Chapter 1 Another chance
I've been called a lot of things in my life, bastard, devil, murderer, but my most coveted? Father. I have been a part of the Italian Mafia since before I was born, so honestly I can't blame people for hating me. However, sitting down and looking at this small bundle in my arms, I can't help but take a step back to realize the life I've forced upon this innocent little girl. I wonder if father thought the same, probably not, he was an ass. Sadly there's only two ways to leave the Mafia, death or treason.
My name is Solomon Riccardo. I'm 21 years old and the best assassin in the United states. Today I'm going to take down the Mob or die trying.
THREE DAYS LATER GAMBINO FAMILY HQ
Bullets fly overhead while bodies lay in copious amounts unmoving, in the middle of the chaos a lone man sits perked above the rafters slowly making his way around the madness. 'Who knew spreading the layout and guard patterns to every gang in Boston could work as a distraction' I say to myself with a chuckle. I slowly move to the most guarded room and prepare my pistol, two guards lay unmoving before the last two can even notice, two pops of the silencer is the last thing the other two heard . With a silent click the doors slide open to reveal the final member on my list, 4 families down in 3 days. I don't think they call me the best for nothing.
"So it was you, Solomon. We raised you since you were just a boy, you've never shown any kind of ill will no matter the request. So humor me, mister number one assassin, WHY!" Leonardo Gambino yells in confusion. I can't help but give him a weak smile in return, honestly I owe this man everything, that's why I selfishly left him last.
"I don't want this life for my Daughter, we both know this was my only chance, Uncle." I tell him with resignation. He hides it well but I can see the look of betrayal slowly shift to one of understanding, sadly it only lasts a moment before he smirks at me.
"Well I guess I did have one lesson I've wanted to teach you, but your family, never wanted to do it myself. Solomon you are the world's best assassin, but sometimes when you get so good at something you become lax, make mistakes, you're the most cocky bastard I've ever met. You see, not taking the shot and letting me talk was the only mistake I've seen from you in a long time. Next time son, take the fucking shot" With that Lenoard pushes the button hidden inside his suit and my whole world ends in a flash.
SYNCHRONIZATION COMPLETE
DESIGNATION: SUBJECT A5
PREPARING TRANSITION… COMPLETE
MISSON: BECOME THE STRONGEST OR RISK SOUL DESTRUCTION.
AGE 733 PLANET VEGETA
'Ahhhhhh' I jolted awake in a cold sweat hand behind my back ready to draw my pistols, when the hell did my guns have hair.
"IS THAT A FUCKING TAIL" I can't help but yell out in surprise. 'There's few races that have fucking tails, this doesn't look good'.
Wait my misson, my daughter. Is it all really over? It can't be, after everything I've done I at least hoped I could see her grow up. In the end it was all just worthless, because now I'm on an unknown fucking planet with a red sky and a god damn tail. Is this my punishment, divine judgment.
DESIGNATION A5
SYSTEM ENGAGED INVOKE KEYWORD "STATUS" TO BEGIN ASSIGNMENT
'Now I'm on an unknown planet, with a tail and am also going insane. Floating words, awesome. Fuck it, what's the worst that could happen, I die?'
"Status"
Lvl 1 (0/1000Xp)
HP 100/100
KI 100/100
Title: Low class saiyan warrior ( boost exp gain by 15 %)
Name: Scorz
Vigor:5
Strength:5
Dexterity:5
Mind:5
Intelligence:5
Endurance:5
Stat points:100
Power level: 400
ALLOCATE BASE STAT POINTS IN ORDER TO COMPLETE SYNCHRONIZATION
Two words sealed the reality I was desperately trying to overlook for as long as I could. Red sky, brown tail, power level and saiyan warrior.
"I'm in fucking Dragon ball and there's at least a 50% chance I'm on planet Vegeta."
COMPLETE CHARACTER STAT DISTRIBUTION TO RECEIVE INFORMATION ON YOUR OBJECTIVE
'Just like basic training, listen, follow directions and always observe'. The basics is just a normal rpg system, however it goes deeper than that. Power level should be my top priority, based on the descriptions the 4 physical based stats are added then multiplied by 20 in order to gauge my estimated power level. Since they all four are equal in terms of value towards my battle power, I can judge the importance of something like vigor significantly above a stat like dexterity, at least this early on. Based on vigor and endurance also added and multipled by 20 also correlates to my health, same with mind and intelligence to my ki pool, sadly not as important in this circumstance.
With those thoughts in mind, I add 45 points to vigor, 25 in endurance, 10 in dexterity and 20 in strength.
Lvl 1
Title: Low class Saiyan warrior
HP 1600/1600
KI 100/100
Vigor:50
Strength:25
Dexterity:15
Mind:5
Intelligence:5
Endurance:30
Stat points:0
Power Level:2400
"Looks like I'm worth two raditz" I sigh. I'm taking this rather well, considering I died then appeared on a random planet in a different body then I was born with. I may just be in shock, or super depression with tunnel vision.
CREATION COMPLETE
OPERATIVE A5, YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO UNDERTAKE MULTIPLE MISSIONS. TO AID YOU IN THIS QUEST YOU HAVE BEEN GRANTED THE 'SYSTEM', GROWTH IS INFINITE, ALL STAT LIMITERS ARE OFF. WARNING FAILURE TO COMPLETE CERTAIN ASSIGNMENTS WILL RESULT IN PENALTIES DETERMINED BY IMPORTANCE AND DIFFICULTY, HOWEVER REWARDS WILL CORRELATE ORDINARILY.
