June, Year 33 of the Calendar of the Gods.
The Atlantis Empire sent invitations far and wide, inviting the various powers to observe its crown prince selection tournament.
The crown prince selection tournament was scheduled to begin on September 1. Starting in August, delegations from the various powers began arriving in the Atlantis Empire one after another.
After all, the Atlantis Empire had now firmly established itself, at least publicly, as humanity's third most powerful force.
Every power on the New and Old Continents naturally wanted to maintain good relations with the Atlantis Empire.
Especially now, when another war was about to break out between the New and Old Continents.
Even if they could not get the Atlantis Empire to take their side, they at least had to make sure it would not attack them.
As a result, the arriving delegations formed a seemingly endless stream.
No one in the Atlantis Empire found anything amiss with this.
Until the first Legendary arrived in late August.
A Legendary from an Old World kingdom with no ties whatsoever to the Atlantis Empire came in person in response to the invitation.
This inevitably left the Atlantis Empire's entire leadership somewhat puzzled.
After all, war could break out between the New and Old Continents at any moment.
Under such circumstances, an Old World Legendary had come alone to the Atlantis Empire, which lay between the New and Old Continents.
How was that any different from courting death?
Leaving aside the New World's response, if this Old World Legendary later returned safely to the Old World, the Wizard Council would certainly suspect that he was colluding with the New World. Otherwise, how could he possibly have escaped interception and death?
The New World's intelligence capabilities could not possibly be that poor.
Just as the Atlantis