Me thinks that the emperor is the head of the (Cult) Church of Eva and he didn't really die from the grandmaster mage or Mars rally against him, but then instead do the soul switcheroo with the reigning monarch/heir of that time. And just repeat the cycle of taking his son's or daughter's bodies to switch with them and continue his reign and his cult.
There's a lot of stuff that had been hinting on this from this chapter too, and we know that when a soul is forcibly taken out of their body, their soul's will be chained to it so that might be the army of souls behind him. And why they remain to follow him after switching to another body? Well, I for sure would harbor resentment on the fucker who took over my body like putting on new clothes so hell yeah I'll be haunting that bitch forever.
Me thinks that the emperor is the head of the (Cult) Church of Eva and he didn't really die from the grandmaster mage or Mars rally against him, but then instead do the soul switcheroo with the reigning monarch/heir of that time. And just repeat the cycle of taking his son's or daughter's bodies to switch with them and continue his reign and his cult.
There's a lot of stuff that had been hinting on this from this chapter too, and we know that when a soul is forcibly taken out of their body, their soul's will be chained to it so that might be the army of souls behind him. And why they remain to follow him after switching to another body? Well, I for sure would harbor resentment on the fucker who took over my body like putting on new clothes so hell yeah I'll be haunting that bitch forever.