As well as increasing his power base the Sorcerer prepared for the creation of the magical blade. He did everything he could before the step which he knew the gods would immediately be aware of. At that point it would be impossible to hide where he was or what he was doing, so he needed to choose his moment carefully.
There was no way the gods would ignore what he was doing when they learnt of it, in that moment they would come to understand the danger they faced and would throw everything they had against him. Maintaining the balance, the cartel of self-interest the gods had established, would force them to put aside all other rivalries and come after him.
That meant two things… firstly he had to be ready to create the blade as quickly as possible once he crossed the point of no retu
