"Yes, the work really is rather tedious." Marcarita smiled.
"Doing the same work year after year gets pretty boring," Belmod sighed. "These days, when I go out to destroy planets, it only takes a moment—or even a flick of my finger—but I'm honestly too lazy to do that kind of work."
"So, Lord Belmod, how much longer do you plan to wait before retiring?" Marcarita asked.
"Maybe a few more decades," Belmod mused. "Toppo is basically fully grown now."
"Although Mr. Toppo is an exceptionally powerful fighter in our universe, if we look at the whole multiverse, then if he became a God of Destruction... I'm afraid he'd be at the bottom of the pack," Marcarita replied.
"How can you see a rainbow without weathering a storm?" Belmod said with a laugh. "Let the other Gods of Destruction give him a good thrashing. I'm sure he'll grow up quickly."
"Lord Belmod has a point." Marcarita nodded, feeling that there was nothing wrong with what he'd said.
Just as Marcarita finished speaking, she suddenly sensed something and looked up at the sky.
"Oh my, we have guests." Marcarita smiled.
"Did Toppo come over?" Belmod asked, taken aback.
"It isn't Mr. Toppo. It's a God of Destruction from another universe," Marcarita replied.
"A God of Destruction from another universe? What's he doing coming to our universe?" Belmod muttered.
"It's Lord Rumsshi and Sister Kusu." Marcarita had already sensed who they were.
"Rumsshi? What's that bastard doing here? We have nothing in common. Tell him to get lost." Belmod snorted, then added, "If Helles had come, I might've been interested. After all, she's the only female God of Destruction, and I like playing with female Gods of Destruction."
"Heh heh heh... That's true. An elephant isn't much fun to play with." Marcarita laughed.
"Exactly." Belmod nodded, then his eyes suddenly lit up. "But this is fine, too. I can beat him up later, then ride him for fun."
"Lord Belmod, you really shouldn't fight. Our universe couldn't withstand a battle between two Gods of Destruction," Marcarita sighed.
"Hmph, we'll see." Belmod looked up at the sky.
Two streaks of different-colored light flickered across the sky.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
The next moment, Vegeta and the other two descended from the sky, landing across from Belmod and Marcarita.
"Well, well, who do we have here? If it isn't Rumsshi. What brings you here?" Belmod smiled at Rumsshi.
Then Belmod quickly noticed Vegeta holding Kusu.
Belmod was quick to react.
Could this guy be Rumsshi's student?
If so...
He must be here to have his student spar with mine.
Kusu and Marcarita exchanged greetings and bowed to each other.
Vegeta, meanwhile, stared unblinkingly at Marcarita.
This beautiful angel with twin tails was really gorgeous.
"Rumsshi, you've started taking on students too?" Belmod said with a smile. "What, are you planning to retire?"
"Hmph, I'm not retiring. I was just bored, so I took on a student for fun," Rumsshi replied with a chuckle. "What do you say, Belmod? You've had your student for over a hundred years, right? I've only been training mine for twelve. They're both Apprentice Gods of Destruction, so how about having them spar?"
"Of course." Belmod nodded and readily agreed.
"Where's your student?" Rumsshi asked. He couldn't see Toppo anywhere.
"He's training on the Pride Planet and rarely comes back," Belmod replied, then instructed Marcarita, "Marcarita, contact Toppo now and tell him to come back as soon as possible."
"Of course, Lord Belmod." Marcarita nodded, took her Scepter, and contacted Toppo.
Marcarita quickly got through to Toppo.
"So, when can he come over?" Rumsshi asked.
"It'll take at least two days to return here from the Pride Planet," Marcarita replied.
"What? It'll take that long? Go pick him up." Rumsshi didn't have the patience to wait that long.
"Marcarita, why don't you go pick him up?" Belmod suggested.
Two days was indeed a long time.
And during those two days, he'd have to wait on Belmod and serve him food and drinks.
After all, they were guests from afar.
He couldn't just leave them with nothing.
So, the sooner they had this match, the better.
"Of course, Lord Belmod." Marcarita agreed.
"While you're at it, bring back Toppo's senior disciple too." Belmod winked at Marcarita.
"His senior disciple?" Marcarita muttered.
"I mean Jiren, Marcarita. Did you forget I took on two students?" Belmod said with a smug smile.
Marcarita suddenly understood.
Lord Belmod was going to play his trump card.
He was afraid Toppo wouldn't be a match for that kid, so he wanted Jiren brought over too.
If Jiren stepped in, their universe was sure to win.
Thinking it over, Marcarita realized Lord Belmod's concerns weren't unfounded.
Lord Rumsshi had brought his student over in person, so he must be confident of winning.
That made bringing Jiren back a very good choice.
"Senior disciple?" Rumsshi was startled. "What senior disciple? You took on two students?"
"Of course. Did you think I'd only take one? I took on the other one a long time ago," Belmod said with a laugh. "But he's already graduated, and I haven't seen him in a long time."
Rumsshi: "..."
Rumsshi suddenly had a bad feeling.
A miscalculation. A miscalculation.
He hadn't expected that guy to have another student.
Rumsshi immediately turned to look at Vegeta, his eyes seeming to ask:
Are you confident?
"Forget how many students he has. It doesn't matter," Vegeta said calmly. "Also, beautiful angel, how long will it take you to go there and back?"
"About forty minutes round trip." Marcarita giggled. "Beautiful angel... Hee hee, I like that."
"No need to go to all that trouble. Take me there, and we can fight right on their planet," Vegeta replied.
"What do you think, Belmod?" Seeing Vegeta's confidence, Rumsshi relaxed a little and asked Belmod.
"Of course, no problem." Belmod nodded. "The kid looks young, but he's certainly full of fighting spirit."