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"But compared to the previous method, this one is much simpler."

"Why is that?"

Then Pluton explained the ancient device's general structure to him in detail.

Swain listened intently, his eyes gleaming with thought. Pluton's voice echoed through the empty space, carrying a mysterious power that had endured for thousands of years. It turned out that the principle behind this ancient construct was similar to linking a mobile phone account in his previous life. Once you discovered that something under that account had been stolen, all it took was a text message to retrieve it.

If Swain successfully severed his connection with Imu and Athena, the former would immediately notice. Imu, who possessed absolute authority, would not hesitate to seize back control. He would then launch a fierce attack on the intruder at once, preventing anyone else from using the weapon. Under these rules, the owner's authority was always the highest, followed only by the successor acknowledged by the owner.

Swain suddenly understood. Wasn't this exactly the authority system used by the Seraphim?

The Five Elders held the highest authority, followed by Vegapunk. When this system was first established, Vegapunk had probably intended to make himself its sole authority. After all, researchers generally left their names on their creations, and the designer would naturally become the owner.

However, the Five Elders knew about the Ancient Weapons. Such an arrangement would neither erase the achievements of scientific research nor diminish a scientist's enthusiasm for development. It undoubtedly maximized the actual operator's interests.

The more Swain thought about it, the more unfathomable the political struggle behind it seemed. No wonder one of the Five Elders is a scientist. He probably pledged allegiance to Imu back in Totto Land. The conspiracies and calculations behind it formed a vast, intricate net that was nearly