The forces from the New and Old Continents had come looking for trouble.
That had been clear from the very beginning.
And Councilor Kel'Thuzad, who represented the Old World's Wizard Council, had never intended to hide it.
He had spoken to Dunn with barbed sarcasm right from the start.
Even his form of address for Dunn made that clear.
"Your Eminence" was an honorific for a Legendary, but for Dunn, "Your Majesty," the title for an emperor, was clearly more respectful.
The meaning was equally clear: the Wizard Council did not recognize Dunn as emperor.
By comparison, Jing had behaved somewhat more amicably.
It was not just his form of address. His words had consistently targeted Kel'Thuzad, faintly suggesting an intent to win Dunn over.
But to Dunn, the two sides were birds of a feather.
By now, Dunn could also see that the two sides had tacitly agreed to make the Atlantis Empire their battlefield.
Since it was a tacit agreement, if either side had lacked that intention, the Atlantis Empire could never have ended up in its current predicament.
During their conversation just now, Dunn had already noticed that Kel'Thuzad was ready to act, only for Kailant to concede unexpectedly.
That had piqued Kel'Thuzad's interest.
Normally, a contest whose upper limit was merely Beginner Limit Breaker held no appeal for beings on Kel'Thuzad's and Jing's level.
But the sight of Kailant, one of the favorites for the championship, conceding outright against Dunn's son Wells immediately drew their interest.
After all, Dunn had publicly stripped this son of his right of succession.
That was precisely why this contest for the position of heir was taking place.
Now that this spectacle had unfolded, did it mean Dunn intended to go back on his word?
Without so many visiting Legendaries, this