Although Saine had no energy to work on new Dominator-class Mechanical Angels, that did not mean his research into high-level Intelligent Robots had come to a halt.
The Decepticons and Optimus Prime were about to step into the Dominator realm, something Saine had always kept his eye on.
Once those two high-level Intelligent Robots completed their transformation, Saine's own mechanical arts might also welcome a new beginning.
It was not only the Intelligent Robot race that received his resources. Saine also rewarded the underlings attached to him with great generosity.
And those Wizard World knights and magicians who followed Saine all had to be won over with money!
Saine might have just taken down three Demon Emperors in the recent war.
But not all of the war profits from those three Demon Emperors went to Saine alone.
Even if he took the biggest share, after consuming some in his experiments and distributing benefits among his subordinates... there was hardly anything left.
Being a leader was not easy.
Not only did he have to handle his own affairs, he also had to look after every aspect of his subordinates' needs.
Of course, all of Saine's investments brought returns.
The increasingly powerful Ashes Force was proof enough.
Moreover, Karl, Saine's Krypton warrior, seemed to have finally reached the point of breaking through and advancing to the Dominator level after all these years of tempering and growth.
Saine had continued to keep watch over Karl's advancement these past years.
The Civilization War on the front lines raged fiercely, and Saine himself had charged back and forth through the mountains of corpses and seas of blood on the Skeleton Remains Front several times.
Yet Saine had never urged Karl on. Instead, he had given him ample patience.
Karl was still seeking a breakthrough near