"Where did you get this confidence from? You know nothing, so please don't speak as if you know me. My soul and blood are devoted to the Great Serpent Empire!" The smile on the Seventh Prince's face gradually faded. "Secondly, I'm not like those three scum. Who said I must die? Maybe I have my own way of escaping the planetary spirit's reaction. Do you really want to test that out?"
Of course, he was lying. There was no such way, at least nothing that he knew of, and he certainly did not intend to sacrifice himself for anyone!
But if he could somehow deceive Sakaar into withdrawing his army from part of the southern region, for example, and destroy the portal in exchange for saving his life, he would have done the Empire a great service. The resources he could pull from the treasury would multiply!
"Yes, I do like to try," Sakaar laughed as if the matter were of no concern to him. The underworld Daisies around him began to shake violently.