"Roar!"
Bardock's body twisted violently.
Muscles swelled. Bones cracked. His frame expanded at an explosive rate.
In seconds, a colossal Great Ape stood in space—brown fur bristling, battle armor torn, eyes blazing with primal fury.
He threw his head back and roared, pounding his chest.
The violent aura radiating from him surged like a cosmic hurricane. Even the surrounding vacuum seemed to tremble under the pressure.
Frieza's expression turned serious.
With a stomp, the meteor beneath him disintegrated into dust as he shot forward like a streak of light toward the towering Great Ape.
In the distance, Toma watched with trembling excitement.
"So this is His Majesty's Great Ape form… incredible!"
Garna nodded in awe. "I always wondered why the King never transformed before."
Selypa elbowed him sharply.
"What nonsense are you spouting? He's the King of the Saiyans! Of course he can transform. He just never needed to."
Her gaze locked onto Bardock's massive figure, eyes practically sparkling.
"He's so handsome… I want to have monkeys with him."
Toma snorted. "You? You think His Majesty would look at you?"
Selypa shot back instantly, "What do you know? Even a king gets tired of fine grain and wants coarse grain sometimes."
She glanced down at her figure confidently.
"I'm not that bad."
"Enough," Garna cut in. "Watch the fight."
At that moment, a massive black-and-red royal battleship arrived and halted near them.
Raditz stepped out first.
Seeing the giant ape battling Frieza, he widened his eyes.
"Is that Father King's Great Ape form?"
Toma and the others quickly saluted.
"Greetings, Prince Raditz."
They also bowed toward Paragus behind him.
"Greetings, Lord Paragus."
Raditz didn't look away from the battlefield.
"That's Father King, right?"
"Yes," Toma confirmed. "His Majesty's Great Ape form."
Paragus observed the violent clash in the distance.
"It seems Frieza is troublesome enough to force the King to transform."
Raditz nodded, then asked eagerly.
"Where is Vegeta?"
Toma pointed toward Frieza's ship.
"Inside."
Raditz turned to Paragus, eyes burning with anticipation.
"Minister, may I capture Vegeta?"
Paragus considered briefly, then nodded.
"You three," he said, pointing at Toma and two others, "escort the Prince. Protect him at all costs."
"Yes!"
Raditz grinned. "Let's go!"
Inside Frieza's spaceship, King Vegeta quietly moved in front of young Vegeta.
With forced gentleness, he whispered, "Your brother Reg was swallowed by a black hole. Now only you and Tarble remain.
When the time comes, I'll distract them. You steal a pod and escape. Take care of Tarble."
Young Vegeta frowned.
"Why? Isn't King Bardock here to save us?"
King Vegeta nearly exploded in rage—but maintained his composure.
"No matter who wins outside… I will die."
"Why don't we just wait for King Bardock to defeat Frieza?" the boy asked.
King Vegeta's teeth clenched.
"You're naive. Even if Bardock wins, he won't spare me."
Young Vegeta hesitated.
He wanted to say, Your death has nothing to do with me…
But thinking of Reg—and baby Tarble—he nodded reluctantly.
Soon after, a single-person pod launched from the ship.
King Vegeta immediately ran to Dodoria.
"Lord Dodoria! Little Vegeta just stole a pod and escaped!"
Dodoria whipped around and slapped him.
"Why didn't you say that earlier?!"
King Vegeta knelt meekly.
After Dodoria rushed off to pursue, King Vegeta stood up calmly, brushing dust from his armor.
"Of course it was to lure you away, idiot."
From the start, he had planned to sacrifice his son as bait.
If the boy died—so be it.
He could always have another.
Meanwhile, inside another corridor, King Vegeta had just grabbed a breathing mask and was about to slip away—
When Raditz and his escort burst in.
He froze.
Cursing inwardly, he quickly bowed.
"Greetings, Prince Raditz."
Raditz frowned.
"Where is Little Vegeta?"
Toma closed his eyes, sensing with ki.
"He's not here."
King Vegeta bowed slightly.
"He fled just now. Frieza's men are chasing him."
Everyone looked at him in disgust—especially at the breathing mask in his hand.
Raditz's eyes turned cold.
"Fight me. If you win, I'll let you go."
King Vegeta quickly assessed the situation.
If he refused, he'd die immediately.
Better to gamble.
Raditz might have higher battle power—but he was young. Less experienced.
There was a chance.
"Very well," he said.
They took their stances.
Raditz attacked first, vanishing forward with a sharp punch.
King Vegeta dodged and countered.
Fists clashed. Shockwaves shook the interior corridors.
"Hmph. Is that all?" Raditz mocked.
"Don't get cocky, brat!" King Vegeta snarled.
But as the fight continued, he began to lose ground.
Raditz seized an opening and drove a brutal kick into his abdomen.
King Vegeta crashed into the bulkhead, coughing blood.
"It's over."
Raditz gathered energy between his hands and fired.
"No—!"
The explosion consumed King Vegeta in an instant.
When the light faded—
There was nothing left.
Raditz snorted coldly.
"Trash like that… not worth regretting."
Outside, Bardock's Great Ape roar echoed through space as the true battle reached its peak.
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