THE GOD EATER

Chapter 1404: Insufficient Benefits.

Wandering Thief assured it saying, "As I said before, you don’t have to do anything. It would be good if you did your part as an indigene of the Sea of Worlds and helped us to resist the invaders, but it is not required. I’ll help you free of charge."

"That’s not a bad offer," the Will began. "Unfortunately, it isn’t good enough."

"What the hell are you saying?" Wandering Thief asked in annoyance.

"I am literally helping you for free. What more do you want?"

In response, the Will sighed as it said, "Ragnarok said you would come to ’free’ me. The fact that he predicted this scares me."

"He also told me he would know if I break our oath. So unless I am ready to fight him, I can’t take your offer."

"That’s nonsense," Wandering Thief said, snorting. "No one can sense when I’ve broken an oath. It is foolproof."

"I didn’t think anyone could break an oath in the first place. Yet, here you are to help me break mine. So who is to say what’s possible and what’s impossible?" it asked him.

"But that’s not the main problem. The main issue here is that Ragnarok offered me a benefit for not listening to you."

"What benefit?" Wandering Thief asked confidently. "If you tell me, I might be able to offer something better."

The Will shook its head and said, "I’m sorry, but I don’t think you can give me what he offered."

"According to my agreement with Ragnarok, I’m only required to protect his Domain and refuse Domain expansions for a hundred years. That’s not a difficult requirement compared to a Grand Dao and what Ragnarok promised to give me if I continue to help him."

"On the other hand, what you offer will bring nothing but trouble. That’s why I said it wasn’t good enough."

Hearing this, Wandering Thief’s heart sank. His voice was solemn as he asked once more, "What did he offer?"

The reply came from behind him.

The barrier between dimensions was torn open, and something forced its way out of the rift from the surface to the depths of the third dimension.

The entity that appeared was a white humanoid wolf. It was bipedal and had two arms, but every part of its body was wolf-like.

It had a wolf’s head, a long black snake as the tail, sharp claws, and black rows of sharp canine teeth in its mouth. The sharp black teeth were especially prominent because it was grinning savagely.

The newcomer said as they grinned, "Dread it. Run from it. Ragnarok arrives all the same. And now it’s here. Or should I say, I am."

As he spoke, a black ocean erupted out of his body. The black ocean rose to the sky and sank to the depths, sweeping away everything in its path.

Seeing this, Wandering Thief’s eyes widened in shock and fear. His shock quickly turned into anger as he turned to the Will of the World and asked, "You sold me out? Are you mad?"

Ragnarok was the one who replied, saying, "It was going to, but it didn’t need to."

"The only thing it did so far was to expose itself to me and keep you here until I arrived. I already knew you would come, so I only needed to see the will of a world talking to an invisible figure for an extended period of time to know that something was wrong."

"I could have been wrong, but I decided to check it anyway. After all, there was nothing to lose. Imagine my surprise when I actually caught something good," he said, laughing. "Hahaha."

As he spoke, Wandering Thief split into a hundred figures that scattered into the surroundings. It didn’t matter to Loki anyway because he didn’t need to pick one target to attack.

The black ocean came from behind, submerging everything in front of him until it struck the super world. He swept everything and everyone up with the black ocean, including the phantom figure of the Will of the World. He didn’t even spare the rocks floating harmlessly in the area.

As soon as the black ocean struck the floating rocks, they turned back into Wandering Thief. Clearly, none of the hundred figures he created earlier were his true body.

The black ocean looked and behaved like water, but it was actually very dense. It was denser than tar and might as well be liquid rock like lava.

When it attached to something, it stuck to them like tar, refusing to let go. So, the more Wandering Thief struggled, the more the black tar covered his body, binding him.

The black ocean was also caustic. It had a destructive, corrosive power that even a combination of lava and acid couldn’t match. Wandering Thief was literally melting after he was caught.

Unable to get out, he called out to the super world, "Save me."

"Don’t just watch. If you let Ragnarok kill me now, you will be next someday."

The Will said nothing, and the super world didn’t respond. It completely ignored his cry for help.

So Wandering Thief turned to Loki and said, "Ragnarok, let’s talk about this."

But Loki laughed harder, "Hahahaha."

As he laughed, he said, "What’s there to talk about?"

"You’re my enemy, and it is logical that I try to kill you. Will anything you say change that?"

"No. But I can offer something else for my life," Wandering Thief said, struggling to escape the black ocean’s grasp.

"Are you going to offer me your space avatar?" Ragnarok asked, smirking at his enemy.

"A Cosmic Dao is definitely more valuable than a Grand Dao. So if you bring your space avatar, I’ll let you go."

But Wandering Thief didn’t speak. He didn’t want to offer his space avatar, but he had nothing more valuable than a Grand Dao to trade.

Seeing this, Ragnarok shook his head and said with disdain, "You always think you’re smart, and I’ll admit that you are."