I was running down a destroyed street, only debris was left from the buildings surrounding the area.
I threw myself on the side while breathing heavily. All of this is pure madness!
The soldiers were fighting to the death, using everything they had to win their respective battles. Some even blew themselves up in order to take their enemies with them! How am I supposed to deal with this?!
My superiors don't even answer me! I've probably been left to my own devices on this planet! SHIT!
I thought I was right to join this group before the war.... But it looks like it's just like any other....
I smiled wryly knowing that if I were in their position I would do the same.... I would never give my life for anyone, yet I got caught up in the war this way.... Even we who were prepared for the situation could not save ourselves....
I hugged my gun in my hands as I trembled, I'm really going to die like this..... It was impossible for our little group to survive, and even if I do, those madmen will kill me when they find me.... Maybe even worse!
Suddenly a large shadow obscured the place where I was standing, a spaceship hovered above me.
What's the meaning of this?! ... D-Don't tell me that...! IT CAN'T BE!
My pupils constricted, and my breathing stopped momentarily, normally large scale attacks wouldn't be used, as they would damage the planet and therefore its benefits.... BUT THESE MADMEN ARE PLANNING TO CARPET BOMB THE CITY?!
Now I really have no way out....
I closed my teary eyes as I continued to hug my gun, however a strange sound forced me to open them.
A dark figure appeared in the sky, it's coated in metal or something! What's it trying to do?
While I was thinking how stupid that person was, a red light charged on his finger, an instant later a lightning bolt went completely through the spaceship which exploded in the air.
How could that be even remotely possible!? Who is he?!
Before I could think of more questions the person moved his finger, passing the lightning through different parts of the city, I tried to get up and run, but a red flash stunned me and then-.....
(POV Baël)
After finishing the ship, I targeted the soldiers hiding in the city, it was easy as I felt their Ki perfectly, with a few more minutes some reinforcements would arrive, and I would claim this planet as mine.
At this moment I was wearing my armor, no one recognized me, the superiors thought I was still in my place giving orders, although the latter is true, as the Calar civilization had long ago discovered the way to control things with the brain without the need to put anything inside your it — Although it was not as developed as I would like it to, it allowed me to control my armor in a much better way and also allow Zak to send orders to everyone under my command with the help of the processing speed of the system.
The higher ups thought I was a hidden warrior I got on my side, I did not reveal my identity as that would currently do more harm than good.
The space occupied by Frieza's Army exceeded hundreds of galaxies, meanwhile the power of mid-level soldiers did not exceed 3,000 units, only a few elites would surpass them, however someone with a power level of 16,000 is capable of being someone important under Frieza's direct command. With that in mind, I would find no opposition in my conquests by choosing planets carefully.
It didn't take me more than a few minutes to finish off the planet's soldiers, as it was full of small groups and enough time had already passed for them to have almost destroyed each other.
During the conquest of several of these warring planets I could only call those places by one word.... Hell.
Everything was full of terrified people fleeing for their lives, people who it would be more fitting to refer to as demons. Madly murdering others, some laughed maniacally, others cried, some did both, many of them fell into madness, the few who remained conscious were killed quickly, or they would not last long, no one had an escape.
Screams of pain and hatred were heard everywhere, explosions of Ki, and clouds of dust filled the place, some more cunning led groups of people, currently they were easily manipulated, some died in the attempt due to the instability of these, others succeeded and tried to dominate the planet or escape from it.
All sins could be seen here, anger and hatred overflowed from each one of them, some envied their companions with all their soul, being able to kill them to get their chance to escape from the planet, others tried to have the others under their command and needless to say that some released their sexual desires by way of revenge or just for fun.
It was difficult to think that the reason for all of this was only one person, the cause of all this.
And yet, all these people crying for their lost or tortured friends and even partners and trying to avenge them, each and every one of them had killed thousands of other people before, it was ironic to see them like this, taking something from what they themselves did.
As for me... At this point I didn't care about the atrocities happening because of me, my mental state had long since deteriorated, I tried not to let it get worse by doing stupid things, then giving the system an appearance — however I didn't talk to the system much, it was embarrassing, like using Siri or Alexa to talk to myself.
Training for so long without hardly any sleep or rest had practically wrecked me, if I didn't have [Gamer's Mind].... I would have long ago fallen into true insanity, now with Zak that all changed, he certainly helped me a lot in a way.
Even though I went through all that.... It won't stop any of my plans. I'll step on the whole universe if it means getting what I want!
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Putting that aside... All the enemy soldiers I faced saw me as a monster, I was someone who would kill them without a glance after all, yet to my soldiers.... I was the very embodiment of glory, the god of victory.
