And this was precisely it.
Benjamin Mark, the remarkable wonder who had been god-touched, stood as the undeniable key to everything that mattered in the balance of power.
And Renard fully intended to milk every last drop of potential from that key with careful, calculated precision.
The plan itself was elegantly simple in its core structure, and Benjamin had already unknowingly done more than half of the hard preparatory work all by himself through his recent actions and presence alone.
First, one would take a single item and carefully make it extraordinarily valuable in the eyes of those who desired it most.
Then, one would make that same item scarce — ideally ensuring there existed only one of its kind in the entire world.
After that, one would deliberately allow some of the most difficult and stubborn leaders among the seven great kingdoms to have a prolonged go at experiencing that item for a while.
This will be letting them taste its unique allure, of course.
