I Ascend to the Divine Throne through Arcane Means

[World's Sorrow]!

Lis watched the various phenomena appearing above Ice Peak City, feeling a dense sorrow coming from an unknown place, and these words flashed through his mind.

This was not a good sign!

Such a scene only appeared when a legend fell!

Every legendary strongman was a treasure of the Gaia World.

Unlike the deities who were restricted by the Gaia World, legendary strongmen almost bore no suppression or constraints from the world, and could exert their strength to the fullest.

Each legend was a unique existence, and there was a difference of life level between them and gold-level professionals.

Thus, the phenomena arising from their fall were extremely astonishing, known as [World's Sorrow].

It implied that the Gaia World mourned their passing.

And at this moment, the [World's Sorrow] occurring in Ice Peak City could only mean one of two things: either another legendary strongman had come here and coincidentally died at this place,

or it pointed to one person.

The only legend of the Dillon Kingdom, the Legendary Berserker, [Northern Fury] Hiti Whitman!

Has His Highness fallen?

This was an astonishing event!

That was an existence on the same level as Uncle Joyce and Teacher Sphinx!

Lis suddenly felt like he couldn't understand Ice Peak City anymore, as if there was a terrifying abyss lying in wait, its giant maw hidden in the shadows, ready to ensnare its prey.

With a pinch of his fingers, Lis forced himself to calm his thoughts.

In the [Demon's Gate] incident of his past life, [Northern Fury] had not fallen, and even appeared later in subsequent versions of events before gradually fading into obscurity.

In other words, if things had progressed normally according to his past life, there should be no cases of a legend falling.

What was happening now?

Feeling the raindrops falling on him and quickly turning to ice, Lis furrowed his brows tightly.

Although he didn't want to admit it, it seemed the only change might have been his own appearance.

Or rather, the appearance of Moriarty from the Death Secret Cult.

Dammit, wasn't the hurricane stirred up by those butterfly wings a bit too large?

Cursing under his breath, Lis began pondering what unexpected event might lead to the fall of a legend.

The destruction of West Castle?

That shouldn't be it. It might be heavy for Abbas, but for a legend, it was a trivial matter.

The explosion at the Galsa Warehouse?

That didn't seem to be it either, as there'd been no movement from [Northern Fury] afterward.

The attack on the Ice Castle Palace?

On that night, [Northern Fury] had taken action and appeared to be in a normal state, and did not directly act against "Moriarty".

The assault of Duke Ward?

Hmm!?

Lis suddenly realized a fact, among the several incidents related to Moriarty, the largest impact came from this last one.

With Moriarty's help, Duke Ward successfully mobilized the most elite Snow Bear Legion and Snow Eagle Army to Ice Peak City.

This amounted to an immediate change in the battle situation, and could even have directly affected the outcome.

In other words, although the first three incidents seemed severe, they still hadn't changed the situation where King Lukar's strength held the absolute advantage in Ice Peak City.

But the last change turned the situation around, steering the future into uncertainty.

If the hidden hand behind all this aimed to ensure King Lukar's final victory, upon witnessing the reversal of the situation, it was indeed possible that they would intervene to change things.

Lis rubbed his temples, perplexed.

But that wasn't right either. If it was solely for Lukar's victory to gain full control of Dillon Kingdom's forces, any existence with enough power to cause a legend to fall would have many ways to change the progression of the situation, wouldn't they?

Lis didn't doubt for a second that they could accomplish all this.

It was a joke, with such strength at least on the level of a legend, they could just step forward and without lifting a finger, Duke Ward might even surrender on the spot, and [Northern Fury] wouldn't oppose a legend-endorsed King.

This should have been the normal line of thinking, but the actual situation was the complete opposite.

So...

Did the hidden hand think that it was more profitable to kill [Northern Fury] rather than to reveal themselves?

Lis's brain began to ache, this being the first time in this life that he had experienced the fall of a legend from such a close distance.

There's something wrong with the identity of this hidden hand!

That was the first thing Lis realized, or to put it another way, the identity of this hidden hand should be key to their killing [Northern Fury].

Reflecting on his past life, the one who could cause [Northern Fury] to fall, silently stayed in Ice Peak City, guiding it all to happen while avoiding any detection.

Perhaps it was his own repeated interferences that led to a different choice from the past life. Find more chapters on empire

Let's see who this hidden hand really is!

Lis felt he already had a guess, but he couldn't be sure just yet.

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Outside [Demon's Gate],

Although there was some surprise at the falling rain, no one paid it much mind.

Unlike Lis, who had memories from a past life, [World's Sorrow] and the fall of a legend were too distant for them.

To normal people, and even transcendent professionals, legendary strongmen were synonymous with mysterious and formidable.

They seldom appeared before ordinary people, and most legends fell because they exhausted their lifespans, failed to breakthrough, or perished exploring a Different Plane, with few records of them falling in front of ordinary people.