In truth, the avatar Anvis used to impersonate Viller Alfred had only barely reached the Eighth Rank. It was nowhere near strong enough to instantly detect and counter Shadow's scrying magic.
But Shadow was his subordinate now. The earlier scene where Shadow's spell had been "countered" had actually been her cooperating with Anvis to put on a show for Marquis Delaka.
The subsequent "mental aura disruption" was caused by Anvis using the Twisted Seed to exert a slight influence on her mind.
Under Anvis's personal charm, Marquis Delaka was brutally NTR'd.
After casually ordering Aiteno to count exactly how many leaves were in this forest, Anvis ignored him and prepared to deal with the King Selection Sword in his hand.
Earlier, to prevent Aiteno from being discovered by members of the other two great families immediately after leaving the Secret Chamber, Shadow had deliberately teleported him into a relatively remote stretch of forest.
Without detecting Aiteno's presence, even at the speed of the two Ninth Rank Alchemy Flying Vehicles, it would take them at least another ten minutes to pass through this area.
And now, that time became Anvis's final window to deal with the King Selection Sword.
He had long learned from Shadow's memories that the King Selection Sword's existence was like a star in the night sky within the Web of Fate, extraordinarily difficult to conceal.
However, this problem was not unsolvable for him. Before coming here, he had already made more than one preparation.
Holding the hilt of the King Selection Sword in one hand, Anvis released the Old Days Secret Scripture's true form, flipped it to the final Blank Page, and used a Seal-type Spell-like Ability he rarely employed.
By his estimation, since the Old Days Secret Scripture was an Artifact capable of sealing even Beyond