"Is Hertz going to be all right?" Sephiria asked Roland after the Gravity Spaceship disappeared over the horizon.
Roland blinked. "Probably. If anything really does happen to him, we can still use Earth's Dragon Balls to bring him back."
Hearing that, Sephiria immediately relaxed. Then she steeled herself and said, "Roland, attack me in the chest."
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Roland glanced at Sephiria's impressive chest. Her shapely figure was alluring; the only thing spoiling the view was her battle suit. The Frieza Force's battle suits had no charm whatsoever.
Sephiria pressed her lips together and bit down lightly. "Go ahead. I'm ready."
Seeing that Sephiria was willing to do anything to increase her strength, Roland nodded slightly and placed his hand against her chest. The light touch made her shiver, but she then looked at him with a resolute expression.
"Here I go."
Roland carefully released a blast of energy.
Hngh! A deep blue beam pierced through Sephiria's body, and bright red blood sprayed into the air. Her face turned deathly pale in an instant. Roland quickly had her bite a Senzu Bean. Only after her complexion returned to normal did he finally breathe a sigh of relief.
"I almost thought I'd have to use the Dragon Balls to bring you back."
Sephiria smiled at him, her smile as lovely as a flower. "I'm not that fragile."
They repeated the process, and Sephiria nearly died several more times. At last, when her battle power reached 18,000, it stopped increasing. That was the same battle power Vegeta had when he invaded Earth, and Sephiria had reached it years ahead of schedule.
Next it was Roland's turn. He wanted to try this cheat-like method of increasing his power, too. To be safe, though, he took out the Communicator he used to contact Tights and handed it to Sephiria. If anything happened to him, she had to get Tights to gather the Dragon Balls and bring him back.
Sephiria took the Communicator and put it away. A thin ray of energy gathered between her slender fingers. Roland nodded firmly.
"Go ahead."
With a wet pop, the taste of blood flooded his mouth. Roland's head spun, and he felt as though his soul were leaving his body. The feeling of standing at death's door was completely different from being badly injured. The helplessness was so overwhelming it seemed to tear his soul apart. His body no longer felt like his own.
Through the haze, an anxious voice echoed in his ear.
It was Sephiria, calling out to him.
Roland forced himself to rally and struggled to bite down on the Senzu Bean in his mouth. In his mind, it was as if an enraged Great Ape had suddenly appeared, roaring with fury, and his hidden potential burst forth. Once his body recovered, Roland couldn't help feeling shaken. Being caught between life and death had been absolutely awful.
He shook his head and sighed, then took several more of Sephiria's attacks. In the end, his battle power settled at 3,600!
"For someone with the potential of a mid-class warrior, I'm doing pretty well, right?" Roland lay in Sephiria's arms, twirling her silky hair around his finger.
Sephiria tossed him aside. "Mid-class warrior? I'm starting to think you're an elite warrior."
Roland spun through the air a few times and landed, grinning. "Going by my birth, I really am a mid-class warrior."
Sephiria rolled her eyes at him. After fooling around for a while, the siblings began discussing training. Saiyan training methods weren't as meticulous as Earthlings' approach to every last bit of energy, but as a warrior race, the Saiyans' combat skills and training methods were still worth studying in depth.
In the days that followed, Roland and Sephiria worked together to master the power within them on Planet Frie.
Sometimes Roland would visit nearby Planet Kasha to check on the Saiyans there. Seeing them living peacefully and doing as they were told, he would return reassured.
With his greatly increased strength, Roland had a vast reserve of energy within him. Using the Transfer Technique was now far easier than before, and he no longer needed to replenish himself with Senzu Beans when traveling between Planet Frie and Planet Kasha.
"Crack, crack, crack!"
A series of crisp pops, like beans frying, rang out from Roland's body.
He had finally mastered the power within him.
"Whoosh!"
His surging power suddenly erupted, and the ground around him trembled. It was like a stone had been thrown into a tranquil lake, sending up one violent splash after another. Under the influence of his powerful energy, some of the smaller rocks began to float upward, as though they had broken free of gravity.
Feeling the vast power surging through him, Roland burst into laughter.
Just then, a layer of white light appeared around him, and a stream of profound, mysterious knowledge poured into his mind. The sheer volume of information left him dizzy, but after going through it carefully, he couldn't help beaming with delight.
"Hahaha! Talk about getting two good things at once. This information is knowledge possessed by Earth's Kami!"
One piece of profound knowledge after another seemed engraved in his mind. At its core was the use of Ki, along with many ingenious techniques and insights into the mind. Roland only needed to glance through them to remember everything.
A sudden gale swept through, and Sephiria's graceful figure appeared beside Roland. Her face was bright with joy as well. "Roland, a lot of knowledge just appeared in my mind..."
"This is Earth's most refined martial arts," Roland said. "It looks like Hertz succeeded in obtaining the Dragon Balls."
"This is incredible. If I train according to these methods, I can increase my strength by a great deal!" Sephiria's rosy lips trembled slightly, and a gleam of delight shone in her bright eyes.
Roland smiled as he watched Sephiria's delighted expression. The proud Sephiria looked beautiful when she smiled.
Unlike aliens and Saiyans, Earthlings weren't born with great strength. Martial artists like Master Roshi had to train relentlessly for fifty or sixty years before they could develop Ki. Their naturally frail bodies had forced Earthlings to study its finer aspects, and they couldn't afford to waste even the slightest bit of energy. As a result, their understanding of Ki was exceptionally profound.
The greatest strength of Earth's martial arts was the ability to defeat the strong while weak, unleashing power far greater than the small amount of energy used.
Ordinary aliens and Saiyans would experience a "Ki Burst" when their emotions grew intense, but only a few planets had people who could make full use of the technique. Earth was one of them.
"Now that I have all this knowledge in my mind, I realize how crude my use of energy was before. No, I need to go into seclusion for a while and master all of it." Sephiria acted decisively, doing whatever came to mind.
Roland stopped her. "Wait, Sis. There's no need to go into seclusion right away. You should first take some time to sort through the memories in your mind."
"Uh..."
At Roland's words, Sephiria's cheeks flushed. She immediately realized what he meant and wondered why she had become so impatient that her younger brother had to remind her.
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