"That is true, Mr. Monaka..." Bados said with a faint smile curling at her lips. "If this keeps up, there won't be any interesting battles left to watch."
"Mmm..." Zeno puffed out his cheeks and folded his arms.
Bados continued with a sweet smile, "Then... Mr. Monaka, do you want them to win? If you just say the word, I can step in right away..."
"But..." Zeno tilted his head, his eyes innocent and clear. "If they lose, then they lose. Why change the result? Wouldn't that be unfair?"
Bados was left speechless.
As expected, His Majesty's thoughts were impossible to predict.
It seemed she would have to break the rules and intervene herself. She only hoped the Grand Priest's punishment afterward would be a little lighter.
There was no need to exile her from Earth forever. A mere three to five years would be fine.
Just as Bados was about to act, it happened.
Crack!!!
The sky split open like an enormous mirror shattering. A savage spatial rift tore itself open.
Two bloodied figures tumbled out of the other dimension and crashed heavily onto the cracked earth below.
One of them was covered in silver-white fur. His long hair, which fell past his knees, had also turned silver, though it now hung dull and lifeless. His body was covered in wounds so deep that bone could be seen, and his aura had weakened to the brink of collapse.
The other figure looked just as miserable. His body was likewise torn open with bone-deep wounds, multiple muscle groups shredded apart, and the dark violet Destruction energy around him flickered like a candle in the wind.
It was Levos and Broly.
Both of them were at the end of their strength. They looked as though they could collapse at any moment.
Yet Levos wore a smile of pure exhilaration.
"I really didn't expect this timeline's Broly to push my main body this far..."
Broly forced his battered body upright. He looked utterly drained, but the killing intent in those purple eyes still burned like wildfire.
"What is your name? Of all the people I've killed, you're the first one worthy of being remembered. I'll give you a quick death."
This was the first time Broly had ever主动 asked for an opponent's name.
"Beat me first, then we'll talk."
The moment the two returned, every ongoing battle halted on instinct.
Cooler and Moro were especially quick to turn their eyes toward them.
Their expressions shifted from caution to unrestrained joy in an instant.
Both sides had been crippled.
They really had torn each other apart.
This was a gift from heaven.
"Hahahaha!" Moro threw back his head and laughed wildly. "What a delight. The two most delicious prey have delivered themselves right to my door!"
"Hmph. Don't celebrate too early, Moro." Cooler gave a cold snort, his gaze moving between Levos and Broly like he was admiring two perfect works of art. "Their ownership needs to be discussed carefully."
As though everyone else present were nothing but air, the two cosmic overlords began calmly dividing up the spoils in front of everyone.
"That woman with Majin cells and that fused woman are mine," Cooler said first, his tone brooking no argument. "Their genetic data will be extremely useful to me."
Moro licked his lips, his eyes full of greed. "Fine. Their bodies can be yours, but I will drain every last drop of their life energy."
"As for that one called Puar, her energy is the purest and most abundant. She belongs to me."
Cooler narrowed his eyes. "Her potential is equally immeasurable. You only need her life force, and giving her to you whole would be a waste. Big Gete Star can do more than extract energy. It can mass-produce mechanical bodies from her physical data. So you only get half of Puar's life energy."
"Half? Your appetite is absurd!" Moro's face darkened. "Do you think I'll simply let you take that much for yourself?"
"Judging by the scale of our forces, that is all you are entitled to. My mechanical copies are being produced without end. Sooner or later, I will control every resource in this universe."
Moro's expression turned even darker.
The Galactic Prisoners he had brought with him had all been wiped out.
Most of them, in fact, had died after he himself drained their life force dry.
After all, to him those people had only ever been containers for temporarily storing life energy. They ranked beneath even cannon fodder.
The only reason he had shared life energy with them before coming here was so they could explore as much of this planet as possible.
And now Cooler was using that very point against him.
Moro smiled darkly. "Don't think you can act arrogant just because machine bodies don't have life force. I've lived for over ten million years. My methods extend far beyond this."
He still had stronger techniques he had yet to reveal.
At the moment, this undying Supreme Kai World and Cooler's Big Gete Star were both ideal stages for him to unveil his ultimate power.
Cooler gave him a disdainful look and raised a single finger.
"There are not just seven black-gold mechanical bodies like these. I have seventeen."
As if to prove his words, one figure after another was teleported in.
"Co... Cooler? Black Gold Cooler? Why are there so many of them?"
The crowd stared in shock.
Even Levos found it hard to believe.
But after a moment's thought, it made sense.
Cooler had been the earliest of all the villains to arrive at Supreme Kai World. He had even fought alongside Earth's group against Zamasu and the Dark Ones.
He had planned the earliest, so it was only natural that he had gained the most.
Cooler stared coldly at Moro. "Do you still think you have the right to bargain with me?"
Moro lowered his eyes and glanced at the ground beneath his feet. A crafty light flickered in them.
"Deal."
And just like that, the two of them decided the fate of Earth's warriors.
Then, at the same moment, their eyes fell upon Levos and Broly.
This time, both of their expressions became solemn, and the atmosphere instantly tightened.
"Levos and Broly cannot be judged by normal standards," Cooler said in a low voice. "Their potential has gone beyond my calculations. Either one of them is enough to reshape the universe."
"Exactly." Moro nodded, his expression serious in a way it rarely was. "You've already taken enough. Those two are both mine."
"In your dreams." Cooler barked coldly. "The portion allocated to you is finished. Everything left now is my prize, including this planet."
Seventeen black-gold Coolers surrounded Levos and Broly in a full ring.
"No. They must be divided up. At most, I'll let you choose first. That is the limit of my compromise."
Moro's eyes burned red.
He had to claim at least one of those two prey. No matter the cost, he would not yield.
"Over my dead body."
The two overlords of the universe began openly arguing over ownership of Levos and Broly, refusing to give way.
The Earth warriors' faces turned ashen with fury, their whole bodies trembling.
To be treated like spoils to be divided up at will was even more humiliating than being killed outright.
Bejitena pounded the ground with her fists. "Damn it! What do those bastards think we are just because they're stronger?!"
"I'd rather die than be discussed like livestock!"
"Uh... Bejitena, you're not actually on their menu."
Though she hated to say it, Latirith still mercilessly pointed out the truth.
And Levos himself, one of the supposed spoils, wore only a strange, amused smile.
"So, are the two of you done discussing it?"
His voice was not loud, but it reached every ear present with perfect clarity.
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