BACKGROUND DATA AND STARTING LOCATION INFORMATION: YOU ARE THE LOW CLASS SAIYAN WARRIOR SCORZ, ORIGINALLY DESTINED TO DIE IN FOUR YEARS WITH THE REST OF THE SAYAIN RACE. YOU ARE CURRENTLY LOCATED ON THE PLANET VEGETA, UNDER THE COMAND OF THE VEGATA MONARCHY. CURRENTLY YOU HAVE JUST RETURNED FROM YOUR NEWBORN EXTINCTION MISSION, AS AN ORPHAN YOUR CURRENT ONLY CHOICE IS TO JOIN A PLANETARY ATTACK SQUAD NOW THAT YOU'VE RETURNED.
"I've got three to four years to get off this fucking rock before it blows."
"Wait what the hell is my mission"
ULTIMATE QUEST ACCEPTED
SSS RAKED
THE STRONGEST
OBJECTIVE: BECOME THE STRONGEST IN THIS UNIVERSE.
REWARD: ANYTHING YOU CHOOSE
FAILURE: SOUL DESTRUCTION
"In the world of the dragon ball you want me to become the strongest, rethinking the whole divine retribution comment. I'm guessing soul destruction is the end of my existence, at least there's no time limit. But the words anything I choose, could I go back?"
RACIAL QUEST INITIATED
D Ranked
THE SAIYAN ARMY
OBJECTIVE: Persuade a Saiyan squad leader to allow you to join their extinction squad.
REWARD:SKILL BOOK, 500xp. ?
"I guess D ranked quests don't have a penalty for failure, lucky me. So this is my life now, listening to floating words to decide my fate. I guess this is better than going straight to hell." I can't help but laugh at my circumstances, shit is fucked. 'Wait how the fuck am I suppose to find the command station or individual squad leaders'
ACTIVE QUEST MARKERS INITIATED
'The messages have spoken' I think with a chuckle as I begin to walk to the blue line in the sky. 'Wait can I fucking fly, my power level is like 15 times teins when he was first shown to fly'. I take off in a sprint, going faster than any car I've ever driven before I flex every muscle in my body and jump as high as I can trying to propel my self forward with just my will. Surprisingly my luck isn't the worst.
SKILL LEARNED: KI FLIGHT LVL MAX
CERTAIN SKILLS ONLY IMPROVE BASED ON PLAYERS STATS, FLIGHT AS WELL AS MOST MOBILITY BASED SKILLS WORK THIS WAY.
'I honestly could care less oh lord of the messages, I'm fucking flying. Maybe this isn't all bad.". Flying was definitely something that felt almost natural, like riding a bike, but odd in the sense I feel like I'm flexing a muscle I never thought I had. 'Maybe it's just ingrained instincts of this body, never seen a Saiyan that couldn't fly'
'Now the purpose of this quest is to find an attack squad, but really I only know one or two Saiyans that may have an attack squad that may let a low class join. Bardock and possibly Turles, if he hasn't become a space pirate yet and assuming the movie characters even exist. Hopefully I get lucky and Bardocks is not off-world. It's currently three years before his movie, so I can assume he hasn't risen to elite class yet. Definitely don't want to join some random low classes attack squad that doesn't have father plot armor. It only takes 30 minutes of flight at full speed to reach what I can only assume is the command station. Littered with space pods and empty landings bays. I go towards what I can guess is the information desk with a weird bird like alien with a lab coat on.
"Excuse me, I was wondering if you knew where I could find Bardock or maybe a warrior named Turles?" I asked the bird man. He looks up from his papers to give me a surprised glance.
"Holy shit, a Saiyan with manners." He says with a chuckle. 'Guessing most Sayains don't think about much other than fighting, makes sense'.
"I've just returned home after my extinction mission, I was hoping to find a Saiyan to let me join their squad."
"Oh that explains it, you do look young even for a Sayain. Well welcome home and to answer your question Bardock returned yesterday after a mission. He's suffered a massive amount of injuries as per usual, but if your lucky he may be about ready to wake up. You can find him on floor two, recovery chamber room 16."
"Ok thank you, I appreciate it" i tell him with a smile as I turn and walk toward the many buildings that lay by the command center. Before I turn back embarrassingly.
"Hey man what building is the recovery chambers in?" I ask him as I scratch the back of my head embarrassed.
"Here kid take this, it's a data pad. Get yourself acquainted with your home. Names Ario by the way, it's going to be the third building down the west road." Ario told me as he handed me something that looks suspiciously like an iPad 200.
"Thanks man I really appreciate this, been kinda lost for awhile now. Names Skorz it was nice to meet ya" I tell him with a wave as I head towards the alien hospital.
Twenty minutes later I'm waiting outside room 16 going through the data pad when I make the next startling discovery. In this universe the Tuffles along with the Hera clan have banded together under the banner of Cooler against the Planet Trade Organization. The war has apparently been going on for 50 years, as the sworn enemy of tuffles the Sayain race has surprisingly shown complete loyalty towards Freiza and the PTO. Unfortunately for us at least the Tuffles are currently the most technologically advanced race, meaning we are at a disadvantage in terms of weapons, armor, ships and even defenses. The only thing that has kept us in this war are the elites of the Planet trade, along with key Saiyan attack squads. I flip to galactic news key to find something honestly surprising.
Breaking News
Low-Class Legend Bardock completes the impossible again
He and his squad have again taken out a key Rebel outpost, this makes the fifth planet this year for the Saiyan warrior.
