Chapter 533: Chapter 533: True fear
"It is good to be loyal," Eren said, placing his hand over the Necromancer's head. "Unfortunately, you chose the wrong person to be loyal towards."
The Necromancer looked at Eren with defiance. "You think you are scary? In that case, you don't know what true fear is."
"Don't I?" Eren responded. "Let's find out what this true fear you speak of is."
He didn't need the man to answer; he was simply hoping to make things easier for himself. However, he could make it happen without the man's cooperation.
Unlike the Holy Priestess, the Necromancer's soul wasn't weak or fragmented. He wasn't going to die from the soul search. At worst, he would go crazy as his soul fell apart.
Eren started a soul search on the Necromancer, invading his mind and consciousness to see just what the Necromancer was hiding.
Although Eren only wanted the method to activate the portal formation, it didn't mean he wasn't craving more information about the Necromancer Tower's recent actions, especially since they received the information about the war.
Most of the memories that the Necromancer had, were insignificant for Eren. However, it did make him understand the essence of Necromancy.
He had already learned some of it from the Left Guardian. However, the information he received from a shadow council member felt more compatible for him, albeit just as ruthless.
He was surprised that the person hadn't used that Necromancy when fighting him. He soon realized why that was the case.
After he offended the Left Guardian, she had destroyed all his creations before sealing him with the other Council Members.
He was only released from the seal to protect the Northern Continent from the Western Forces, in the absence of the Tower Master and other significant powerful beings of the Tower.
He didn't have time to create more Undeads. He was planning to create Undeads by destroying the entire Triad Clan and the enemies from the West.
It was only because he was distracted by Eren, that he didn't have time to create the Undeads. He didn't put any urgency on it, because he didn't know that Eren was going to be so strong.
Even though the Triad Family had escaped the onslaught of the Shadow Council that wanted to use them, they still became a collateral damage of the battle.
Through the man's memories, Eren also learned that he was correct. The Tower Master had actually entered Hell, which was completely opened. That was why he wasn't here yet.
Eren felt somewhat relieved that the Tower Master wasn't here. At the same time, he felt a little restless, because the Tower Master was probably getting closer to his brother with each passing second.
Through the memories of the Necromancer, Eren also learned about the method to activate the Portal Formation that connected to the Necromancer Tower.
It needed a very specific essence signature that was only possessed by the Tower members. Still, thanks to the Necromancer, Eren managed to learn about it.
He temporarily took control over the man's body, who had stopped screaming in pain, after his eyes lost their shine, his soul completely fractured.
He was on the verge of death, which was also the perfect opportunity to control him.
Eren made the Necromancer walk over to the portal formation and drop his blood on it, along with releasing whatever essence he could control with a broken soul.
Fortunately, it was enough to activate the portal formation and establish a connection to the Necromancer Tower.
Tears of blood came out of the Necromancer's eyes, his body also falling apart with his soul.
Before Eren stopped controlling him, he stabbed a claw in the heart of the Necromancer, clawing out his heart.
Eren kept the heart in his inventory, along with keeping the body separately. He didn't react to the gazes of the girls that were following him.
He entered the portal formation, accompanied by the girls that were brought by him for a very specific purpose.
His biggest reason was that he was worried that Feng Yu might try to contact them to learn about the things that were happening. If he brought them with him, he could make sure that it didn't happen.
As for the second reason, it was just as important. It was because he needed someone to take control of the Necromancer Tower, which was left defenseless in the absence of the Tower Master.
While he was inside Hell, he needed someone back here. In case he was lost, he could take their help to guide himself back through the Spirits.
He could leave spirits in the Necromancer Tower, but he was worried that they might be killed before he could even take their help.
The Necromancer Tower was the worst place for a spirit as the Necromancers had a high advantage against the spirits as they ruled the realm of the dead.
Xiu Ying and the others were also to protect the spirits that he was going to leave behind.
Eren entered the Necromancer Tower, returning to the place for the second time. Although he knew that he was going to return, he didn't know that it was going to be like this.
He was going to take a trip inside Hell, while the world had been shoved in the embrace of a grand war, all as an object of distraction.
"So this is the Necromancer Tower. It looks exactly like I thought it would..." Zia commented, looking at the grim surroundings of the Necromancer Tower.
She had never thought that she would step inside this godforsaken place that was ruled by another Overlord.
There was only one person from the Eastern Continent who had ever stepped inside this place after all. And that person was Feng Yu, another Overlord.
"Aren't you glad that the Demon Sect isn't like this place?" Eren asked Zia light-heartedly, stepping out of the room.
The Demon Sect was like an open world. People could have their own mountains that had their own characteristics.