To Revive Goatman Civilization, Lao Wei Decided to Make His Debut and Stand Tall on the Stage

Although the surface of Abyss City was still burning as dragonfire spread, none of the city's higher-ups were paying any attention to the damned disaster from the heavens anymore.

Every Goatman in the city who had reached the rank of Grand Sorcerer or higher had been summoned by the Council of Elders to attend the ritual for the descent of the King of Ten Thousand Spells in the underground district's "Mechanism VII" area. This was truly a major event for Goatman civilization; it was no exaggeration to say it might affect the future of the entire race.

After all, throughout the past thousand years, the Goatmen's faith had been fairly uniform. They worshiped only their ancestor, the King of Ten Thousand Spells, Widia.

Of course, a few renegades had worshiped the Nightmare Tyrant, Baphomet. But considering that Baphomet and its Nightmare Domain had both been wiped out by the ferocious Transians, the elders of Abyss City magnanimously declared that the past would be forgiven. It was always heartening to see faith return to its pure state.

So all the summoned Grand Sorcerers dressed in the clothes they wore only for celebrations and headed for the city's underground district like people going to a fair. Only Bol couldn't bring himself to be happy.

Though he was nominally only the psychic adviser to Lady Julia's "Dark Roots" faction, in truth, the young and impulsive Julia was no match for Bol, an old schemer, in Transia's political landscape. Even with the covert assistance of Old Finley, who currently served as Grand Duchess Triss's house steward, she couldn't secure the support of a majority within the faction.

She was barely keeping her faction afloat on the prestige left behind by her mentor. By contrast, Grand Astrologer Bol, that ambitious fellow, had actively cultivated ties