Chapter 641: Monster

However, not all battles were one-sided massacres; the Karell Star Pirate Group also had some experts with combat strength over a thousand, especially Karell himself, the interstellar pirate group leader.

A combat strength of over five thousand; although before the true top experts of the Dragon Ball Universe his combat strength was merely a fraction of theirs, in the face of ordinary Demon Race Soldiers, this person was still very strong.

"You two should be the Elite Officers of that Nappa Star Interstellar Pirate Group, right? To have killed so many of my subordinates, your strength looks quite impressive."

"Now, I'll give you an opportunity: work for me, Karell. I'll let bygones be bygones regarding you killing my subordinates, and I guarantee you two will live in luxury. How about it?"

His subordinates having been easily dealt with by others, this pirate leader not only wasn't angry, but instead developed an appreciation for talent toward the ones who dealt with his men. He floated in mid-air with arms crossed, extending an olive branch to the two Demon Race Soldiers wearing Astronaut Protective Suits.

Regarding this, Demon Race Soldier A: "What is this guy babbling about? When did the two of us become officers of our Nappa Star Corps?"

Demon Race Soldier B: "Don't know, but I know this guy slandered us. What interstellar pirate group? We both work hard to earn money honestly, no stealing or robbing!"

The two Demon Race Soldiers glanced at each other and reached a conclusion: the guy opposite was an idiot, an idiot who dared slander their Nappa Star Corps, and as soldiers of the Nappa Star Corps, they had to take out that idiot!

"Go!"

The two Demon Race Soldiers attacked from left and right, one throwing a punch, one kicking a leg, and their moves bore traces of Broly's third-rate fist technique — the result of Broly occasionally giving pointers to Demon Race Soldiers who curiously watched him train.

Some Demon Race Soldiers appeared to have only 1,500 combat power, but in actual combat, the martial arts taught by Broly often allowed them to display strength exceeding their surface combat strength.

These two Demon Race Soldiers obviously possessed martial arts; their actual combat strength could reach over two thousand or so. However, they faced an opponent with over five thousand combat strength, and their punches and kicks were quickly blocked.

"Huh? I give you a good face and you actually refuse it!"

Karell's face darkened. With one punch he blew away one Demon Race Soldier, and with one kick he struck the other's arms which had crossed in a timely defensive motion. In a split second, both Demon Race Soldiers were knocked to the ground by him.

"See that? That's the strength gap between you and me. But I'm a tolerant enough person; I'm willing to give you a second chance..."

Karell believed that as fellow pirates, they should have the nature of wolf cubs. After this pirate leader displayed the strength of a wolf king, the two opposite should reconsider whether to defect to him. But the next moment, two energy bullets blasted out from the rubble pile.

"You're courting death yourselves!"

Karell waved a hand, and the energy bullets were knocked away by him.

Since he couldn't subdue the opponent, he could only kill them ruthlessly.

"This guy's strength is somewhat strong; don't take him head-on. We'll notify Lord Dorodabo."

The two Demon Race Soldiers weren't stupid either. Seeing the pirate leader who was clearly stronger than them flying toward them, the two immediately flew toward the Nappa Star Security Company headquarters, flying while contacting the nearest officer.

Karell frowned in the sky behind them. His strength was indeed stronger than the two below, but the Demon Race Soldiers split up and ran using the complex urban terrain, and whenever he was about to catch up to one, the other would launch a long-range energy bullet attack from a distance. This actually made it so he couldn't deal with the two for a short while.

"You two, are you only mice who know how to scurry everywhere?!"

After being interfered with several times, and seeing in the not-far distance some pirate group subordinates still following far behind to watch, Karell knew he couldn't keep chasing like this. Because if he kept chasing, his prestige as a pirate leader would be nearly gone. So now was not the time to conserve stamina.

He stopped in mid-air, gathered energy in his hand to condense an energy bullet of sufficient power, and threw it at the city with complex terrain below.

With a boom, like a nuclear bomb of no small yield dropped to the ground, fierce energy created a mushroom cloud, and in the blink of an eye destroyed the urban area below.

To avoid being caught up to, the two Demon Race Soldiers had adopted the decision to fly at low altitude within the urban area, using city buildings as visual cover. Although they spotted the energy bullet when it was thrown, it was too late to fly away and escape the attack zone.

The two Demon Race Soldiers were caught in the blast. Their Astronaut Protective Suits were damaged. Though they didn't die, they were blown away by the explosion's shockwave, like two rag dolls, falling onto the ruined walls not far away.