'Wait if we're completely loyal to Frieza then why was Scorz still destined to die in four years, especially when we're vital in the current war. If life taught me anything, wars are drawn out for profit, as long as there's a fight, profit continues to flow. For a man like Frieza I can't understand why he would remove us from that equation. We make the most of any race under his command, it's illogical.' Just as I finish my thought a man walks out room 16, signature hair, headband, green Saiyan armor with no pads and the father of Goku.
"Kid, why the hell are you sitting outside my room? Go make yourself useful, train or something" Bardock says with a scowl. 'Shit, didn't expect him to start off being a dick, just roll with it'
"I was hoping I could convince you to let me join your squad, it's my first time back here after my mission. I did a lot of research and I'm convinced your squad is undoubtedly where I'd gain the most strength, please let me join" I ask with a small bow.
"Yeah kid, you and every other low-class on this planet" he said with a scoff as he walked away. I quickly turn to cut him off before he swings his arm to the side, I barely duck it before it cleaves my head from my neck. Surprisingly he seems more surprised than me that I dodged. He stops moving for a second before he brings his hand up to his scouter.
"2400 huh? Not bad, you said you just returned from your extinction mission? You look about 1.5 cycles old now, with a power of 2400 at your age you may be mid or even first class by the time your 2 cycles."
"I'll grow stronger than that if you let me join you, you take the most dangerous mission with the highest rate of wounds. With you my power level could sky-rocket."
"If you survive" Bardock says unconvinced.
"Then I die, no skin off your back" I tell with a smile. He stops staring and looks to be in deep thought over my request, before he sighs and turns towards me.
"God dammit, fine kid follow me" he gives in with a scowl.
"Yes sir" I give him a mock salute before I follow him out of the hospital building towards what I'm pretty sure is the armory.
"All active warriors of Low-class are allowed one armor replacement as well as scouter replacement free of charge. After those are destroyed you are solely responsible to take care of your gear yourself. Seeing as how it's your first time formally enlisting into the Saiyan army they will give you a stipend that should last until your first mission and pay process." Bardock lists off as we walk into the armory, we look through the many different sets of armor. I stop before I look over at a set of shoulder-less red and black armor, I inspect the craftsmanship before I see an alert.
SKILL LEARNED
Observe LVL Max
Crimson Saiyan armor
Rare Grade Armor
Effect:20% damage reduction, 10% Ki recharge rate.
Durability: 1500/1500
'Holy shit, this is awesome. I can literally see stats and items, what about people?'I think as I turn towards Bardock.
LVL 45
'LOW-CLASS LEGEND BARDOCK'
POWER LEVEL: 46,684
'I'm a fucking ant compared to him, how is he so strong he shouldn't be stronger than 10,000 in the movie and that's 4 years from now. He must have been fighting in the war like crazy, at least I know my pre knowledge of the Saiyans power is seriously skewed.'
"Is that the one you want, nice choice, those huge pads always got on my nerves so I cut them off. Now they make them just that way after I got famous." Bardock informs me.
"Yes this will work, I guess I should get a red scouter so I at least look cool while I become a mercenary for hire." I say with a sigh.
"It's not as bad as you might think, we're a warrior race, if there was no fight we would just fight each other. It's better this way, at least in my opinion." I guess I never thought of it that way, he's probably right. With that I find myself in new armor with a red scouter and over my eye, following Bardock to what I can guess is just a barren field. He drops out of the air and lands in a fighting stance, before giving me a cocky smirk.
"Now kid this is your one chance to join my squad, land one hit on me. You have one hour, GO!" He yells as he barrages my location with a flurry of ki blasts.
'Come the fuck on, your almost 20 times stronger than me. How the hell am I going to land a hit' I think with growing concern as more and more blasts hit closer to me than the last.
COMBAT MODE INITIATED
H.U.D WILL NOW REMAIN ACTIVE UNTIL DISENGAGED
Now I'm distracted running for my life with a floating HP and KI bar above my head, wait there's a marker. That has to be Bardock, the energy blasts have made a large plume of smoke covering the area. 'This is my one chance, if I can use the marker with my stealth I could maybe get one hit. I've been running for almost 20 minutes already, when he catches sight of me again I'm done.'
I methodically make my way behind him based on the red marker's location before I take off at full speed directly at him. I'm 5 meters away before he acknowledges my presence, once I get 2 meters away I raise my fist for an overhead strike. He eyes it with a disinterested gaze before he catches it above his head.
"Is that really it kid?" Bardocks asks boredom portrayed in his stance.
"Look man I know I'm a bug compared to you and you probably didn't feel this but I'm pretty sure that counts as a hit" I motion down to my left fist that I sent under the cover of the overhead strike, sitting directly on his armor-covered abdomen. Bardock's eyes go wide realizing he completely oversold on my overhead punch.
"There's no fucking way, your one sneaky bastard." He said with a sneer.
"Come on boss, how the hell am I supposed to hit you straight up when you're literally 20 times stronger than me to begin with '' I tell him as his whole body goes rigid.
"What are you talking about?" he inquired with keen interest, slowly putting more and more force holding my fist.
"20 times 2400 is 48,000, your pretty damn close to that, I'm just good at math man let go of my hand your fucking crushing it!" I yell trying to pull my hand away, he lets go of it but his eyes don't leave mine for a second.
"A smart ass huh? Use that scouter and tell me what my power level is"
"7500, oh shit guess I fucked up huh? You're suppressing your power at all times." I begin to feel a pit in my stomach as I realize the implications of him hiding it and me somehow knowing exactly what his power is. "Please don't kill me boss, I didn't know it was secret" I told him honestly.
"Explain, are you an energy sensor or something else?" He asked with a curious glance.
"A special ability, if I see someone I can atomically learn their name as well as their power level." I tell him honestly.
