Chapter 360: Chapter 360: Life on line

Even if someone wanted to blame the Holy Church for this, they couldn't. The Minister of War did not use the Holy Essence.

He also did not serve the Holy Church, but rather worked for the Holy Emperor. Everything was carefully arranged to implicate the Holy Emperor.

If there was another envoy, they may have fallen for this trap, potentially even executing the Holy Emperor.

Unlike Eren, the other Great Elders were more ruthless and uncaring. If someone attempted to kill them, they would not hesitate to eliminate that person and their entire family.

If there was truly an Envoy from the Great Demon Sect, they would not have cared that they were in the Western Empire or within the reach of the Western Overlord.

Eren was still slightly surprised that the Holy Church was using someone like the Minister of War who held such a high position. They were truly willing to sacrifice a lot to drag the Demon Sect into this mess, even using such a significant pawn.

"Die for our Emperor!" The Minister of War exclaimed. Turning around, he suddenly swung his sword at Eren.

The other assassins also jumped out of their hiding positions, attacking Yu Lin and Zia. Their attacks were quite crude, as if they weren't too capable.

Zia stepped in front of Yu Lin, her aura flaring. It was time for her to show her strength.

Until now, she had been stuck in a weird role where her responsibility had been moaning to distract people or being a babysitter to Yu Lin. After a long time, she could finally go out and kill people.

Even though she had a small stature and didn't look like it, she was quite strong.

"Hmm?" Zia was prepared to crack a few skulls, but before she could even make a move, she felt the temperature turn colder.

He could easily dodge the attack at any time but he was curious about something else, especially since he could feel the presence of another person approaching.

With his heightened senses, he could feel that the person wasn't alone. He was being followed by the armored warriors.

Eren wasn't sure if there were more people coming to attack him. If it was a trap by the Holy Church then it was unlikely as the trap was going to complete the moment the Minister of War was killed.

Even if Eren didn't kill him, he was certain that the Minister of War had prepared to kill himself through unknown means.

In that case, the person who was coming could only be the Holy Emperor. It was evident that the Emperor knew that the Monster of War was a traitor if he read the novel.

The only thing that he couldn't be certain of was the time of attack on Eren since his presence here had changed the entire plot. Normally, this was supposed to happen with the actual envoy which he was not.

He was only posing as the Envoy to use the Holy Empire while the real Envoy was probably on his way.

"Stop right there!" Soon, the Holy Emperor came into Eren's sight. He called out with all his might but he felt that he was too late.

From what he remembered, the attack on the envoy happened after the banquet. That's why he wasn't as alert. Moreover, the sword had disappeared which wasn't supposed to happen in the original novel.

Because of the disappearance of the Sword, his guards were stretched thin. This allowed the Minister of War an opportunity to attack Eren, replacing the original guards who had gone searching throughout the city.

Looking at the panicked expressions of the Holy Emperor, Eren became more certain that the Holy Emperor had nothing to do with it. It was just as he expected.

The Holy Emperor was running in his direction as if his life depended on stopping this.