He had already killed quite a few of his experts, if one of these guys hadn't died and he was forced to kill more, he would truly be undermining all he had done until now.
Not even for a moment did he stop to think that the one to make that noise was Eric, as it was impossible for him to have escaped that blast.
Even if he were protected by a team of high-level experts, he was still going to end up the same way without a difference.
As a matter of fact, if Eric managed to survive that blast it would make things just too good to be true as then the Emperor could release his anger and rage, torturing the bastard.
Not wasting time, the Emperor immediately threw a look to those around himself, especially the corpses he had just killed, only to find nothing.
There was no half-living expert among those corpses they had all fully died, and once that information had gone through his mind, he immediately returned his head towards Eric.