Chapter 48: Frieza Like a Dog, Results of the Test
When Bardock, Kakarot, Gohan, Broly, and the others arrived, they saw only Frieza venting madly in one direction. Countless Energy Blasts rained down without pause, interspersed with the occasional Planet Destroyer Blast, as though reflecting Frieza's current desire to destroy everything.
"Pant... pant... Damn it!" Frieza glared viciously at the area shrouded in the glow of energy explosions. Though these wild monkeys had humiliated him time and again, the last shred of conviction in his heart was the identity of the evil emperor who had once dominated the entire Universe in his memories.
If even that were taken from him, what meaning or value would Frieza have left in existing?
That was right, Frieza feared death!
At the beginning, he had been one of the best training opponents for all the Saiyans of the Divine Martial Battle Star. As every Saiyan grew stronger, he had gradually become an opponent in the low-level combat training area for Saiyan children.
His status kept falling, and countless times, Frieza had truly wanted to die.
Unfortunately, Prison-Heaven Star imprisoned both Heaven and Earth; even life and death were no longer his to decide.
Even if Frieza blew himself up and died, the formation on Prison-Heaven Star would seal his soul here for all eternity. Coupled with the wish-granting power of the Dragon Balls, prisoners like Frieza could neither live nor die as they wished.
Over time, even Frieza's spirit had been worn away. He feared that endless cycle of life and death beyond his control, that sensation of being unable to live or die.
He feared the absolute void and annihilation after death, where even thought and self seemed to cease to exist.
He did not want to die, nor did he dare to