GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?

The lady origin god interjected. "Stop badgering the poor girl Ragnarok. She did what she did for your good and that of the entire race of Warrogs. She didn't betray you because we wood elves and Warrogs are allies."

Ragnarok felt his disregard for Rinoz increased further. He asked, "Please tell me that you didn't betray me for nothing. Tell me that you gained or will gain something from this."

Riniz wanted to speak but she was interrupted by the origin god again. "She is gaining the support of the wood elves and also acquiring protection for you. She didn't lie. This is for your own good. You were wrong earlier too. We are your welcoming party."

"My apologies then. I jumped to a conclusion." He said without a shred of sincerity. In fact, he is not even displaying any emotions. He is alert and ready for battle despite what she said.

The pink flower shimmered warmly as she said, "Your offense is forgivable. Any careful person would be skeptical about being surrounded by powerful strangers. They will also be afraid if those strangers are more powerful than them and outnumber them 3 to 1."

"It is good that you understand. Can we get this welcoming party over then? I have places to be and things to do." He said.

"I am sorry but we cannot have a party in such a dump. I mean look around you. Isn't this place just dreadful?" She said.

Ragnarok asked suspiciously. "Can we skip the party entirely? I don't want it."

She refused innocently. "I am afraid not. The party is a must or our trip here will be a waste."

"Then I am fine with this location. I find that the craters give this place a fearsome atmosphere. I like that."

She refused that too. "This place is unacceptable. You will have to follow us back to our city. We have prepared the party there for you."

He deadpaned. "Imagine that. What a surprise."

"It is a surprise right?" She agreed. "You have nothing to be worried about when it comes to your safety. We will escort you. As you can see, we are strong enough to protect you. In fact, we can hold off three enemies that are as strong as you."

Ragnarok didn't say anything. His stance says it all. The sharp glint in his eyes is not needed to convey his intentions. They know that all hell will break loose before he goes anywhere with them. So they fell into silence. No one wanted to make the first move.

Then someone foolish broke the silence. "Just come with us Ragnarok. It will be good for you. I was being ignorant earlier. I didn't know that you were so strong. There's no way I could anticipate that you were strong enough to kill a Primogenitor. But no matter how strong you are, you need Origin energy. Blood power is great but you can be stronger still with Origin energy. The fountain of life can give you access to Origin energy if you promise to ally with the wood elves."

Ragnarok wanted to gawk. He is stupified by what she said. So he asked her, "Are you stupid?" 

That made her angry. "You are the stupid one. Stop being prideful and accept the help of the fountain of life. You will have a better chance of beating the demon god with our help. All the Vampires will surely hunt you now that you killed a Primogenitor."

He turned to the pink flower and asked, "I don't think you three are stupid and I would like you to at least respect me enough to believe that I am not as naive and ignorant as her."

The pink flower tutted. "Stop using such insulting words. It is not her fault after all. We told her what she just said. If we didn't, then it would have been more difficult to convince her to tell us your location."

"I thought Alphas couldn't be lied to. How did you manage to deceive her?" He asked in surprise.

"Truth and lies are overrated. We didn't lie to her. All we said is that Origin energy is strong and it will make you stronger if you combine it with blood power. She assumed you didn't have Origin energy on her own. We didn't tell her that."

Rinoz interrupted. "What's going on here?"

He replied, "They deceived you is what is going on here. How could you think that I don't have Origin energy? I used an Origin domain. How did you think I did that without Origin energy?"

She was first confused. "What's an Origin domain?"

Ragnarok said in wonder, "And you thought you could beat Origin gods but you don't know what an Origin domain is."

That made her realize the crux of the matter. She became aghast. "They lied to me?"

The pink flower corrected playfully, "No dearie. We didn't lie to you. You lied to yourself."

Ragnarok shook his head. "Don't you see? You are being played and used. How can you trust them to be your allies? And you wonder why I refused to submit to you. You're a stupid girl."

Rinoz couldn't reply. She is still shocked by the situation.

The pink flower spoke on Rinoz's behalf. "Don't badger the innocent girl. She didn't know so it is not her fault."

"Enough of this." He roared. "I am not going anywhere with you. Are we going to fight or not?" He asked in anger.

"Watch your manners, young man." She warned him.

"Or what?" He asked.

"Or we will subdue you and have you come with us involuntarily. That will be very painful. We need you alive so we won't maim you too much. But what we will do to you will make the trip unpleasurable." She replied as if she wasn't threatening him. 

He wasn't deterred at all. "I am Ragnarok the Omega. I stand alone. I won't be coerced by force to do anything. I don't and I have never been subdued by threat of violence. You will actually have to show me what you can do of you want to subdue me. And from what I can see, you three are not enough for it."