"Well that's good to know, out of curiosity what does it say my full power is?" Bardock asks intrigued.
"46,684"
"A whole 300 point Zenkai after the last mission" He says dejectedly.
"Are you the strongest Saiyan alive?" I ask him seriously, it seems that if others don't know there has to be a reason he's keeping it in the dark.
"As of right now? Maybe, King Vegeta's reported battle power is 21,000 and 3 of the royal guards boast a power over or near 10,000. However, who's to say they aren't doing the same thing I am."
"Um, did I make the squad sir?" I asked, realizing we're getting side tracked to the whole purpose of today.
"Yeah, but there's a couple of favors I need you to do for me later. Welcome to Team Bardock, meet the squad over in training ground 13 tomorrow morning." He told me with a lazy wave as he went to take to the skies.
'Hell yes, I'm on team Bardock and with his power level I should be safe enough to gather my strength.'
RACIAL QUEST COMPLETED
D RANKED
THE SAIYAN ARMY
OBJECTIVE: JOIN AN ATTACK SQUAD
REWARDS: SKILL BOOK-KI CONTROL, 500xp
HIDDEN OBJECTIVE COMPLETE
B RANK
THE FATHER OF A LEGEND
OBJECTIVE: GO ABOVE AND BEYOND AND SOMEHOW PERSUADE THE CUT THROAT SAIYAN BARDOCK TO JOIN HIS SQUAD
REWARD:2000xp, SKILL BOOK- BIG BANG ATTACK, 20 STAT POINTS.
MULTIPLE SKILLS LEARNED
BIG BANG ATTACK LVL 1/50 - Fire a huge ball of KI at an enemy, 200% attack buff. Cost 400KI base but more KI may be added for extra damage.
KI CONTROL LVL 1/100- Ability to use and reduce KI cost and KI use. Past certain thresholds of this skill will open up branches to other KI based skills. KI COST FOR MOVES REDUCED BY 5%
LEVEL UP X2… 20 STAT POINTS ADDED
"Owww, my fucking head" i quickly clutch my head and go over the 10 panels of information after the quest completion. 'Holy shit 40 stat points and a goddamn signature move, not that I can use it yet'. With that thought in mind I allocate 20 to both mind and intelligence.
"Status"
Lvl 3 (0/2000XP)
Title: Low class Saiyan warrior
HP 1600/1600
KI 1000/1000
Vigor:50
Strength:25
Dexterity:15
Mind:25
Intelligence:25
Wisdom :25
Endurance:30
Stat points:0
Power Level:2400
Now I have a new weapon in my admittedly lackluster moveset, but finally the real question I've been dying to have answered. Can I gain stats through physical and mental exercise? Only one way to find out, I am pretty skinny for a Saiyan, so either way it will help. With that in mind I drop down to do push ups.
100 push-ups later and an insanely bigger puddle of sweat than I would expect for a warrior with a power level over 200.
UNDER INTENSE GRAVITY HIGHER THAN NORMAL PHYSICAL EXERCISE IN CORRELATION TO STAT GAIN ARE BOOSTED BY EACH LEVEL OF GRAVITY HIGHER THAN THE GALACTIC STANDARD OF ONE(example: doing push ups on 5 times standard gravity boost stat gain speed by50%)
1 STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE ADDED
'I honestly completely forgot that planet Vegetas gravity is 10 times Galactic standard. So while on planet physical exercise is ten times harder but stat gain is 100% faster. No wonder that shit was so hard, I guess i'll at least progress faster'.
1000 push-ups and sit-ups Later
10 STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE ADDED UNDER GRAVITY ASSISTED TRAINING
'Might have gone a little overboard, I can't move and I'm starving. Is this how I die, unable to move because of my own misjudged limits.' I can't help but chuckle to myself at the stupidity of it all.
"Hey kid, you alive down there" I hear a femine voice ask.
"Yeah I'm fine, just trained too hard, can't really move anymore. Would it be too much to ask you to give me a lift towards the barracks." I ask with a smile hoping my newly returned adolescence charm helps me out here.
"Who the hell comes out to a wasteland to train to muscle failure, when there's at least 50 separate designated training areas within the city." She says as she comes down to within eyesight, couldn't help it really. I blushed like a teenager when I saw her for the first time.
LVL 27
FASHA
POWER LEVEL:5900
'My entire life savings says Bardock sent her to keep an eye on me, still I owe him one, she's stunning in real life'
"A guy who misjudged how strong ten times gravity is?" I tell her with a smile as she picks me by my shoulder and takes off flying towards the city.
"At least you know for the future, most returnees from their first extinction mission end up just like you. Names Fasha by the way" she says with a stunning smile, man those legs just go on forever, shit.
"Oh sorry, Scorz" I say with an embarrassed smile, she just returns with a knowing grin of her own. 'Damn, she caught me. I'm for sure going to get messed with about this later, probably during squad hazing, if that's even a thing here.' Well at least the training was mostly fruitful, expect the end'
'Status'
Lvl 3 (0/2000XP)
Title: Low class Saiyan warrior
HP 1820/1820
KI 1000/1000
Vigor:50
Strength:36
Dexterity:15
Mind:25
Intelligence:25
Endurance:41
Wisdom:25
Stat points:0
Power Level:2,840
"So what's so special about you kid? Your the first new member to the squad in 10 years"
"To be honest with you? Bullshited the whole way, had no idea what I was doing the whole time. Guess boss saw something he liked." I told her with an embarrassed smile,
"Boss? That lazy bastard? None of us call him that and why aren't you surprised I'm part of the squad." She asked me with a keen stare.
