I created the Bureau of Anomaly Control

Nothing at all.

By the time Serraan and Vulcan stealthily infiltrated Fort Vitte, it was too late. The Covenant had somehow destroyed or concealed the passage to the Titan Ruins, leaving nothing behind.

In fact, upon learning that Vulcan had concealed the passage to the Titan Ruins, Serraan had even considered revealing his true colors, eliminating Vulcan, and monopolizing the exploration of the ruins, hoping to find something to break the curse.

However, after arriving at Fort Vitte, all his thoughts became meaningless. The Covenant had not left him any clues or opportunities, which hindered his plan to use Vulcan.

Although this could push Vulcan to the opposite side of Mann, it also made Vulcan more vigilant, prompting him to consider using more cautious and conventional methods to deal with this upstart Covenant.

Such as waiting for Mann and the Covenant members behind him to die of old age.

Sensing Vulcan's intention to retreat, Serraan began searching for Mann's weaknesses. However, he immediately realized a serious issue: he might have already exhausted all of Mann's weaknesses.

No matter how he investigated, he couldn't find any useful leverage. Mann, as he was now, had no exploitable points, which was somewhat unexpected for Serraan.

Mann was more cautious than most enemies he had encountered. Perhaps he had cleaned up his past traces after realizing that Serraan was targeting him, but only after investigating Mann did Serraan realize how cautious he was.

Serraan even felt that it was somewhat unreasonable that he could find those problems with Mann. In reality, he was quite certain that there were indeed some issues, because it seemed that he shouldn't have found any leverage at all from the start.

However, Serraan couldn't figure out what Mann's problems were. Now, he was slowly realizing that he might have truly encountered a tough opponent this time, and he couldn't do anything about Mann.

It was as if those few flaws were just accidents, and the obstacles he encountered one after another were the normal state of affairs.

However, it wasn't all bad news. Some time ago, the Dragon Mother, according to their agreement, informed him that she had encountered Mann in her territory. If he was lucky, Mann should have already found the trap he had left behind.

He estimated that there was a 70% chance that the Covenant could see through the superficial disguise and detect the burning flames of wisdom within, which would make them wary and hostile towards Heaven.

The best-case scenario was naturally for the Covenant and Mann to actively seek trouble with Heaven, giving him a chance to intervene. Even if it was slightly worse, he could guide the angels to clash with Mann and his group, and the seeds of doubt he had sown at this moment would play their due role at that time, preventing them from having the opportunity to settle things peacefully.

Sometimes, even a slight deviation, such as the Covenant retaliating a little harder, would be enough to make things that had a chance to be salvaged collapse in an unstoppable trend.

However, Serraan always felt that relying on these was not enough. Heaven might cause enough chaos, but in the end, they would definitely not fight Mann to the death. At most, it would only make Mann pay a 'heavy' price.

But this still couldn't solve the problem, and although his goal was to get the Covenant into trouble, he could only truly target Mann, and he couldn't let the Covenant realize his intentions.

How exactly should he deal with Mann?

With this thought in mind, Serraan continued to collect evidence about the two guardian angels, preparing to see what Mann's reaction would be. If Mann remained calm, he would use this to provoke a conflict between them and Heaven, which was also the purpose of leaving the trap.

Serraan never thought that he could do anything to Mann with these, nor did he think that the Covenant would never realize that the Cherubim were not the mastermind, so he didn't plan to use this to buy time.

In fact, this was also the reason why Serraan wanted to join forces with Vulcan. The most important thing was not whether Vulcan could cause enough trouble for Mann, but to prevent Mann and the Covenant from suspecting the Southern Gods.

Mann had also had conflicts with the gods in the past. If he didn't go to Vulcan, then he would definitely think that he was related to them, so he wasn't particularly depressed about running into obstacles with Vulcan.

The focus was not on success or failure, but on whether he had tried to do so.

It was for this reason that he came to a coastal town in the Southern Federation.

The moment Serraan appeared on the town's streets, he could feel every townsperson casting subtle glances at him, as if they immediately sensed him as an 'outsider'.

Serraan ignored their gazes and walked towards the location he had recently inquired about. In the center of the town was an ordinary-looking church, and within it was a priest of the Holy Church.

But only the townspeople born here knew that they didn't worship any destined returner.

Before inquiring about this place, Serraan didn't even know that she still maintained a church system. Establishing and maintaining a church was not something particularly worthwhile for the current gods, but Serraan could feel that the natives in this town exuded a strange aura. What the Sea God was doing here was clearly not just repeating the old church, but conducting some secret experiment.

Serraan arrived at the church under the townspeople's prying eyes, and when he pushed open the door and entered, the woman who looked particularly voluptuous was already lying on her side on a chair, waiting for him.

"You're the one dealing with Mann," the Sea God raised her eyebrows slightly. "You also heard that I had conflicts with Mann in the past, so you want me to help you?"

Serraan surveyed the decorations inside the church, then his gaze fell on the Sea God:

"You have been hiding your true situation. They all thought you were down on your luck."

The Sea God was a little surprised that he could see this:

"Good eye, but unfortunately, I won't interfere in your affairs with Mann. He does have some small value to me, but he's not worth me taking action again..."

"Shana," Serraan lifted his hood, revealing his golden pupils, "It's me."

Shana's expression changed drastically, and she stood up in shock and anger:

"Serraan!"

"That's right," Serraan said, looking at her, "But there's no need to be excited. We can continue to temporarily forget the hatred used to numb them. We have a reason and need to cooperate again."

"My hatred for you is not fake," the Sea God narrowed her eyes and said, but she didn't continue to dwell on it. "So last time you weren't plotting some new conspiracy, you were really telling the truth?"

Serraan nodded:

"That's right, there really is an organization that killed a god. Now is the time..."

"The gods need to unite again."