Raiden was silent as Yamagi spoke tauntingly of the first champion for Earthrealm. He was stern, his face betraying little emotion. When he was offered tea, the Thunder God shook his head and kept his attention on Ieremia and Ayumi. Arrogant though she might have been, Yamagi could undoubtedly be of use to the forces of good. So too could she be an enemy, born from the loins of an evil god as she was... Raiden did not yet know what to make of the powerful but unreliable demigod.<br/><br/>Ayumi moaned, her eyes half-closed as she was lifted haplessly off the ground and bitten. She inhaled sharply for a moment before her body began to relax. When he had sated himself on her blood, Ayumi fell to her knees. Wounded as she was, she couldn't support herself and ended up on her hands anyways. Weakened, she slumped forward, her forehead brushing against the man's thigh as she struggled to sit upright.<br/><br/><strong>"No... Not dead."</strong>Raiden said, narrowing his glowing white eyes as he began to speak distractedly, his words quiet and halfhearted,<strong> "Mortal Kombat has never ended in a draw before."</strong><br/><br/>Still very much alive, the japanese woman looked up at the imposing black figure looming over her. At eye-level with his crotch and now defenseless, the outcome was clear at least to the grinning Shang Tsung. What Ieremia's poison started, blood loss finished. The woman couldn't have offered him any resistance even if she tried.<br/><br/><strong>"Shao Kahn is an Emperor unlike any from our world."</strong>Raiden replied, referring to the current dynasty of ineffectual Ming emperors,<strong>"He is no Son of Heaven. His rule is not governed by any divine mandate but power and bruality. He is the Emperor of Outworld because none can stand to resist his might."</strong>