"Great! Dad won!"
Seeing Ledgic defeated, Pan immediately jumped up and cheered.
Son Goten and Trunks stood nearby, covering their wounds awkwardly, smiles appearing on their faces as well.
Scrape—
Son Gohan descended from the sky and landed beside the huge crater Ledgic had smashed into. He saw Ledgic slowly crawling out of it in a battered state.
"Phew... phew... phew..."
Ledgic lay on the ground, staring blankly up at the night sky.
Weakly and haltingly, he said, "You're very strong... as expected of the warrior race..."
"You didn't even transform into that Super Saiyan... and you were still able to defeat me..."
"I accept my defeat wholeheartedly... kill me... dying at the hands of a strong man like you... wouldn't dishonor me..."
Son Gohan looked down at Ledgic, who was prepared to die, then shook his head and praised him. "You're strong too. I hope you'll keep training hard. Maybe we'll have another chance to fight someday."
With that said,
he turned and left. Taking Pan, Goten, and Trunks with him, he drove the heavily damaged, creaking transport vehicle away from the palace.
Ledgic climbed to his feet and watched Son Gohan and the others leave, a bitter smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
"Looks like my training still isn't enough." Ledgic turned around and slowly left the royal palace as well, his figure somewhat hunched and lonely.
After Trunks repaired the spaceship, Son Gohan and the others flew away from that planet.
As for Dong Jiya, the king of that planet, he had lost his strongest chief bodyguard. He was also an outright tyrant who relentlessly exploited and oppressed the common people. Even the subordinates who served him often had their wages withheld for all sorts of reasons.
In the end, the enraged citizens joined forces