The teal-skinned man balked, "What? Here?!"
"Yes sir. H-He's right outside the-" The transmission was suddenly cut off.
Just as the heads of the Planet Trade Organization turned to look at each other in alarm, the entrance to the chamber was suddenly kicked in, causing a deafening bang to echo throughout the hall. The force of the doors being thrown open was so great that upon slamming into the wall, one of them was literally blasted off its hinges, an anomaly that quickly drew the complete attention of every person in that room.
As soon as all eyes landed on the destroyed gateway, the party of two dozen individuals spotted the silhouette of a large man with a hulking frame walk into view. His footsteps causing the ground to tremble, the now silent committee watched silently as the newcomer drew closer and closer, before eventually stepping into the light.
The moment his form bled into view, the once confused Kana, who'd initially paid the violent opening of the doors little mind, soon had her eyes widen in terror.
Her gaze slowly wandering up the giant figure, the Seirei found herself looking upon an enormous alien with grey skin resembling the texture of granite and a body decked out in heavy battle armor. His legs, each sporting two large toes on each foot, were covered in dark red plated boots that made a mechanical whirring sound with every step and rode up his thighs. His pelvis, torso and chest were also covered in a similar black and red spandex armor, with a glowing green glass piece in the center of the chest. Looking further across, the alien also wore red shoulder pauldrons with a similar optical dial on both sides and massive steel gauntlets wrapped around both his forearms.
Despite having a thin, athletic waist and sturdy legs, the man's arms were massive and bulging with layers upon layers of muscles with strange black, vent-like rods drilled into several key points, including his gauntlets, shoulders and back. On top of having claws instead of fingers, a bald head with a noticeable scar over his right eye and blood red eyes with no pupils or irises, his mouth and nose were covered by a breathing mask, with tubes fitted into his suit that helped circulate air.
Though he did have this glaring handicap on his person, the hulk of a creature had no problems in moving whatsoever, as indicated by how he marched straight up to the bench, stopped in the center of the chamber, and dumped a pile of ten freshly killed bodies onto the floor right in front of the leaders.
Revealing the cadavers to be a platoon of soldiers belonging to the Planet Trade Organization, as indicated by their Saiyan battle armor, the Chancellor and his fellow rulers gawked at the pile before nervously looking up at the newcomer.
By this point in time both Kana and Froze had backed away to the side, while the soldiers guarding the chamber had come to surround the creature with their weapons cocked and loaded. Though from the looks on their terrified faces, every single one of the men and women there immediately began regretting their decisions to step forward, as they had serious doubts about their abilities to stop this man if he tried anything.
His presence was obviously overwhelming.
Chancellor Ging swallowed hard and narrowed his eyes on their intruder, "What do you think you're doing here?"
"What does it look like I'm doing here?" the alien snapped angrily in a menacing, gargling-tone of voice, his words bouncing off of the chamber walls and causing all those sitting on the bench to flinch. He stepped closer to the ruler, his height being so great that he literally towered over the judge's seat, which was positioned about four meters above the ground. "I'm submitting a complaint directly to your organization. That's what I'm doing."
The teal skinned alien sweated nervously when the towering fiend got right up into his face, "I see."
His own glare tightening, the giant pointed down at the corpses at his feet, "Now… would you care to explain to me why I found these pirates wandering around my territory?"
As the hulking figure had it out with the chancellor, Froze saw through his peripheral vision that Kana was still staring anxiously at the newcomer. Taking note of the beads of sweat running down her face and the way her fists were nervously clenched, the tailed alien knew right then and there that something was wrong with her and turned to her in concern.
"Hey. Who's the brute with the acute skin condition?"
The orange haired girl's frown deepened, "Varax."
Her response had the tailed alien look at her in surprise. "Varax?" Repeating the name a couple of times, the red-skinned carapace traveler then looked at the Seirei in surprise, "Wait. I think I've heard that name before…"
"I'd be surprised if you didn't," Kana immediately replied, her brow narrowing as she watched the confrontation unfold before her. "He's a vicious warlord from a race of aliens known as the Korgoth, who went extinct over eighty million years ago." She then nodded towards the man in question. "According to the records on my home planet, he's now the last surviving member of that race."
Froze looked across at the colossal alien in disbelief. "How in the name of Kai is someone like him still alive?"
"His home planet Gon originated from the very center of the cosmos. The life-force of his people were said to be the greatest of all the ancient races, making him damn near ageless. The fact that over half of his body is now made up of cybernetic implants puts him just a step below immortal," Kana replied, not taking her eyes off of the warlord for a second as she continued informing Froze of their guest's history. "Don't let his appearance and respiratory mask fool you. Varax is regarded as the most dangerous being in the universe for a reason. Even the Kais stay clear of him. He's conquered hundreds of galaxies and destroyed countless planets, and is responsible for creating several black holes. He is so feared in fact, there's not a single biological life form willing to work for him, so he uses autonomous workers to do most of his labor."
