The Netherworld

"Using faith... to forge the Magic Net?"

Sulu walked through the Netherworld, yet he knew everything happening in the mortal realm. "Very clever!"

Although Mages possessed high mental power, drawing spells from the Magic Net still came with consumption.

Compared to them, the number of commoners was hundreds, thousands, even tens of thousands of times greater!

—Even with the Magic Net, becoming a Mage was still slightly more difficult than becoming a Hyperstring Warrior, cutting off most people's hopes.

Yet even the most ordinary commoner possessed mental power! It was merely very weak.

Faith was likewise a form of mental power and could likewise be utilized by the Magic Net.

This was Iliya's plan!

"And to establish such faith, the Magic Net has nothing it can grant commoners. If benefits cannot lure them in, then only force can!"

"The Emperor and nobles have already been coerced once. How could they submit to the Mages again? Besides, even if they submitted on the surface, they certainly would not put their full effort into carrying it out."

"To accelerate this process, Iliya boldly seized power!"

"She even intended to claim righteousness and seize the pretext, secretly forcing the nobles to attack first and taking control of public opinion..."

"Though she is a woman, her decisiveness in killing and action is no less than any man's... This time, the Empire is in danger."

Sulu came to a conclusion.

Although the Empire had two Legendary Warriors, along with the support of many nobles and Hyperstring Warriors, it only possessed the ability to make a desperate decapitation strike.

With Iliya having prepared long in advance, that plan had already been rendered mostly useless.

And even if the Empire did not act and continued to endure in silence, Iliya would not hesitate to tear away all