sense of relief in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)