Villain: Ultimate Mutation System in the Alternate World

"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.

Her first mistake was talking to him in the first place. He might act aggressive, brutal, and monstrous from time to time, but he was a bonafide genius who could see through inconsistencies and remember details with precision.

The moment they began conversing, he analyzed her sentences and recalled his first meeting with that hypocritical cult leader in Summit City.

By gathering as much information as possible about his enemies, he could form his own conclusion.

And it was even easier for him to read an angel.

They were bad liars for some reason. Maybe it was because they had never had to resort to using such tricks before, or maybe they were just born to be arrogant and haughty.

Even if they pretended to be good, he could see through their hypocrisy right away.

"I knew it. You angels are bound by a rule. I've been wondering why you had to do all this silly thing like singing to take small parts of souls from humans. So this was the reason," he chuckled aloud, relishing the sight of her being pushed into a corner.

"And if I'm right, you will suffer some kind of penalty or backlash if you go against this rule," he pointed out, adding fuel to the fire, and then fanning it even more.

She clenched her fists, her mind racing with thoughts of how to regain the upper hand again.

Him knowing her weakness would only complicate things for her in the future.

It was true that angels were bound by a rule set by their father.

This was to prevent them from using their power for violence. The only way they could kill a human was if that person sacrificed his or her vitality for them.

And killing a human directly would decrease their karma, and for an angel, the lower their karma becomes, the weaker they get.

There were even cases where an angel ended up killing so many humans that they turned into one after losing all their divinity.

Once stripped of their divine nature, they were condemned to live out their existence as mere mortals, forever severed from heaven.

"It's true that it's a hassle for me to kill humans, but I can just kill you right now," she spat out, her eyes narrowing in anger.

"You can, but really, you'll have a hard time finding another one like me that can kill an entire city population. Imagine the number of souls you can absorb with me around. And it's not like I don't want to work with you; I just want some benefits," he replied, his tone softening slightly.

He knew he had to first deceive her into working with him, and then when the time was ripe, he would dispose of her too.

Angela remained quiet for a moment and unclenched her fist.

Reign has a point and she would be lying if she was not tempted by his ability to release airborne viruses.

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.