528 Chapter 528: Truly gone
Eren knew he couldn't involve Feng Yu in this mess. That's why he was in a hurry, ever since the barrier over the Holy City had disappeared.
It was only a matter of time before the other Overlords became involved. Before that happened, he wanted to take care of this matter.
The Holy Priestess was dead and his clone couldn't fight. The forces of the Western Continent were the weakest they had ever been, so there was no point in fighting a large-scale war.
That was especially the case since he wasn't going to gain anything from it.
Still, he declared war for a simple reason. The entire war was nothing but a distraction. It was a false smoke screen for the other Continents keeping an eye on the Western Continent.
The only person that caused him concern was the Dragon Queen, who hadn't woken up yet. He had left a few blood guards behind to guard her room, while leaving a letter for her before leaving.
He also left a few spirits behind, who could keep an eye on her to update him on the situation.
Eren thought that he had considered every variable in the situation. He didn't realise that he had almost completely forgotten about someone else who was waiting for him.
The Main Character of the Western Continent was still waiting in the middle of a desert with Aster.
It had been a long time since Aster was delivered a message that Eren was going to meet him soon. However, weeks had passed since then, but no one came to meet them.
For the first time, he had started to wonder if Eren was actually dead. Since he had stayed in the desert, waiting for Eren, he was also unaware about the drastic changes that had taken place across the Western Continent.
"Are we going to grow old, waiting here?" The girl couldn't wait anymore, growing impatient. She stood up and started walking towards the Holy City.
Even though these people had saved her, she couldn't waste too much time. She was already very considerate by waiting for weeks.
Before her eyes, Aster stepped inside the portal. Frowning, the girl also entered.
Both of them stepped out of another portal, which had opened inside the city.
After entering the city, the two of them started investigating the reason behind the disappearance of the barrier.
They thought that they would have to be stealthy, since the Holy City was said to be heavily guarded. Once again, to their surprise, that didn't seem to be the case.
They could barely see any guards or Priests. Even the Holy Church appeared to have been abandoned.
Only ordinary people were left behind. They didn't even have to ask any questions. The people all over the city were talking about the recent incidents.
"Do you believe it?" Aster called the girl, finding it hard to believe that the Holy Priestess had given up her position of the Western Overlord.
He had also learned that Eren wasn't captured. Instead, he was treated as a guest in the Royal Palace.
Eren staying in the Royal Palace and the ascent of the Holy Emperor as the next Overlord, made Aster feel as if it had something to do with Eren.
He didn't know why, but he had a strong feeling that there was a hand behind the dark curtains that was manipulating everything in the Western Continent, and it belonged to Eren.
The girl didn't answer Aster. She simply closed her eyes, growing absolutely silent. After a long time, she opened her eyes that had turned pale silver.
"She is gone... She is truly gone..." The girl said in disbelief.
She started running towards the Holy Church. Although there were a few random guards left behind in the city, they weren't near the Holy Church.
There was no one to stop the girl from opening the doors of the Holy Church. The girl ran inside, and went straight in the direction of the Holy Priestess' Sanctum, as if she had been there before.