I Ascend to the Divine Throne through Arcane Means

Elf Station,

Lis was somewhat surprised as he looked at Ricardo. He hadn't expected the Elf elder in front of him to suddenly invite him to the Elf Royal Court.

Actually, according to Lis's original plan, he did not intend to delve too deeply into the destruction of the Elf Royal Court.

After all, it was a scheme that Abyss Prince Demogorgon had been concocting for who knows how many years and was likely to be one of the crucial pivot points for the future invasion of the Bottomless Abyss into the Gaia World.

Unlike the incident at Ice Peak City with the Demon's Gate, if that was a minor detail in all of Demogorgon's arrangements, then the destruction of the Elf Royal Court was undoubtedly the most important part of his entire plot and arrangement.

Although Lis did not know why Demogorgon was intent on destroying the Elf Royal Court, nor did he understand why Demogorgon was stirring up turmoil like that in Ice Peak City throughout the Gaia World, what was the purpose?

But Lis was certain that Demogorgon was very likely always keeping an eye on the Elf Royal Court, making a visit there incredibly risky, akin to rolling the dice and getting a critical failure.

So previously, Lis had planned not to disclose anything about Demogorgon's plans at all.

After all, he had no way to explain where he got this information from.

However, later on, through the intelligence Lis gathered, as well as information from the Elf Guard and the Moon Elves, Lis was forced to face a problem he hadn't previously considered.

That was that he could not determine the specific timing of the Elf Royal Court's destruction!

That is to say, the Elf Royal Court might suddenly be destroyed at some point in the future due to Demogorgon's planning.

After all, from the memories of his former life, the Elf Kingdom had rushed to the ruins of the devastated Zhonuo City of the Elf Royal Court right after discovering its sudden destruction but found nothing.

It was precisely during the ongoing search in the ruins of the Royal Court that the Elves discovered the [World Tree New Bud] growing amidst the wreckage.

That means, if Lis wanted to achieve the final goal of the Green Pavilion, to obtain the [World Tree New Bud], he'd need to take it before the people of the Elf Kingdom reached it, right after the destruction of the Elf Royal Court.

Otherwise, the destruction of the Elf Royal Court would surely shake the entire Elf Kingdom, and himself, a human, even with the approval of the Elf Goddess, would not possibly enter the ruins of the Elf Royal Court at that time.

Similarly, even if he entered the ruins of the Royal Court, to take away the [World Tree New Bud], a holy object right under the Elves' noses, would also be completely impossible.

Even Mr. Stephens coming would be no different, after all, the Elf Kingdom had many Legendary Strongmen,

such as the Elf Great Sage Adela, who is a legendary figure not inferior to the teacher.

Therefore, Lis needed to delve further, only by getting involved in the major event of the destruction of the Elf Royal Court would he potentially be able to seize the very brief window to take the [World Tree New Bud].

Just then, the behavior of the Gold-level Assassin who possessed the power of Abyss Demon attacking Cecil gave Lis a good opportunity.

It gave Lis a sufficient reason to point out the involvement of Abyss Power in the recent events in the Elf Royal Court, thus diverting the attention of those Elves a bit.

Also, because of this legitimate reason, Lis wouldn't appear too conspicuous, catching the attention of others, and even that of the Abyss Prince lurking in the depths.

Although Lis did not hold much hope for the Illiser Family to escape the fate of destruction concerning the Elf Royal Court, it could still buy Lis enough time and space to operate on a small scale.

Lis had originally planned to quietly follow and set up Stealth near the Elf Royal Court after their return before sharing the information about the Abyss Apostle attacking Cecil with Ricardo.

He would confirm any anomalies in the Elf Royal Court through communication with Cecil.

If possible, Lis also wanted to see if he could somehow prevent Cecil's future death.

In his previous life, Lis hadn't heard of the Elf NPC Cecil. Based on her father's later hostility with the Elf Kingdom, it was very likely both Cecil and her mother had died in the events at the Elf Royal Court.

Even more so, Cecil might not have escaped the assassination of that Abyss Apostle.

Having spent these days together, Lis had come to understand that Cecil was an Elf girl who liked tranquility and was fond of magic and gemstone inlaying; he wanted to help her if possible.

However, Lis could only try his best and he didn't even dare to get too close to the Elf Royal Court, for fear of being pulled into an imminent danger.

At this time, Ricardo inviting him to the Elf Royal Court did indeed come as a bit of a surprise.

Lis instinctively wanted to decline, but hesitated and chose to stay silent first.

For him, this was also a good opportunity.

Mainly because he remembered his Skill, [Mirror Body], which aside from consuming a lot of magic power, had hardly any drawbacks.

The most important part was that this clone of Lis could be controlled in real time, regardless of the distance.

That way, Lis could entirely observe everything happening within the Elf Royal Court in real-time through the Mirror Body from a distance.

He previously hadn't considered this because, being the Elf Royal Court Zhonuo City, it had the strongest protective force of the Elf Clan.

Before obtaining permission, outsiders even found it difficult to approach the location of the Elf Royal Court.

Anyway, it was just a Mirror Body clone; if it dissipated automatically at the time of the Elf Royal Court's destruction, it probably wouldn't draw any attention.