Vegeta began screaming as he erupted with even more power. His hair turned gold, the same as his aura, which started to condense around him. Everyone in the room could sense the massive increase in power, with some attempting to escape.

  "We can't run."

  "Then we fight." Dusky was the first to make a move on the Super Saiyan form of Vegeta. He came in from behind and launched an overhead strike. As the strike fell, Vegeta lifted his arm and stopped the attack with his bracer, without looking at Dusky. His attack was able to get Vegeta back on the ground from the force, but didn't leave a scratch. More ranged attacks came to stop the newly created Super Saiyan monster.

  "Magic has been available for less than an hour, and we're already fighting a fucking Vegeta", Adrian muttered. He looked for an opening but couldn't get close with all the projectiles being launched at the Super Saiyan. Cash and a few lightsaber wielders stepped up and surrounded Vegeta. They were able to keep the mini-boss occupied, but only for a moment. Vegeta powered up again, blowing all the melee fighters away with the expansion of his golden aura. Vegeta was no longer on the defensive.

  Vegeta began his assault with orbs of pure mana being launched from his palms in a golden display. If Adrian and his allies weren't running for their lives, they would see the beautiful golden lights of condensed mana moving around and exploding in a magical display.

  He was spraying the crowd of nerds with the orbs, which exploded on impact. One convention attendee was too slow to dodge and was hit directly in the back. Adrian watched the man explode, with the orb of mana providing a bigger blast than a standard military grenade. The situation was looking bleak, but none of them could run. They had to fight or die.

  As Adrian was hiding from the explosions while thinking of a new plan, another massive explosion rocked the convention center, this time from someone other than Vegeta. Something finally did enough damage to Vegeta to stop his ranged assault. The mad scientist obtained a shit-ton of explosives somehow and put them to good use. Something clicked with Adrian once he finally had a moment to think.

  "Dusky! Come here!" Adrian shouted. The fat, balding man came out of his shadow and whispered in Adrian's ear.

  "Yes, brother?" Dusky whispered in Adrian’s ear.

  Adrian was startled at being caught off guard by Duskwalker getting so close without him noticing. Adrian took a deep breath and told Duskwalker of his plan. Dusky grinned and nodded.

  "I like it! It would be an honor to fight alongside you. I'd expect nothing less from my shinobi brother." And Duskwalker disappeared in a shadow once more to conceal himself.

  Adrian got into position and pulled out his nunchucks. He found the opening he was looking for, an activated [Explosive Swing], attempting to strike Vegeta from behind. The Super Saiyan tried to block with his bracer again, but the effect of [Explosive Swing] went through the bracer. Vegeta visibly winced, showing he had taken a lot of damage from the blow. [Explosive Swing] doesn't do a lot of external damage, but the internal damage is lethal, as Vegeta just found out.

  This attack can't be blocked. I need to land a headshot, and it's game over.

  Anger plastered on the mini-boss's face, he launched himself at Adrian in retaliation. Before he could get close to Adrian, Duskwalker came from the shadows, slicing the tail off Vegeta. The fat ninja struck a pose after the successful attack, like any anime character that ever existed, slowly sheathing his sword before the tail hits the ground.

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  Vegeta screamed in pain with his aura becoming unstable. Every Dragon Ball Z fan knew cutting the tail off a Saiyan would weaken them, and this convention center was filled with people who knew this. His aura was flickering white until he went back to being a regular Saiyan, losing the power-up of a Super Saiyan. The fight was once again in the convention goers' favor.

  Cash and the other lightsaber wielders took advantage of the moment, once again surrounding Vegeta, getting in blows the Saiyan couldn't defend. Vegeta was starting to visibly show fatigue while losing a ton of blood from all the wounds. The lightsabers catarized their own damage, but there were still plenty of attacks that caused Vegeta to bleed. Adrian closed the gap and whittled him down with the other melee combatants, landing blows with his nunchucks, using [Absorb] to stay fresh in the fight.

  Duskwalker came in and cut off an arm, causing Vegeta to enter a fit of rage. Vegeta powered up again, using the last of his vital energy for a final attack. He began rapid firing as he flew through the convention, trying to get close to the defenders. He managed to get close to some and take them out, but was losing steam quickly.

  Cash was about to land a vital blow before a man in a mask stepped forward and put his palm on Vegeta's forehead. He muttered something before his hand on Vegeta's forehead started to glow, siphoning Vegeta's energy into the masked man's palm. Vegeta, barely alive, dropped to his knees, and the masked man walked towards the exit.

  Cash eyed the man before his lightsaber found its way through Vegeta's skull, finally ending the conflict. Cash's eyes narrowed as he stared down at the masked man. He didn't know what he did, but Cash was wary of the man. Everyone who survived the fight dropped to the ground, exhausted from their first experience of fighting with magic. That was when the convention center exits opened, and a system message appeared for everyone.

  Holy guacamole! That was one-sided AF! My data suggests that everyone from Cleveland is supposed to be bottom-tier talent who lives under bridges, but damn! There are some baddies here that I have high hopes for as we move towards integration. A bonus reward has been given for completing the quest in 27 minutes.

  "Did this AI really use the word 'baddie'? I think I hate it." Maeve muttered, echoing Adrian's thoughts.

  "There's definitely something off about the AI, but I doubt we'll ever get enough information to know what that is. Not to mention a lot of people died in that fight."

  The group nodded in agreement as Duskwalker appeared next to Adrian as the fight ended. Brody, Paige, and Maeve walked up to them as they looked at the carnage caused by the boss fight. The mad scientist also made his way to the group. Paige was the first one to greet him,

  "Thank you for saving my life. I'm not sure if that laser ball thing would've killed me, but you saved me. I owe you one."

  "Of course! Happy to help. Your group did well. My name's Todd. And you don't seem like the arrogant type LIKE SOME LIGHTSABER ASSHOLES!" The mad scientist raised his voice to make sure Cash's group heard what he said.

  "Well, come with us. We don't know what the outside world has in store for us, but we could use your help."

  "Splendid! This is the group I wanted to join. UNLIKE THE LIGHTSABER FUCKS WHO RUN THEIR GROUP LIKE A PYRAMID SCHEME!" The mad scientist yelled again. A few people from that group tried to walk towards Todd but were held back by the other members, who said it wasn't worth it. Todd gave the group the finger for good measure and said, "Fuck taking orders from them."

  "Amen to that!" Maeve was on board, which was a good thing. They said their alliance with Adrian was only temporary, but he wanted to keep this group going. He didn't know how big they wanted to get, but these 6 seemed like a great way to stay alive. Adrian turned to Maeve,

  "What do you say about keeping this group going?" Paige walked up and put her arm around Maeve, smirked at the question, and chimed in,

  "We can roll with the karate-kid and the creepy fat samurai a little longer. But we need to know what we're doing with him." Paige said, pointing at Brody.

  Ah, right. The guy who used mind control on women to do his bidding.

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