"Although that explanation barely convinces me, what are you going to do about Lilith?"
After a moment's thought, Annie asked somewhat hesitantly.
The upper ranks of the entire Atlantis Empire-the Legendaries-did not understand Dunn's method of choosing an heir, but basically none of them particularly cared.
After all, however the choice was made, the position of heir had nothing to do with them. Besides, Dunn was not dying; he was going "up above" to become the retired emperor.
So no one dared harbor any other ideas.
But Lilith was different.
Lilith was now the esteemed Empress of the Atlantis Empire.
Even though her strength ranked near the bottom among the Atlantis Empire's Legendaries, thanks to that title, her standing among them...
Could be said to be second only to Dunn's!
Even though Dunn trusted Annie more in private, her actual standing was still slightly below Lilith's.
Only Alice, who possessed the Wizard Tower and held a position above the rest of the Atlantis Empire, could compare to Lilith.
And once Dunn achieved Deification, if the new emperor who succeeded him was not a descendant of Lilith and Dunn, Lilith could only step down and become an ordinary Legendary of the empire.
The new emperor certainly would not allow a weakling with no blood ties to him to stand above him as empress dowager.
At most, because Lilith was Dunn's empress, she would retain an elevated standing among the Atlantis Empire's Legendaries. But possessing her current power again would be completely impossible.
This was utterly unacceptable to Lilith.
As a Legendary raised through Enfeoffment, Lilith had essentially reached the end of the road in terms of personal strength.
As for the Apotheosis Ritual, Lilith, who was not yet a hundred years old, certainly would not gamble with her life. Even if