"Damn it! I should've just trapped them in a wire net and electrocuted them!" Only after blasting Goku and Yamcha away with laser cannons did Emperor Pilaf feel regret.
He had never expected Goku and Yamcha to come in directly from the castle's rooftop balcony.
The entire castle had been fitted with all kinds of traps and unpredictable defenses because Emperor Pilaf, Ashu, and Mai were all terrified of He-El and had put their full effort into it.
But they had never expected Goku and Yamcha to simply come in through the rooftop balcony. The moment Emperor Pilaf, Ashu, and Mai saw them arrive that way, they immediately controlled the electrified tennis-racket net on the rooftop balcony to spring out and paralyze them, then fired two laser cannons and sent them flying.
But after sending them flying, Emperor Pilaf regretted it again.
"Who made that electrified tennis-racket net on the rooftop balcony?! Why did we use laser cannons to blast them away?!" Emperor Pilaf ground his teeth in regret and stomped in fury. "If we'd trapped them directly with a wire net, I could've used them as hostages to force them to hand over all the Dragon Balls! With all the Dragon Balls, I could conquer the world! Damn it!!!!"
"Emperor Pilaf, you made it," Ashu answered honestly. He still remembered that Emperor Pilaf had designed the rooftop defense because one day, Emperor Pilaf had dreamed that He-El descended from the sky. His face had gone pale with fright, and he had been terrified that He-El might suddenly enter the castle from above, so he had added varying degrees of protection to every window, door, rooftop balcony, and more.
"...Is that so?" But Emperor Pilaf had clearly forgotten. He could only fall silent after Ashu's reminder, looking rather displeased as