Saiyan stowaways on the Ark

—Then it exploded!

Golden shockwaves distorted space, dark pupils turned azure, and hair stood on end, flashing upwards from the roots—finally settling on a dazzling gold.

"...Shouldn't it be the owners of those auras?"

[Main Text] Terra Battle: Chapter 42 - A Theatrical Version That Ended at Light Speed

In the face of the current situation, aside from the culprit who caused all this, no one else should be easily blamed. Whether it was Gohan, who was in charge of guarding, or Tomat, who temporarily adopted an inappropriate approach, they were both actually caught in a blind spot in their thinking before this happened.

That is, even if the opponent's strength is far inferior to their own, they still possess the power of "beyond visual range attack". Even if they cannot defeat them, they can still create an impact that shakes the entire planet, or even destroy it.

Perhaps their long-term close-quarters combat made them temporarily overlook this point, subconsciously believing that even if the owners of those qi were truly hostile, they would choose to land in the atmosphere, a relatively close area, and then fight within sight, rather than launching long-range attacks hundreds of kilometers above the outer space.

No one expected them to make the first move in this way.

This crude "greeting" has now become the prelude to war, and Tomat's anger has been unleashed, breaking through the obstacle that had long been insurmountable.

This rage, which is far too intense for those auras to bear, will descend before those people take their next action.

Meanwhile, in Terra's near-Earth space, several figures appeared in their physical forms in an environment where life should not exist, without wearing any protective equipment.

Behind them lay the vast void dotted with countless stars—a huge spaceship hovered behind them, but in terms of presence, the aura emanating from these people far surpassed that of the spaceship.

"Such a huge pit should be enough to make the Spirit Tree cause quite a stir."

The red-skinned, scarred giant, dressed in armor identical to the combat suits of Tomat and the others, watched the explosion beneath his feet—enough to blow away the clouds—as he retracted his outstretched finger, then turned and said:

"Laseka! There's something wrong with your detector, isn't there? It said it detected energy that a planet could only produce if it were about to explode, so you planted it quickly to prevent the planet's energy from being wasted. But now there's nothing there!"

"That's impossible! The probes we sent here before did indeed detect a huge energy reaction near the indigenous settlements of this planet... Our probes can't be wrong!"

The burly red man looked at the two short but enormous purple dwarfs beside him, who seemed to be very dissatisfied with his accusations and protested together.

"It doesn't matter anymore, right? The seed has already been planted. Once it takes root, this planet will only be drained of its life force and become nourishment for the spirit tree. What we need to do now is to guard the tree and prevent the natives from creating anything strange that could affect its growth."

A man with a ponytail, whose appearance was almost indistinguishable from that of a normal human, looked down at the planet with a cynical tone.

"..."

Meanwhile, another figure, with pink muscles and silver mechanical armor, silently blinked his eyes, which had clearly been replaced with mechanical parts.

At that moment, the figure hovering higher than them spoke. It was the Saiyan they called Lord Darles, with a sharp hairstyle and dark skin—and who also had an appearance almost identical to Bardock.

He looked at Terra, ravaged by disaster, with an even more arrogant and cold expression than the previous man, and said in an unquestionable and resolute tone:

"Although this planet is not very beautiful and is polluted everywhere, it is still a place that has nurtured life and has a lot of natural vegetation. The probe also shows that there are many large creatures active in the clouds, on the ground and in the water."

"No matter what, it's still more nutritious than the fruit grown on those barren planets, and wherever there is civilization, there will be self-proclaimed gods who emerge."

"If they don't want to get in the way, then let them live and die on this planet. But if they say things like 'the fruit of the Spirit Tree is meant for God to eat' and don't recognize their own place..."

“Teach them that in this universe, ‘gods’ are just beings who are slightly stronger than ordinary people—while we are stronger than them.”

The fruit of the gods will drain all the earth's nutrients, and its tenacious vines will shatter everything on earth. When the towering tree rises from the ground, everything will be set in stone.

The only thing that might add some fun for them is probably the various forms of resistance from the indigenous people.

Before the Tree of Spirits, beneath the forbidden fruit of the gods, lies the stage for the ultimate battle that will determine the fate of the entire Terra.

The Battle for Terra begins!!!

—As Darles was thinking this, something even brighter seemed to appear in the dissipating light and shadow of the huge burst wave that the red giant had previously unleashed.

"Amundo, I've been wanting to ask this for a while now. When you used this move before, it would blast out a canyon. Why is there a crater in addition to the canyon today?"

The others didn't seem to have noticed anything unusual; the man with the braid was still chatting leisurely with the giant red man.

"...I don't know, maybe it detonated their city. That's a huge metal lump, the engine must have been quite powerful, it probably exploded along with it."

As the giant red man answered, Darles squinted at the dazzling point of light hundreds of kilometers away.

"Rockets? Missiles? Could the indigenous people really retaliate against such an explosion?"

Darles took out a detector that he didn't normally need to wear—the combat level of this planet was too low, there was no object that needed to be specifically observed, and it was usually enough to leave the monitoring to the detectors made by the Lasseka brothers, but this time he was going to the place where the tree took root to guard it, so he brought it along for easy communication.

"boom!!!!!"

But in the next instant, a huge explosion occurred right before their eyes, catching them completely off guard.

In outer space, they seemed to see the entire planet tremble slightly, accompanied by the generation of widespread lightning, all the clouds were disturbed, and then the entire sky below began to change color—finally returning to calm, leaving only a bright spot that everyone could see at this moment.

Everyone instinctively pulled out their detectors to check the situation.

With their skill level, the time required for such a move is almost zero.