The pirates watching this scene from afar cheered. The corners of Karell's mouth gradually curled up. He confirmed his own strength and prestige, because this one energy bullet had re-established them in his subordinates' hearts. Just as he prepared to deliver the final finish to the two still-alive guys on the ground...

"Hey, you there, what do you think you're doing to the soldiers of the area I manage?"

The bloated-figured Dorodabo waved his short yellow wings, arriving at this area.

"Lord Dorodabo!"

The Demon Race Soldiers on the ground saw him as if seeing a savior.

"You two don't practice the martial arts the King gave you much normally, and you actually can't even handle goods of this level?"

Dorodabo was somewhat dissatisfied. With these two Demon Race Soldiers being this useless, how could they repay Broly King's kindness?

"S-sorry..."

The injured Demon Race Soldiers were somewhat ashamed.

"Heh, another one comes?"

Seeing yet another person from Nappa Star arrive, Karell sneered disdainfully.

"I am Karell, a powerhouse with 5,300 combat strength. If you've come to defect to me, as long as you display sufficiently strong strength, I'm not unwilling to consider it."

He couldn't hear the comms audio inside the Astronaut Protective Suits; he merely stuck out his thumb pointing at himself and spoke the kind of arrogant lines very characteristic of Dragon Ball, typical of many self-proclaimed strongmen.

Dorodabo gave this person a strange look. His figure suddenly vanished from the spot. When he reappeared, his swung fist already had a Karell — bent like a shrimp — hanging on it.

This punch didn't take the other's life, but it made this pirate leader look just like those boxers on the ring who've taken a heavy blow to the abdomen, spewing gastric juice and saliva together.

This punch made Karell recognize the comer's strength: a guy stronger than himself. At the same time, the first mate's voice came through the earpiece.

"Bad news, Lord Karell. Many of our raiding personnel who reached Leka Star's surface have already lost contact. And some, before losing contact, reported back that there's one or several guys in Astronaut Protective Suits hunting them down, requesting support from our side..."

Karell: "..."

At this moment, he suddenly realized the Nappa Star Security Corps' strength might not be quite the same as the fellow pirates he'd previously thought he could casually manipulate.

"Lord Karell?"

The first mate, not getting a reply from the leader, asked cautiously.

"Fire the beam cannon at my position for support. You lot, stall this guy for me..."

The first mate only heard this order, then chaotic sounds came from that side, like the noises of a battle occurring. It seemed their own leader had also encountered some strong enemies.

But in reality, it was Karell enduring severe abdominal pain, kicking off Dorodabo's chest to borrow force and fly backward, then ordering his distant subordinates to attack Dorodabo, while he himself used the time his subordinates bought to clutch his abdomen and fly upward.

He wanted to escape. Staying on this planet any longer, he'd probably die.

Right when he thought this, Dorodabo — who was harassed by a group of pirates and found these guys as annoying as flies — had already directly used Finger Beams, precisely piercing through each pirate's chest.

"Huh?!"

Turning his head and seeing this scene, Karell's soul nearly fled. He immediately dove toward another city area on the other side that was intact and hadn't been destroyed by his energy bullet.

Flying in the air, the target is too obvious. The opponent is stronger than me and has the Finger Beam technique. Not landing to escape is courting death.

"Where do you think you're running!"

Seeing the person trying to escape, Dorodabo hurriedly prepared to give chase. That punch just now failing to render the opponent combat-ineffective counted as some judgment error on his part.

But just then, a starship beam cannon fell toward this side. Dorodabo could only counter with a beam of his own to block it.

After the starship beam cannon finished, Karell had already rushed into the urban area, and Dorodabo chased after him, but for a moment the situation was reversed.

Just now it was Karell catching the two demon race soldiers like rats, but now it was his turn to be caught like a rat by Dorodabo.

What troubled Dorodabo a bit was that he had followed Broly King to wash his hands of villainy and go straight, so he couldn't really use tricks that would level the whole city district.

For a short while, he actually couldn't catch up to that guy fleeing chaotically ahead.

"Hey you bastard up front, do you only know how to run everywhere like a sewer rat?"

A precise boomerang hit Karell's body, but this star pirate leader had no leisure to mind his own embarrassing situation.

If he didn't run, was he supposed to stay and be killed?

"Ah, this is a bit troublesome..."

Dorodabo was a bit troubled, but suddenly he had an idea.

Although he couldn't catch the person, he could drive the person toward the direction where his own King was.

