Chapter 582: Trap or Acceptance
"Where is he?"
Even with reality screaming at him, he refused to believe it. No, he couldn't believe it! Zephyr couldn't have died in those flames! Even weakened, he could have protected himself!
"He is dead," Eren answered, his words falling like thunder, making the Tower Master shiver.
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"No, it can't be. He can't be dead. It's impossible!" He still refused to accept it. He had sacrificed so much to bring Zephyr back. How could he die here? Didn't that mean everything he had done meant nothing?
More than Zephyr himself, he worried about his own future. With Zephyr's help, he could have ascended to heaven. But if Zephyr was dead, his destiny had also become darkened.
"What have you done?" He grabbed his head, mumbling in disbelief. He kept repeating the same sentence, as if he had gone completely crazy.
Eren didn't mind the Tower Master going crazy. It gave him an opportunity to take another enemy out, especially when he was distracted. He needed the fresh blood of the Tower Master to unlock his third seal after all
Unfortunately, before he could react, the Tower Master roared, "What have you done? How could you snatch this opportunity from me, a second time?!"
The Tower Master had truly gone crazy. He stopped hiding his aura, letting it go wild. He didn't care if it caught the attention of the Primordials. He had already lost everything.
He was like a man that didn't have anything to live for. Or rather, he was scared of life. He knew what was waiting for him, now that Zephyr had died. He was already as good as dead.
If he was dead in any case, then he was going to drag Eren to the afterlife as well. Even if he couldn't kill Eren, the Primordials were going to arrive after feeling his aura. Eren couldn't escape either.
The Tower Master raised his hand, not holding back anymore. Multiple portals opened around him, and chains of death flew from those portals, rushing towards Eren like poisonous snakes.
Although Eren was taken aback by the sudden attack, he quickly reached and summoned the Holy Sword again.
The first time he faced the Tower Master in the outside world, he couldn't even resist. Just the overwhelming aura of that person was enough to make him freeze in place. This time, things were different.
"This time, things are going to be different," Eren said, as he slashed with his sword.
He had already gained Holy Essence after devouring the holy emperor, but his holy essence had only grown stronger after he had taken the Holy Church down.
He was the god for the people of the Holy Empire, and their faith allowed him to have an almost never ending supply of holy essence. Even his mana reserves weren't comparable.
As his sword came crashing down, a blinding wave of golden energy erupted, severing the chains of death as if they were mere threads. The Tower Master's eyes widened in disbelief.
Even the Holy Priestess couldn't have sliced through her chains with such ease, as long as she wasn't in the Holy Empire. How could Eren have such a dense holy essence? He was taken aback.
Eren didn't stop there. He charged forward, his movements a blur, the Holy Sword leaving trails of golden light in its wake.
The Tower Master, caught off guard by Eren's counter, scrambled to defend himself, summoning more chains and opening further portals to unleash a barrage of dark energy attacks.
But Eren was unstoppable. He treaded through the onslaught, his sword deflecting every attack. He wasn't the same as before. He didn't have to run away from the Tower Master with the help of the author.
The Tower Master had already made a big mistake by giving him an opportunity. If he had attacked him right when he was discovered, it would have been a harder battle.
This was also one of the reasons that Eren went straight for Zephyr, who was like a boss in itself. Even if he was weakened, he was the main character that was worth a lot of experience points.
For Eren, it was akin to free experience farming. Gaining that same experience would have been much harder if Zephyr had recovered. Fortunately, that didn't happen.
Ever since he killed Zephyr, he had also gained experience points. He had levelled up. His stats had also increased.
He hadn't even devoured the heart of Zephyr, who was the second main character, and he was already better than he used to be in the past.
The Tower Master didn't expect it to be such a one sided fight. He tried his best, but he couldn't even hurt Eren.
Instead, he was struggling to protect himself from Eren. Just how did this boy become so strong in such a short time? Did he really have no way to kill Eren?
The Tower Master clenched his teeth, and realized that something was different about Eren. He understood that he had long missed the opportunity to kill Eren. Now this person had become a monster, that was even harder to kill in the past.
"Even if I die here, you will still not survive! You will suffer for what you have done!" The Tower Master exclaimed, as he watched Eren rush forth.
Since there was no way to kill Eren with attacks, he chose a different way. He started gathering essence within his body to a dangerous extent, while avoiding Eren's attacks.
It was only when the energy within his body had reached the limit of instability, he stopped dodging Eren's attack. Instead, he welcomed Eren with his arms spread out.
Looking at his gesture, Eren was somewhat confused. Was this a trap? Or did he finally accept his death? Even if it was a trap, he had to take a chance. It was a perfect opportunity to kill the Tower Master.
Eren appeared right before the Tower Master and thrust his holy sword forth. His sword stabbed through the Tower Master's chest, who only smiled in response.
"You are dead," the Tower Master said as he blew up, the explosion being so powerful that it covered a thousand like radius, destroying everything.