Chapter 131: Merely a sparring...

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"Grrr!" Piccolo growled out but refused to beg and would surely prefer to die instead.

"..." 

"Hey, you, let him go!" The bald guy shouted and formed a ball of ki that he furiously fired as he shot forward.

"Wait, Krillin!" The blonde-haired girl who should be the bald guy's wife exclaimed.

"Stay with Marron!" Krillin yelled and continued his course.

Seeing him quickly approaching, what seemed to be a faint smile formed on Edam's face as he lifted Piccolo by the collar, and threw him in the air like a volleyball ball in Krillin's direction.

"Gah!!!" Piccolo cried out in pain as Krillin caught him in his arms.

Truth be told, Edam could simply tell them the reason he came, which was Hancock's circumstance to perhaps gain their sympathy and help, but… for various reasons and doubts that he had he didn't want to trust them.

Also, before arriving on earth, Yamote told him to relax because he was way too tense and couldn't fight at full strength in this state. And it seems to be true, his entire being was craving for a battle to release all the pent-up frustration he accumulated for days now. 

They just happened to be people who could exchange fists with him.

And while he seemed to have beaten this Piccolo guy with relatively great ease, he believed that this guy wasn't hurt, he had only inflicted some small wounds, nothing more...

"I'm fine!" Piccolo said furiously and stood up, feeling extremely indignant. In normal time, he shouldn't have lost so miserably but he was caught off guard, and his opponent took the right opportunity.

Krillin raised his arm in the air with his open palm facing the sky as he shouted.

["Destructo Disc!"] And then, as the name implies, a yellow disc of Ki furiously swirls as he throws it toward Edam, slashing through the air looking very dangerous.

Facing this Destructo disc, Edam knew by instinct that he would have a lot of trouble if he were to block this barehanded.

As such, when the disc reached him, he merely dodged it with a step to the side.

He then faced this Krillin guy who after having run at him like a bullet suddenly jumped in the air.

"...?" The sunlight somehow obstructed Edam's vision as he narrowed his eyes but still kept Krillin in his sight since his tail was twitching and warning him of something fishy going on with this seemingly harmless bald guy.

He then saw Krillin give a small grin as he placed his fingers spread toward his eyes and he shouted. ["Solar Flare ×100!"]

"...?" To Edam's alarm and pain, an intense and blinding light was fired out, illuminating everything as if there was another sun shining near Edam.

"Argh!" Edam couldn't predict this dirty move at all, his expression distorted as he closed his eyes in pain and he grit his teeth together.

But, while Edam was in pain and his anger was taking the lead, his beast senses still sent the familiar tingling, his instinct giving the signal to danger.

And so, instead of opening his still blinded eyes, he closed them and started to dodge Krillin's barrage of punches.

Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!

"What?!" Krillin exclaimed in frustration and sped up his combo, sending a barrage of punches and kicks, yet no matter what, the best he could do was to graze Edam's hair.

Meanwhile, Edam, who was eyes closed, extended his senses outward and saw his opponent's punches and kicks coming his way as he furiously parried his assault. 

However, dodging with his eyes closed and retaliating with his eyes closed were two different things, and even though this Krillin was weaker than Piccolo, he was still extremely strong.

Krillin, seeing that his moves weren't working, snorted as his body suddenly split into three identical duplicates, and attacked once again.

"...!?"

The blinded Edam was taken aback, sensing one aura abruptly splitting into three parts confused the hell out of him.

With three guys punching him at the same time, he avoided some hits but some successfully got through his defense.

Seeing this opportunity Krillin rushed to strike with his right fist, punching Edam's face with all his strength, one punch to strike him down hopefully.

Peng! 

Krillin's right punch successfully hit Edam's face as a loud clapping sound rang but… it just wasn't the right sound that a body of flesh and blood should make.

"...?!" Taking a good look, Krilling saw that a part of Edam's cheek had turned into a black metallic color.

"What's that!?" Krillin exclaimed in surprise and a bit of shock.

"...Haki…"

And then he saw the young Saiyan's eyes snap open while flickering a savage pale golden light for an instant.

