บท 32: Origin Crystal

The leader of the mission center gawked after he analyzed it. In a hurry he left, saying he wasn't qualified to handle this. He reported this to the city lord. After a minute or 2, the city lord arrived. Appraising the Blood Crystal.

"Unbelievable!"

"Master!"

The Saiyans called out. Although Broly first felt odd to call someone master, but over the month and the tens of consultation he had, it became a natural thing. In those consultation sessions Broly quickly came to realize that the city lord was nearly obsessed with gaining knowledge, as he asked Broly about every detail of his process. Of course, Broly gained tremendously through those interactions, especially about micro-adjustments of ki.

"Where did you find this?"

"We were doing a mission near the Gaeldo Village. Giant Bats were attacking the village and they requested the city to exterminate them. We found it deep inside a cave, where the bats nested." Aize answered for the group. Aize recounted the events from beginning to the end.

"I see. You guys really found a rarity."

"What is it, Master??" Taro nearly screamed out.

"Cough. It appears to be a Mother Blood Crystal."

"Mother Blood?"

"Have you heard of the Origin Crystals?" Seeing them shake their heads, he continued.

"Well, you are no natives after all. I also only learned it after I became the city lord. There is an ancient legend about 3 origin crystals. Origins Blood Crystal, Origins Spirit Crystal and the Origins Energy Crystal. They were the 3 cornerstones of this planet and sky, maintaining order and letting the species on it, flourish. After eons of prosperity and bliss, waves of blue bright light appeared in the sky, but before the light could reach the ground, the 3 origin crystals shone in their respected hue and the planet moved towards an unknown location.

Supposedly it is where we currently are. Through moving the planet away, the crystals lost their luster and shattered into countless fragments. Some of these fragments contained a fraction of the might of the Origin Crystal they stemmed from. Those fragments were called Mother Crystals. With it even weaker races could gain tremendous power and sometimes give birth to abilities, hence the name. The ability usually corresponds to which Crystals one consumed."

"One can consume the crystals??" Taro's eyes were practically shining at this point. Of course, the others were equally excitement, if what was said is true.

"Yes! It is commonly known that one cannot consume crystals, but this is only accurate for crystals that don't hold any power in them. You guys should consume this Mother Crystal as soon as possible, after the word gets out that the race, which joined just recently, obtained this kind of treasure, it will cause chaos. Considering the size, it should be more than enough for the 4 of you."

Broly saw that the city lord was quite eager to see them use it but he himself seemed to have no desire for it himself. If it was really a miraculous item as he said, why wouldn't he want it?

"Master, don't you want to have it?"

The city lord looked at Broly while raising an eyebrow before chuckling.

"Indeed, but don't worry, I will only take a tiny amount, for studies purposes. It is indeed a great item, to boost one's power but it is also said that the younger the consumer is the more effective it is. I believe it has something to do with a young body being easier influenced than older ones. Besides it was you who lucked upon it, some things are just meant to be."

The city lord then described to them how to absorb the power inside, accordingly to how it was passed on. After a quick consultation with Daz and the other leaders, they decided to let the group of 4 and Cana absorb as much as they could before giving what would be left to the city lord to preserve it. Although Broly disliked Cana, he agreed in the end, as the race would be better off if they had more strong warriors and Cana was still a talented child in the end. Broly was determined to give her good beating if her attitude worsened.

On the next day in a trainings room all 5 of them were standing in front of the giant crystal. They were cutting their palms open and moved their ki into the blood before pressing their palms onto the crystal. Guiding the power inside into their palm while circulating their ki in an unusual manner.

They felt the crystal slightly tremble as warmth flowed inside their body through their palms. After a few minutes one by one was letting go and sat down to break down the power inside their body.

Broly only let go after half an hour, he was the last one to let go. He sat down trying to absorb the power. As he was circulating the power, he realized that his cells were trembling in excitement. Every cell was slowly filled to the brim. Broly watched on with his inner eye as the cells were radiating with power, but this wasn't the extend of the power of the Origins Blood. His muscles, skin and bones became denser and tougher, he could feel how his body was strengthening at a visible pace. Even his organs were getting stronger by the minute.

This was how he felt when he consumed the fruit of might, just that this far exceeded the intensity of the fruit. He still could get numerous of fruits, but he sensed that the fruits were forcefully increasing ones lifeforce, it would be harmful to take too many of them. That was also one of the reasons the city lord used special capsules made out of the fruits, instead of directly eating it, for the tournament. Comparing it to the crystal was like comparing earth and heaven. Although the effects were far greater than the fruit, it wasn't even close as forceful as the fruit, rather it complemented the body.

As time passed Broly felt as if a burden was lifted of his shoulder, his body was feeling particular relaxed. As if years of tension was finally dissipating. He realized that his body was way more under stress than he previously thought. As this feeling was omnipresent since birth, he attributed it towards the Saiyan body before getting used to it. But now he knew it was caused by the imbalance of his body and ki.

He was extremely happy seeing this. Instead of increasing the amount of lifeforce, this crystal used the energy to elevate the cells themselves to a higher level. It was a qualitive change, giving him much more leeway in the future with his increasing ki. Similar to S-cells they gave off an intimidating pressure, but it was a soothing kind filled with vitality and not the dominating pressure the S-cells emitted.

After an hour most of the power was deeply ingrained in Broly's cells, until he felt a strange feeling built up inside him.