Looting Lord Gray Mist's base Secret Vault suited Anvis's current needs perfectly.
He had long planned to use his foreknowledge to find a way to acquire a batch of resources independently from the outside world, using them to develop his hidden forces while avoiding the Family's watchful eyes.
The Family's resources could be used for forces operating openly, but the forces he secretly established could not rely on resources mobilized by the Family. They needed other primary supply channels.
Otherwise, the flow of transferred resources could easily link him to the forces under his command.
After summoning the Themis Colossus's Annihilation Magic Beam, Anvis swiftly began sweeping through the last dozen or so dark-gold display cases.
Unlike the other display cases, everything stored within the dark-gold cases was Ninth Rank resources and Artifacts.
Time was short. He no longer bothered with pointless concealment, instead directly using magic to violently pry open the locks, striving to clear out every display case in the shortest possible time.
To that end, he even temporarily split off an Avatar, conducting the sweep on two fronts.
He also temporarily Sealed the Secret Vault's gate and walls with special magic. For a short while, the many Spellcasters, guard Golems, and other Secret Vault defense systems outside could not enter at all.
Lord Gray Mist outside the Underground Base could sense all of this as well.
However, because of that terrifying Annihilation ray just now, and fearing that the legendary Circle of Truth might have other trump cards, he had no intention of returning for the sake of his own safety.
That attack had directly erased the Fate Incarnation permanently anchored to him. If he were slain by the enemy again in his current state, he could only recover by relying on other contingencies.
But if that