"What are the chances a random person stubbles on to me at the exact place Bardock took me, I'm young not stupid"
"Hm, you might last past the first mission with that attitude" she told me with a cat-like grin as she tossed me on to a cot.
"Welcome to barracks C37, our squad stays on this whole floor, light training area down the hall to the left and kitchen to the right. Get comfy little guy, tomorrows gonna be hell for ya" With that she left me to my thoughts.
'Why is she so goddamn fine, do all Saiyan women look like her. This may not be divine punishment after all'. 'Teenage hormone bullshit, or maybe Saiyan hormone bullshit?'. 'I think I just need to go to sleep, it's been a day that's felt like months'
YOU HAVE RESTED IN A BED HP AND KI RESTORED
"Scorz get the hell up, we've got one week to get you up to snuff before we are scheduled for our next mission" I hear a harsh voice say. I wake up groggily but honestly I feel the best I've ever had.'probably the new sleep bonus'
"Coming" I yell back, quickly throwing on my armor and scouter. I ran out of the room to see the Entire squad up and ready.
"Good, Tora you're in charge of the new guys training." I hear Bardock tell the second strongest person here, guy with straight spiked hair and light blue armor.
LVL 31
VICE CAPTAIN TORA
POWER LEVEL: 6,750
"Kid has no technique but he's strong for his age, don't hold back on him." Bardock says with a smirk. Toma sends a nod my way before we head out towards an empty training ground.
"Hey vice captain, what exactly are you going to teach me?" I can't help but ask after the complete silence this trip has been so far.
"Nothing too difficult, basic martial arts, ki blast battle tactics and most importantly listen to command. Any of us say jump you should jump, not because we told you to but because you'll probably die if you don't take our advice." He says kindly.
"Damn man, took a real dark turn there, but I understand. Thank you for training me." I thank him as we drop down onto a marked area with weight equipment thrown about and craters every ten feet.
"Just to let you know Scorz I'm not going to hold back, you drop, you go in the healing pod, no timeouts and no stoppage. Got me?" Tora said getting into a stance that almost resembles Bardock's half assed posture from yesterday.
COMBAT MODE INITIATED H.U.D ACTIVE
"Yes vice-Captain" I say as I drop down into a basic boxing stance.
BACK AT TEAM BARDOCK BARRACKS
"Come off it Bardock, you know damn well that pup is going to die at the first sign of a Tuffle. Why the hell are we wasting time training him?" Fasha yells at the retreating Bardock.
"Told the kid that when he asked to join the first time, he said if he joins us it'll be his best chance to gain strength. He probably doesn't realize our squad is the number one target for the Tuffles in this war." Bardock says off handily going into the fridge to grab a tray of meat.
"So the first new person you let into the squad in ten years is a borderline suicidal kid or he's completely banking on one of us bailing him out if he's ever in over his head. I like it, want to place bets on which one?" A pudgy man joins in with a chuckle.
"200,000 galactic credits on the first one Shugesh" Bardock bets between bites.
"You can't be serious." Shugesh stops laughing immediately. All he receives in return is a small smirk.
"What was his test?" The biggest man in the room Borgos asks.
"Told him he had to hit me once, gave him a whole hour." Bardock says with a laugh.
"That's too cruel, you know damn well no kid could hope to accomplish that. So you let him off with an A for effort I guess?" Fasha asked curiously.
"I wish, little fucker got me in 25 minutes."
"How! you let your guard down didn't you." Shugesh yells in confusion.
"Not at all, bastards tricky, caught me completely off guard." Bardock said with an embarrassed frown.
"Kid actually has a rather useful ability, if he ever catches a glimpse of you he'll know your full power level as well as your name. Almost shit myself when the kid complained that the test wasn't fair because I'm literally twenty times stronger than him." Bardock finishes with a sigh.
"Shit the kid knows already, we'll it's not too bad ain't like he wouldn't have found out eventually. I still don't understand why you're so worried, it's not like any Saiyan alive even comes close to you" Fasha chimes in confidentiality.
"Maybe, but that kid can find out for sure where I match up." Bardock says with a sinister smirk.
"So now it comes full circle, another one of 'Low-Class Legends' master plans?" Shugesh asks with a smile.
"We're a warrior race, it's only right to let the strongest rule." Burgas adds.
Seven hours after the two departed, a rather ragged looking Tora walks back into the barracks with a frown.
"Damn Tora, what the hell happened to you?" Fasha asked with a laugh.
"The little demon Bardock found doesn't understand when to back down" Tora said, rubbing his sore arms.
"Tora, it's been 7 hours, why didn't you knock his ass out?" Shugesh chimes in.
"He won't learn anything unconscious Shugesh."
"How did it go? Anything interesting to report on?" Bardock asked as he came into the room.
"Now that you mentioned it, yeah, you said when you met the kid his power level was 2400 right?" Tora asked in no nonsense tone.
"Yeah? What about it?" Bardock asked with a keen eye stare.
"It was over three thousand right before I blasted a hole through his stomach and dropped him in a healing pod . But the really odd part is that his power was slowly increasing throughout the battle, it was never a lot or a big jump but about 20-40ish points 8 times after I started measuring stands out immensely."
"Tora I understand you didn't like the idea of adding a new guy to the team but that doesn't mean you should blast a whole in the kids stomach." Bardock told him with a scowl.
"Crazy bastard told me to, he said he never had a zenkai before and was curious about what it was like. He wore me down for 6 hours before I gave in. But I really feel like you're missing the important part here." Tora said.
"It is not uncommon for returnees to experience a boost in power when training under the higher gravity here." Borgos adds.