And it was maybe his imagination but Krillin was certain to have heard the oh-so-familiar growling of the Great Ape followed by a clear and striking image of a humongous full-black colored Great Ape which sent a soul-blowing impact in his head!

"Argh!" Krillin clenched his head in misery.

At the same instant, Edam's blood-red Ki exploded out, blowing him away a bit as the latter darted at him like a furious bull and performed a powerful lariat move toward Krillin.

Bam! 

"Sh*t...!" Krillin's body was brutally flung back in the distance. His feet left the ground for a few seconds before going back to it and leaving a trail behind.

"Daddy!"

"Krillin!" 

He was caught by his wife who sent a furious glance at Edam before looking worryingly at Krillin.

"Are you okay?" She said and touched Krillin's chest. 

"It hurts but, I'm fine… aouch..." Krillin rubbed his chest in pain. Although he noticed that the move seemed brutal and savage at first sight, he wasn't as hurt as he thought he would be.

Meanwhile, Edam was greatly surprised at everything that happened in these few minutes that passed.

'Yamote…?'

'Yes...?'

'You didn't tell me that they were so strong…'

'Well… They aren't the most powerful though… let me see...' Yamote paused for a few seconds before adding. 'There are at least six other people on this planet at the same or higher level as this girl in front of you…'

"That's great, I guess…" Edam was greatly impressed with this namekian and noseless guy's fighting style, one was evil and ruthless and the other one, cunning and vicious! All their techniques resurfacing in his mind and playing like a film.

All these made his blood boil in excitement as he turned toward the blonde-haired girl.

However, seeing the little girl beside her mom looking at him with fear in her eyes made him lose interest as he remembered his objective and looked away.

His eyes finally landed on the namekian who had his eyes closed for a moment, perhaps communicating with someone. 

"Now will you tell me? My wish is not evil I believe, selfish maybe but definitely not evil…"

"And you think I will trust you?!" 

"..." Edam watched the namekian with a struggling expression. He could totally understand their point of view, even he wouldn't allow anybody to just use magic orbs that could grant any wishes… 

"...You and your noseless friend were the ones who decided to fight, I came to speak with someone else. I was maybe a bit rude, but I never agreed to fight if I remember well, in fact, I've freely sparred with you just as you wished and best you, so now spit it…"

From Edam's point of view, it was merely a little sparring, and nothing else, since he didn't feel murderous intent from any of the two during the entire fight.

"..." Piccolo's face wriggled in annoyance but he couldn't refute his words. "Even if I were to tell you, the super dragon balls are unusable for now…"

"...What…?" Edam's eyes trembled as they were suddenly filled with confusion. "Why…?"

"They were used four months ago, you will have to wait eight months for the dragon balls to…"

"Eight months..."

"Unfortunately for you, a multi-universal tournament took place recently where the said dragon balls were used as a stake…"

"..." An awful silence overtook Edam as his expression distorted in pain and sadness, as he lost control of his emotions for a moment.

'Eight months?!' Edam exclaimed internally.

'Please calm down-...'

'I have to wait patiently eight f*cking months, and you want me to calm down?! You said that the very limit was nine months!'

'I know it's raging but-…'

'...I promised her that I wouldn't leave her anymore, and I'm doing the exact opposite…!'

"...!" Edam punched a tree nearby, blasting it to smithereens along with a lot of other trees. Anger and bitterness welling up in his heart as the scar on his forehead sent pain up his head.

This sudden punch sent a jolt through the guys present as Krillin said. "Hey hey, calm down…!"

But Edam completely ignored them, feeling his anger rising.

'Eight months… will she and the baby even still be here…?"

'Probably, if the Princess is strong enough, everything is possible lord…'

'Then let's-...'

"Hey, you damn savage! Why are you destroying my garden?!"

"...?" Edam heard an annoying and furious voice clearly directed at him. 

Turning around, he saw a blue-haired woman looking at her with a meanie gaze. By her sides stood a purple-haired boy and a black-haired boy, who curiously looked at him.

"..." Edam was returning their gazes as he scrutinized the three of them with a frown.

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[A/N: I was bored and with no inspiration, so I drew a little something, I'm proud of it 😤]

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