They adored me, they felt that with me nothing bad could happen to them, that any battle or war would be possible to win, they praised me endlessly. Both the "Mysterious Soldier" and "Baël" were seen as devils on one side and adored on the other, that's what it meant to be a war hero.
In war, there's usually no good or bad side, just people struggling, trying to make it through... This becomes untrue when there's people like me on the battlefield. The truth is that I was the evil one, however my side revered me, as I had saved them.
In fact, my actions and way of thinking started to become so bad that my Ki was changing slightly, before it was red, it gradually became darker, then even completely black parts appeared inside it, now it was a deep red color externally while darkening to a black color in the center.
The color of my Ki could more than give away that I was someone evil, however color is something that can be changed even with some techniques, it wasn't hard to change the color to disguise it at this point, however that would never change the natural color of my Ki.
I smirked at the thought, but enough of wasting time.
As I said, I had captured several planets, maybe a few dozen since this all started.... A few days had passed, and the news was already distributed to some advanced civilizations.
Everything was going according to my plan, I was even about to open the trade organization to gain enough funding.
While I was resting lightly, a beep sounded.... Who was it? To call now it had to be something important....
I accepted the communication from a soldier under my command, her hologram appeared, she had a frightened expression and a tone full of emergency.
Sir! Something horrible has happened! Someone is attacking us! They have more than 5,000 power le-...!"
The hologram suddenly disappeared, the call cut out....
Ugh... Looks like there was someone out of the plans.... Well, never mind, it's obvious this was bound to happen.
The emergency call had been broadcasted to the nearby fleets, yet I was close enough to come to her aid at any time.... This is too suspicious... Is this the work of my neutral luck...? There may be more behind this than I initially expected...
Well, it doesn't matter! An aura like the one she said should be easily detectable... And... Here it is! 6,200 units! Not bad, besides that, the nature of its Ki completely evil, very... Intense.
I don't want to lose a fleet so foolishly, so I directed my ship to the planet from where they sent me the signal, it was close, and with my high speed ship even more so.
My ship entered the atmosphere of the planet formerly belonging to Frieza's army, it wasn't really important, it only had a few cities and retained some vegetation along with its purple oceans.
I activated the stealth mode on my ship long before it entered this planet, it would not make me invisible yet, but it reduced the sound produced, its visibility, and it was difficult to detect for radars... If I wanted to make it completely invisible I would not be able to see anything outside, this could be fixed with some radars.... But it's something problematic for a ship that I will change soon.
I got out of this one leaving it hidden, I immediately turned to one direction and started flying at a high speed.
It didn't take me more than a few minutes to arrive, it was a city, flames filled it everywhere as well as debris, this was something usual, however the situation this time was even worse.
A human figure was standing on top of it, his skin tone was white, he had long black spiky hair, it reached his lower back, his eyes were very dark, and he had a wide smile, he definitely enjoyed to the fullest what he was doing.
His clothes were luxurious, black with golden details and embroidery, this included a cape that reached to the middle of his thighs, this person had an evil and imposing aura, it was clear that he was trying to imitate a tyrant.
His Ki was of a dark red color, however it was not comparable to mine.... Even so this was surprising...! What kind of psychopathic creature is capable of having a Ki similar to mine! What the hell are you, Satan?!
But... Something quickly caught my attention... Sprouting from his back and peeking out of his cape... There was a brown monkey tail!
A saiyan! It survived in the canon? Impossible! Shenron said in a wish that there were no more saiyans! Did I change the story that much...? Uh... My actions shouldn't have changed something like that... Right...?
I mentally shook my head, never mind, the only important thing right now is that he's here, and he doesn't seem like someone who's on my side.... Or who can be trusted to keep his word....
At this moment I wasn't wearing my armor, as it would only hinder me, I have yet to get an armor capable of keeping up with me, after all I have only recently started to advance again.
Without introducing myself in any way I continued with my Ki completely hidden and flew at full speed towards the saiyan, before he knew it a punch hit him in his stomach, he didn't get to scream before an elbow sent him quickly towards the ground.
A cloud of dust rose up the moment he touched the ground, I went down to the ground without giving any time and with a strong movement of my arm all the dust dispersed, large spider web-like cracks surrounded the area and a person was rising on these.
So fast? He does have a powerful physique.... Could it be a high class? Or perhaps an extraordinary trait?
The man looked at me, his eyes were full of fury, if looks could kill, even the children of my reincarnations would have died by now.... Looks like someone's pride is wounded.
But, his eyes changed to a sudden confusion, he looked me up and down as if he was confirming that these were not playing a trick on him, after that his face looked even more confused.
???: "You're a saiyan! How are you still alive?!"
Baël:"... That's what I should be asking..."
