I Ascend to the Divine Throne through Arcane Means

The next day, Ice Castle Palace.

Leaning on his cane, Lis slowly walked toward the room, occasionally noticing people whispering on either side, discussing the incidents from the previous night.

Although His Majesty the King had not issued any formal orders yet, Lis had already distinctly felt the tension beginning to mount throughout Ice Peak City, especially with the fully armed patrol troops occasionally passing through the streets, adding a somber atmosphere.

This was the effect Lis wanted!

As an outsider, neither party knew of Lis's existence, and by striking first and muddying the waters of Ice Peak City, the entire situation would turn chaotic, more suitable for Lis to fish in troubled waters.

This was also why Lis had given the "Intermediate High Energy Bomb" to a player to complete the task; there were many bombs received from the teacher, some even more powerful, but the most eye-catching was this large "Firework."

By choosing this, Lis intended to escalate the situation, such an evident "Firework" made it impossible to cover up the incident, and eventually, it would bring the conflict between the Kingdom and Duke Ward to the surface.

However, last night's events had not concluded yet!

Lis hadn't expected the Holy Mother, a group of players, to work so efficiently; he had just assigned the task to them, and they had completed it by the evening.

As the Finance Officer, Kenne Simon had just inspected the Galsa Warehouse during the day, and it exploded that night.

If Lis did not react, it would instead arouse suspicion.

Now was the time to clear himself of suspicion and pin the blame for the explosion on Duke Ward.

Knock, Knock~

"Enter~"

A man dressed in black, Secretary Hans Cook, gently pushed open the door and walked in, bowing to Lis.

"Lord Simon, I'm here."

Turning around from the window, Lis looked seriously at Hans; he had instructed the servant to summon Hans to his office upon his arrival.

"Do you know about last night's incident?"

Hans nodded, his face looking a bit unsightly as he replied,

"Yes, the Galsa Warehouse was attacked, there were two explosions."

Lis sat back down in his chair, his usually stern face looking so grim in Hans's eyes that it seemed almost dripping with water.

"We had just inspected the Galsa Warehouse yesterday afternoon, and it was attacked that very night. What does this indicate?"

"Are you suggesting?"

Hans was startled and eagerly asked.

"It indicates that there must be something wrong inside the Galsa Warehouse!"

"Although I'm not very knowledgeable about financial work, there is also precedent in military matters."

"Not choosing covert action, but instead using the method of blowing up the warehouse, indicates that there is likely a major problem inside the Galsa Warehouse, so big that they could only choose to do this!"

Hans was somewhat speechless; he had not expected his superior to suddenly connect the warehouse explosion with their inspection work from the previous day.

"But, Lord Simon, we clearly didn't find any problems yesterday!"

"That is also what I don't understand."

"Perhaps because… they thought we noticed there was a problem with Galsa Warehouse?"

Lis tapped the desk lightly with his left hand, his tone uncertain.

After a moment of silence, he spoke solemnly,

"I'm consulting with you on this, as you are more familiar with it than I am." Experience tales at empire

"Is it possible that this has something to do with Financial Assistant Philip, should we report it to Minister Gilberto?"

"This..."

Hans hesitated, his past experience and intuition telling him that there should be no connection, but how significant a mistake would Financial Assistant Philip have made to essentially opt for such drastic action just to mitigate the risk of leakage?

Keep in mind, it's the Galsa Warehouse that was blown up, just a wall away from Ice Castle Palace.

Actually, regarding the matter targeting Philip, Hans didn't know much.

Simply following the Finance Minister's orders, he was unaware of the ongoing game between His Majesty the King and Duke Ward.

However, at that moment, seeing the deep and serious expression of the Finance Officer, he also began to suspect.

Could there really be a connection?

Right, whether or not there is a connection, all I have to do is report the situation, and naturally, there will be someone specifically assigned to verify it!

The responsibility will definitely not fall on me in the end!

Realizing this, Hans immediately nodded deeply and said to Lis:

"You're right, it is necessary to report this to Lord Gilberto."

"Then let's go, hurry up!"

Lis stood up, took his cane, and walked with Hans toward Minister Gilberto's room.

This was also why Lis persuaded Hans, after all, reporting together would always divert some of the scrutiny and reduce the likelihood of being suspected.

...

After a while, Gilberto watched as Kenne and Hans's figures disappeared outside the room door; his originally calm expression immediately turned serious.

The news brought by the Finance Officer was indeed significant!

As they said, was the explosion at Galsa Warehouse related to Duke Ward?

This was serious... Just yesterday, he had instructed them to target Philip, and today such a severe incident occurred, directly involving Philip and his backer, Duke Ward.

Thinking of this, Gilberto could no longer sit still.

As the confidant of the King and a key holder of the Kingdom's core power, he was well aware of the subtle relationship and situation between His Majesty the King and Duke Ward.