Rebirth of the Noble Mage Behind the Scenes

In Anvis's view, the most advantageous development approach for the Resistance Organization at present is to progress steadily. First, stabilize the situation within the Gray Iron Kingdom, temporarily paralyze the other Kingdoms, follow up with a surge of troops, then attempt to continue expanding outward.

So as to avoid being ambushed during expansion and have troubles flare up at the rear.

Of course, this choice is also a last resort.

In this invisible clash of Prophecy Skills, the Prophets who chose the side of the Resistance Organization have temporarily lost a round.

Without the Council's suppression of the Mechanical Network, if the Resistance Army were to slowly develop, the opponents may already be Ninth Rank by then.

Originally, they planned to suppress the opponent by arranging representatives to join the Council and leveraging the power of the Federation Council.

But now, realizing that it was futile, the people behind the Resistance Army immediately decided to change their strategy, preparing to race against the Mechanical Network in spreading their influence.

Meanwhile, other High Rank Prophets, through the perspective of the Net of Destiny, contacted Anvis's avatar in charge of the affairs of the Embers Organization, preparing for an emergency meeting on how to deal with the threat of the Mechanical Network.

This brief meeting between the High Rank Prophets took place entirely within the depths of the Net of Destiny, with the traces hidden among the countless threads of fate, to avoid detection by the enemy.

Following the conclusion of this meeting, at a certain moment, several major Resistance Organizations all issued a tough declaration—banning the existence of the Mechanical Network within their territories!

Those in possession of Mechanical Network connectivity items are required to surrender them to the Resistance Army within seven days.

At the same time, a large number of members of the Resistance Organizations began to search from house to house, confiscating all Mechanical Headbands, and warning the owners, strictly forbidding private hoarding or covert repurchasing, with violators being dealt with as remnants of the original Kingdom's Nobles.

Under this high-pressure policy, the number of users of the Mechanical Network within the territories of the major Resistance Organizations significantly decreased.

However, such action is also tantamount to a full-blown declaration of war against the people behind the Mechanical Network.

Therefore, in the following period, the state of war within the Federation suddenly became much more intense.

In many small Kingdoms attacked by the Resistance Army, several 'slumbering for a thousand years' National Protectors at Ninth Rank would suddenly appear. Discovering that the Kingdom was in crisis, they would directly intervene to quash the rebellion.

But at such times, often 'passerby kind-hearted Ninth Ranks' disapproving of their bullying would draw their swords to help those encountering injustice, helping the Resistance Army to contain and drive away these small Kingdom's 'National Protectors'.

In terms of the current situation, the Resistance Army holds a comparative advantage in strength.

As it consists of a coalition of multiple Resistance Organizations, the number of High Rank Prophets behind the Resistance Army far exceeds that of the Mechanical Network's side.

Under the concerted effort of numerous High Rank Prophets, the development of the Mechanical Network has for the first time encountered a setback.

Not all Ninth Ranks support the Councilman's plans, and for various reasons, despite the Councilman recruiting a group of supporters, many Ninth Ranks still support their corresponding Prophets.

Capitalizing on the current situation, Anvis's Embers Organization, with the help of this favorable wind, developed rapidly. Successfully capturing a small Kingdom to the east of the Gray Iron Kingdom named Rock Helmet, its scale made another significant leap.

Meanwhile, many Resistance Organizations have also started to openly recruit new blood, training new Mechanical Armies, ready to continue expanding their victories.

Besides, another avatar of Anvis in charge of the Black Ring Commerce Alliance, is also developing rapidly.

Having previously established a reputation for cost-effective goods, once the chaos of war resumed, the Black Ring Commerce Alliance swiftly received a vast number of orders from Kingdoms, and the scale of the Mechanical Factory expanded several times over, truly becoming a colossal entity.

Unlike the avatar responsible for the Resistance Organizations, Anvis's avatar in the Black Ring Commerce Alliance primarily cooperates with the Glory Alliance comprised of middle and small Nobles from various Kingdoms.

Glory Alliance has grown to be a force that all Kingdoms of the Federation must reckon with today. Behind them, they also have the support of High Rank Prophets.

With members gathered from many middle and minor Nobles of the Federation, they possess their own joint armed forces. In terms of potential for warfare, they are by no means inferior to the Resistance Army.

Indeed, the smooth progress of the Resistance Army is, to a certain extent, related to their existence.

As if a tacit agreement had been reached in the shadows, as long as the Resistance Army's invasion did not directly attack their territories, they paid no attention to it whatsoever.

They even took advantage of the chaos to loot and harass the industries of the high-ranking nobles in the kingdoms.

Once the high-rank powerhouses are tied up, the warfare at the middle and low ranks becomes dominated by the Mechanical Army and combined strike formations.

Even after the Resistance Organization had wiped out or driven away the original Royal Family and the top rulers, they still did not touch them but continued to relentlessly declare war on other kingdoms.

These original middle and small nobles also cooperated by actively stabilizing the situation in the kingdom to avoid further turmoil.

"It's so similar..."

In the study of Embers Headquarters, Anvis sat in front of a large writing desk made of black chestnut wood, looking at the Federation Magic Map placed in front of him, as if he glimpsed the Gloria Empire of his past life.

At present, the situation in the Federation gave Anvis a strange sense of déjà vu.

The disorderly Resistance Organization, the ambitious Glory Alliance, the bickering Federation Council, the continuously retreating kingdom's high echelons.

It was a complete replica of the situation in the Empire of his past life.

If at a critical moment, that figure of Holy Light appears to meddle, then he would call it a classic reproduction.

With fingers gently tapping on the desk, Anvis glanced at the area representing the Rock Helmet Kingdom on the map, contemplating what he should do next.

After personally taking action in the Resistance Organization and the Glory Alliance, Anvis could clearly feel the enhancement of his influence on the Net of Destiny.

The bottleneck to becoming an Eighth Rank Prophet was beginning to loosen. If the current situation could continue, he was confident that within a few years, he would officially break through to become an Eighth Rank Prophet.

However, by the same token, considering others in his position, even he was improving at such a rate, those Eight Rank Prophets who had laid plans more far-reaching and involved multiple Ninth Rank individuals, their gains must be even more astonishing.

Anvis adjusted his single-lens Mercury Eyes and observed the situation on the map closely.

Through his vision of destiny, this map had several different colors.

Red represented the Resistance Organization, blue represented the Glory Alliance, and white represented the upper echelons of the kingdoms.

Moreover, scattered across these territories, there were light green spots representing the Mechanical network.

Currently, the areas occupied by red only consisted of a small portion of the mid and small-sized kingdoms within the Federation; the rest were still white.

The area of the light green spots was also not large, currently accounting for only about seventeen percent of the Federation's total population.

But Anvis would never underestimate it, believing this situation would persist for long.

According to the theory of "Invisible Threshold" by Audom Pal, the Ninth Rank "Void Flash" of the Empire: the development of anything has an invisible threshold. Once the development of an affair breaks through this threshold, it will undergo a qualitative change.

Just like a seed of Wind Bell Grass that falls on a hillside, it will gradually occupy only a small part of the hillside in the first three years. But by the fourth year, the Wind Bell Grass will cover the entire hillside.

In Anvis's eyes, the current situation in the Federation is similarly approaching this threshold.

Just one opportunity, and whether it be the Mechanical network, the Resistance Organization, or the Glory Alliance, they will all face a surge in development.

And according to the disturbances in the Net of Destiny, this key opportunity is about to emerge.