The prospective students of the Emperor Star Academy departed from the Dark Forest. The news of Mountain’s death was quickly spread throughout the Royal Capital and caused a huge commotion.
Although many knew of Mountain from the Emperor Star Academy, he was not that famous when placed in the perspective of the entire Royal Capital. As for why his death caused such a huge commotion, it was because currently, the relationship between the Royal Academy and the Emperor Star Academy was as thin as a piece of paper. And now that a student of the Emperor Star Academy was murdered in the Dark Forest, how would people not speculate on the reasons behind it?
All sorts of rumors flew about, and ultimately, the spearhead of blame was pointed at the tensed relationship between the two parties.