My Beautiful Disciples, I'm really not the Main Character!
Chapter 518: Technically, I did

518  Chapter 518: Technically, I did

Even though the Holy Priestess was sleeping peacefully, Eren could see that her condition was as bad as it could be.

The Divine Descent had already taken a heavy toll on her life force.

Normally, the goddess' blessings might have allowed her to live slightly longer, but without the goddess' presence, she was unlikely to survive beyond forty-eight hours.

"I don't know if I should feel happy about it, or frustrated."

On one side, Eren was happy that a big threat was gone. If it wasn't the goddess, it would've been him dying today. Even if he might have revived, he would have still lost that one extra life.

On the other side, he had lost a good distraction for the Necromancer Tower Master.

This incident had made him realize that the four Overlords were more than what met the eyes. If even the Priestess had so many dangerous secrets, what about the other three Overlords?

Shaking his head in disappointment, he picked up the Holy Priestess on his shoulders.

Within the last few days, it was the second time he was bringing an unconscious girl home. However, the circumstances were all different

Even if the Holy Priestess only had two days left, she was still beneficial to him. There were a few things that only she knew about. Now that she was weak, she didn't have much leverage either.

More importantly, he still wanted to know the method to complete an Overlord killing weapon.

The weapon was something that could kill an overlord, but Eren was sure that it was more than that. Otherwise, the author wouldn't have reacted so strongly when he was first asked about that weapon.

If it was just a weapon that was being made by the Holy Priestess, he wouldn't have given such importance to it. However, with the involvement of a goddess, its existence had become much more unique.

The door of the sanctum opened. The Cardinals stepped back, expecting the Holy Priestess to be coming out to answer them.

However, when the light shone on the person inside the sanctum, they saw a man. It was the Holy Emperor who was carrying the Holy Priestess on his shoulders.

The Holy Emperor should have been killed by the Priestess already. So how was he alive? And why was the Priestess on his shoulders? Was he responsible for the things that had happened to them?

"What did you do to her?" A Cardinal asked, watching the pale face of the unconscious Priestess.

"She is still alive." Eren answered, walking past the Cardinals that have lost their strength.

The Cardinals were stunned, not even reacting in time. They allowed Eren to walk past them before they came to their senses.

"If everyone lost the holy essence, doesn't that mean he is the same? Do we even have to be scared of a single man? Are we going to allow him to take the Priestess?"

They didn't have their holy essence, the Emperor was the same. Since everyone had lost their strength, they were all the same. They could easily take down the Emperor.

Multiple Cardinals attacked Eren, drawing their swords. While attacking, they were careful to avoid the Priestess on Eren's shoulder.

Eren didn't even look back. He simply waved his hand, a barrage of holy essence rushing out of his body.

"H-how..." All the Cardinals that had rushed towards Eren felt a thin line of red appear around their neck, following the wave of holy essence that rushed past them.

They couldn't understand how the Holy Emperor was still able to use the holy essence when the others shouldn't. Unfortunately, they weren't left alive to ask those questions anymore.

Eren simply walked out of the hallway, leaving the Cardinals bleeding on the ground.

"They were truly fools. The Holy Emperor's essence comes from the destiny of the Empire. It isn't received through the blessing of the goddess. What does her disappearance have to do with my holy essence?"

Before leaving the Holy Church, Eren cast the spell of invisibility on him. Now that the blessing was gone from this continent, there was not a single person here who could see through his invisibility.

He walked past the civilians that had gathered in front of the Holy Church, waiting for the Emperor to leave. However, they were in for a long wait as the Holy Emperor had already left.

Eren entered the Palace, avoiding the gazes of Xiu Ying and the others. He selected an entirely different floor from where the others and the Dragon Queen were.

Once again, he called his clone to meet him, telling him to be sure to avoid anyone following him.

The clone checked all around him. Only after making sure that no one was following him, he knocked on the door.

Eren also confirmed that there was no one to make a hassle about it. With a wave of his hand, he opened the door for his clone.

The Clone entered the room and the door closed behind him.

Before the clone could even see Eren, his gaze fell on the woman lying on the bed.

"Another one...?" He asked, his gaze weirdly looking at Eren. "Do you have some obsession with unconscious women?"

Eren appeared behind the clone, lightly slapping the back of his hand. "It seems that you have learned to criticize me as well. I miss the good old days when my skill was weak and you didn't have intelligence."

"You don't have to lie. You like the fact that I have some semblance of intelligence. Otherwise, it would be an even bigger hassle to handle the complicated matters of the Empire."

The clone rolled his eyes and walked closer to the Holy Priestess.

"Did you beat her up?" he asked, checking the condition of the Holy Priestess who looked like she was barely alive.

Even though she looked just as young as ever, there was barely any life left in her.

"Well, technically I did...," Eren innocently answered.