Chapter 49: The Fifth Overlord

49 Chapter 49: The Fifth Overlord

He reached out his hand, trying to grab anything he could.

His hands soon clasped around a rock. With all his might, he swung the rock, hitting the woman's head with it.

With her physical strength, he knew that it wasn't enough to harm her. But it was certainly enough to momentarily bring her back to her senses.

The pain brought the woman to her senses. She saw herself lying atop the man, biting his lips.

Flustered and embarrassed, she quickly got off him.

"If you want to heal yourself, I can help you. But if you try to touch me one more time, I will kill you."

Eren patted his clothes as he stood up, his lips were still bleeding from the woman's bites.

"Help me... Please!" the woman said, her eyes almost pleading.

She didn't want to do it. But she knew that she couldn't maintain her sanity for longer. If anything, it was much better to die than to lose her senses.

She bit her own lips to use pain to maintain her sanity for longer, but the strange feeling in her heart only became stronger.

"You tried to kill me. And now you are asking for my help?" Eren asked. "Even if I helped you, it won't come for free."

"Give me the Inheritance you received, and I will grant you an antidote."

"You..."

The woman looked at Eren, not knowing how to react. He even knew that she had received the inheritance?

She wanted to protect that inheritance. That's what she risked so much for. That was the reason she had to fight the Poison Dragon and now the man wanted that?

"The choice is yours. Will you die at my hands after losing your mind, or will you give me something worth my time?"

Eren didn't appear in any hurry, but in reality, he was most concerned about time.

He tightly held onto the stone in his hand, ready to attack her again in case she lost her mind. He didn't know if that could stop her again, but in any case, he wanted to avoid using the Pendant.

Seconds felt like eternity when something so important was at stake. But thankfully, the woman didn't take long to decide.

It was a Bloodline that had threatened the Four Monarchs. So it wasn't wrong to call it an Overlord Rank Bloodline.

Eren was happy that he had received such a powerful Bloodline, but at the same time, he knew that he couldn't let anyone know about this.

The Bloodline was strong, but it was also hated. If someone found out about his Bloodline, he was going to become the second person to be chased by all four Overlords who were much stronger now than when they killed the Devourer.

There was also not much information about this Bloodline other than the fact that it could steal other bloodlines.

The description also mentioned that he could only steal them when certain conditions were met. But what conditions were they? He didn't know.

'It seems like I need to find more about the Devourer'

He stopped thinking about this Bloodline and turned to see how the woman was doing.

Her eyes were closed and her face was still flushed, but her breathing was getting better. The antidote was slowly working.

He sighed in relief. As long as she wasn't going to pounce on him, he could save a use of the Pendants.

He looked down in his pocket where Celeste was sitting, looking at him innocently.

"Kids shouldn't see such things. Forget what you saw, alright?"

He patted the head of Celeste, who smiled when her head was patted.

Three hours passed and the woman finally opened her eyes.

Her face had returned to normal, but she still looked embarrassed, remembering everything had done.

If Eren wasn't stronger than her, she would have killed him to keep this a secret.

She didn't know that the strength she had seen previously was only temporary.

"Feeling better?"

She saw Eren in the distance, sitting next to a fire.

"Are you cooking the Poison Dragon?" she asked.