And the decision to detonate the Eternal Core was made by Anvis after careful consideration.
He had already analyzed the profits of covertly taking away the Eternal Core for himself, and found them to be far inferior to detonating the Eternal Core right on the spot.
Firstly, detonating the Eternal Core as a price, was enough to forcibly retain about eighty percent of the Ninth Ranks within the city at that time.
Having to bear the backlash of such fate, even with Brents' numerous life-saving secret techniques, one would need to recuperate for at least twenty to thirty years; it would be absolutely impossible to intervene in the destiny of the Continent covertly in the short term.
This temporarily removed a huge obstacle on his path to changing his own destiny.
At the same time, the mysterious existence within the Floating City at that time was unlikely to fare well either.