???: "It's impossible! Just a handful should have survived..."
The man suddenly stopped talking... Interesting.
???:"... Anyway... You, you attacked me... You're going to regret it!"
His voice full of menace rang out, and his body was no less as he moved towards me, he seemed to have some good martial arts knowledge.... Good martial arts on a saiyan? Did he manage to escape and get a good master...?
Wait... That's almost the same story as Goku, I highly doubt it though.... A saiyan as evil as this wouldn't have a master.... But there's no way he's self-taught!
While thinking about many things, I was not at all distracted as I dodged his punches. I easily performed a sweep on him and pushed him to the ground.
The man looked stunned by the way I knocked him down. This wasn't a good counter to his attack, though, as if he were more skilled he could have stopped and damaged me assuming we have similar stats... but for the time being I humbled him. I wanted to see if I could get some information out of him.
A mocking smile appeared on my cold face, it didn't take me long to pull him out of his daze with a kick to the stomach, it sank him even deeper into the ground and some blood came out of his mouth.... Huh? This shouldn't be like this... He was able to get up so fast before... He must have an extraordinary physique! And yet I broke some organs with a kick? Something is wrong here...
The man still managed to get up with some difficulty.... He seems to be a Saiyan with great willpower, a somewhat weak in spirit one would even be knocked unconscious by now!
Baël: "Tell me how you survived!"
My voice was imposing, anyone seeing my power and with this voice would immediately give in, however I didn't expect it to work on him.
???: "Hell if I'm telling you! Who do you think you're talking to?! I am Emperor Killiath!"
That name... It isn't a Saiyan name... I don't get it... was he raised somewhere else or something? Maybe he was secretly sent to another planet and somehow survived there and became self-appointed with the knowledge he gained there...? At the moment that's the best I can think of...
Baël: "And I am Baël, the supreme commander of armies and leader of civilizations."
I said rolling my eyes, I could reveal a bit more, but with my slightly serious sarcastic tone you couldn't quite tell what was real and what wasn't unless you had additional information, besides.... It's not like Killiath is going to live much longer.
Killiath: "Who asked you?!"
A red light quickly shot out from his finger, this a few moments later shot towards my heart.
However, another beam appeared, it was my [Extermination Beam], this one easily pierced through his along with Killiath's.
With a surprised expression, he didn't wait and jumped towards me, he struck my face with a great force, using his wounded left arm, I didn't move, and the strike connected easily.
I stayed in my spot unfazed by the attack, normally he would've pulled this off, however I added some [Physical Buff], with the amount of Ki I used and how easy it was now for me to hide it my body didn't glow at all, this along with my body's cellular level enhancement caused his arm to be damaged, still Killiath didn't reveal pain? Does he have a disease like CIP?
I grabbed his neck and lifted him up, he was currently a bit taller than me, but that was not a problem.
He tried to let go even though his hands and arm were broken, but it was to no avail.
After a few seconds of watching him begin to struggle himself I threw him to the ground.
Now Killiath knew that I was superior in every way, speed, strength, endurance, martial arts, Ki techniques.... If he didn't talk now I was going to kill him, I can't waste much time with something like this, and I couldn't take him with me, he would destroy my ship in seconds... As for keeping watch... I have planets to conquer!
Baël: "You inferior and useless being, I'll only give you one chance! Answer my questions now, or I'll kill you!"
Killiath: "Shut up, you vermin!"
... Wasn't he afraid to die...?
Baël: "So be it..."
My [Scarlet Death] appeared in my hand, Ki's sword prepared to cut the man.
His face was shocked as he looked at the sword, but it wasn't enough.... But it was something different than expected.... Not understanding something is not the same as knowing how hard it is to do it.... Or maybe he is just stupid.
Killiath: "I'll finish you, you creep-!"
My sword instantly severed his head, it fell cleanly to the ground, I checked his Ki to confirm he was dead, placed one of my Ki bombs and destroyed his body to remove all traces of him, including the blood that fell from our fight.... I didn't want someone who knew him to come after me, no one had seen our fight, since the city was empty, I could sense that the living aliens were hiding in places they wouldn't be able to see me, for example underground.
I mentally sighed... He would have been useful if he had spoken, such a shame....
I kept on flying while I pulled out a device calling the nearby fleets, I told them as Baël that one of my soldiers had already taken care of the problem and that they could resume the conquest.
The fleet that had been attacked fled, in return they lost a few ships.... I was more concerned about the people though, after all the ships right now I had plenty to spare.
I shook my head as I reentered my ship, equipped my armor and continued traveling to where I was initially headed.
What strange changes the butterfly effect has.... And this all went too well... That makes me uneasy.
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