Chapter 5: Battlefront

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Above the planet of Namek, a group of fancily uniformed aliens would be kneeling in front of a throne. On the throne was a purple and green-skinned acrosian with a highly bored face. Taking notice of his men, the acrosian named Shuang Kuoyo would wave his arm to signal them to advance.

"Lord Shuang." The commander of the aliens greeted before going silent once again. The commander's spine was always cold when speaking to his lord but it payed him well.

"You may speak." The acrosian lazily said as he stared at the surface of the planet. Out of boredom, he decided to test his new scouter range while listening to his lackey. Being a leader of the acrosian empire wasn't as eventful as you would think. All the work was usually thrown upon the most trusted enslaved members.

"Lord Shuang, we have arrived at Planet Namek. But there seems to be some resistance from the planet people. We have more numbers, but the losses are predicted to be dangerous to future missions." The commander reported before going silent. Shuan hearing his subordinate snorted a bit before looking down on him.

"What's it matter if they die?" The ruler yawned before looking out the window once again. "I'm the strongest here anyway so nothing will make this mission a failure. Plus more deaths just means less mouths to feed and more money to save."

The commander hearing this nodded silently before getting up and bowing once. Following him, his followers would also stand and bow. "We will now take our leave, my lord. We will report nothing but success to you."

"I expect nothing less." The acrosian yawned. However as his subordinates were about to leave, he saw a relatively strong power level with his scouter. "800,000?" He said in surprise before smiling sadistically, "oooooh commander! I think I know what I want to do now."

"oooooh, commander!" The acrosian said in a sultry manner. "Change of plans I'm coming along."

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In a random namekian village, a bunch of warrior class namekians in training sat around taking a break admiring the green sky. Their drill instructor had beaten them down pretty badly and now they only wanted to rest.

"Ah, what a good view." One of the skinner ones said before getting up and patting himself off." Usually, they didn't have a break, but their drill instructor had told them to stay and rest for a bit as he flew off. 'How offly strange.' He thought to himself as he walked over towards the near lake to hydrate and wash himself of the namek dirt sticking to his skin.

As he was washing his face, he closed his eyes to avoid water getting in his eyelids only to hear a massive crash behind him. The ground trembled hard enough for him to fall over into the water causing instant shock and fear in the namekians head.

"What was that?" He questioned to himself as he climbed out of the water only to see a crater in the place his fellows used to be relaxing. Walking up to it, his mind instantly blanked out as he saw limbs and pieces of his once friends in the crater with his instructor directly in the middle of it all with a hole in his chest.

And as his head soaked in all the horror, a ball of energy came from behind him and hit him in the back eventually tearing through his chest. Purple blood immediately flowed out of his chest wound and any air that was in his lungs flew out of his mouth with blood included. Falling on his knees, his thoughts never found peace as he eventually perished.

Footsteps would be heard as an extremely muscular purple alien stepped on the now dead namekians body. Pressing a button near his temple, the visor covering his right eye scanned the area before eventually coming up with nothing. As it detected no signs of ki, he scoffed before levitating and flying to join a squad of similar-looking aliens above.

Once gathered, two more came from separate directions with strange orange-looking balls in their hands. They where decently beat up but didnt' seem to care. Now 10 in total, the Muscular bunch began to speak.

"Where did you get those things?" The 8 collectively said as the 2 simply listened. The 2 would then began to speak at the same time. "We got them from some annoying magicians, They are called dragon clan members by their people."

"Magicians." The 8 repeated before frowning. "That's going to be a bit annoying to deal with. I guess our next plan of action...."

"Will be hunting them down." The ten repeated before blasting off in different directions.

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Namarc and Solace feeling all of the overbearing presences held grim expressions. "So this is one of the main fleets," Namarc said with a frown, his thoughts struggling to hold together. 'Planet Sadala could be destroyed at any time by just one of them. Our king was right about the dragon balls being the only way.'

Oozak looking up above no longer wore a comedic outside to his being. For once in a very long time, he felt pressured by an enemy. 'I guess there is no more time for games.' he thought to himself before turning towards the two Saiyans.

"OI, you two," Oozak said catching their attention. "Respectfully, you two can't do anything to help in this battle. And even if you rebuild what you destroyed." He pointed towards his home. "It'll be destroyed again so instead I'll give you another option to repay your debt." He sent two harmless balls of ki toward Namarc and Solace at a speed they couldn't react to.

Reacting late, Namarc slung his hand after it had hit only to realize a mark was now present on his hand. It was a weird orange symbol that was glowing orange. "That is the namekian mark, only people of high standing are allowed to wear it. My ki signature is on it so your word is now my word. Show that to the leader of the dragon clan and he'll give you what you need to join the fight."

A string of ki began to flow in a certain direction from their hands. "Follow that string and it'll lead you to the leader of the dragon clan. I'd hurry and keep your head low. I'll be causing as much havoc as possible." Flying up slowly, Oozak used his natural ki sense to find a threat and flew full speed toward it. To the Saiyans, it had looked like he disappeared.

Looking at the string of ki, the two Saiyans exchanged glances before lowering their ki signatures and beginning their journey.

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Following ravines and sticking to areas filled with dust due to stray ki blasts from above, the Saiyans grimly followed the string before coming onto a patch of cracked ground. The ki signature pointed directly at the wall's weak point. Understanding the task, Namarc stomped down on it and fell into the now-formed hole. Once fully down, He looked up toward Solace and gave a nod. Solace then jumped down with him following.

