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Chapter 271 - Eldritch Horror-show - Hirudegarn, Shadows and Piccolo - Part Three.

(Piccolo-POV)

 

The air around the two of them, Piccolo's… whatever this guy was to him, they wore similar outfits, though the older Namekian also had a helmet on his face, still controlling him, he eyed Kron and Goku for a moment and with his sharp hearing, he heard it all.

 

'...So, Moori is dead, which means the Namekian dragon balls are inert. Moro has what he wants, by the way he's putting up more of a fight. And Towa looks to have escaped, Mira was Baby and then there is Hirudegarn…' he eyed the large insectoid dark god, being attacked by both Kron and Goku now, though Kron left Goku to fight with Hirudegarn to go face Moro.

 

"Alright old man, your brief time living again has come to an end, I'm putting you back in the ground where Goku put you long ago." to Piccolo's words, to his annoyance, Demon King Piccolo only stared at him with glowing red eyes, through the helmet.

 

Piccolo powered up with a tense howl, shouting as his energy rose to the forefront, he took on his red-eye transformation after a bout of powering up, the masked Demon king Piccolo following his queue and powering up as well. Piccolo smirked, for this opponent wasn't much of a threat, stronger than before he died yes, but compared to Piccolo now? This wouldn't take long with his new transformation.

 

Flickering forwards, his harsh, brutal blows maintained Piccolo as the dominating fighter, more often then not did his deadly blows hammer through his hastily put-up defenses, even his Ki-blasts Piccolo managed to slap away with nought any effort, making Piccolo chuckle.

 

"A pity you've got no personality with that monstrosity of a mask… But this is a waste of my time, your not even on the list of problems we've got now old man!" Piccolo jabbed him a few times, then uppercut right under his chin with a hard right, flickering upwards and using both hands to hammer him down, his fists striking at once, shattering the mask of his at the same time. Sending him spiraling, Piccolo noticed that demon king Piccolo's aura changed as soon as the mask had been removed, Piccolo afterimaged downwards and landed near to where the heavily breathing demon king Piccolo lay sprawled in a crater of his bodies own making.

 

"Old man, I've nothing to say to you really, so…-"

 

"-Hghn! -W-Wait… you, your me. You joined him, the one who killed me in the end-" Piccolo sneered, annoyed by his yapping, seeing that the mask was now destroyed did his personality come back.

 

"-Yeah, your problems though and in the end, Goku and I? Our thing, imposed upon me by you, we came to understand one another in the end. Ruling the earth, as was your goal… I would rather train against Goku then to listen and follow your way of things. Fighting others, spars or fights against those who attack the earth has been more a fulfilling existence, then if I went about taking over the earth. Hmph, I would have ended up where you went anyhow, so now… about that-" Piccolo held up his arm, fingers outstretched while yellow energy begun to wisp off his hand, random bolts of yellow colored energy discharged around his hand.

 

"-I can see, you've grown that much stronger, with friends of all things… what an annoying insight to see my progeny becoming a good person… an insult to my legacy… I have an idea though… You my son, should absorb me. I can sense the taint of Kami with you, coursing through your energy… the hellish dimension that had become my prison is a terrible existence and prior to my abduction by that harlot and her powerful bodyguard, I was living upon a planet, living on some back world with nothing but the animals to keep me company, I was the strongest of that world and I ruled it for a time, but when the world is but one person as me and a whole host of exotic wildlife, I'd had become content in my new lot." Piccolo growled, the energy shaping, though he slowed for now, to see what this old fool had to say.

 

"I see you'll not spare me; you've become too powerful either way, I won't beat you now. How I came to live, I was stranded until now… That foolish witch had given me one thing though… in allowing me to see just how far my progeny has gone…" he sneered then, adding with an annoyed tone, getting to his feet while Piccolo huffed, snuffing his blast.

 

"Even if you failed to avenge my death-" glancing around, Moro was the more interesting of the two fights taking place, with Vegeta, Kron, Dabura, Merus and Cumber keeping him at bay for now… Goku, within his 'Super Saiyan Blue' form fought against a more intelligent Hirudegarn, Piccolo thought that dark god was making more different, calculated attacks then previously when he fought with nothing but brutalizing attacks, now making Goku work for the fight. Piccolo noticed that the planet itself was beginning to wilt, the grass and trees, also the water of the planet begun to die, Piccolo narrowed his gaze towards Moro before turning back to the demon king Piccolo, the one who spawned him.

 

"Fine, old man… I'll take you on. Though don't think you'll be hijacking me or anything, I'll overpower you with ease. Now stay still, You'll be a foot note in this fight, that guy over there? His power is such that even this very planet is beginning to be drained. Hmph, you were pretty weak non-withstanding so anyhow I'm not sure what sort of power I will gain from you old fool." placing his hand on the downed Demon king Piccolo, he hesitated from but a second, though in the end he narrowed his gaze and begun the assimilation of his creator.

 

Giving off a yell, Piccolo begun to absorb the other Namekian into him, while the planet continued to be drained of energy and continued to die, Moro's magical ability no doubt.

