New Ability

This feeling became more and more prominent. It started in Broly's center before spreading into all his cells, organs, blood, skin and bones. He was aware of everything that happened inside his body.

"This- This is!"

An idea flashed in his mind. He immediately concentrated on his center, perceiving the changes inside. And there it was. Lifeforce. Pure Lifeforce generating in the center in abundance, before spreading throughout his body.

A new source. A source of lifeforce supplying Broly with pure energy.

'It is even a bit higher than the amount of ki I generate! That means! This completely nullifies my problems! With the surplus I even should be able to accelerate my regeneration. Well that would only be possible if I can guide the energy. Even if I can't, it will make me live lo- Eh?'

Lifeforce is different from ki. Although every living being has it, it is not something one can easily control. Although Goku was able to create a Genkidama through lifeforce, it was through the willingness of sentient beings to share their energy, enabling Goku to gather their energy with a technique. A technique created by a deity, the north kai, only able to be used by pure hearted people.

As Broly sensed something he opened his eyes and looked at his palm, before he raised it to his mouth and bit down between his finger and thumb. Blood dripped down his chin, while he looked at his wound. He tried to grasp the lifeforce and guide it to his wound.

His eyes widened as he felt the lifeforce obediently flow according to his will, healing his wound. Although it wasn't as exaggerated as a Namekians ability to regrow a limp or Buu's near immortal body, but it wasn't slow by any means, Broly's regenerative abilities nearly tripled with the support of lifeforce. If he accumulates his lifeforce this amount would even increase.

'Not only did this crystal give me incredible strength, making my body evolve to a whole new level and solved my predicament but it also blessed me with a lifesaving technique!'

"hahahahahahhaaHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH!" Broly laughed out with a near maniacal laugh, startling the others. The others seemed to have already finished absorbing this miraculous power.

As they were reveling their increase in power, they were awoken by Broly's laugh. They looked at him who had his head down looking at his palm.

After a while his laugh ceased before he looked at them with a smile on his face. Before he could say anything, Aize was falling to his knees, sweating profusely, followed with Cana who stumbled backwards to the ground with a panic-stricken face. Only Taro and Alea were left standing with their legs shaking.

It was the same for all Saiyans in this room, they knew who they looked at, but they couldn't help but feel fear strike their hearts, as they looked into his now yellow eyes. It was a fear born from their most primitive instinct, they couldn't help it. The weaker ones already collapsed with only the stronger ones being able to stand.

This only lasted for a second before Broly's eyes reverted to his normal black eyes, but it felt like hours for the 4 young Saiyans.

Broly was shocked as well, but only partly because of their reaction. In the moment he looked up, his lifeforce seemed to flare up, as he looked at the white glistering lights, flashing inside the bodies of the other people.

He could see their lifeforce, but it didn't stop there. He realized by concentrating he could not only see it but also sense his surroundings. To be precise he could sense every living being in his near periphery. For a second a whole new perspective seemed to open up for him. A new side of the universe which was previously in the dark was now shining like a beacon right at him.

Awoken by the panting in front of him, he regained his focus.

"Are you alright?" He asked the heavily breathing Saiyans on the ground.

"Fuck me! What the hell was that!" Taro started cursing as he fell on his butt, still looking at Broly.

"I-I don't know."

"Broly did you gain an ability?" The city lord asked. He was confused by what happened, as he couldn't sense anything for them to be so frightened.

"Ah. Yes, I did!"

"Well. If you didn't, I don't think anybody could!" Alea threw in after she regained her bearings.

"Hmm? Why?"

"You didn't notice? You sucked the crystal completely dry!"

Broly's eyes widened as he heard that. He looked at where the crystal was previously at, only to find a heap of dust.

Before they started absorbing the energy, the city lord made an accurate analysis of how many people could absorb from it. The outcome was around 12 people. Which meant that Broly took in 8 peoples worth of power.

"Cough. I think you guys should first get some rest, have your body adapt to the changes before starting to train again. Broly I hope you could share some information about your ability later. Cough. Now go rest!" Broly didn't miss the glint in the city lords' eyes, showing his obsessive side again after he discovered something new. Broly felt like the city lord was looking at him like a mystery box, not able to wait to discover new things.

"Yes. Master!" The kids shouted, before heading out. Broly saw Cana at the door looking at him, before heading out.

Broly exchanged some words with Alea, Taro and Aize inquiring if they gained anything from the crystal. Unexpectedly Taro seemed to have gained an ability. He said, that he didn't know what it is exactly, but he knew that it would give him tremendous power. Alea and Aize got an immense increase in strength but they couldn't help but be a bit dejected about not gaining a special ability.

A few days later Broly was standing inside the city lords office.

"So, what is my ability? I thought one would only gain one ability."

"After what you have recounted, it is clear that you gained the ability to generate lifeforce. But the other abilities, aren't abilities that you got, but side effects."

"Side effects?"

"Being able to generate lifeforce, gives you an extremely high affinity to lifeforce maybe even the highest possible. With that you didn't even need to learn how to manipulate it, it just came natural to you now. You should be able to discover other uses of lifeforce in the future. Of course, that is only speculation on my side."

"But why were the others so frightened? They only said that they felt fear, but couldn't describe why. I thought it had to do with my lifeforce, but that doesn't seem to be the case."