Hades was waiting for an opportunity, one that would let him kill the King of Negativity in a single blow. Not yet. He had to wait until the Curse fully took effect before making his move.
Unlike Hades, Chthon was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. No matter what, they could not accept being pinned down here by Hades, because that meant they were no longer qualified to fight the King of Abilities and had fallen to the kids' table—no, Hades's table.
Chthon absolutely could not accept that. At first, they had fought the Mechanical Demon King, then they had fought the King of Abilities. Though the level had dropped, they were still fighting major players—the Mechanical Demon King barely acted anymore, and the King of Abilities was now the protagonist.
If they fell to the point of fighting Hades, Chthon would become little-brother tier from then on, only able to deal with the other side's little brothers. Chthon was proud and arrogant. How could they accept something like that?
More importantly, if that really happened, what the hell would they still be fighting for? The Mechanical Demon King would have this wager in the bag. After all, people like them could only fight his underlings; they were not even on the same level.
Chthon would never allow that to happen. This time, even if they had to expend Origin Essence, they would defeat Hades and take part in the final battle between the King of Abilities and Immortal Kang.
If their Origin Essence was gone, they could think of other ways to acquire more. But if their confidence was gone, it would truly be gone. They might as well surrender to the Mechanical Demon King along with Death and the others and end this wager.
"Great