NOVEL WEB Chapter 571: Leaving a trace
"W-what are you talking about? When did I ever tell you to kill anyone?"
The Princess couldn't believe Eren. Not only had he killed the Hellhound Prince on his own, but he had also led the enemies straight to her. As if that wasn't enough, he even told them that she was the one who had instructed him to do it!
She wanted Eren to fight with his life on the line, revealing all secrets that he had. But he had brought the fight to her.
If everything had gone according to her plan, Eren would have had to beg for her help. But now, she was already involved in his mess, without any need for help.
With her involvement, the Hellhounds were not going to pay as much attention to Eren as before. She was a bigger threat than Eren after all.
"Just because you are the sister of a primordial, you think you can do anything? I will tie you and drag you back to the Family Head, letting him punish you! Only then, this rage inside me is going to calm down!"
The Vice Patriarch of the Hellhound Family shifted targets. He focused on the princess, and less on Eren who was just a pawn in this entire scheme of the dragons.
The Draconian Princess sighed, having no choice in the matter. If her life was in danger, her guards were going to get involved.
The conflict between Eren and the Hellhounds had swiftly shifted to become a conflict between the Dragons and the Hellhounds.
To prevent the Vice Patriarch from bringing this information to the Hellhounds, she had to kill them all here.
"Kill them all," she told her guards who immediately came into action.
Eren had become a spectator instead, watching the battlefield while taking a bite of the Prince's heart who had the purest Bloodline of the Hellhounds.
To make sure he wasn't dragged into this mess again, he had already shifted places. He left the Hellhound Prince's body next to the draconian princess, and moved to a distant building in the shadows from where he could have a better view of all the battles.
He cast an invisibility cloak on himself, making sure no one could disturb his feasting time.
Just as he expected, the Hellhound Patriarch was barely keeping up with the Necromancer Tower Master. Alone, he wasn't strong enough to hold the Tower Master back.
The Tower Master could have easily escaped if he wanted, but he intentionally stayed behind, not wanting to miss the opportunity to add a powerful slave like the Hellhound Patriarch to his collection.
His previous collection had mostly been destroyed by the Seventh Primordial, leaving him to start from scratch here. And what better opportunity than now?
It wasn't often he could get the Hellhound Patriarch away from the other powerful beings of the Hellhound Family.
He didn't know what made the Family Head send his strongest warriors away. Was there another enemy? In his mind, the Tower Master was thanking the other enemy of Hellhounds.
"At this rate, he will succeed in killing the Hellhound Leader." Eren took the last bite of the heart. "Should I let it happen? But if he becomes stronger, it will become more troublesome for me as well."
He used the Dragon Tongue to clean the blood from his hands, even as he felt the burning sensation inside his body.
He was gaining another powerful bloodline. His Frost Physique gave him affinity with the cold. Similarly, the Hellhound Bloodline was giving him an affinity with the flames of hell.
He was also able to change his aura into that of a Hellhound, almost making himself undistinguishable.
"Should I help him?" he wondered, raising his right hand. A black flame rose up over his hands.
"Nah. The Family Head probably knows all the Hellhounds already. "He might know that I'm not a friend. I don't want to be backstabbed while I'm helping him."
Eren quickly gave up the thought of directly involving himself in this battle. But it didn't mean he couldn't indirectly involve himself.
He opened his inventory, bringing out the gun he had received as a reward. Even if it wasn't strong enough to kill the powerful beings, it was still strong enough to mess with them.
More importantly, it worked with his mana. He needed to get some of his mana inside the body of the Tower Master, so he could track himself.
Eren raised the gun, and supplied his raw mana, which had grown even denser with his leveling spree. Stay updated with empire
He aimed at the heart of the Tower Master. Although he knew that he couldn't kill him with this, it was still going to be painful for the Tower Master.
"Let's treat this as a repayment for the last time you screwed me over." Eren aimed, his hands becoming extremely still.
The Tower Master distracted the Family Head with the Undeads and went for the lethal strike, flying through the dark flames that left his clothes burning.
At the same time, Eren fired the shot.
Before the Tower Master could reach the Hellhound Leader, a dense mana bullet flew through the dark flames, taking advantage of the fact that the Tower Master couldn't see through the flames properly.
Just as Eren expected, the Tower Master wasn't able to dodge in time, and the bullet penetrated his chest, going straight for his heart.
He jumped back, giving up on the attack. He was simply left shocked, watching the hole in his chest. Although the hole healed on its own, he was still shocked.
Just what kind of attack was this? He couldn't understand. He couldn't even see where it came from. It was clearly different from what the Hellhounds used.
After shooting the mana bullet, Eren hid behind a wall, hiding himself. Even if he had the invisibility thanks to Dragon Tongue, he didn't rely on it alone.
The Tower Master also didn't have much time to be distracted as the Hellhound appeared in front of him, clawing through his chest, leaving deep wounds