523 Chapter 523: A Request
The Holy Priestess weakly grabbed Eren's hand, attempting to guide the dagger towards her chest. However, her weak strength was no match for his firm grip.
Eren could only frown in response, his expression unmoving. "Do you truly believe you qualify as an innocent soul?"
If the dagger required the blood of the pure to be completed, the Holy Priestess could never meet that criteria in his eyes.
No matter how she rationalized her actions, she was far from innocent. Even he couldn't fulfil that criteria, having lost the innocence of his soul the moment he first spilled blood in this world.
To find so many innocent souls, it was easier said than done. Across the entire continent, he wasn't even sure if there were a hundred million people who could be counted as innocent souls.
Even if he could find so many people, it was too abhorrent even for him. Just to complete the dagger, he didn't believe it was a justified action, at least not at this cost.
He pulled his hand back, freeing it from the woman's grip. Although he was disappointed that he couldn't complete the dagger, he still didn't kill the Priestess who was dying on her own.
Moreover, she was still more useful alive, at least during the next few days.
The Holy Priestess needed to make an appearance in front of the people, at least one last time to pass on the complete authority to the Holy Emperor.
He could also have his clone disguised as the Holy Priestess, but he had a feeling that his clone was going to have a few sharp words to say when asked to disguise as a woman.
"Is there no other method to complete it?" he asked the Holy Priestess who was surprised that Eren didn't outright leave to kill the people so he could complete the dagger.
"That was the only method I was told," the Holy Priestess answered, feeling herself withering away slowly. Even her mind couldn't properly focus anymore.
"It's the method you were told? Was it the goddess that told you about this weapon and the method of creation?"
Eren asked the question, but the Holy Priestess didn't answer. She simply looked at him, her eyes blankly staring into the space between them.
He still didn't know what had happened to the goddess or if she could find a way back to this world after the connection point of the statue was broken.
If she did find her way back to this world, could she possess a corpse and come for him? Even if it was an unlikely possibility, he was extremely cautious.
The only safe place for the corpse of an Overlord was his inventory, a world that was detached from anything else.
Even the goddess couldn't access his inventory. If she could, she would have already sensed the presence of the dagger in there.
"The Western Continent has lost its Overlord. I have a feeling that the continent would be looking quite delicious to the other continental forces when they find out about it."
"I wanted to draw the Northern Continent to war so I could cause mutual losses. But at this rate, the other Continents might attack to take a piece of this pie first."
"The empty place needs to be filled fast..."
Sighing, he stepped out of the room, and went straight to meet his clone.
....
"Absolutely not!'
The clone outright rejected as soon as he saw Eren.
"But I haven't even asked anything yet." Eren innocently replied.
"Yeah, but you have that look in your eyes. Every time you have a weird request for me, you have that same look!" The Clone replied, as if he had been wronged.
Unfortunately, his resistance fell on deaf ears.
The next morning, the Holy Priestess stepped on the balcony of the Royal Palace, revealing her presence to everyone.