"My dad modified the spaceship Son Goku used when he came to Earth as a child. He's on his way here while training!"
Krillin and Gohan were immediately thrilled by the news, hope filling their hearts.
Son Goku was their strongest fighter!
Gohan, excited, grabbed Dende's hand and started dancing.
Watching the excited group, Dende suddenly frowned.
"Wait a minute, if I remember correctly, Son Goku's strength mainly comes from the Kaio-ken. His own power doesn't seem that high!"
The system had clearly stated that the power returned was based on the rescuer's own strength.
Son Goku's strength, boosted by the Kaio-ken, didn't count as his own.
Looks like the idea of getting Son Goku to return his combat power is something I should give up on!
After entering the house, the group drank beverages and sat on the sofa, recounting the events to Bulma. Dende, however, remained silent, quietly sitting and carefully considering the next plan.
According to his memories, Frieza had a combat power in the hundreds of millions, and he would destroy the entire Namek in the near future.
Based on the system he currently had, if he could only get a ten-fold return, then he must save someone with a combat power of tens of millions to be able to contend with Frieza!
And this person, as far as he knew, simply didn't exist!
Even Captain Ginyu, who would arrive later with the scouter, was a combat power that crushed everyone else, but his strength was only in the hundreds of thousands. Even if he saved him when he was severely injured, he would only get less than two million in combat power!
It was simply not enough to contend with Frieza!
"It seems that if I want to stop Frieza from destroying this planet, I'm not going to be able to do it!"
Dende shook his head in disappointment. For now, he could only cooperate with the others, ensuring his own survival while also making sure Son Goku could successfully become a Super Saiyan!
Thinking this, Dende joined the ongoing conversation.
"I can't believe how close you all were to disaster!"
Bulma leaned back on the sofa, sighing softly.
Seeing that Dende wasn't saying anything, Krillin quickly spoke up.
"Here, have something to eat!"
"After witnessing the slaughter of his village, he probably doesn't have much of an appetite," Bulma said softly.
Dende wasn't worried; he knew the villagers would be revived by the Dragon Balls!
But looking at the food in front of him, Dende didn't have much of an appetite, just felt a little thirsty.
He picked up a glass of water and drank it, and immediately felt full.
"Namekians don't eat. They only need to drink water!"
Dende suddenly remembered a characteristic of Namekians.
"Ah? Is... is that right?"
Krillin found it unbelievable.
"Yeah. Uncle Piccolo doesn't eat either! It seems like they can photosynthesize!" Gohan chimed in helpfully.
"..."
Dende looked at his green skin, wondering if he should go outside and sunbathe for a bit.
Just then, Krillin and Gohan were startled, their expressions changing!
They immediately pushed open the door and ran out at the same time.
"Ki... so much ki is disappearing!"
"It's Vegeta, he's slaughtering the Namekians!"
Bulma also came out.
"That Vegeta is really a cruel person! A guy so ruthless, isn't he afraid of not being able to find a wife?"
"..."
Dende didn't say anything. He knew Vegeta had taken advantage of Frieza's lack of a scouter to get a Dragon Ball and hide it.
It seemed things were still developing in the direction he knew.
If he remembered correctly, after getting this Dragon Ball, Vegeta would encounter Zarbon and get beaten half to death!
This is a good opportunity! I have to save Vegeta! His strength should be considered quite powerful on this planet right now!
Thinking of this, Dende immediately became excited. After all, his own strength was currently too weak.
Even if he couldn't deal with Frieza, he had to get stronger as quickly as possible!
Otherwise, being around these strong people, even a sneeze could blow him away!
Deciding what to do, Dende hesitated again.
He couldn't sense ki.
He needed to find a way to get Krillin and Gohan to help him!
"Next, I should take them to see the Grand Elder!"
Putting himself in Dende's shoes, according to how things should play out, he needed to go find the Grand Elder now!
If he took them to see the Grand Elder, wouldn't it be easier if they made a detour to find Vegeta?
What was the situation back then?
Dende thought carefully, speaking as if he shouldn't know anything at this point.
"Who are you people? Why are you on Namek?"
Krillin immediately explained that they had come to Namek to revive the Earth's god, and thus the Earth's Dragon Balls, in order to resurrect their comrades who had died fighting Vegeta.
"So that's it!"
Dende, after hearing about things he already knew, looked as if he had just understood, and then said.
"Come with me! I'll take you to see the Grand Elder!"
"The Grand Elder? Who is that?"
"The entire Namekian race is born from the Grand Elder. The bad guys who attacked the village have five Dragon Balls, and Vegeta just got another one. The last Dragon Ball is with the Grand Elder!"
Hearing this, Krillin was the first to react.
"Damn it, if all the Dragon Balls fall into Frieza and Vegeta's hands, things will be ruined before Son Goku even gets here!"
"That's right! So we have to hurry to the Grand Elder!"
Dende summarized.
"No time to lose, let's go!"
Krillin immediately said, and then thought of the scene of carrying the two children earlier, and gave further instructions.
"Gohan, you stay here and protect Bulma! Dende and I will go, it'll make us a smaller target."
"Right, if we don't want to be discovered by Vegeta, we can only walk. Dende, how far is it to the Grand Elder's place from here?"
Dende was immediately stunned. It was this feeling of being restricted that made him uncomfortable.
Without strength, one has to sneak around even to move on this planet.
I must gain strength quickly!
"Let's go to the thirty-third heaven!"
"What? Thirty-third heaven?" Krillin immediately gaped, "The Dragon Balls would be stolen long ago!"
"Alright, let's fly there! We'll hide whenever we sense any energy approaching!"
Krillin said, and then took off with Dende.
Dende didn't know where Vegeta would be fighting Zarbon, so he could only take Krillin and fly towards the Grand Elder.
Along the way, Krillin frowned. Although he looked small, he was not lacking in intelligence.
"Vegeta has gotten stronger, and there's an even more formidable Frieza! I wonder if Son Goku can handle this…"
"We absolutely have to get the last Dragon Ball. Only by getting that Dragon Ball can we buy time for Son Goku to arrive. Hopefully, he can bring about a miracle…"
Krillin was thinking when he suddenly felt a powerful energy approaching.
It turned out to be Vegeta, who had just slaughtered the Namekian village and was now sensing for other villages. He had detected their energy.
"Stop, Dende! Vegeta's coming!"
Krillin exclaimed, and then pulled Dende down to land.
"Strange?"
Krillin had just landed when he noticed that Vegeta, who had been pursuing them, had suddenly changed direction.
"What's wrong?"
Dende knew that Vegeta must have found Zarbon and was rushing towards him.
This was his chance to get stronger!
"Vegeta suddenly changed direction and went that way!"
Krillin didn't know what Dende was thinking and pointed out Vegeta's direction.
"So he's over there!"
Dende immediately took off, heading in Vegeta's direction!
"Huh? Where are you going, Dende?"
Krillin was stunned to see Dende flying towards Vegeta, his legs turning to jelly.
Could it be that the Grand Elder has been discovered?