"Borgos we're talking about a 600 point difference in a day, he's either somehow hiding his power or his growth is insane. If he doesn't stop he could be a super elite, but we can't know for sure until tomorrow after the kid gets his Zenkai." Bardock finishes with a neutral expression.
HOSPITAL NEXT DAY
YOU HAVE SLEPT IN A HEALING POD ALL DAMAGE HEALED
RACE RACE PERK ACTIVATED
NEAR DEATH ZENKAI BOOST, 1 WILL BE ADDED TO POWER LEVEL MULTIPLIER
'Well shit, never doing that purposely again. Didn't realize having a foot hole through your stomach would hurt that god damn much, thought I was really gonna die, Vegeta's a masochist ' but at least I finally figured out how Zenkais will work for me. A light Zenkai would be something like a broken arm granting me a .3 boost to my multiplier, a medium Zenkai is activated when my health falls below the 20% threshold gaining a .5 Zenkai and finally the near death Zenkai where there's a very real chance I could have died gaining the highest plus one boost.
'But training with Tora was definitely worth it, he pretty much just sparred with me for hours not letting up for a second. I gained 5 points in both endurance and strength but the biggest gain was 11 in dexterity. I guess I underestimated dexterity correlating to my hand to hand combat abilities.
'Status'
Lvl 3 (0/2000XP)
Title: Low class Saiyan warrior
HP 1820/1820
KI 1000/1000
Vigor:50
Strength:41
Dexterity:26
Mind:25
Intelligence:25
Endurance:46
Stat points:0
Power Level:3,423
Current Power level modifier: 21x physical stats
'Starting to think I should ask Bardock about power level suppression before people start asking questions I can't answer'. My growth on my first real day of training was insane, but I really need to start saving stat points I gain from level ups. There has to be a cap on my physical stats I can get from training. If there's a gravity boost to stat gains, I probably won't be able to pass that cap until I find a way to make a gravity chamber.
'At least I still have a week until we're scheduled to leave for my first mission, I'd like to at least be a little stronger before I have to leave the safety of Vegeta.'
"Scorz get the hell out of that pod, I know you're fully healed. Mission got pushed forward and apparently the fronts suffered major damages, we've got to go pick up the slack." Bardock yelled entering the my pod room.
'So much for being a little more prepared' I can't help but sigh as the green healing water drains.
"What planet are we going to?" I asked him as I started putting on my armor.
"Horosis, desert planet. Controlled mostly by Hera clan members, apparently they have a tough general there giving the few elites the army sent some trouble."
"Damn I was really hoping to coax some training out of you too before we had to leave for our first mission" I tell him with a smile.
"Doesn't look like you'll need it, boosting your power over a thousand points in a day" Bardocks said as his scouter Finished beeping out the reading.
"I guess I see why you hide yours now, no privacy in this galaxy." I shoot back with a laugh.
"You're not gonna tell me how right, cocky little bastard." He asked with glare
"Teach me how to suppress my energy reading and I'll spill, deal?" I barter with a smile, only to get a slight snarl in return.
"Fine kid, meet the squad over at docking bay 15. Our ship and pilot are waiting there, we're scheduled to leave in thirty minutes." He told me before leaving.
QUESTLINE ACCEPTED
B RANKED
WAR ON KONOSIS
OBJECTIVE: HELP YOUR SIDE GAIN CONTROL OF KONOSIS
BONUS OBJECTIVE: DEFEAT 1000 ENEMIES
BONUS OBJECTIVE 2: ???
REWARDS: TURTLE SCHOOL-SKILL SCROLL, 5,000XP, ??,??,??
'Turtle school? There's no way it's just going to be the basic kamehameha right? Either way it's going to be awesome to find out. The system is trying to coax me into committing mass murder, but I guess it's a war and those hidden rewards have Definitely poked my interest. The real problem is how the hell am I gonna kill that many unless there is an insane amount of fodder soldiers.'
Well I have half an hour to get some food and maybe go look at the weapon shop, see if there's any hidden treasures. I just received that new recruit stipend Bardock was talking about, still don't know how money works yet but I know a loaf of bread costs 10 credits. So I'm guessing 20,000 credits is a decent amount of money, it isn't like I'm going to be able to use it while I'm on this mission anyway.
'Giant Ape weapons and armor, cool name' I can't help but laugh at this random smithing shop I found off the main road. There's a pretty Saiyan girl sitting at the counter browsing through a data pad, I barely catch her attention as I walk in.
"Welcome to the shop, if there's anything specific you're looking for just ask." She tells me with a smile
"Thanks, I'm just window shopping for now." I tell her with a laugh as I head over to the weapons area. Axes, straight swords, daggers, anything a warrior could want. I've searched a good amount but I still havent hit a jackpot yet, at least until I pass a set of pure black daggers.
DAEDRIC DAGGERS
RARE GRADE
EFFECT:15% chance to cause Bleed, 10%boost to attack speed.
"There's no fucking way." I can't help but say it out loud. 'There are items from different universes here'.
"Ohh good choice, my father crafted those recently, he said it might be the nicest daggers he's ever made." The girl from the counter yells over. I ran over without a second thought.
"He made this!?" I all but yell asking the girl.
"Jeez shrimpy calm down, he makes pieces like that all the time. My name's Korina mr. Inside voice." She told me with a smirk.
"Scorz, does your father make everything in this shop?" I ask her seriously.
"No way, most of this stuff is sourced from various worlds, he doesn't have enough time to make all of this."
"Ok that makes sense, is there any way I could meet him and put in a special order?"
