After Tights saw the Dragon Balls on the ground, she even took out her camera and snapped a photo.
"These are the Dragon Balls? They're so finely made!"
"So shiny!"
Dende calmed his nerves a little and asked, "Th-then, I'll summon Porunga now."
Turles nodded and gave him what he thought was a kindly smile. "All right. Thank you, Dende."
"Ah! N-no, you're welcome. The Grand Elder told me to..." The unexpected thanks made Dende nervous all over again.
He hurriedly turned around, held both palms toward the Dragon Balls, and chanted something in the Namekian Language...
The next second, all seven Dragon Balls shone with golden light!
Before anyone could react,
the sky darkened without warning.
A thick pillar of golden light shot from the Dragon Balls into the sky.
At its center, a huge, shadowy form began to swell.
Tights instinctively held her breath, her legs going weak as she looked up.
"Oh my god! What is that...?"
It was an enormous creature floating in midair.
Muscles bulged on its thick arms, and veins coiled like horned dragons.
Black spikes on its back pointed straight at the sky, and thick horns grew from its head and shoulders. Its lower body was a massive tail.
Even Turles was a little awed.
Porunga must have been what the Namekians considered an "Eternal Dragon."
His style really was different!
An Eternal Dragon who worked out!
Dende was just as stunned by the sight.
This was also his first time seeing the legendary "god of dreams," Porunga.
"Summoners who have gathered the seven Dragon Balls, speak your wishes! I can grant you three wishes!" Porunga's deep, solemn voice echoed between heaven and earth.
"Wishes?" Tights covered her mouth.
No way! Can this monster-looking guy grant people's wishes?
So that's what the Dragon Balls do!
No wonder Turles wanted them!
Dende turned to Turles. "Um, you can tell me your wishes. When the Grand Elder created the Dragon Balls, he made it so that wishes to Porunga only work if they're spoken in the Namekian Language."
Turles nodded.
"I want the ability to teleport anywhere in the universe at will!"
Dende was about to relay the wish to Porunga, but Porunga spoke first.
"That wish is beyond my power."
Huh?
Turles and Dende looked at each other.
They didn't know what was going on.
Hadn't they yet to make the wish?
Porunga seemed to see their confusion and actually explained.
"Since I cannot grant that wish, I told you in advance. Only the wish you finally settle on needs to be relayed to me in the Namekian Language."
"The Yardratians have a technique called Instant Transmission. If that is what you want, I can teach it to you, but teleporting anywhere in the universe at will is a divine skill exclusive to the gods who preside over creation."
"Their level is far beyond mine, so I cannot give you an ability of that degree."
Turles was somewhat disappointed. The Yardratians' Instant Transmission was certainly powerful, but it wasn't what he wanted at the moment.
It wasn't suited to him right now.
That form of Instant Transmission was essentially teleportation achieved by locking onto a specific energy signature at a specific location.
But right now, he couldn't even sense energy in the first place. Besides, even if he could, his current power level wasn't high enough for him to travel between planets.
While he was still feeling disappointed, Porunga continued.
"If you find it acceptable, I can do my best to give you the ability to teleport between designated planets. You may designate no more than three planets, and while you are on one of those three planets, you can teleport within that range."
Turles's eyes lit up!
That was a good alternative!
"Porunga! I can accept that!"
"Then choose the three planets you wish to designate and state your final wish in the Namekian Language!" Porunga said.
"Dende, my first wish is to have the ability to teleport to any location at will while I'm on these three planets: Earth, Planet Namek, and... Planet Yardrat!"
After some thought, he decided to make Planet Yardrat the third planet.
It was a remarkable place too, said to be home to all sorts of miraculous techniques.
Such as Instant Transmission, the signature divine skill of Earth's famous martial artist Son Goku!
So, if he got the chance in the future, Turles wanted to go there and study.
"Earth?" Tights's smile vanished as soon as she heard that.
In the end, Turles was still going to Earth...
But all she could do now was pray that Turles really had no intention of invading Earth. If what that Grand Elder had said was true, Turles should be a kind Saiyan, right?
He should be, right?
Dende immediately relayed Turles's wish to Porunga!
"Your wish has been granted!" Porunga's eyes flashed red.
"You have two wishes remaining. Speak."
Turles suddenly turned to look at Cacao behind him.
"Take it out, Cacao."
Cacao's chest opened outward.
A small storage box extended, and Cacao took a seed out of it.
He handed it to Turles.
It was a Tree of Might seed.
When Turles had told Frieza he had no seeds left, he had of course been concealing the truth. Fortunately, Frieza had no interest in the Tree of Might at all.
So nothing more had come of it.
Cacao had kept the seed on him all this time.
Turles had been waiting for this moment.
He was actually curious about the Tree of Might as well.
He composed and organized his question in his mind.
"Dende, I want to know everything about this seed, a complete understanding, including its origins, cultivation, and so on..."
Dende nodded.
He continued relaying the wish to Porunga.
Porunga's eyes flashed red again.
But for some reason, he didn't speak for a long time.
Not until Turles, puzzled, called out a reminder
did Porunga's voice slowly ring out.
"The Tree of Might originally grew on Core World in the divine realm. The Fruit of the Gods it bore was a primary source of growth for young members of the divine race."
"It had the effect of stabilizing divinity and increasing divine power."
"It was later replaced by a new generation of Fruit of the Gods, and the Tree of Might gradually disappeared from Core World."
"For unknown reasons, it found its way into the mortal world and once caused a great calamity."
"It drew the attention of the gods and was subsequently recovered."
"As for cultivating the Tree of Might, it can only grow in the special soil imbued with divine power on Core World. Otherwise, it cannot bear a true Fruit of the Gods."
"The Tree of Might cannot be planted on mortal planets. Forcing it to grow will only cause irreversible loss of life..."
P.S.: I'm numb. I only found out today that some replies and interactions had been swallowed up. I don't know why.
Anyone want to guess what the last wish is? Let's see if anyone can get it right.