Deltamon was a slave of the Digimon Emperor, under the power of a Dark Ring. The Emperor had several of his Bakemon slaves disguise themselves as the DigiDestined, making Davis think he had captured the real DigiDestined. The Emperor made Davis chose one of them to be spared from Deltamon's hunger, but Davis tried to sacrifice himself. Fortunately, the DigiDestined showed up in time to reveal the truth and destroy the Control Spire, freeing Deltamon - but Davis had made a shocking discovery: the Digimon Emperor was really Ken Ichijouji!