A few hours later a giant spaceship came down and landed near a small crowd. Broly and the other leaders were already waiting for their return to greet them.
Shortly after landing figures started emerging from the spaceship. Tens of scientists and soldiers came out, many of them were Saiyans that volunteered for this mission.
They were happily conversing as they went down, which gave hope to the leaders for more good news. Broly saw Zinjo and Blitz come out as well. Broly went ahead and greeted them. They were surprised to see him after all these years.
Zinjo became unusually tall with his 2.5 meters of height, he towered over most people around. Blitz seemed tiny on his side, even though he could be considered tall among the races with 1.8m.
Zinjo with his size gave an imposing figure, especially with his 4 arms. He stood in front of Broly with a big smile on his face, he shook Broly's hand.
"Man, it has been a while. You could have at least shown up once these past years." Zinjo's voice was booming and very deep, it only added to his imposing image.
"Hahaha. What can I say? There was just too many interesting things to explore. Hey Blitz, still fast as ever?"
Blitz gave a smile as well.
"Of course, I would have claimed to be the fastest on this planet, if it weren't for a particular person."
"That reminds me, you have to show us this Legendary Super Saiyan transformation that everyone talked about back in the day. We only heard rumors, but we never got to experience it firsthand." Zinjo added.
"Sure, next time though. Gotta go greet my team members." He said his goodbyes and headed to Taro and Aize who helped unloading.
"You not gonna greet your king?" Broly said with a smug expression. Taro and Aize turned around and had a shocked expression on their face.
"You are back?!" Taro screamed and pointed at Broly's face. Broly quickly grabbed his finger and bend it slightly backwards.
"What did I tell you about pointing fingers at me??"
"Ow ow ow. I am sorry, won't happen again." Broly let go and Taro nearly fell backwards. He rubbed his finger with a pained expression.
"Hey Broly, good to see you." Aize said, gave Broly a nod and preceded to unload. Broly had a bitter smile on his face. Aize was always the more serious one and if he had a mission, he would carry it out first. Diligent as ever. Aize had lean muscles and was of average size with 1.7m. If he put on a bigger pullover one wouldn't even notice that he was ripped. Taro on the other hand was rather tall with 1.9m and was a bit bulkier but still on the lean side. They both had a healthy tan.
"By the way what do you mean with greeting our king? Since when do we have a king?" Taro asked.
"Well since yesterday and guess who king is?" Broly puffed out his chest and put his hands on his waist.
"What?! No way! You are king??" Taro screamed out in disbelief, Aize also stopped in motion as he looked at Broly with widened eyes.
"Hahaha. Who else?"
"That's insane! That's really- well doesn't matter if I become stronger than you, position doesn't mean a thing anymore!"
"So, I guess the future generation will be put into harsher environments?" Aize asked. He gave his box to another soldier.
"Of course! We need to get stronger as a race. I will talk about it after I was crowned. Naturally I allow you to witness the birth of the new king."
Taro rolled his eyes as he heard this. Aize on the other hand had a glimmer in his eyes as if he wanted to ask Broly something. Before Broly could ask him what he wanted to say, the leader of the Myrmidons called Broly to come, as they now had the information needed.
"We will talk about it later, have work to do." Broly turned around and headed to the building.
"Can't believe it. Our team leader became our king." Taro said to Aize, as they looked at Broly leaving.
"Hmm? I thought it would inevitable happen."
"Eh?"
"You should know, how proud he is to be a Saiyan. Sooner or later there would be something that he would be dissatisfied with and with his strength it was only a matter of time that he would take control."
"Ohhh. Yeah, you're right."
"Besides with his momentum, one would naturally want to follow him. The charisma he naturally gives off is awing. He will be an important figure, not only in the history of us Saiyans but in the whole universe."
"That I know as well, his strength alone makes his rise something that can't be stopped anymore."
"True. Alright, enough talking more unloading!"
****
Broly was sitting with the other leaders, as they listened to what the head scientists simplified for them about the rift.
"The space around the rift is stable, so there shouldn't be any major changes inside the rift. The time inside, as we have already sent in the data is about the same as outside. It is only about twice as fast inside, which compared to the other stable rifts is the tiniest difference. We didn't pick up any unusual energy inside and there seems to be no physical obstacles. The only problem we have is the space inside. Although the space around the rift stabilizes it, it only prevents changes. That does not mean, it is stable inside.
From what we have gathered it seems to be rather turbulent inside, but our current ships are theoretically able to handle it. Of course, it will be better if there is someone who can lessen the burden on the ship's shields in events of emergency.
We can't see through the whole rift, so we don't know if there is anything else in the way, but this is something the other rifts have in common. In conclusion this rift is the best shot we have to get out, be it the danger level or the time difference."
The leaders were excited to here that. There were some who seemed to be pessimistic about this rift and wanted to search for another one.
"It has been 10 years since the war. It is time to move forward. I will be on the first ship to ensure that there are no mishaps." Broly suddenly voiced out after the leaders were making a commotion.
The room quickly became silent and looked in his direction.
"Even if the space is too turbulent for the ship, I will be able to handle it. Besides we only need to get inside to run some tests, we don't need to traverse it."
"We can't possibly allow the king of-"
"I am not king yet, prepare the ship and a crew. It would be best if you send stronger people, so they survive longer in an emergency."
Again no one made a sound until a cough sounded out.
"Alright, we will do as he says. If we truly want to get out of here, we need to take some risks." The city lord said out loud.
"Best would be to send part of the group, that just came down, up again, as they already have experience. Besides many of them are strong warriors. But for now, they need some rest. How about a weeks' time? Then we will send you into the rift and hopefully run some positive tests."
The leaders dispersed and Broly went back to the city lord's palace and headed straight towards the cafeteria. As he thought Taro, Aize, Zinjo and Blitz were eating their stomach full. He got some food as well and sat at their table, opposite of Zinjo.
"Greetings your majesty! What an honor that you would sit at this table of peasants." Zinjo grinned as he saw Broly sit down.
"An honor for you, it is." Broly said with a serious face before grinning and tucked in his food.
"Hahaha. Oh man. Well, how was it?"
"You have a week time." Broly said with a mouthful.
"Oh boy. Alright then… Are you sure you are king?" Zinjo said seeing Broly's eating behavior.
"Gulp. Do you really want to know?" Broly released his aura and made everyone on the table shiver.
"O-okay we get it. Zinjo stop provoking him!" Taro said while waving his fist at Zinjo. While they were messing around, chatter came from the corridor.
A girls group came in consisting of Alea, Cana, Violet, Yenari and a half naked tan woman with gold stripes on her body and horns on her head. She was the succubus, Taro had defeated in the tournaments. She seemed to become even more alluring and more adept at seducing people as she swayed her hips while walking, easily attracting Zinjo's and Blitz' attention.
Taro saw her and immediately stood up and waved towards her.
"Hey Vara, I am back!" Vara ran up to him and pushed him back on the seat and quickly sat down beside him. Unexpectedly she seemed to be rather shy and reserved. She took a few glances at Taro while eating from his plate, while he just grinned stupidly.
Alea quickly took the spot beside Broly while smiling brightly at him. Yenari sat down beside Zinjo and Violet sat down beside her.
Cana squinted her eyes as she saw Alea take up the only available spot beside Broly, but a sly grin appeared shortly after. She jumped over the table and gently flew down, squeezing herself onto Broly's lap. She then looked at Alea with a triumphant expression.