The Grand Elder also sat on the sofa. He was about the same height as him, but at that moment, the Grand Elder gave him the feeling that this guy is looking down on me.
He gritted his teeth. He had no idea what the Grand Elder's actual duties or identity were; he only knew that everyone else had complete faith in him.
To the point that, despite being the Holy Son, he ranked below the Grand Elder within the organization's upper echelons.
In fact, he ranked below everyone else, too.
Because all these elders knew perfectly well that the so-called Saint of Paldibo was nothing more than a fraud.
But they did not care whether the Holy Son was a fraud. What they cared about was the force he had built—the force of tens of thousands! People were always the most important resource and source of power, bar none.
Overthrowing a regime required people.
Developing the economy also required people.
There seemed to be nothing in this world that did not require people!
Nagaril's transformation from a poor, backward country into a market brimming with opportunity was not the result of some outside factor playing a decisive role.
Rather, it was the two hundred million people it possessed that had made the difference. As long as there were enough people, their labor would inevitably create value, and naturally, that value would become worth plundering.
Whoever possessed control over more people possessed the future.
It might look as though Global Communication Group's current restrictions on population growth violated the laws of global development.
But in truth, they were using Gene Modifiers to make up for the shortfall. There were no restrictions whatsoever on the birth of large numbers of Gene Modifiers.
As long as Gene Modifiers made up for the