"What did you say? Say that again." Liu Zhi stared at Iktodor.
"Yes, Your Majesty. I heard it from the Divine Nature Market. They said a Death Divinity aura entered the city today. They're still not sure about its exact properties, but people are already making plans for it. When I came over, I heard that they'd already put out bait to test the waters.
"Now they're waiting to see how strong the other party is before deciding what to do."
After hearing him out, Liu Zhi couldn't help smiling.
Some of the players in Kram City sure had a lot of nerve.
That Lich player who'd come looking for a death earlier had been nothing more than bait in the eyes of the Big Boss pulling the strings.
Such an insignificant character could set off all sorts of different outcomes.
If Liu Zhi had been weak, and the Lich player had killed him in the street, the Death Divinity he carried would naturally have fallen into their hands.
That would have been the best possible outcome for them—and also the least likely.
After all, any player who dared come to Kram City had some backing.
So, under normal circumstances, a player wouldn't just get taken down on the spot.
The next step was a simple matter of judgment for Kram City's local powers.
If the player had backing, he would turn to them. They would step in to negotiate, and the local powers would realize they couldn't mess with that Divinity. They would temporarily give up their chance.
The initial conflict would have been nothing more than a verbal spat, easily smoothed over by buying a couple of rounds.
So the local powers weren't worried about anything going wrong.
If the player had no backing but was still strong,