Regarding this news with extreme caution, Froze then turned his attention to the dead bodies lying on the floor. "What exactly did he mean by 'my territory'?"
"Over eighty million years ago, Varax conquered and took control of a portion of space known as the Helix Realm, a dangerous and wild part of the universe that exists in the far reaches of the quadrant," Kana informed, clenching her jaw uneasily when she saw the alien continue to exchange harsh words with the Chancellor. "No one from any of the four sectors is allowed to cross into his territory… but apparently these idiots did and got themselves caught by his scouts."
There was reason for her fear and frustration. Even though she couldn't sense the warlord's ki or life-force due to the fact that half of the man's body was artificial, Kana knew without a shadow of a doubt that he was ridiculously powerful.
Even at her absolute maximum, she wouldn't be able to even scratch him without having her skull crushed between his fingers.
When the pair fell silent, they were able to listen in as the conversation between Ging and Varax carried on, slowly but surely reaching a crescendo.
"Why were your soldiers scouting my planets?"
"I was unaware that any of our troops were positioned in your area," Ging replied with a nervous glare. "They were probably just acting on their own accord. Believe me, this is all just a simple misunderstanding."
Narrowing his eyes upon the man in the high seat, the hulking conqueror brought a hand up and slammed it down upon his part of the bench. He cracked the metal under the force. "Do you think I'm blind? Just because you're under the protection of Lord Beerus and the Gods of the Seventh Universe, doesn't mean you and your precious Planet Trade Organization can go about doing whatever you please. No amount of loyalty to your deities will protect you from the amount of hell I can bring down upon you."
"You know the rules as well as I do, Varax," the Chancellor retorted quickly, "If you're looking for compensation for the intrusion, then I will gladly give it to you."
This was apparently the wrong thing to say because the moment the words left his mouth the giant alien suddenly reached forward, grabbed the man by the front of his armor, and lifted him out of his seat. Despite not reacting beyond a wince, the rest of the audience in attendance recoiled in shock as they then saw Varax shake the man like a ragdoll.
"I can't be bribed like some mongrel pup, you worm," the grey-skinned conqueror growled, his blood red eyes boring into the man's soul. "Compensation is not what I'm looking for."
Ging cringed painfully as sweat continued to trickle down his head, "Then what is it that you want?"
It was this that had Varax leer, "Everything." A low snarl escaped his lips when he tilted his head at the man. "This isn't some mere trinket that you can simply hand over to me on a silver platter. No… this is something that can only be taken by force and I don't care how long it takes me. One way or another… I will have it. Perhaps by then you will finally be seeing me in a new light." Allowing the words to roll off of his tongue, the intimidating warlord then glanced over his shoulder to see both Kana and Froze holding their hands up towards him, ready to attack. The guards in the room were also doing the exact same thing with their weapons and, despite shaking in their boots, were glaring at the titan hatefully.
After glancing around at the soldiers surrounding him, the towering alien then clenched his fist tightly, causing the muscles in his arm to bulk up in warning. "You'd better be very sure." The sounds of his bones creaking echoed throughout the chamber.
Several seconds of consideration later, all of the soldiers in the room wisely decided to back down, including Kana, who smacked herself upside the head for acting so stupidly.
Once he saw all of the soldiers stand down, Varax turned back to his host and grunted. "It seems to me that your subordinates are forgetting their places, Ging. You need to teach them how to show proper respect to their guests. Their conduct is absolutely disgraceful." He then unceremoniously dumped Ging into his chair, before stepping away and beginning to walk towards the exit. Carelessly stepping over the bodies he'd dropped, the Korgoth stopped and glanced over his shoulder. "Consider this visit a warning to all of you. The next time I catch someone from your organization encroaching upon my domain… mark my words; I will burn this entire place to the ground."
With that declaration made, the man marched through the entrance of the room and disappeared into a portal that opened up in front of him. The slip space rupture promptly closed behind him as soon as he was through, leaving behind a ruined chamber gateway and a sullied conference space.
The entire room sat and stood in dead silence, with sweat and shock reflected upon every person's face.
While Ging took a moment to adjust his top and Froze spent the next minute regaining his composure, Kana fixed a continuous glare on the space Varax had disappeared.
In spite of facing down what she could only describe as death incarnate, the Seirei was still conscious enough to acknowledge a single fact.
"One day… someone will bring that prick down… I just know it…"
Even though she wanted to, more than any other person in the galaxy, she sure as hell wouldn't be able to do it alone…
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