 

'Hmm?' Piccolo watched as both himself and his predecessor begun to glow white, the aura surrounding them both blaring brighter, engulfing them both.

 

(Kron-POV)

 

Intercepting Moro, his abilities improved drastically when he returned with that bitch Towa, though with me, Vegeta, Cumber, Dabura, Merus, Frieza and soon Piccolo… when he's finished glowing, we should have this guy beat. I think he knew that as well, which is why that when we all converged on him, noticing the planet dying around us, even I felt my own energy draining bit by bit which showed how dangerous Moro is… He pulled a Towa on us, using his own magical ability and vanished from us with a smirk.

 

"Where did he go to now?" Vegeta scoffed, glancing around quickly, teeth clenched as Merus and Dabura did the same as well. The flash of light from where Piccolo stood now begun to receed, showing Piccolo… not even different at least, physically. Piccolo appeared in a flicker, hovering nearby to the rest of us, pointing upwards.

 

"Up there, he's going for the planet-"

 

"-Let me handle him now. I've got a technique similar to the range this bore is about to use on us. 'Death Ball' hngh…" Frieza begun to power up, as Vegeta and Dabura growled, also powering up their own blasts. An explosion from nearby almost interrupted us, Goku and Hirudegarn's fight where Goku showed everyone how much power he obtained with just a short amount of time training under Whis-

 

'-Speaking of that guy, that his staff he gave me still hung around, which I ended up placing in a capsule, encase it would get in the way or someone try and take it. That staff and it's code name was 'fragment activate', hand-written on a piece of paper and sealed along with it. Moro, up above in the air fired his attack while Frieza threw his 'Death Ball' first, the two blasts hitting at the same time, fighting for dominance. Vegeta launched his 'Final Flash' while Dabura with both hands, launched his own beam with a grunt, keeping silent.

 

Three attacks against Moro's own attack, even if he'd absorbed the planet of most of it's life now, his power risen, Moro was deeply underestimating all of our combined might. I and Merus, via my use of 'Instant Transmission' to Merus confusion, both of us teleported upwards and immediately attacked Moro from the side while his gaze widened upon seeing us there. Striking with blow to his unprotected sides, Merus and I continued to amass hits on his body, until he swept upwards, the three beams immediately gaining momentum versus Moro's sphere, which Merus and me separated quickly.

 

Flickering upwards, we raced towards Moro when he allowed his own attack to be absconded by the three pushing upon them, Merus quickly launching his own attack towards the combined attacks to try and catch Moro in the resulting detonation.

 

Moro separated from us, glaring hatefully, eyes narrowed for he realized his precarious position with us all fighting him here. He needed to be killed before he ran-

 

'Moro blasted forwards, aiming right for me, where Dabura, Vegeta and Frieza were upon him now as well, he went to grab me with malicious glee but Merus kicked him suddenly, afterimaging into position with us all eyeing him with varying degrees of hostility, myself eyeing him when his gaze flickered towards where Hirudegarn and Goku fought, in the distance.

 

Moro then blasted upwards, showing surprising speed to do so, though Moro charged into a then appearing Piccolo, hovering higher up in the stratosphere, bordering on space and the atmosphere. Moro was knocked back downwards, as Piccolo hovered there with arms folded, narrowed glare sent our way.

 

"Finish him off! Before he's able to escape, like he's been trying here. Wasting time at this point is just going to invite a blunder and he gets away-"

 

"-Blasted little maggot. Knock off the high and mighty attitude why don't you. I'll take this guy." Cumber interrupted him, his Ki erupted around him as he charged for him, Frieza nearby me laughing sadistically as is his way while Vegeta scoffed aloud, Dabura chuckled… amused. Cumber even pulled out his energy-arms and used them to good effect, Moro showed how good he was at fighting for an ancient being and was able to keep up with Cumber to a degree, his dark aura affecting me and Vegeta somewhat.

 

"...What are you looking at, Frieza." I heard Piccolo say, still eyeing the fight, Frieza chuckled then as he made to reply, distracting and arrogant as always.

 

"Just finding this situation funny my Namekian friend is all. Why, here I am, surrounded by two monkeys of which there are four on the same planet, you my green friend, your alien friend here-"

 

"-Demon you little runt." Dabura interrupted with a grunt, still watching Cumber and Moro go at it, as Frieza continued.

 

"And I suppose, this one is indeed an alien, why, finding myself surrounded by so many capable fighters and it made me think of my elite Ginyu force, that is all. If I was someone looking for some decent fighters-" Piccolo replied, interrupting him.

 

"-Quiet." Piccolo's one word had enough presence to anger Frieza, who growled out and glared at him, though I and the others minus Frieza eyed Cumber, being jumped from behind and held from behind, arms outstretched and wrapped around Cumber's body. For a minute, which dragged on, until Cumber managed to shake the guy off with one of his aura-created arms, which I noticed was considerably smaller then previously shown, Moro separated from him and smirked.

 

Also to note, Moro looked much younger then before, losing the beard and his back straightened out somewhat, still I was unable to sense him but if I could, it would be easy to know that Moro had drained energy from Cumber then, for Cumber's own Ki dropped considerably.

