In the end, the general course of the undead wizard's invasion of the Tokyo research institute and seizure of the Herrscher Core of the Herrscher of Ice was laid before the Moth to Fire Council.
When this report was presented to the councilors, the crowded conference room fell silent.
The Secret War and the battle to eliminate the Fourth Herrscher, the Herrscher of Wind, were still vivid in their minds. Both proved the undead wizard's immeasurable power.
Faced with such a powerful being, the councilors knew full well that aside from direct confrontation and warfare, any other form of pressure or threat would be utterly ineffective.
After all, since the undead wizard had dared to act this way, he naturally would not return the Herrscher Core of the Herrscher of Ice because of outside pressure.
Confronted with such a grave situation, after fierce debate, the Moth to Fire Council's members had no choice but to admit that apart from reporting the matter to the top decision-makers who controlled every aspect of human society, there was nothing they could do.
The current Moth to Fire was not the authoritative organization that had replaced the United Nations and ruled human society after the Ninth Great Collapse.
When faced with a major decision that could trigger an all-out nuclear war, the members of the Moth to Fire Council could not make a unilateral decision.
That remained true even though they themselves now stood among the powerful elites at the pinnacle of human society.
After receiving the notice from the Moth to Fire Council, those in power at the top of humanity's pyramid were extraordinarily furious.
The undead wizard's utterly unscrupulous theft was undoubtedly an open provocation against their authority and dignity.
Yet even amid their anger, these leaders who held immense power had