Chapter 336: Chapter 336: Returning the favor

"If they fought in another continent, the Sea Dragon Empress would still have a little chance. Unfortunately, the outcome of the battle appears to have been decided already."

While the Holy Priestess suppressed the Sea Dragon Empress, the other high ranking priests contained the destructive aura of their battles, protecting the citizens and the infrastructure of the city.

Even the Archbishop couldn't avoid working. He was destroying the rubble that flew out of the contained parameters before it could hurt anyone.

Throughout the time, sounds of explosions resounded in the city which kept all the citizens awake and worried.

It took twenty minutes before the commotion calmed down. And those twenty minutes were like hell filled with uncertainty for the citizens of the city.

Within twenty minutes, the Holy Priestess took the Sea Dragon's Empress down while making sure to not kill her.

It went as per Eren's expectations. Before he told the Holy Priestess about the whereabouts of the Sea Dragon Empress, he was already certain that the Priestess was not going to kill the Sea Dragon Empress.

The Sea Dragon Empress was more useful as a hostage than she was dead. If she was killed, there was no saying how the Dragon Empire was going to react. With so much uncertainty around, she didn't want to create another variable.

On the other hand, as long as she had the Sea Dragon Empress in her grasp, she could control the Dragon Empire with her life. To save their Queen, the Dragons were going to do anything. That was the extent of loyalties that the Dragons had towards their Queen.

In the Dragon Empire, there was no sibling rivalry to take the throne. Even though the Sea Dragon Empress had another sibling in the Dragon Empire, it was evident that the throne of the Empress was going to belong to the current ruler until she was killed.

Holy shackles appeared around the neck, ankles and wrists of the Sea Dragon Empress which carried hundreds of kilograms of weight, keeping the powerful physique strength of the Sea Dragon Empress under strain.

Even though he could jump out of the crater as well, he intentionally reached out to her to take help. He didn't forget to surround his body with the Sword Emperor's Aura to keep himself free from her restriction.

The Holy Priestess looked at his hand, her eyes narrowing. There was still the feeling of disgust in her heart. However, she knew she couldn't make it obvious.

It was as if she had died multiple times inside from disgust as she finally reached out her hand to grab Eren's hand, her lips trembling subconsciously.

She pulled Eren's hand who didn't hold back, taking an extra step to get closer to her, enjoying watching her be disgusted while being unable to show it.

He was also careful about not pushing her too far as he didn't want to be attacked in case she failed to control himself.

"We shall return to the Palace. You can spend the night here and tomorrow, you will return with me to the Holy City."

"I kindly accept your hospitality." Eren nodded in response while raising the woman's hand, kissing the back of her hand, making her face go pale.

She quickly pulled her hand back. It was only after Eren turned around to leave that she rubbed the back of her hand repeatedly to clean any remnant of that disgusting aura.

'Disgusting! So disgusting! How dare he touch me again? How dare he touch me with the disgusting aura of that man!' In her mind, she kept repeating the same thing as her lips trembled.

Eren observed her reaction with his seventh sense but he didn't make it evident that he could see her. He simply left her alone, disappearing into the distance.

He soon left the city with no one to stop him from leaving. He was a precious guest of the Holy Empire after all.