His actions had, in effect, delayed the arrival of the family crisis by several decades.
It seemed like a long time, but for mid- and high-ranked professionals, it was only a small portion of their lives.
Therefore, during this precious period of development that he had worked so hard to secure, he had to carefully plan every action.
The ideal outcome would be to find more external entities that could serve as fuel for the Old Days Secret Scripture, preferably raising his attributes beyond the ninth rank.
Even if that proved impossible, he at least needed to acquire enough power to protect himself, so he would not be slapped to death by an enemy.
At the same time, there was another issue concerning the Old Days Secret Scripture that he needed to address.
While living discreetly in the Federation, in order to establish the prototype of the Embers Organization, Anvis had personally implanted Twisted Seeds into several high-ranked professionals from evil factions.
Now that the Old Days Secret Scripture had evolved to this point, the maximum number of Twisted Seeds that could exist simultaneously was seven.
At the time, the only living bearers of Twisted Seeds should have been Matt, who had joined the Spark Organization, and Ogman, who was researching Perfect Blood on the small island.
In other words, he should still have been able to use five Twisted Seeds.
Yet when he actually controlled his subordinates, he noticed that the number of Twisted Seeds he could currently use had inexplicably decreased by one, leaving only four.
He investigated for a while but found no issue, so he temporarily set the matter aside rather than pursuing it further. Being able to control four high-ranked professionals was more or less enough.
However, over the past half month, the location of