Vile Evil Hides Under The Veil

Chapter 1652 Hidden Side of the Politics & Anfang's Metamorphosis

Sage Zavir was left aghast by what he saw.

He saw that Eren had managed to neutralize Hansen within just a couple of seconds. Even he wouldn't have been able to do something like that.

He could tell that what Eren had used against Hansen couldn't have been an Ability. However, he was unsure of what it actually was.

He neither experienced something like that taking place in his long life as a Sage nor had read about it in the old records of Anfang available to him.

Only now did Zavir realize that there was a bigger world outside the known limits of Anfang. He felt as if Eren had exceeded him and all the other Sages not in terms of Ranking Status but something much more profound.

He wanted to prevent Hansen from making any foolish mistakes. However, he felt that this experiment was worth it to test Eren's powers.

Earlier, Sage Zavir was a bit doubtful about striking deals with Eren. But after seeing how easy it was for someone like Eren to dispose of S-ranked entities, he stopped doubting his decision.

Hansen's array formation shattered when Eren wielded his divinity. It allowed Zavir to approach Eren and Hansen. He interrupted Eren just before he could yank Hansen's vocal cords out of his body.

"Eren. Please… please let Hansen go."

Sage Zavir said while looking at Eren's bloody fingers still lodged deep inside Hansen's throat. He could see that Hansen was still conscious but he had lost his ability to speak or do anything else. A Sage like him had turned into as docile as a chicken after Eren had grabbed him by his neck.

Sage Zavir also had some seemingly odd demands.

He told Eren that his reputation as a Ranker needed to be sullied in the eyes of the common populace and Rankers. Even more than what it was at this point. He would be declared a fugitive by the Anfang Alliance after his departure.

The "crimes" he did and the ones he didn't do would be pinned on him. Only then could the Alliance approach Ravendale and strike deals with the White Raven Guild openly post his exit.

Of course, they would portray Eren as the oppressor and the people living in Ravendale as the oppressed. This was so that Rankers from Ravendale wouldn't be discriminated against by others in the future when trades between continents were opened.

Eren was fine with the ill fame as long as it helped him preserve his interests in Anfang. It was not like he was getting praised by the general populace of Arsalan and Katiyal while he was here anyway.

People at the top often cooperated at the expense of their subordinates' emotions. A perfect ruse would be created to justify the actions of the upper echelon. This was the hidden side of politics that the general populace would never be aware of.

Just like Eren had promised to the Amazonians, he was able to get Arslan, Katiyal, and the whole Anfang Alliance to drop their idea of initiating a siege against Ravendale. Things went a lot more smoothly than what Eren had initially predicted.

Might makes right.

Sage Zavir was very cooperative after seeing what Eren could do. One could say that he deserved to be a leader as he knew when to advance and when to retreat.

Eren left just as quietly as he arrived, leaving Zavir and others to handle the rest. He needed to talk with Agatha and others and make them understand the arrangements he had made with Zavir and the Anfang Alliance by proxy.

The world of Anfang would embark on a new journey after Eren's departure. The old setups would eventually be lost in the sands of time. And new political and economic landscapes would be created.

In a way, Anfang was in the process of shedding its old skin. And Eren was the reason for its metamorphosis.

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