Under Dorodabo's driving, Karell gradually arrived at the security company office base of Nappa Star in Norta, the capital of Leka Star.

"Ankira, intercept that star pirate rat!"

Seeing his fellow executive companion from afar, Dorodabo happily shouted.

And likewise seeing Ankira, and noticing the Nappa Star astronaut protective suit attire on the other party, Karell also secretly thought it was bad.

The current situation was a wolf in front, a tiger behind; he was blocked off front and back.

Karell stopped, thinking about what to do.

"You bastard, keep running then, hmph, you actually made me spend this much effort chasing you!"

Dorodabo also stopped, the style of a former villain was very obvious on him; he wanted to see the despair on that guy's face up ahead.

However, he didn't see despair; a trace of determination was seen instead. Dorodabo only saw the other party suddenly rush at Ankira, and just before contacting Ankira, suddenly toss an energy bullet onto the ground, creating smoke and dust to obscure vision, then detour around Ankira from the side.

After the smoke and dust dispersed, Karell didn't run away, but instead took hostage the person standing behind Ankira, and shouted at them: "Don't act rashly, otherwise I'll kill this little ghost."

Dorodabo and Ankira looked at their own King held hostage by the star pirate leader, and for a moment both stopped their steps. And because they wore astronaut protective suit helmets, no one could see the expressions on their faces right now.

Just, a guy with five thousand plus combat strength took hostage their King with at least over a hundred million combat strength — where did this interstellar black humor come from?

Seeing both men not move, Karell relaxed. In the critical moment just now, he recognized the boy behind Ankira.

Although he didn't remember the other party's name, just by the fact that the other party could serve as Nappa Star Group's representative and interface with the person in charge of Leka Star Exchange, it proved the other party's identity within Nappa Star Group was probably not low.

【Bet right!】

He thought in his heart, exhaled, and said to the two opposite: "Between me and your Nappa Star Group, there isn't any deep hatred, right?

Although I took a commission, preparing to frame your Nappa Star Group for the crime of attacking Leka Star, but this didn't succeed, did it?

On the contrary, instead it was my people who suffered heavy losses. Now as long as you agree to let me return safely, I guarantee I'll take my people and leave this planet, and never oppose your Nappa Star Group again."

Broly: "..."

What did he hear? Someone actually wanted to frame them, Nappa Star people who were earnestly making money on this planet, for the crime of attacking Leka Star?

"Who told you to frame us?"

Broly asked directly.

"As long as you agree to let me return safely, I'll tell you everything."

Karell said.

"I told you to confess, not to bargain with me."

The next moment, Broly's tail coiled around this person's neck, turning from a hostage situation into him suspending the other party upside down. He looked at the one-eyed man with some displeasure and spoke.

Karell: "..."

Only now did he notice the boy's tail that seemed familiar.

"You're a Saiyan?!"

He exclaimed, subconsciously wanting to use his hands to pry open the tail on his neck, but discovered the tail was as if forged from superalloy, like handcuffs; under his desperate struggle it didn't move a bit.

"If I tell you, can I live?"

Karell hurriedly asked.

Broly didn't speak, just took out a flight recorder, then his tail began to tighten.

The suffocation brought fear to Karell.

"The Immigration Party, it's Leka Star Immigration Party people. Senator Laken of the Laken Family designated you as scapegoats. This really has nothing to do with me!"

Immediately after, Karell poured out the planet attack plan and the mastermind of the entire plan completely, like a bamboo tube pouring beans.

Afraid that if he spoke too late, he would be finished off by the Saiyan boy before his eyes.

After listening, Broly didn't speak, just continued to tighten his tail bit by bit. Karell felt the pressure on his neck, realized the other party probably didn't intend to let him go, and this star pirate leader's facial expression also turned fierce.

He condensed an energy bullet in his hand and blasted it at Broly at close range, but before the energy bullet could explode, a terrifying Qi wrapped around his energy bullet, and in just the blink of an eye, it plundered all the Qi energy inside his energy bullet.

The Qi-draining aura allowed Broly to directly ignore energy attacks with too much Qi below his maintained aura level. All energy attacks below his aura's Qi could not only not harm him, but would also charge him.

Frantically outputting energy bullets, Karell's Qi and physical strength quickly fell into exhaustion, yet until now he hadn't even heard the sound of an energy bullet exploding.

At this moment, he finally realized the terror of the Saiyan boy before him. Compared to the Saiyan lower-class warrior he had encountered and fought to victory in his youth, they were completely not on the same level of existence. This one before him was a true... monster!

(Chapter End)