I Ascend to the Divine Throne through Arcane Means

Gaia World, Fanor Continent, Feis Kingdom, Bright City.

Kane Mansion, dining room.

Lis looked at the system panel before him with some surprise, his eyes focusing on the illuminated "Forum" button.

Had the player forums been activated?

So, would players from his past life descend again?

It had been a long time since Lis paid attention to this matter, and he was somewhat unprepared. Although he had speculated that players might really appear, he had been too busy lately following the Legendary Mage and had not made any preparations.

But there was still time!

Lis had already entered the forum to check, finding that the current date and time in both worlds matched, both being September 1st.

However, Lis also knew that during the version updates, the time flow rate between the two sides would change.

One version update later, it could be just a few days on Blue Star, but decades could have passed in the Gaia World.

Flipping through the game notifications he found exceptionally familiar, along with various nonsensical comments from players, Lis felt some emotion. This was the experience from his past life, but now he had traversed into the real Gaia World, wielding an Extraordinary Power filled with infinite Charm.

Thus, even though he felt nostalgic, Lis did not wish to return to Blue Star to become an ordinary person again.

However...

Lis fell silent for a moment and then began searching for a name in the player forums, "I Don’t Want to Be Lis."

This was the nickname Lis used when he entered the "Divine Revelation" game in his past life. When the player forums opened in his past life, Lis had rushed in, helping his penniless game studio to advertise, deceiving quite a few people, and laying a solid foundation for later flourishing development.

After operating for a while, Lis looked at the search bar and, seeing the "no such person" prompt, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Honestly, Lis also didn’t know how he would face another "Lis" if there was one on Blue Star.

It was better this way, not having to confront the "self" from his past life.

Lis adjusted his mood and began to search for various information in the player forums.

The majority of player speculations about the content of "Divine Revelation" were useless to him. After all, with his experience from his past life and his knowledge from this life, he was far ahead of these players in many aspects.

Lis mainly looked at the various notices and the movements of various game guilds in the player forums.

After "Divine Revelation" began in his past life, almost all game guilds concentrated manpower to join the game, along with the highest number of casual players.

Although there were many players, the Gaia World was simply too vast, and their numbers merely caused a small splash, creating no significant waves.

Moreover, at the early stages of the game, the players’ capabilities were even less than ordinary mercenaries, so they were mostly spectators of the main storyline, not catching the attention of higher powers.

However, Lis did not underestimate this force. As a player himself in his past life, he knew that once the players reached the Gold tier, coupled with their exaggerated numbers, even without Legendary Strongmen, this was a tremendously terrifying force.

Unfortunately, the players’ thoughts were too difficult to control, which was a consensus most attempts to recruit and control player forces reached in the later stages of the past life’s game.

Except when they were assigned tasks and given rewards, which made them particularly obedient, the players’ wild ideas were simply beyond comprehension at other times.

Is bungee jumping from the top of Dawn Cathedral really that interesting?

And why would someone steal underwear from Her Majesty the Queen of Feis?

Gold Level strongmen walking just fine, and suddenly someone rushes out to cling to your leg calling you "daddy?" How do you deal with that?

The countless senseless behaviors made various forces very troubled. When recruiting players, attention had to be paid, but aside from a few, a large number of players were dangerous elements who thrived in chaos. So much so that for a time, the natives regarded the players as messengers of Hell, believers of the Evil God.

However, what most interested the native forces was the players’ ability to resurrect.

In the world of Gaia, Resurrection abilities did exist, but mostly, they were a manifestation of divine power, a special ability of the Church of the Gods’ Divine Arts.

But the players’ resurrections didn’t have a similar divine essence and didn’t require the assistance of others.

Even though the players’ resurrections came at a cost, this undying trait was enough to interest certain people.

As far as Lis knew, there was once a Legendary Mage who captured some players for research, but ultimately, he didn’t obtain any useful information.

Some speculated that the players’ resurrection abilities came from the Death God Yeager, a god whose powers had been from ancient times, but in the end, this was only a speculation without any evidence to support it.

Lis didn’t want to waste energy researching why players appeared, after all, his memories from a previous life had told him it was all in vain. It was better to think about how to properly utilize these players.

You see, they were an excellent workforce, as long as they were given proper compensation and tasks, their work enthusiasm could rival those of fanatics.

Or rather, they were a group of fanatics who loved gaming.

So, where should he start to control these players?

Lis couldn’t even enjoy the food before him anymore and stood up, heading towards the basement laboratory.

Now, he needed a quiet space to carefully plan the matter of the players’ appearance.

The maid Rossi, standing to the side, watched as the untested apple black pudding before Master Lis was all tossed into Angela’s mouth, feeling somewhat downcast, but quickly clenched her fists to cheer herself up.

Next time, she must make it tastier and let the young master thoroughly enjoy it!

(Testing the author’s newly applied illustration feature, it cost me quite a lot of ink!)

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Sitting in the laboratory, Lis habitually pulled out a piece of parchment, beginning to sketch and write.

Based on the erroneous methods those forces in his past life tried to control players, trying to control players through force or coercion was a pipe dream.

Better dead than unfree!

In other words, because players could resurrect and could specify their resurrection point, if you dared to force them, they dared to die to spite you.

The most vexing thing was, after the players resurrected, they would bring a group to cause trouble for you, using guerilla tactics, assassinations, setting traps, poisoning, and so on, as vile as possible. Many players treated it as just a virtual game, completely disregarding any moral boundaries, which truly tormented many smaller forces to the point of despair.

Seems like it’s essential to grasp these players right from the root!

Lis had a great advantage in this aspect; after all, in his past life, he was a top-class hardcore player, familiar with many such schemes and methods.

When it comes down to it, there’s just one method.

That is interests!

Players are people who won’t stir without profit. As long as there are sufficient benefits, be it experience, money, or magical items, not to mention working for Lis, they would even risk their lives.

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