"Sorry, he's actually off-world on a supply run, he's not due back for 3 months at the earliest." She says with a placating smile.
"Ok thanks anyway, how much for these?"
"That'll be 5,500 credits"
'Damn that is a fourth of my money but a rare grade set of daggers made from the strongest metal in elder scrolls would be worth double that to me, maybe even triple.They even come with a cool holder that ties to my waistline.' I think as I hand over my card for the money transfer.
"Thank you for the purchase, little soldier," she told me with a snarky smile.
"Oh fuck, what time is it!" I yell.
"10:35? Got somewhere to be" Korina asked. Just then my scouter started ringing confirming that I was in fact late for my first mission. I sigh before I click the answer prompt.
"Kid, you have 2 minutes before we leave your ass here" I hear Bardock snarl from the other end.
"Sorry boss, I'll be there in one!" I quickly hang up before strapping my daggers to my back and taking off at full speed directly towards the hangar bays.
Contrary to what I said it took me a over minute to make it to hangar bay 15, just as I was coming in at full speed I don't see the foot that smacks me straight in the chest.
-25Hp
"Ugh" I groan, slowly pulling myself out of the newly made Scorz imprint in the wall.
"Don't be late again." Bardock said before walking onto the ship's ramp. 'Damn, dudes more of an ass than usual, he's probably pretty pissed to be called in like this.' I'll ask later, better get on the ship quickly before he actually leaves me here.
"Oh the newbie decided to join us, you were out chasing tail weren't you." Shugesh said with a laugh.
"No, I was at a smith shop, lost track of time, sorry everyone."
"Which one!" Borgos asked excitedly. I noticed the newly added great axes strapped to his back. 'He definitely didn't have those in cannon'
"Oh, here we go getting the weapon geek all riled up." Fasha joins in.
"Ummm, Giant apes weapons and armor." I try to say without an embarrassed look.
"What fucking nerd made that shit up!" Shugesh says bursting out laughing. I can't help but agree though.
"Enough guys it's time to get going." Bardock said with that same pissed off attitude he started today with.
"Who's piloting this thing?" I can't help but ask, realizing the captain's chair is empty. Then a super skinny Saiyan comes running down the hall , hopping into the seat quickly.
"Oh that's Beets, he's always late. Best Saiyan pilot around though." Fasha adds off handedly. 'That dick, the goddamn pilot wasn't even here yet and the fucker still kicked me into a wall'
"Come on miss Fasha I'm not always late." Beets adds with an embarrassed smile as he start tapping several buttons and switches in quick succession.
"Yeah and I'm not an Alcoholic!" Shugesh laughs as he takes out a flask.
"Ok everyone, lift off. Our destination is the planet Konosis, it'll be a 3 day trip through hyper space and we may face active fire upon re entry. Everyone strap in, we're about to make the jump." Beets says excitedly.
"HYPER SPACE?!" I can't help but yell, that technology never existed in Dragon Ball.
"Yeah kid you wouldn't know about it, they don't install shit that pricey on pods." Beets answers.
"Making the jump in 3,2,1. All parenters set flight success." Beets confirms.
"And he strikes again, fastest pilot in the galaxy" Shugesh cheers. 'That shit was smoother than any jump I've ever seen in Star Wars.'
"Come on kid, it's time for training" Bardock says with a sigh.
"You're training the kid yourself!?" Fasha yells in surprise. 'Does he not train with the squad or something? It kind of makes sense considering how ahead he is compared to them'
"Fuck off guys I've had a long day already" Bardock says to the room as he heads out.
"What's wrong with him" I whisper to the squad.
"Just leave it alone kid, he always like this before war." Shugesh said.
"KID, GET YOUR ASS MOVING BEFORE I CHANGE MY MIND" my boss yells losing patience. I quickly wave to the squad before heading to what I can guess is the ships training room.
"Sit" he points towards the other chair across from him.
"So how does this work? Do I try to limit the ki leaving my body, or like condense it" I ask him curiously. He raises an eyebrow before summoning a yellow ball of ki to his palm.
"Your pretty close, probably could've figured it out yourself in a few days. But no, the trick is creating a barrier around your ki." He said before a barely visible barrier appears around the blast.
"Can you sense the energy in this ball?" Bardock asked"
"Barely, if I wasn't looking for it I'd probably mistake it for a small animal." I added my part.
"Exactly, but this is just a demonstration. It's about 100 times harder to hide your entire ki, at least at first, after some time it will become second nature. It's actually an amazing training exercise towards control in general." He explains before motioning for me to give it a try myself.
It honestly is way harder than he made it look, it takes me the better part of 20 minutes before I even have a larger than necessary dark blue oval around my ki blast. But I couldn't help but smile at the results.
WISDOM HAS INCREASED BY 3 FOR BEGINNING TO UNLOCK THE NATURE IF YOUR KI
KI CONTROL HAS GONE UP 3 LEVELS
KI CONTROL LVL 3/100- Ability to use and reduce KI cost and KI use. Past certain thresholds of this skill will open up branches to other KI based skills. KI COST FOR MOVES AND TECHNIQUES REDUCED BY 15.
"Good job, you did about as well as I expected. Now you just need to take it step by step until you can do it for your whole ki instead of a portion." Bardock said, looking over my barrier with a critical gaze.
"Thanks boss, I appreciate you showing me." I tell him with a smile.
"Yeah yeah, now spill."
"Honestly it's really simple, I lived under normal gravity my whole life and managed to get my power to 2400. Now I'm training under strain 10x normal, it basically means I shocked my body to handle the strain, the Zenkai was the biggest thing. " I tell him honestly.
