This thing was indeed a terrifying weapon for a nation, but for a mercenary corps, it was an entirely different matter. If a mercenary corps possessed such a weapon of mass destruction—and one that was not single-use—it would be like a child holding a sword capable of instantly destroying the world...
No one wanted to see that happen. Everyone would try to stop that mercenary corps from obtaining such a weapon, and naturally, the best way to stop them was... destruction.
To completely wipe out that mercenary corps.
The leader of the Blizzard Mercenary Corps was definitely no idiot, so why would he come looking for this thing for no reason? That could only mean they had been hired by someone else to search for the "Earth God's Great Key"...
And that employer could only be a nation. Therefore, the Biersai Principality, the country where they were stationed and which bordered the Alvarez Principality, was the most suspicious. Li slowly closed his eyes. It was merely a principality, hardly a worthy opponent. But he had not found the so-called Earth God's Great Key in Peter's Castle. The only possible explanations were that the Blizzard Mercenary Corps had already obtained the Earth God's Great Key, or that it was not here at all.
As for why the commander of the Blizzard Mercenary Corps had personally come later, that could be understood as them truly not having found the Earth God's Great Key yet—or simply putting on an act.
Li rubbed his forehead, then looked at Malfurion again. The moment Li looked at him, Malfurion froze. Then sweat slowly began to bead on his forehead. He thought Li might ask that question—the question he least wanted to answer.
"Then can you explain why a level nineteen powerhouse like you chose to live