Chapter 349: Chapter 349: Holy City of forgotten past

Within a few moments, the portal stabilized and stopped flickering. It was just as stable as the portals opened by Yelen, even though there was a different principle behind it.

The Holy Priestess stepped aside once she had stabilized the portal, clearing the path for Eren.

"As our guest, you have the honor of going first," she said.

'What kind of honor is this? Isn't it just that she's worried we might not enter after her?' Eren thought, though he didn't let it show on his face.

"How considerate of you," he said as he held the hands of Zia and Yu Lin, stepping towards the portal.

Gathering every bit of courage he had, he stepped inside the portal with the two girls, disappearing within.

It was only after he vanished into the portal that the Holy Priestess also entered, leaving everyone else behind.

The portal closed as soon as the Holy Priestess returned.

With everyone gone, the Archbishop finally sat on the ground, wiping sweat off his forehead. Throughout this time, his back had been drenched in cold sweat as he worried the Holy Priestess might kill him on her way out.

He had lost the opportunity to impress her, making one mistake after another.

Not only had he lost the False Priestess, but he also failed to secure his palace, allowing someone to free the prisoners while he remained completely ignorant.

Despite his failures, he felt quite lucky to have survived the ordeal. The longest night of his life was finally over, and he had managed to make it through.

He felt quite lucky that at least he was alive. The longest night of his life was finally over and he had managed to survive it.

In such a heavily protected city, three guests from the Eastern Continent had suddenly arrived, brought by the Holy Priestess herself.

In the heavily fortified Holy City, three guests from the Eastern Continent had suddenly arrived, brought by the Holy Priestess herself.

Within the Central Hall of the Holy Church, a young man stepped out of the spatial portal, holding the hands of two girls tightly.

As Eren entered the Holy City for the first time; in another place, a sword wrapped in holy shackles deep within the Royal Palace began to buzz fiercely.

All the shackles keeping the sword trapped shattered into thousands of pieces as the weapon reached an even more violent state.

If not for the barrier around the sword, it was unclear how many people in the Royal Palace would have died from the poison emitting from the Holy Sword.

Meanwhile, the Pendant of Poison around Eren's neck began to glow brightly. Fortunately, it was hidden behind Eren's clothes, so no one else could sense the pendant's radiance.

Even the Sword Emperor's Aura that Eren possessed started reacting strangely. Eren's mind was already clouded as his body was in disarray. It took even more effort to restrict the Sword Emperor's Aura.

He felt the urge to release the Sword Emperor's Aura to the fullest, but he knew that it might be perceived as a threat at that moment. Eren restricted his aura, even though it caused him more harm.

As for why this was happening, he attributed it to his apparent allergy to Spatial Travel. By now, he had come to blame everything on this supposed weakness.

"He is a Great Elder?"

"He doesn't look anything special."

"Did the standard of the Demon Sect fall? I thought they used to be comparable to us? Was I wrong?"

Many Cardinals voiced their sharp opinions, eyeing Eren, who appeared weak as if he could collapse at any moment.