"Ok say I somehow found a planet with 10x gravity than I'm used to. What would you guess would happen?" He asks me with a cunning smile.
"Your power would at least double, but if you do, figure out a way to raise gravity, like a machine. I want in." I told him seriously
"They already have machines to simulate normal gravity for planet Vegeta. Like this ship for example." Bardock adds thinking.
"I wouldn't think it would be too hard to rig that system to produce higher gravity than normal. If it can already go 10x galactic standard, even a 2 times boost to that would be a boon. Especially if we wore a weighted suit of some kind to stimulate the strain farther without stressing the machine to go farther too early in the process." I add in my two cents.
"Well kid, it might have been worth picking you up after all."
"Gee thanks, glad I'm not useless" I add in sarcastically.
"Alright get up kid, it's time to spar"
"Boss, we're on a spaceship currently traveling faster than the speed of light. Is that really a good idea?" I asked maybe a little scared.
"Oh quit being a pussy, our mechanic designed this room himself, I could punch that wall full power and barely leave a dent. No beam attacks though, for obvious reasons." He informs me before getting in a stance.
TRAINING QUEST
OBJECTIVE: LAST LONGER THAN 20 MINUTES AGAINST BARDOCK
BONUS OBJECTIVE: FORCE BARCOCK TO USE MORE THAN 10% OF HIS POWER
REWARDS: 5 stat points, 1000XP, ?
'Wait quest can trigger from anything? Why the hell didn't I get this from Tora' just as I finish that thought I barely dodge past the jab going right for my nose.
"Pay attention Scorz, that was your one freebie" he tells me with a hard stare.
I jump into action immediately and rush him, he eyes for a second before sliding into a telegraphed roundhouse kick that's heading straight for my neck. I roll into it, sacrificing my shoulder to get into his guard.
His eyes widen momentarily before he collects himself to guard, but I'm too close. I roll into a well practiced mid air spin hiding my draw, before I land on one foot and blast upwards guiding my dagger directly at his neck. He smirks before a blade of pure ki appears from his hand catching my blade with little effort.
"Daggers huh? Good choice, they're perfect for your build. Good quality too." He said as he examined my black daggers.
'I'm not sure but his power definitely spiked for a moment there, I'm not sure how much but I gave it my best shot to get the bonus. Now I just have to survive.
"Figure I'd need every advantage I could get, I'm nothing more than a bug to most of the galaxy right now" I tell him honestly with a smile.
"Let's see how good you are with them." He said before both his hands lit up with blades.
'If it's purely technique and not power. I'd say I'm the best around, short bladed weapons were always my favorite in my old life. At least until I realize I'd never be able to fight a group of enemies with guns with just my knives. At least out in the open. I just couldn't become faster than a bullet, like most humans. But here, in this world? My body is my weapon, the weapons are just tools to create advantages.'
Almost an hour later I'm barely standing with blood pooling down multiple cuts along my entire body. Only got hit about 30 times, I barely got one hit in, but it was definitely worth it after getting my ass handed to me in something I thought I was great at. Speed really is the difference maker.
Within my next thought I fall to my knees unable to take another step.
"Good showing there kid, definitely didn't expect you to be that good with your daggers. Get your ass to a healing pod." He said before walking off with a lazy wave and a small cut on his left forearm.
"Thank you for the training boss" I gasped out between shaky breaths. At Least I gained 3 points in both endurance and strength, plus 6 in dexterity.
TRAINING QUEST COMPLETE
OBJECTIVE: LAST LONGER THAN 20 MINUTES AGAINST BARDOCK- COMPLETE
BONUS OBJECTIVE: FORCE BARDOCK TO USE MORE THAN 10% OF HIS POWER- COMPLETED POWER EXCEEDED 5,000
REWARDS:5 STAT POINTS, 1000XP.
BONUS: DAILY TRAINING QUESTLINE UNLOCKED
'That's amazing, with any luck I'll gain enough experience to level up before we reach Konosis. But the real question is how close to a mid tier Zenkai am I. Status'
Lvl 3 (1,000/2,000)
Title: Low class Saiyan warrior
HP 630/1980
KI 1060/1060
Vigor:50
Strength:44
Dexterity:32
Mind:25
Intelligence:25
Endurance:49
Wisdom:28
Stat points:5
Power Level:3,675
Current Power level modifier: 21x physical stats
"I need to be under 20%"about 400 or lower, I look at my right arm in resolve before I stab my dagger right into my bicep. Cutting tendons and muscles as it goes.
-250 HP
"GOD FUCKING DAMMIT" I scream out in pain. 'One fucking wish and everything can change' I think to myself in resolve.
"At least the healing pod is in the next room" I say to myself before slowly making my way to the pod. I barely have the strength to fall into the pod and remove the dagger before my world turns black.
YOU HAVE SLEPT IN A HEALING POD ALL DAMAGE HEALED
RACE PERK ACTIVATED
MID TIER ZENKAI BOOST, 0.5 WILL BE ADDED TO YOUR POWER LEVEL MULTIPLIER
'Getting real fucking tired of purposely hurting my self to gain strength, wish I was reborn as a frost demon. Those bastards gain power by basically being alive, complete bullshit'
DAILY TRAINING QUEST
OBJECTIVE: 1,000 PUSH-UPS, 1,000 SIT-UPS, 2 HOURS MEDITATION.
REWARDS:700XP, 5 STAT POINTS
PENALTY: -30% STAT GAIN FOR 48 HOURS
'Of course there's gonna be a penalty for a QUESTLINE this straight forward' I think with a sigh as I drain the water to get ready for today's training. At least I'm never bored in this fucked up world.