Rumors: Warrior's Heart and the Pinduoduo Resurrection Experiment

"Don't worry, Miss Eina. I'll be responsible for protecting your safety."

No sooner had Broly finished speaking than, as if to prove his words—

Behind them, a Monster Fish suddenly burst out of the river in a Sneak Attack.

Its huge maw full of fangs and teeth gaped wide as it bit straight at his back.

"Broly..."

Before Eina could finish shouting, "Watch out," the saiyan boy's tail flicked behind him, slicing the ambushing Monster Fish vertically in half.

With a splat, the two halves fell to either side, turned to ash, and began to dissipate.

"Miss Eina, what is it?"

As though he had merely done something insignificant, Broly curiously asked her. Bell and the others, meanwhile, looked utterly unsurprised. They walked over to where the ambushing Monster Fish had fallen and calmly, skillfully gathered the drops and Magic Stone from the ground.

Eina's lips moved before she quietly said, "I just wanted to remind you to be careful, but it looks like there was no need. The rumors about you outside really are unreliable."

"What rumors?"

"They say you're only good at Swordsmanship, that Miss Ais took a liking to you, that you've been riding the coattails of the Loki Familia, and so on..."

Among Orario's Adventurers, the rumors about Broly had not gone so far as to call him someone mooching off a partner, but there was certainly no shortage of envy and resentment. Adventurers who had no idea of his actual strength believed that he was merely a lucky guy with Swordsmanship good enough to earn the Sword Princess's recognition, and that he had managed to secure a nice meal by riding the coattails of the Loki Familia.

That was right. Rather than believing that a newcomer like him truly possessed the strength of a High-Level