But before the detectors could be attached to their faces, a golden figure, exuding a violent aura, appeared silently before them.

"Bang!!!!"

In an environment where sound would be weakened by a significant reduction in air volume, a tremendous noise suddenly erupted.

That's the sound of a heavy punch hitting the body.

He threw more than one punch, but the sound was as if there was only one.

Darles and the others had no time to think before they lost sight—and consciousness—with the last moments they had witnessed.

"...Why are they here too?"

Meanwhile, after finishing his match, Tomat began to ponder this question in his mind.

So much so that he's now unsure if anyone will be able to answer.

Upon seeing Darles' face, Tomat did hesitate for a moment and slightly reduced his strength.

But what's the point of controlling the force in this situation?

It's no longer about how much effort Tomat put in—it's simply about whether Darles, this guy who despised God and even stole the forbidden fruit, can now get a bit of good luck from God.

The Battle for Terra has ended instantly!

*The altitude at which gravity and atmosphere exist is actually much higher than imagined, and even in outer space, Saiyans or other alien races can move freely for a considerable period of time as long as they are powerful enough.

[Main Text] Terra Battle for Supremacy: Chapter Forty-Three - I Don't Know How to Explain

The spaceship, capable of traveling faster than light in various cosmic environments, had its outer armor easily breached by the bodies of a few people.

Air carrying a large amount of debris surged out, but soon calm returned.

Tomat ignored the fates of the others who had been knocked away and flew straight towards Darles's location.

He was lying in a cabin of the spaceship, his body embedded in the wall, his armor shattered, and his abdomen covered in dark purple bruises.

Judging from his breathing, Darles is not far from death.

But his fingers twitched slightly as Tomat's feet touched the floor in front of him, and then he opened his eyes with all his might to look at the other man.

"Dalles, how long has it been since we last saw each other?"

Tomat knows the other person, not just because of past memories, but because Tomat personally had several encounters with the other person while living on Planet Vegeta.

Irritable, belligerent, cold-blooded, and cruel, even though Darles was just a child about the same age as Raditz at the time, and Raditz was just like any other Saiyan Tomat knew, behaving exactly as they were.

Tomat was also convinced that apart from his face being somewhat similar to Kakarot's, Darles was really unrelated or had nothing to offer.

The only thing he might be too worried about was "how to keep Gine from seeing this kid."

"Because they are all lower-ranking warriors, they all look similar," Bardock's clumsy lie was something even the rather naive Gine wouldn't believe.

So normally, although Tomat and Dales knew each other, they had almost no in-depth interaction. Moreover, Dales never returned after participating in a dangerous combat mission and had long been registered as a dead soldier.

But who would have thought that I would meet him here again today, and in such an unpleasant way.

However, this also caused some doubts in Tomat's mind.

Judging from their own experiences and those of Bardock and Gohan, the world they are in now is probably not the previous universe but more like another world—and the Saiyans who should have died or disappeared from history due to some accident in the original world have ignored the normal timeline and gathered in this world with a planet called Terra.

These can all be deduced from the age difference between Gohan and Bardock.

Although everyone comes from different times, whether the future or the past, one thing is certain: they were all transferred here at a critical moment of life and death.

However, Turles' appearance shattered Tomat's existing deductions. Regardless of what kind of power—or what kind of "person"—was sending Saiyans to Terra in a continuous stream, at least according to the previous pattern, Turles should have arrived here just before Goku killed him with the Spirit Bomb.

Thomas stared intently at Darles's face, a face contorted in pain yet struggling to remain conscious, and grew even more confused...

He's still so young! The age difference is about the same as when Tomat was on Planet Vegeta! Turles hasn't even fully grown to adult size yet!

What is going on here?

Is this still the same world he originally came from, where Frieza's army controls 70% of the universe? So Turles just discovered this place by chance? Then why is Gohan here from the future?

Or did he misjudge the mysterious power that transferred the Saiyans? Even if it wasn't a life-or-death situation, would they still be transferred to this world? If so, who would appear afterward?

During this time, Bardock still hadn't recalled the strange experience he mentioned. According to Bardock, he seemed to have fought with some guys who were messing with history—could there be some connection between the two?

Who exactly is sending these Saiyans to Terra and distorting the original history?

Perhaps these thoughts calmed Tomat down a bit, or perhaps he was naturally better at controlling his emotions. Tomat could hardly feel the excitement of transforming into a Super Saiyan now. However, the energy that required deliberate suppression to stop flowing out of his body was telling him that his power was now vastly different from before.

"That tail...you're a Saiyan!?"

Darles could no longer open one eye, while his other eye was wide open, staring intently at the tail behind Tomat.

But his expression quickly turned to one of utter shock as his consciousness slowly returned. Although he could barely utter a few words due to his injuries, he still mustered all his strength to shout at Tomat:

"Wait... golden aura and hair... you... you're a Super Saiyan!? This... how is this possible? That's just a legend...!"

Tomat took a step forward:

"And now the legend is right before your eyes—and doesn't it look familiar? Who is this person in front of you? Don't tell me you've forgotten."

These words clearly caused Darles to waver and become doubtful. Although he was eager to know why the legend was right before his eyes, he still looked at Tomat's face and fell into thought.

"Who...who are you? Do you know me? Wait...your face...and your hairline..."

After a long silence, he suddenly raised his eyebrows and said in an incredulous tone:

"You are...Tomat!?"

This reaction surprised Tomat as well.

"Yes, it's me—so you remember me by my hairline?"

However, this time Darles didn't respond. Instead, a surge of energy coursed through his body as he struggled to break free from the wall, roaring at Tomat: