“Should I tell the generals to surround the Holy Church and be prepared for battle?” The Guard asked Eren’s clone.
The Holy Emperor waved his hand.
“If it’s just one person, there is no need to go that far. I will deal with him myself. I will teach him the consequences of attacking the Holy Empire.”
He walked away from the guard, disappearing into the distance. The guard was left behind in a daze that he didn’t even manage to react to for a long time.
For some reason, he didn’t doubt the Holy Emperor’s words, remembering the brutality with which he had killed the traitors of the Empire.
If the Holy Emperor was so brutal towards spies of the Northern Continent, then how brutal was he going to be towards an actual Necromancer.
….
Meanwhile in the Holy Church, Eren was standing in a puddle of blood. At his feet, a headless corpse was lying.
In his right hand was a Sword that was tainted with fresh blood. Meanwhile, his clothes remained completely untouched by blood.
Even if blood was to stain his clothes, he could easily clean it with his Dragon Tongue Magic.
He was holding the head of the corpse that was lying at his feet, appearing somewhat disappointed.
“With the crazed look in their eyes, I thought that would last a little longer. Did I overestimate the Domain of the Holy Church? Or is it because I have become stronger?”
Even normally, the domain of the Holy Church didn’t affect him as long as he used the sword Emperor’s Aura. But this time, he didn’t even have to use the Sword Emperor’s Aura which could give away his identity.
Even without using the sword Emperor’s Aura, he felt quite unaffected by the holy domain. Even if it wasn’t the domain of the Holy Priestess, it was still something that was cast by multiple bishops who combined their strength.
He tossed the head aside and stepped out of the puddle of blood. He used the Dragon Tongue, removing blood stains from his shoes.
Along the way, he clawed out the hearts of the Bishops and kept them in his inventory to devour the holy aura later. He could strengthen his holy aura even more with that method.
He had destroyed the portal formations, which granted quite some time to explore the Holy Church until it was time to end his play.
He had also left Yelen near the dungeon to inform him if the Holy Priestess was about to come out. Fortunately, there was no signs of that yet. As per the information of Yelen, the Holy Priestess was still on the third floor of the dungeon.
Eren checked other sections of the Holy Church, trying to find the treasury.
“Is this where the treasury is?” He soon reached the area of the Holy Church where he felt the strongest Holy Aura which he believed was coming from the treasures kept inside the room.
He placed his hand on the door and used his Dragon Tongue to unlock it. However, to his surprise, he quickly retracted his hand as he felt an electric current course through his body.
[Warning: A forbidden energy is detected. Please avoid this place for your safety]
A blood red screen appeared in front of him, giving him a warning in bold letters. This was the first time he had received a warning like this.
“I have become stronger, yet I am getting such a warning? Just what is kept on the other side?” Eren’s frown deepened.
For a moment, he thought about ignoring the warning and forcing his way through the door. However, his dragon instincts had also started warning him against it.
He was certain that there was the strongest holy aura on the other side of the door which didn’t belong to any living being. There was no essence of life within that aura. It could only be coming from a treasure.
“Just what could it be?” He reached out his hand. Unfortunately, once again he felt the terrifying pain as soon as his fingers touched the door.
He quickly retracted his hand again, feeling helpless. It was as if he had a delicacy in front of him, but he was told by the doctor that he had to avoid it at any cost.
Although it was frustrating, he could only accept the warning this time. He didn’t have time to carefully think about ways to open the door without harming himself. There were still a lot of things he had to handle.
He started checking the other sections of the Holy Church, soon reaching the basement where the prison was said to be.
He thought it might become more useful for the Holy Emperor’s dignity if he could deal with the Necromancer as well as the criminals that were kept in the Holy Church.
It was a perfect opportunity to show his strength and gain the trust of the citizens in the Royal Authority as well.
He opened the prison cells, expecting to find the fiercest of criminals like the actual spies of the Northern Continent. However, his eyes were left wide open when he actually stepped inside the prison cell.
“What are you doing here?” he subconsciously asked out loud, forgetting that he was supposed to be a Necromancer at the moment.
Fortunately, the people inside the cell were already unconscious, their bodies covered in wounds that were still fresh.
It was clear that it hadn’t been long since they were last tortured, probably mere hours before he attacked.
“To think that the Holy Church was actually keeping them imprisoned here. If their presence is revealed now, it could make things really complicated.”
Eren walked towards the prisoners who were none other than the Elders of the Great Demon Sect that were said to have died already.
The disciples of these elders who had tagged along for experience were also here. However, a few of them were missing a few limbs already.
“To think that the Blood Demoness would end up like this.” Eren stopped in front of Zhang Wei whose face had been scarred deeply. Even though it could be healed, it was still not something that could be ignored.
If Feng Yu heard what happened to them, he could only imagine how fast she was going to attack the Western Continent.
