My Beautiful Disciples, I'm really not the Main Character!

Chapter 329: Chapter 329: I worry more about them

The girl's aura was oppressive, and the priests could feel the aura around her growing more powerful with each of her steps.

"Who is she?" one of the priests whispered, voice trembling.

They didn't know the exact identity of the woman, only realizing that she was someone powerful from the Eastern Continent.

"Does it matter?" another snapped, though his voice betrayed his fear. "We must subdue her now!"

Another priest nodded, clenching his fist tightly, "All our actions represent the Goddess now. We can't run away disgracefully!"

They began chanting in unison, invoking the divine powers bestowed upon them by the Holy Empire.

Golden light enveloped them as many holy sigils appeared in the air.

The ship's deck cracked under the weight of the Priests whose bodies grew heavier as if they were carrying a heavy burden with gravity becoming stronger around them.

Soon, the beams of holy light shot toward the girl. But she merely frowned.

With a flick of her wrist, the shield around her expanded and intensified, absorbing the incoming attacks like water into a sponge. The sigils shattered into fragments of light before dissipating entirely.

"You think your divine powers can touch me?" she mocked, her voice dripping with disdain. "Pathetic."

With another casual gesture, she sent a wave of dark energy rippling outwards. The priests were thrown back, their holy barriers crumbling like paper before a storm.

One by one, they fell, their cries of pain cut short by the oppressive force of her power.

The person who looked like a thirteen or fourteen year old child had powers that had taken out all the Priests in their own domain.

However, none of them were actually killed as the woman appeared merciful, not wanting to break the last thread of link between the two continents.

Normally, it would have been even better for her to tell them her identity instead of fighting her. If she had told them that she was Great Elder Zia from the Eastern Continent, none of this would have happened.

If anything, they would have treated her like a guest, inviting her to meet the Duke. The Western Continent didn't want to make an enemy out of the Eastern Continent as they still had a use for them.

Unfortunately for them, Zia wasn't in the mood to be accomodating. Even when she was in the Great Demon Sect, she wasn't merciful to people who were disrespectful.

That's also why she had beaten up the Frost Demon who was disrespectful to the guard of the Alchemy Hall.

Even Eren had ended up in a complicated situation after offending the girl, being banished from the Alchemy Hall forever.

Even after Zia accepted Eren as someone more knowledgeable as her, controlling her wild tendencies, she still hadn't completely forgotten her past.

It didn't matter where she was. How could she allow herself to be disrespected? In that manner, all representatives of the Great Demon Sect were the same.

They weren't called unreasonable demons for no reason after all. If the Heroes were known as arrogant, then the Cultivators from the Eastern Continent were known as cold and ruthless.

From Zia's side, she was definitely being merciful towards the Priests by holding back her anger.

....

[A short time ago]

"Who are you?"

In another part of the Duke's city, Aster appeared in front of Eren, bringing the girl with him who couldn't help but question his identity.

Although the masked man had helped her, it didn't change anything. There was no free lunch in this world. If they saved her so they could use her, were they any different from the Holy Church?

"We are your knights in shining armor," Eren jokingly said, not seriously answering her.

The only reason he even saved her was because she was considered the Main Character of this continent. However, it was clear that she hadn't grown up completely.

For now, there was no need to trouble her too much. However, he also couldn't let her be caught by the Holy Priestess who appeared to be hunting this girl.

He wasn't sure if it was simply because of this girl's past or the Holy Priestess knew about this girl being the Main Character. In any case, he was also an important piece of the puzzle of this world.

"The Priests are going towards the Ship. Shouldn't we stop them? Your two friends are still on the ship?" Aster quickly changed the topic, realizing that Eren was not comfortable exposing his identity to the woman yet.

He could clearly lie as well but it seemed that he didn't want to lie either. Was it because he wanted to be honest with her? No.

Knowing Eren's personality, he knew that it wasn't the case. This man had lied so many times, why would he hesitate in lying now. It wasn't as if he was some hero who was always honest.

With Eren's personality, he realized that the man had another reason. There was only one that he could think of.

'The girl has an ability that helps her detect lies? If he lied to her, it'll only make her more suspicious. But if he told her the truth and she was caught in the future, he was going to be exposed to more troubles. That is the only thing that can explain it.'

He thought about Eren's reasons and it all started making sense. However, there was one thing that was still not making sense. How did Eren know about the abilities of this girl?

In the end, he stopped thinking about it, giving credit to the myriad of abilities that Eren had stolen. It was possible that one of them was this.

To save Eren from answering, he could only change the topic to Zia and Yu Lin who were back in the ship.

"If the Priests are going to the ship then I worry more about them than about the little girl," Eren scratched the back of his head, knowing Zia's strength and personality all too well.