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“Who are you?!”
Eren felt a powerful murderous intent coming from behind him. He could even feel cold claws that were touching the back of his neck, ready to stab through his neck.
“It is me.” Eren raised both his hands harmlessly and turned around to reveal himself to the Sea Dragon Empress.
He expected her to welcome her as the Dragon Prince after seeing him. However, to his surprise, her bloodlust grew even stronger.
She attacked him instantly.
Subconsciously, Eren activated acceleration which barely helped him move on time. Still, the claws of the Sea Dragon Empress had managed to leave claw marks on the right side of his face.
Fresh trickled down the wounds on his face. He touched his cheeks, not understanding why she was attacking him.
“Why are you attacking me?” he asked the woman who appeared like she had simply gone crazy.
“After killing my brother, you are asking me why?!” the Sea Dragon Empress exclaimed, her speed growing even faster.
She even used the Dragon Tongue Magic to increase gravity around Eren to make him even slower.
As she was not far from the Holy City, she was still cautious against using any large scale magic that could be detected.
“Killed your brother?” Eren mumbled under his breath, almost feeling like slapping himself.
He was so distracted by Author and the last Transmigrator, he had forgotten to use the old disguise that he had used when helping the Sea Dragon Empress.
Instead, he met her as Eren, the person who had killed her brother and still managed to escape from her grasps.
He couldn’t help but curse himself for making such a naive mistake. He could fight back and even defeat her, but he was just as cautious as her since they were near the Holy City.
It didn’t matter to him even if the Holy City sent some guards to check this place, but the Sea Dragon Empress was going to be caught by them, which he couldn’t accept.
‘Come on, think of something…’
He stressed his mind while flying away from the Sea Dragon Empress as fast as he could. Even if he had to react, he could only do that when he was far enough from the Holy City.
“Stop running away, you cowardly animal! Accept your death!” The Sea Dragon Empress roared, dragon wings appearing on her back. She flew after Eren.
Normally, a Sea Dragon was faster than a Cultivator. Unfortunately for the Sea Dragon Empress, Eren wasn’t an ordinary cultivator. No matter how fast she flew, she wasn’t able to close the distance between them.
“Who says that I am running away? I just don’t have any interest in playing with an insignificant wild beast that couldn’t even save her brother from me,” Eren taunted the Sea Dragon Empress, instead of pacifying her.
While running away, he had already thought of a plan. To achieve success in his plan, he had to play his part well. For now, he wasn’t the Celestial Dragon Prince.
He was Great Elder Eren, who was brave enough to enter the Sea Dragon’s Domain and kill their prince.
He wasn’t the person who saved the Sea Dragon Empress from the Duke but the person that had her daughter by using himself to lure her.
“You!” The Sea Dragon Empress’ eyes turned a darker shade of red. Not only was this person mocking her, but he was also making fun of her brother’s death?
She was so enraged that she didn’t hold back. She used the Dragon Tongue Magic to increase her body’s strength beyond the limit, even if it was harmful for her.
Without turning into her true Dragon Form, it was the fastest that she could go.
To Eren’s surprise, this speed proved to be faster than his own speed. He couldn’t use acceleration with flight, so his speed was still limited.
The distance that had been maintained between the two of them for the last ten minutes, had been shrinking with each passing second.
The two of them were flying so fast, that they appeared like shooting stars that were flying too close to earth. Fortunately, they were getting farther from the Holy City, flying in the direction of the Northern Continent.
As twenty minutes passed, the distance between the two of them was only a few meters. Just a little closer and the Sea Dragon Empress could simply spread out her arm and catch Eren.
“There it is…” Eren saw a sign near the ground. His celestial dragon bloodline also started becoming slightly restless. He was getting closer to the point marked on the map of the Celestial Dragon.
“Hmm? What are the Priests doing there?”
A short moment later, Eren caught the sight of an old stone structure that was being guarded by the Priests.
“You think priests can save your life?! Today, I will get rid of your from this world!” The Sea Dragon Empress also saw the Holy Priests.
She thought that Eren was once again trying to use the Holy Empire to take her down.
He was intentionally drawing her towards the priests, but she didn’t care now. Even if she had to risk everything, she was going to kill Eren.
“All of you need to die!” she exclaimed, forgetting that her real goal in coming to this continent was to break the seal on her bloodline. Her priorities had already been shifted to Eren, who hadn’t dropped taunting her.
“The Sea Dragons are attacking! Help!” The wanted criminal is attacking!” Eren roared at the top of his lungs, catching the attention of the distant holy priests.
His shouting caught the attention of the Holy Priests, who were also taken aback. They hadn’t been to the Holy City so they didn’t know Eren. Still, they knew that the Sea Dragon Empress was a wanted person.
Looking at the wings on her back and her appearance, it became clear that she was the enemy. One of the guards started setting up a communication to contact the Holy Church to send reinforcements.
The other Holy Priests flew towards Eren and the Sea Dragon Empress to stop them.
