Inside the Ruins, after carefully reading Zero's report in full, Anvis controlled the Metal Rubik's Cube with several threads of attention while beginning to consider how to respond next.
He now vaguely understood why Zero had specifically come to inform him of the news earlier. It was likely to make the Four Great Families heighten their guard, further provoking those Marquises.
According to the information revealed in Zero's report, once Claire—or some other lucky person—triggered the Ruins' hidden conditions and exposed the true secret concealed within this half of the Ruins, the Empire's Ninth Rank Experts would likely fall into internal chaos first.
However, Anvis believed that Duke Carlot and the others could not possibly be unprepared for external enemies. The current situation merely amounted to gaining half an enemy.
He called it half an enemy because when facing outsiders, the Marquises would also take a united stance against them.
According to Anvis's memories from his previous life, perhaps one or two Marquises had truly defected to the enemy, but most of them had remained loyal to the Empire even on the eve of Little Anvis using the Wishing Orb, when the war had fully erupted.
Indeed, he had altered many Fate Lines in this life, but none of what he had done had affected the Empire's overall situation enough to change the judgments of Ninth Rank Experts.
As he analyzed the situation, Anvis began considering how to deal with Zero, this unstable factor.
Having a spy within the enemy camp—and one positioned in management—did feel rather nice.
But that guy was far too good at stirring things up and setting the pace.
I need to find a way to deal with him—
"Brother, come look! I think I just found a brand-new underground passage!"
At that moment, Fiona's voice