"You're really interesting," Angela started giggling, surprised that he wasn't even slightly intimidated by her domain.
She found his confidence both amusing and irritating at the same time.
It might be true that her power was limited because she was using a vessel, but her domain was an ability she had honed for countless years. In terms of quality, it was already on another level.
She was already close to breaking the Demon King status in terms of power, while Reign hadn't even reached the Demon Lord level yet.
Logically, he should have been overwhelmed, forced to his knees by the sheer pressure of her domain alone, so it was a miracle that he could still stand tall in front of her.
This just showed that he had solid foundation; even a real Beginner Rank Demon Lord would falter against her suppression a bit, but Reign did not even flinch.
"You want to strike a partnership instead of just being happy of working for me and keeping you alive?" Angela asked, her eyes glinting with amusement at his audacity.
She was curious where this confidence was coming from.
"It's only normal, after all, you need me," Reign replied with a casual tone.
"I think you're misunderstanding something. I only offered you this because it's a pity to kill you. So you don't really have much right to negotiate," she retorted, her voice laced with contempt.
Reign shook his head, his lips curling into a creepy smile. His gesture made it clear he had something against her.
Angela's face turned serious at his reaction.
For the first time in the whole conversation, a flicker of doubt crossed her mind. It felt like he really had something on her that could turn this whole confrontation upside down.
"Stop talking nonsense. If you could really kill a lot of humans on your own, you would have already done that with this much power," he stated firmly.
Pausing for effect, his creepy smile widened as he watched her facial expression shift from calm to serious.
"So I've been thinking, and guess that you angels can't directly kill humans," he spat out, his voice dripping with sarcasm.
"You...," Angela gritted her teeth in annoyance .
She did not expect him to easily uncover one of the angels' weakness.
'Got you,' Reign, seeing her expression, couldn't help but smile sadistically.
He had guessed right, and the satisfaction of seeing her shocked reaction fueled his confidence more.
The golden chalice was a very powerful object, but it had limitations. One of them was that it could only absorb the souls of those killed by the holder.
And because Reign created this virus himself, every death from this pandemic would automatically be attributed to him.
Therefore, he was the perfect candidate to hold the Chalice.
If she could absorb all of their souls, then maybe she could finally break through to Demon King status.
When that happened, even if he tried to betray her, there was no way he could win.
She was currently limited by the number of abilities she could use, but by reaching Demon King level, she would finally be able to access one particular skill and proceed with her plan, and will no longer need him.
'Alright, I'll play with you...But you will regret pushing your luck too far,' she sneered in contempt.
"I'll give you this in exchange for your cooperation," she said, raising her hand and producing a small, hand-sized golden crystal ball.
"This is a Divine Equipment called Holy Flash," she explained. "When used, it will generate a divine wave that could incinerate anything impure within 100 meters. It could even hurt a Demon King."
Reign grabbed the ball this time.
[DING]
[System: Detected a large amount of Divine Energy. The system could convert it to Skill Points.]
'Is this thing safe?' he asked the system .
[System: Affirmative.]
"Alright, I'll take it," Reign agreed.
"Partners?" he raised his hand for a handshake.
Angela, after seeing this, could not help but sneer in contempt secretly.
She was an angel, arrogant to the core, so him acting like her equal came to her as an insult.
However, she maintained her composure and agreed with him.
"Partners," she accepted Reign's hand, and the two of them smiled at each other, each secretly plotting how they would eliminate the other once their own goal was achieved.