"Are you sure, Broly?" Alea suddenly asked.
"About what?"
"To wipe them out, if we kill them now it would do us really no good. Other that they attacked us with a few soldiers, they haven't gone all in for a war. Maybe we can come to another conclusion?"
"You can't be serious. They only used these few 'soldiers', because they were the strongest, they had. After their first attack, they must have noticed that the average of us is far stronger than theirs. It also seems there aren't too many of them, meaning if they went all out, they would suffer far more casualties or even lose the war completely. The only reason they only sent out their elites was because they were confident that those would return, besides by targeting the gravity rooms, it showed that they plan to use them. They probably want to train their soldiers with it."
"Yes, that may be true, but for them we are invaders. They only want to protect their home."
"Tell me Aize, Taro had any of our soldiers contact with one of them before they attacked?" Broly turned towards the two.
"No, Sir. We were attacked without prior notice." Aize reported while Taro confirmed with a nod.
"Alea. They were ignorant of our existence and yet attacked and stole our supplies. What if we were just here for resupplying, our fuel ran out or were just here to explore this planet? They were hostile the moment we got here without knowing our purpose."
"But-"
"Alea, just say it. Why are you hesitating?" While the two were talking the others were listening as well. Gine and Daz had quietly joined them as well. The atmosphere was so thick one could practically cut it with a knife. The others were tense, since this was the first time someone questioned his orders and they didn't know how he would react. Previously as a King, he had only ordered them to create a base on this planet, which they didn't accomplish satisfactorily. It was a new situation, but it would severely dictate how they talk to him when he was just Broly or when he was acting as their King.
"I- I. King Broly, I never was on planet Vegeta and was brought up with caring parents. On Perditus we didn't go around and kill others carelessly because of conflicts. We had tried to establish alliances with other races. It was difficult with our race's temperament, but we still tried, and we succeeded. The other races may have feared us in the beginning, but in the end, we have gathered not only allies but friends. Many races started to respect us not out of fear but what good we accomplished with this strength. To exterminate a whole race because we had a conflict with them seems too hasty and cold. We have survived on Perditus until you arrived because we had relied on others. We grew stronger but if-if we wipe them out now, I feel like we would revert back to what we were. Warmongers, who can't do anything but destroy…"
Broly looked straight ahead at the entrance of the natives' base as he thought about it, before he spoke out.
"Saiyans are innate warriors, who strive for battle, for a challenge. I don't think if the other races from Perditus were left out of the equations that we would have died out. Saiyans naturally grow from pressure. The reason we used to be so weak was because we only attacked planets, we were able to conquer. That said, it would align for us to exterminate them, considering our nature.
Of course, that wasn't why I want them dead. The reason I wanted them dead was because it would be bothersome. They hadn't welcomed us in the past, and probably won't in the future. It is the most cost-efficient to take them out now before they gained strength and rebelled against us. It seems like I feared that they would become a threat to the empire, I wanted to establish…"
No one said anything. Even the other 300 Saiyans became quiet as they sensed the atmosphere.
Broly looked at his palm before closing it to a fist. He turned around and looked at the Saiyans waiting for his orders.
"Everyone! I have gathered you here for a war, but I have to disappoint you. This will be a subjugation! Capture them alive!"
"Ahu!" The crowd screamed at the same time and stormed the entrance en masse.
Gine, Cana and Alea sighed out in relief, while Taro and Aize were expressionless. Zangya frowned but didn't say anything. Daz suddenly approached him.
"Are you sure about this? Even if we spare them and try to show them our goodwill, they will be out for blood in the future. They will only see us as invaders, who robbed them from their planet."
"They will definitely want revenge, but I am not doing this for them, I am doing it for our future."
"What do you mean?"
"I have thought about it. Many of our soldiers, are still accustomed to our ways from planet Vegeta. When conquering a planet, they would completely level the civilization to the ground. They indiscriminately killed everyone and then just sold the planet, but as Alea said we would revert to what we used to be. It would only take us as far as we used to be. So, these natives will be perfect subjects to test how to administer another race."
"You mean…" Daz seemed to come to a realization.
"Yes, we will need experience on how to govern another race, not how to kill them. If I want to conquer the whole universe, I can't just kill them all, I need many forces to help me. Daz, I don't want to sell planets, a planet without life is useless to me. I want to rule these planets."
"Govern them… but this will only bring us trouble, especially those elves, they will rebel against us."
"Oh, of course, but we would only learn from it and if we want to rule other races, we will be prepared. Besides they aren't really able to threaten us, at least not after we killed their elites. Now that I think about it, it's better to have our first attempt in governing to be a difficult race to handle. Daz, in the future we have 'city lords' all over the universe. We can't rule with force alone, such an empire would only crumble with time. Now that we are still off the radar, we can gather some experience."
"I hope you are right…"
"Daz, I want you to create some files, who you would think are fit to govern a race and bring them to me."
"Sigh. Understood, my Majesty."
Broly then turned to the other Super Saiyans. "I want you to protect them. If there are too strong opponents for them to handle, do it yourself. I will be going for their leader." The group quickly flew out to the base and helped the Saiyans.
Zangya approached him before he flew out himself.
"Broly, you want to establish a universal empire? Didn't know you were this ambitious."
"There is just something about Saiyans and conquering."
"Don't lose yourself in it. Power and greed are easy to fall into but hard to come out from. You don't have to conquer the universe or even one more planet. A single planet would be enough for your race to live on."
"Exactly, I am not doing it because I have to but because I want to. Heroes don't have to save the galaxy as long as they stay on their planet, it is unlikely that they will have a problem with entities on galaxy level, but they still do it because of their beliefs. I don't want to be a hero, I want to be the strongest conqueror that has ever existed."
"Talking about ambitious. Well, I guess you can call me lucky to be on your side."
"Alright enough talking let's do this." After saying that Broly and Zangya flew towards the entrance, where they could already see numerous elvish looking soldiers bound or knocked out. There were some areas that were burning but nothing out of the boundary. There was a squad stationed in the entrance looking over their captives. As soon as they saw Broly approach, they saluted.
Broly went inside and saw their underground base. It was a giant plain hall. A few Saiyans were still fighting with some soldiers but defeated them quickly. With a quick look, Broly saw at least 200 elves captured. He sensed the strongest lifeforce and quickly headed there. It didn't take him long through the numerous tunnels to get out as he entered a valley. Only a small hole in the ceiling led outside from this valley and showed the stars outside. A valley underground it was quite beautiful.
As he looked around, he saw the battle in the distance, he quickly flew towards it with Zangya in tow.