I Ascend to the Divine Throne through Arcane Means

Deep in the night, within the Dream World.

"What aid can you offer me?"

Duke Ward looked at Moriarty in front of him and asked in a deep voice.

Still clad as the black-robed figure, Lis was startled. Today was his first time entering Duke Ward's dream to awaken him, and before Lis could speak, the Duke was directly expressing his intention to cooperate?

It seemed that Duke Ward was under considerable pressure recently!

"What kind of help do you need?"

Lis, intrigued by the appearance of Duke Ward, smiled as he spoke.

"Naturally, I need your Death Secret Cult to help me restrain the Royal Palace's Strength, just like that night."

For this unusually mysterious black-robed figure, Duke Ward maintained the same vigilance he had against the Demon Envoy.

"Is that all? Are you sure we shouldn't do more?"

Lis, changing from his previous madness, now sounded as if he were a salesperson zealously promoting his product.

"What do you have in mind?"

Duke Ward didn't believe that the other party would help him willingly without some sort of compensation.

It wasn't just the dark forces, even the Church of the Gods wouldn't offer assistance to others unless there was a significant interest involved.

"For example... helping you to get the Snow Bear Legion and the Snow Eagle Army into Ice Peak City."

"Hmm?"

Duke Ward looked at the black-robed figure in surprise.

He had only just decided to move those two armies, and now Moriarty knew about it.

Just like with the Demon Envoy, Duke Ward felt as if all his movements and thoughts were part of their plan, as if he were a puppet on strings with no secrets to hide.

Taking a deep breath, Duke Ward suppressed the anger in his heart.
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How the Snow Bear Legion and Snow Eagle Army would arrive at Ice Peak City indeed posed a major problem!

Although Duke Ward had instructed both legions to move covertly and be discovered by the Dillon Kingdom Army as late as possible, even with the aid of magic items, they wouldn't stay undetected for long.

King Lukar was bound to have anticipated this and surely had people keeping an eye on the two legions.

And when King Lukar discovered that the two legions were marching toward Ice Peak City, it would be the moment they openly confronted each other.

This was the source of Duke Ward's concerns.

By then, he wouldn't be able to stay in Ice Peak City peacefully anymore; he would have to leave the city early to meet with the two armies.

Essentially, that would mean giving up his influence in Ice Peak City, which Duke Ward was somewhat reluctant to accept.

Yet, he couldn't just magically have two armies each tens of thousands strong appear outside Ice Peak City.

But now, it seemed the Death Secret Cult might have the capability to do just that?

"If you can manage that, then obviously that would be my wish."

Duke Ward paused for a moment, then seriously added,

"But I hope you won't tamper with them."

"Of course, I can give you the method beforehand, and you can arrange for someone to take care of it."

Lis spread his hands, his tone light and amused.

Though it would cost him two incredibly precious Long-Distance Oriented Teleportation Gates, Lis didn't plan to meddle further.

Or rather, getting those two armies to Ice Peak City was his objective.

In a past life, when the Demon's Gate incident happened at Ice Peak City, Duke Ward's two legions hadn't reached the city, which puzzled Lis.

Why would Duke Ward open the Demon's Gate before his strongest cards had arrived?

No one knew, but after Duke Ward was confirmed dead in a past life, though these two legions launched an attack directly at the Dillon Kingdom Army, they were quickly defeated and absorbed by the King without a leader.

This also meant King Lukar's power wasn't compromised but continued to expand into the invasion of the Feis Kingdom.

Lis, intending to drain Dillon Kingdom's resources as much as possible, naturally wouldn't let this past situation happen again.

He intended to help Duke Ward realize his dream, to make up for his past regrets!

Let our great His Majesty King Lukar have a proper face-off with Duke Ward!

"Then I will await your news."

Duke Ward stood up, ready to end their conversation for the night.

This was a critical moment; he had chosen to sleep to make contact with Moriarty; otherwise, he would surely still be organizing various tasks.

"May the glory of Death favor you!"

"And a last reminder, watch out for traitors!"

Lis spoke "devoutly," though to Duke Ward, it sounded rather odd.

...

When Duke Ward awoke from the Dream World, he found himself still in his bedroom, but this time, he held two crystal-clear Crystal Balls in his hands.

The mysterious light swirling within them immediately made the well-traveled Duke realize these were no ordinary items!

Was this the secret that would allow two armies to travel thousands of miles to reach Ice Peak City?

Duke Ward tightly clutched the Crystal Balls, his heart pounding.

The extents of the Death Secret Cult's methods were indeed bizarre!

He hoped everything would proceed smoothly!

...

After sending Duke Ward off within the Dream World, Lis casually used the moment when Duke Ward left the Dream World to place the two Crystal Balls embedded with Long-Distance Oriented Teleportation Gates into his hands.

It really was quite the sacrifice!

The great stuff he had managed to get from the teacher of Judgement Flame wasn't used much when he received the legacy of the Sphinx, but had cost him a lot in the Dillon Kingdom.