I created the Bureau of Anomaly Control

The atmosphere instantly became a bit heavy. The name that came out of Ma En's mouth carried significant weight even for the Federation. Even Shadow was somewhat surprised by this answer. He himself had considered who might be dealing with the mastermind, but Serraon wasn't among the first names that came to his mind.

This was both because Ma En and the leader of the Southern Gods hadn't had any conflicts in the past, and also because they knew that Ma En had successfully resolved the issue, and the mastermind had even yielded.

In his impression, Serraon was a very, very strong Tier V ability user. Moreover, as one of the top ability users, they might be evenly matched in terms of combat, but Serraon had unique strengths.

As a member of the special race of Gods, he possessed immortality far superior to other Tier V ability users. Even Divine Firmament wasn't confident that she could kill him, and even if she could, it definitely wouldn't be worth it for her.

Whether it was before or after Divine Firmament was imprisoned, Serraon had done many things that were detrimental to her. Even if dealing with Serraon was a relatively troublesome matter for her, she would definitely have done it.

Shadow knew very well that Divine Firmament didn't like this King of Gods, but the fact that Serraon was still alive proved how difficult he was to deal with. Moreover, this was definitely not just because of his power and immortality.

Also a Tier V ability user, Serraon was one of the few ability users who wasn't completely suppressed by Divine Firmament in all aspects. In terms of combat experience and skills, he was even slightly better than Divine Firmament.

In fact, this situation almost never happened among Tier V ability users, and the reason why Serraon could surpass Divine Firmament in this aspect was actually very simple and crude—he used to be an anomalous entity that surpassed Tier V.

This also led to him having an extraordinary cunning mind. As a mental ability user, Shadow could sense that many high-level ability users actually disdained using conspiracies and tricks like Serraon. Of course, not everyone's conspiracy could succeed like Serraon's, after all, they were already used to solving problems with power.

Moreover, in many cases, their power was more effective than most "good brains." The power these high-level ability users possessed was already the strongest power, and to overcome such power, one needed the best brain.

Not to mention that Shadow was very clear about the difference between "intelligence" and "wisdom." The two influenced each other. The wisdom to solve problems was often influenced by the level of intelligence, but it also stemmed from experience, knowledge, and various other aspects. Serraon indeed had extraordinary wisdom, which largely stemmed from the fact that he had lived longer than anyone else.

Even this wisdom had relatively abstract parts, and some particularly simple ones. For example, when dealing with Ma En, Serraon knew where to find anomalous items that could be used. Over the years, he had accumulated countless pieces of effective information like this.

If Serraon only happened to know one or two pieces of information like this, it could only be considered good luck. But if he knew thousands upon thousands of such quick solutions, it could already be considered wisdom.

So he didn't expect Serraon to be defeated by Ma En. Moreover, he had heard that Ma En had recently gone to the Southern Federation with Xiaoyao. This meant that Ma En didn't solve the problem by hiding.

Instead, he faced Serraon head-on.

Now that he thought about it, Ma En must have been preparing to personally find and deal with Serraon when he had Xiaoyao establish the sect in the Southern Federation. This was the key reason for Shadow's surprise.

Ma En had dealt with Serraon in Serraon's territory, and it seemed that he wasn't afraid of Serraon at all.

One had to know that Tier V ability users also had strengths and weaknesses. In Shadow's impression of Ma En, he was definitely not the strongest type of ability user, not even as good as Li Hu, who was slightly weaker than Shadow himself—at least, that's what he used to think.

But at this moment, Ma En said that he had dealt with Serraon. This was something Shadow couldn't have imagined. Moreover, at this moment, the politicians surrounding his other clone who were monitoring this conversation also showed strong surprise.

"I really didn't expect the mastermind to be Serraon," Shadow said, half-truthfully. "And I didn't expect that even a strong person like him would fall before you. To be honest, I might have underestimated you a bit before."

Faced with his deliberate boasting and probing, Ma En didn't really admit it, but just waved his hand:

"Of course I'm not his opponent, but his opponent isn't me either."

"I'm a member of the Mithril Alliance. My companions won't just sit by and watch me die. Although I'm not that useful to them as a simple ability user, I actually have some strengths that you don't know about."

"Moreover, the relationships in the Mithril Alliance aren't as cold and realistic as your Federation's."

This sentence was hinting at the power and unity of the Mithril Alliance. Although Shadow didn't think Ma En was very strong, he was, after all, a true Tier V ability user. It was a bit much to say that he was useless to other Mithril Alliance members.

Even for top ability users like Divine Firmament, a weaker Tier V ability user like Ma En was definitely not useless. In fact, if she had had such a subordinate back then, the Federation might not have even had the idea of imprisoning her. No Tier V ability user was truly useless.

So Ma En's words were either "humble" or hinting at the power of the Mithril Alliance.

Shadow asked:

"So your companions helped you deal with Serraon."

Ma En nodded:

"That's right. They forced Serraon to sign some simple contracts. Although it didn't directly require him not to attack me again, the content signed was enough to guarantee my safety."

"You also know that these Gods can't leave the Southern Federation at all, and if they don't have any bargaining chips that can threaten me, I don't have to worry about these Gods at all."

This sounded very confident, but Shadow didn't really think much of it. After all, Ma En was still a Tier V ability user. Perhaps he would be dealt with by Serraon in a head-on battle, but it was still quite easy for Ma En not to be found by this God.

He just had to not go to the Southern Federation. Even if he went, as long as he kept a low profile, there wouldn't be any danger.

Serraon didn't have any power outside the Southern Federation, but it was impossible to deal with a Tier V ability user like Ma En. Even a Tier V ability user weaker than Ma En wouldn't be afraid of him.

Shadow asked:

"So this matter is over just like that?"

Ma En smiled:

"That's right. We stopped fighting just like that. After all, you also know how difficult these Gods are to kill, so we didn't start completely resolving these Gods at that time, so…"

"I waited until now to come to you."