GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?

Chapter 971 Waste Not. Want Not.

He didn't get to finish Gator and enjoy all she had to offer. He ate about 50% of her before her injuries overwhelmed her. She is weak and her mind is tired from the pain of being eaten slowly. So the matrix of her existence collapsed. 

The bond of soul and body broke apart. Her body began to break down when he reached the limit of what she could handle. He tried to eat more but it all disappeared before he could get 5% more.

"What a waste of good food." He grumbled aloud.

He is truly pissed. What he hates more than not taking advantage of a situation is to take advantage of it and watch it go to waste despite his best efforts. Wastage makes both his rational mind and his beastly instincts angry.

"If only I had a bigger mouth." He mused aloud. "I would be able to swallow her with one bite."

His voice rang out through the Cavern so it is certain that its remaining occupants heard him, but none of them stirred. He shrugged and selected another target. He doesn't have a bigger mouth so he just has to continue with what he has. The thought of how big of a mouth he would get after this feast made him content for now.

His next target didn't move to acknowledge him or speak to him through divine sense or otherwise. He doesn't mind being ignored. They don't have any obligation towards each other. His target may not greet him, show him respect, or acknowledge his existence in any way but he will still try his best to eat them up as fast as possible. He is not a petty person.

In fact, he likes food that is silent and doesn't move. So he got cooperation from this target. It didn't resist at all. But he had to pay a price for the cooperation. The limit of this one is smaller than that of Gator. It broke apart when he was 40% into eating it.

He grumbled when the Executioner scattered into the wind. "Weak and useless even in death." 

This target had 5 tails. That's 2 less than Gator. It means that the divine ability of this one has a lesser power and capacity than Gators. Gator's highly efficient divine ability allowed her to get more from what she ate and grow faster. It made her the greatest Executioner. So she had a larger stockpile of death essence to sustain her than this one. It is why she is the only Executioner that can still speak and move.

He got to work on the rest of them. They are all Executioners except one. None of the Executioners have 7 tails like Gator. The highest had 6 while the lowest had 3. The ones with the lower number of tails didn't give him much. They broke apart quicker than the others. He only managed to get 10% from the ones with 3 tails. 

It was difficult, but he finished eating all the Executioners. That left one more paragon. It is the last and only Emperor. It is also the greatest Emperor in the history of the Warrogs of the Lumen Plane.

Ragnarok walked over to the prone and chained Emperor. It is larger than the Executioners. Emperors are larger than Executioners so the difference in size is not surprising. But this Emperor is very large. It has 8 tails which is 1 more than Gators but it is at least five times bigger than Gator. 

This Emperor is at least 10 meters tall just laying there on the ground. It must be taller than that if it could stand. It will probably be at least 20 meters tall. Its length is 100 meters from snout to tail. It is a very big Warrog. Ragnarok's full size won't be enough for a single bite of him, much less an augmented bite with the doom chomp.

His teeth ached and his jaws felt sore from all the eating. After all, the flesh of the transcendent paragons was very tough to tear and it is going to be very difficult to digest too. But he is still looking forward to eating this last paragon. Just the thought of the amount of stats that he would gain from it made his fatigue and soreness inconsequential. 

He examined this paragon with obvious greed in his eyes. Then he moved closer to it. The Emperor is situated on the other side of the cavern. It is some distance away from the Executioners. It is also the only one on this side of the cavern since the other Emperors have died. 

He made sure to keep his distance from the massive beast. 

Then he licked his lips in anticipation and said, "The best for last."

"I know, right?" The emperor said.

He was taken aback by the reply. He moved away from the Emperor quickly. Then he checked his surroundings for any anomaly. But the only ones here are the two of them. So the reply must have come from the clearly sleeping beast.

"You can talk?" He asked.

The Emperor opened its eyes and snorted. Then it replied, "Isn't it obvious now? Why would you think that I couldn't talk? I am an Emperor. I will remain alive as long as my people exist and believe in me. My strength has reduced over the years but I am still an Emperor. I am not like the Executioners who rely on themselves. I have people that rely on me that I can also rely on."

Apparently, he could still move all these years and he can talk. He doesn't seem to be slightly insane like Gator. This Emperor is both sound physically and mentally. 

Ragnarok asked in annoyance. "Why didn't you say anything earlier if you could talk?"

He thought Gator was the only one who could speak since she was the only one who spoke or even moved when he entered the cavern. He didn't know and neither did he expect that the Emperor in the far corner who survived the death of the other Emperors is in fact not within an inch of death himself and is not barely clinging to life.