Dende silently shook his head in his heart, knowing Frieza wouldn't keep his word.
But he couldn't come out and stop him now, or it would be certain death!
The Elder took out the hidden Dragon Balls, reluctantly handing them over.
"Here are the Dragon Balls. Now go!"
"Thank you for your trouble!"
Frieza sneered.
"There's one more thing. Please tell me where the other two Dragon Balls are?"
The Elder was immediately enraged.
"You actually want me to betray another village? I won't say anything!"
Frieza still wore a face full of cold laughter.
"You destroyed our scouter. Without finding the other villages, getting this Dragon Ball is useless! If I can't achieve my goal, I naturally won't let you live..."
"Don't even dream of it! According to the agreement, you should leave now!"
Frieza showed a troubled expression.
"Heh heh heh~ You people on this planet are all the same, so stubbornly kind. Forget it, in the end, all of you adults and children will die..."
"What did you say?"
The elder didn't expect that after getting the Dragon Ball, Frieza wouldn't keep his word!
"You despicable beast!"
Dende watched it all silently, Frieza's vileness was as expected.
I can't die!
This was the only thought in Dende's mind!
Even according to the original story development, he couldn't die! Otherwise, there would be no way to fight against Frieza!
Without Dende, even if everyone gathered the Dragon Balls, they wouldn't be able to make a wish!
Frieza showed no anger at being cursed, instead, he revealed a cold smile.
The word "trustworthy" didn't exist in his vocabulary!
"Kill them all!"
Dodoria received the order and immediately prepared to attack.
"Children, run!"
After the elder finished speaking, he shouted and desperately tried to hold Dodoria back!
"Let me show you how powerful Namekians are!"
Dende didn't know what to do and was about to run when he saw his companion, who had just run out, immediately killed by Frieza.
"Kark!"
The elder was stunned. Were all the children in the village really going to die here today?
Dende watched helplessly as his companion died before his eyes. He hadn't even been able to see Frieza move.
Am I really going to die here?
"Someone, please save me!"
Despair washed over Dende, and he looked towards the mountain, his only hope.
As he looked up, Dende's eyes met Gohan's.
"Save me!"
Frieza had already attacked. Terrified, Dende disregarded everything and rushed towards Gohan.
Dodoria saw this and leaped forward, blocking Dende's path.
"Heh heh, killing you is easier than squashing a bug!"
"If you beg me, I might let you die quickly!"
Dende looked at Dodoria's bumpy face, and felt death quickly approaching.
"Stop!"
At the critical moment, Gohan shouted and jumped out, kicking Dodoria away.
Following Gohan, Krillin the bald man also jumped out.
"Gohan, you're so foolish!"
Krillin didn't expect Gohan to expose himself to save the Namekian.
After all, with their strength, facing Frieza and the others would be suicide!
"Who... are you?"
Dodoria had lost his scouter and couldn't gauge the strength of the people before him, nor did he know where they had come from!
"You jerk, I'm going to beat you up!"
The kindhearted Gohan had never seen such a bad person before. He was furious, and his power greatly increased in his anger.
"Big talk!"
As a henchman of Frieza's group, which had the strongest power in the universe, Dodoria had great confidence in his own strength.
However, before he could finish speaking, Krillin had already caught him off guard, flying up and kicking him away again.
"Gohan, you idiot, run! If you don't run, you'll die!"
Krillin said, scooping up Dende and making a dash for it!
Frieza couldn't figure out where the two came from, only that they didn't look like Namekians.
"Hurry up and chase them! Catch those guys!"
Frieza quickly ordered Dodoria.
First, the scouter was destroyed, and then Gohan messed things up. Dodoria felt that Frieza was already a bit angry because he hadn't handled things well. He was immediately drenched in cold sweat and hurriedly chased after them.
Mid-air, Krillin saw Gohan's panicked expression and knew that he was, after all, still just a child. He urged him, "Fly with all your might! Otherwise, you're dead!"
Dende, held tightly by Krillin in mid-air, clutched at his clothes, breathing a sigh of relief.
It looks like we're safe!
However, Dodoria, trailing behind them, was far faster than Krillin and rapidly closing the distance.
Krillin realized the situation wasn't good.
"We're going to be caught!"
"Let's fight him!"
Gohan exclaimed angrily.
He hadn't thought twice when he attacked earlier, and now he was still disregarding the consequences.
"We're no match for him! We have to find a way to escape!"
"Here!"
Krillin decisively threw Dende towards Gohan.
"Gohan, close your eyes!"
Dende understood Krillin's actions immediately and quickly closed his eyes!
"Solar Flare!"
Even with his eyes closed, Dende still felt a blinding flash. Then, he felt a sense of weightlessness; Gohan was quickly descending with him!
Seeing Krillin and Gohan hiding, Dende quietly reminded:
"No, if he can't find us, he'll definitely destroy this whole area!"
"You're so smart!" Krillin responded softly, "But I have a way!"
Dodoria was blinded by the Solar Flare and lost his target. Thinking he had messed up for the third time, he felt uneasy, wondering how Frieza would punish him.
After circling around four or five times, Dodoria still couldn't find anyone.
"Damn it, you dare to trick me? Prepare to die!"
"Let's see where you hide!"
At the same time, Dodoria quickly flew higher, accumulating power, and blasted down!
"It's just as you said!"
Krillin was immediately impressed by Dende. Luckily, Dende had anticipated this situation, and Krillin was already mentally prepared!
With the massive blast incoming, Krillin seized the opportunity of the chaos and quickly pulled Gohan and Dende, flying swiftly into the high sky, stopping far behind Dodoria.
"Hahaha~ Serves you right for seeking death! You won't even have ashes left now!"
Dodoria stroked his large, fat head, already imagining how he would report back to Frieza.
Seeing Dodoria fly away, Krillin finally exhaled, thinking to himself how difficult it was for him to escape death with two children in tow.
"Let's go back, can you fly?"
Dende tried to let go of his hand, and only then realized that he could fly instinctively.
"Thank you for saving me!"
Dende repeatedly thanked them. Everything that had just happened was too intense; he really had almost died.
"You should be thanking Gohan. He was the one who rushed out to save you!"
Dende nodded, looking at Gohan with deep gratitude.
"By the way, are you injured?"
Dende knew that his current strength was too weak. He had to find a way to use the system's power to increase his strength!
"Don't worry about it. It was nothing. We aren't hurt at all!"
Krillin obviously didn't know what Dende was thinking.
Hearing Krillin's words, Dende looked at Gohan again.
"The system seems to say that saving a dying person is how I get rewards! But I need to first get good at healing people!"
Seeing that neither of them were injured, Dende knew he couldn't practice his healing skills for now.
The two of them took Dende with them as they headed toward Bulma's base.
"Now we're finally safe for the moment. Next I need to figure out where I can find someone who's dying!"
Dende flew along, thinking hard.
Meanwhile, Dodoria was in a hurry to get back and report to Frieza. He was thinking about how to find the other Dragon Balls when, suddenly, he was kicked into a lake.
Struggling to climb up the bank, Dodoria saw a person standing on the shore.
"Dodoria, long time no see!"
"Vegeta?!"