 

Flickering forwards, Merus went first and I followed after, now taking this fight more seriously where the others followed along though Moro already took off from the planet and Merus and I made chase.

 

(Moro-POV)

 

'I need to get out of here, gather more energy…These… freaks are too much' he made haste, that large warriors life force he'd forcefully taken had given him a more youthful appearance and more power to fight, but here was just one against a force of battle maniacs, his magic was barely even usable for their speeds were able to put them right upon him when he got his hands on one of them to drain. His draining ability fully unleashed, in time he would reach passed his prime from millennia ago and perhaps he would be ready to take the fight to Frieza and his new friends…

 

'This one is persistent, and that one who guarded me when I was in the galactic patrol prison is also gaining on me. I'll deal with them soon-' the green one intercepted him, both arms rose downwards upon his head, Moro tilted his head forwards and rammed into him full force, knocking his hands aside and went to wrap his own arms around the green one, instead he was intercepted from the side by the warrior and the patroller, double teaming him with forceful blows, knocking him into a asteroid field, rocks blown apart from the collection of punches thrown at speeds Moro was beginning to be able to react against with his strength; his magic released.

 

'I need more, more virile planets to devour before I am defeated by these foes…' he took off through the asteroid field, circling the sun, glancing back and taking in the sight of seven warriors blasting after him-

 

-His eyes he closed from the blow to the face, clenched shut while he felt his face become a target from multiple punches, he raced uncontrollably towards one of the other fighters, though Moro went ahead and tried to grab tightly this warrior who'd thought they would make him an easy target-

 

"-Hngh!! Haaaaaaaaaa!!" Moro paused mid-flight, erecting a barrier all around him which pulsed his magical force upon those who made a go at penetrating through it, Moro eyed them all and noticed that the one he'd drained before had gotten better somehow…

 

As Moro appeared to be in a very dire situation where perhaps death could be forced upon him should all these strong musclebound dolts try to get their hands on him, he felt himself being pushed through some kind of wormhole as the last of his thoughts before he lost sight of all those arrayed around him, the portal collapsing around him.

 

"Where am I now." Moro glanced around, turning this way and that, found himself floating in some sort of closed off realm, the space he found himself dark and foreboding, only alighted by those floating crystals that floated around the place. Someone appeared nearby, that woman Towa, she floated in closer, her staff in hand.

 

"Moro, I'd seen you failed to fight against those disrupting fools… and Kron, Goku and Vegeta." she said Kron with something akin to some sort of possessive frustration in her tone, that vanished a moment later when she sneered at him.

 

"Well, why am I here then girl. I need planets, places of high populations in which I can begin obtaining my rightful power. I'll gather the energy in no time and deal with those witless fighters in my time-" Moro paused, hearing another, masculine voice speak out then, to his left.

 

"-Time… something I've had on my hands for 75 million years, heh… young one. Towa, be a dear and introduce-" the newcomer was interrupted, when Towa snorted, sneering at his back after looking away from Moro.

 

"-We're not allies fool, just beings with some similar goals in mind. My master wants this timeline for its unique warriors, ripe for the plucking. Even those within hell and defeated… for now, are ripe for employ after certain mind-altering… sessions is allocated to the top warriors.. Now Moro, will drop you off in the Southern Quadrant of the universe seven, or… I can drop you in an entirely different universe, should I get my hands on-"

 

"-No, this universe is mine. Now release me from this realm and I shall start my gathering of my former power. For your assistance here, I shall assist you come the time when you go after those meddling fools." Towa nodded, adding while glaring at this Demigra, she and he then begun to glow, their aura's engulfing the two of them, then shooting for him.

 

"Fine… I'll assist you, though I expect your cooperation after all… you absorbed the one of you who was supposed to have been the one who helps in my release… that is until she went ahead and changed her affiliation, you will do so in her stead and your young friend here, shall begin this task." this Demigra now looked towards him, Moro only sneered at him in kind… calling him young.

 

Moro was engulfed another time, he appeared in the dark of space, eyes moving around to zero in on a planet for him to devour, eyeing one in particular which seemed to hold a lot of potential.

 

(D)Towa-POV)

 

With Moro now safely set out into 'this' alternate universe seven timeline, things should continue to go her way. She would need to get herself another Mira of course, though that wouldn't be hard, only a matter of invading another timeline and taking one. Though it was Demigra which had her on edge, for he was powerful but with her own power up due to her master, he was not that powerful then her. This version of him at least, offered her help in her time of need.

 

'He must want out of here, enough to want my help which is why he pulled me away before those fools tried to destroy me' she hardened her gaze upon Demigra, this self-styled demon god's smugness getting on her nerves.

 

"Will need to gather more powerful fighters, and perhaps even a stronger set of the dragon balls if you want to escape. Moro is an excellent distraction, nothing more than that and with the crack I made to the damned, there will be plenty more distractions soon enough. For your saving my life, I will assist you." she then concentrated, leaving this realm with her corrupted time ring which she'd been busy empowering since she took over that other Towa, which she'd seen Demigra eye with envy.

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