GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?

Chapter 973 An Offer He Can Refuse.

In fact, he only looks and acts similar to an Executioner. His divine ability is different from theirs deep down. But he won't tell the Emperor that. The Emperor might be full of knowledge that he doesn't know, but he is just an old thing that has been imprisoned for millions of years.

The Emperor noticed that he didn't believe what it said. It didn't bother to press the point. It moved on to something else. "How will you get a large number of tails then without an Emperor? Your potential will be stunted."

"What about the Executioners that I ate?"

"That won't do. You can eat other Executioners and Emperors and it will help you but you will never realize your full potential without eating your opposite. An Emperor and an Executioner are different faces of the same coin. But they are separated into different individuals. You need the corresponding face of your coin to become whole again. You need the life that is your direct opposite to your death to realize your full potential."

"I see," Ragnarok said. "But there is no Emperor and I am not going to delay myself and waste my time by looking for an Emperor that doesn't exist." 

"Hmm. You must be strapped for time. Are you being pursued?" The Emperor asked.

"You don't know the half of it. The tree people as you call them are after me. Then there are the vampires too."

"What are vampires?" 

"Another type of enemies."

He is not in the mood to explain certain concepts to his food any longer. 

The Emperor said in understanding, "Hmm. That will explain why you are here when no one has ever come here. You were desperate and on the run."

"Now that we have gotten over that, spill your secrets," Ragnarok demanded.

"Watch your tone boy. I am thousands of times old enough to be your father. You will respect me."

Ragnarok sneered. "Do you want your freedom or not? Or do you want me to start eating you now? You better spill your guts or I will spill it myself."

The Emperor grunted. "You are one shameless mutt. I would smash you to pieces if I were not chained right now. The only thing impressive about you is that you are tenacious. It is impressive that you dug through the mountain to reach here. But apart from that, you are as shortsighted and stupid as other Executioners."

"I didn't dig the mountain to receive your compliments. I know how great I am on my own. I don't need your help in inflating my ego old man. Now tell me why I shouldn't start eating you this instant," He demanded more forcefully this time.

"Fine." The Emperor relented. "I will make you an offer you cannot refuse."

Ragnarok said in exasperation, "Just get on with it."

The Emperor's eye twitched but he continued, "This information is related to the source of the power of the tree people. I mean the powerful energy that they were using."

Ragnarok asked, "Do you mean origin energy? The energy that involves the below world. I know about it."

"Let me finish you impatient gnat. I know you know about it. I heard you say it can be found in the ancient battlefield but not in the plane. It is obvious that the tree elves got it somehow and that you will need it to match them. I can tell you how to get it. Are you interested?"

Ragnarok asked incredulously, "Let me see if I am getting this right. You're offering me the information about how to get Origin energy, right? Are you offering ME that information? You're not even offering me Origin energy. You're only offering me how to get it."

The Emperor said proudly, "You will surely get this origin energy from the information that I will give you. But you have to release me first before I say it. That is the deal I am offering."

Ragnarok began to laugh. He fell to the ground and laughed. He finds it understandably funny that someone is offering him access to Origin energy in exchange for their life. He gets as much Origin energy as he can use and more from Soverick. He doesn't need a second-rate source that will be finite. He would rather eat the Emperor for power. 

His laughter rang through the empty cavern. The Emperor was confused by his laughter. It asked him, "What's so funny?"

The question made Ragnarok laugh harder. He understands the confusion of the Emperor. To such an ancient being, origin energy is very precious and valuable. It is also valuable to him but he doesn't need to get it from others. The Emperor doesn't know that so its confusion is understandable. But that only amuses Ragnarok more. It made him laugh harder.

"This is the so called offer that I can't refuse?" Ragnarok asked in between his rounds of laughter.

The Emperor became pissed when the laughter continued for a while. It pursued its lips in anger. It was about to shout at Ragnarok but stopped laughing immediately. Then Ragnarok jumped straight to his feet. He turned away from the Emperor and looked towards the wall of the Cavern. 

Gone is the atmosphere of amusement he had before. His tail and ear have straightened immediately. The Emperor saw all of these and understood immediately that something serious had happened.

It asked Ragnarok, "What is it?"

"Danger." He replied.

Ragnarok focused on what he sensed. He can't get a good feel for it yet but his sense of danger is tingling rapidly. What's worse is that he is sensing the danger from every direction. It is as if he is surrounded by enemies. 

That is why he stopped laughing. The mountain walls are obscuring his senses so he doesn't know what the dangers are despite them being so close to him. If not for the faint sense of danger then he wouldn't even know that there is anyone around him.