The two came to an opening filled with the same orange crystals they saw at the Grand Elders' place. "It's the exact same," Solace said obviously causing a snort from Namarc. "It just means we are getting closer to our goal." The eldest of the two said as they stopped at a 7-way path. The string of course pointed them in the right direction so they just continued with no issue at all.

More of the same crystals filled the pathway this time and a scent of calm filled the air. A familiar door similar to the elders appeared before them. "Guess it'll open on its own this time." Solace joked to the Namarc.

"Well, now you'll have to open it." A cranky and aged voice said from beyond the door. "And yes you're allowed access... you're friends of Oozak are you not?"

"You could say that," Namarc said with a careful tone as he took initiative to open the door for the two of them. Once inside, a much more natural-looking place was inside with the calming scent being extremely relevant. Trees and flowers grew from the ground and the orange encompassed the entirety of the extremely tall roof.

A house was seen in the massive opening, and out of it, an aged and skinny namekian came out. 'Unlike the Grand Elder, he seems wiser and put together The two would think. "So what do I have guests for? Are they finally letting me out?" The elder would say as he walked calmly towards the two. "I can really sense what's going on up above so can you two fill me in on everything? You don't look namekian after all."

"Oozak said you could make us ready to fight," Namarc said to the elder who got a bit straighter after that. "Oh? Oozak sent you only for that?" Seeming a bit disappointed. he put his hand towards them and put up two fingers. "Well, I'll trade what you need for two questions of mine. Is this fine with you?"

Namarc and Solace would only nod. Getting power for a few questions is something a Saiyan wouldn't pass on. "Good good, the aged namekian said before snapping his fingers." A throne would then materialize behind him. Sitting down he would face the two and raise one of his fingers.

"What is happening to the planet right now?" The elder questioned seriously, his now emotionless eyes judging them. "The seals that were put up by my students have weakened too much for someone of your stature to get in without an escort."

"An acrosian main fleet has arrived on planet Namek." Namarc replied to the elder. "And those students of yours might already be dead. We've seen much destruction on the surface of the planet on our journey here, even the area above your 'seal' was razed with nothing but fire and flames."

Staring at the two, his eyes grew sorrowful for a bit before returning to normal. "I see." He quietly said to himself before putting up another finger. "Then onto the next question. What will you do with the power you seek? This is for both of you."

"I plan to destroy the invading forces and seek a wish from the dragon balls," Namarc said aloud. "And to wish away the leaders of their empire." He had planned to wish the acrosian forces to cease existence in all the universe.

"I've registered it to be the truth." The elder said with a frown. "As much as our dragon balls taking a life grieves me, I assume that only one fleet has caused this many issues. It'd be better to get rid of it before it damages any more planets. I'll allow access to the power I give."

"Now for you." The elder looked upon Solace. "I assume you are a youngster for your race right?" Solace nodded causing the elder to smile. "Well let's hear your answer then."

"To help eliminate the enemy forces also," Solace said with seriousness causing the elder to sigh. "A battle race eh?" he mumbled before tapping his staff onto the ground causing the entire view of the room to change.

The beautiful scenery changed to a damp prison and the scent of calm was now replaced with unease and fear. Chains covered the walls with many markings covering them also. The elder now wore torn-up clothes and looked skinner and a bit malnourished.

"I gave this power originally to Oozak and the Grand Elder locked me up in fear of it being given to anyone else. Originally my ability to unlock someone's potential made the Grand Elder fear what would happen if I unlocked anyone else's dormant abilities. Imagine if many namekians like Oozak walked around... It would destroy the balance he created in the clans." The elder mumbled as he weakly motioned for the two Saiyans to come near him. "This planet hasn't been enough to fully show the potential Oozak unlocked, he's been without challenge for a bit."

"I have to touch you in order for this to work." The elder mumbled as the two drew nearer. "Another favor is that you thank Oozak for forcing the Grand elder to spare me... and for sparing the Grand elder also." Once close enough the Grand elder put his hands on their foreheads and a strong orange vibration filled the room causing the walls to shake. The tremors could actually be felt by everyone on planet Namek and caused them to stop fighting for a bit.

"That should do it." The elder weakly said before looking up at the two who were infatuated by their power boost. "This ability is pretty taxing on my body. So I pray you'll make use of it. You may leave now." He then raised his hand and a hole opened allowing the two to see an army of aliens waiting above. "My seal is broken but I'll stay here, I've kinda grown to enjoy the silence of my new home.... fewer responsibilities...."

Immediately ki blasts flew down the hole causing Namarc and Solace to break out of their trance. A ki barrier from Namarc encompassing both of them, they easily survived and so did the elder mysteriously even though no ki seemed to protect him.

Namarc would then release the barrier after the ki barrage was done. Smoke had filled the hole allowing them to fly out undetected. Their speed increased and they soon found themselves above the enemy. Things that seemed hard now felt easy. But they understood that this power boost wouldn't allow them to beat Oozak... But they could at least help without dying to a stray ki blast.

Namarc encompassed his fists with ki and began punching the stronger of the aliens as Solace started brawling with the weaker of the bunch. Namarcs punches caved in the chests of his enemies while Solace used his small build to dodge the weaker ones' attacks. When Solace had an opening, he would punch them in the throat to stun them before creating a ki blast and driving it into their temples.

The hole created by the dragon clan elder was gone by the time the enemy forces above where killed. Both Namarc and Solace didn't take much damage. They where now confident they could deal with the grunts to come.

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