Mage Adam-Chapter 399

The moment Wendy heard that voice, the excitement on her face instantly wilted away. She muttered gloomily,

“...Sister.”

Just seeing Aisha meant her plans of going out for fun had gone up in smoke.

Aisha waved her hand, tossing her younger sister out of the laboratory, and then said to Adam,

“Wendy’s words—just listen, don’t take them too much to heart. The situation is far from reaching the point of blades being drawn.”

She hadn’t denied Wendy’s concerns, only said they weren’t worth worrying about. Sure enough, beneath the seemingly calm surface of the Mage World surged terrifying undercurrents—so terrifying that even the Holy Tower had no choice but to compromise. How much less could Adam, a mere Level Five Transcendent Mage, do about it?

Silently pressing these thoughts down, Adam turned to Aisha and asked,

“Your visit this time is for…?”

“By the command of the two Excellencies, during your tenure as Deputy Minister of the Academy Department, we will act as your assistants, handling trivial matters on your behalf.”

As Aisha spoke, a female mage in a white-and-gold hooded robe stepped forward from behind her and addressed Adam.

“May I ask, you are…?”

“Avril, World Guardian of the Eighth Rank.”

There were four in total in this party. Half of them were dressed like her, while the other half wore the standard mage robes of the Third Holy Tower. All of them were Level Eight Transcendent Mages.

Adam could hardly imagine what sort of “trivial matters” required four Eighth-Rank Mages to deal with. These people… were clearly bodyguards sent by the Holy Tower.

As a friend, Aisha didn’t veil it as much as Guardian Avril had. She stated plainly to Adam:

“There shouldn’t be any danger—but no one can predict if some people might grow desperate, or if some stubborn fools might refuse to yield. With the four of us, we can guarantee no danger will ever reach you.”

Adam frowned in puzzlement.

“But with the Mage Net, even if I’m attacked, I’d only lose a body. Why—”

Aisha shook her head.

“The Mage Net is a covenant, an agreement. To lives outside the Mage World, it is unsolvable. But to veteran mages, bypassing it is possible, though costly.

If someone kills you using such means, there would be no resurrection possible.”

Guardian Avril’s smile bloomed as bright as sunlight as she reassured him:

“We’re just here as a precaution. They may not dare challenge our bottom line. And besides, you’re just a small mage. Eliminating you won’t affect the bigger picture. After all, it’s the Holy Tower faction that currently leads the stage.”

Though it felt strange hearing such blunt words paired with such a radiant smile, Adam had to admit that Guardian Avril was right.

Adam might have some reputation in the Mage World, but that reputation was mostly academic. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

As for power blocs, he was merely a newly advanced Transcendent with some scholarly talent. In terms of personal strength and political weight in the mage system, he was insignificant.

Not worth the Liberal Faction risking conflict just to remove him.

Aisha and Avril’s arrival, Adam felt, was more the two Excellencies’ way of easing his mind—proof that Adam was not abandoned, merely that the timing happened to align.

“And besides,” Avril went on, her sunny smile unchanged, “the very fact the Excellencies sent us shows you have significant autonomy in your mission. If you feel someone is in your way, tell us—we’ll remove them for you.”

This was a tremendous show of support and trust in his character—nearly equivalent to being handed an imperial sword of authority, to cut first and report later.

Aisha added,

“Wendy wasn’t wrong earlier. The Third Holy Tower and Guardians differ from ordinary mages. We can fully release our true forms within the realm. Which means ordinary Transcendents are indeed not our match.”

Adam nodded.

“I hope there’ll be no need for you to act. I’d like to reason with them first. But if words fail…”

Two days later, the genetics team of the Fourth Holy Tower arrived at the research institute. After several hours of handover and planning, Adam concentrated a portion of his soul into an ordinary body and, with the four bodyguards and a hundred senior mages forming his administrative team, departed from Mage Continent, heading toward Academy Continent.

Only now did he notice: indeed, there were no ordinary humans left on Mage Continent. And the ambient mana drifting in space had nearly doubled compared to before. His personal chip’s built-in energy detector showed that mana density was increasing moment by moment.

The Mage World now bore the look of a realm flush with wealth and strength.

Outside the Seven Holy Towers, under macro-regulation, the Council Mages were adjusting mana levels in controlled rhythms, aiming to grant ordinary humans magical constitutions within a few generations.

Meanwhile, Academy Continent lay in ruins, awaiting revival.

High efficiency and execution had brought with it the problem of all historical legacies remaining intact on each island—different systems, local lords, former nobles, and kings. These elites of ordinary humanity, once separated by vast distances, had lived in peace. But now, overnight, they discovered their beds surrounded by strangers on all sides.

At first they petitioned to meet the senior mages of the Moving Continent, but when ignored, they launched probing attacks—soon, local wars flared violently.

Nobles and kings with ambition quickly forgot their initial unease. They now viewed Academy Continent as a vast stage to realize their aspirations, each dreaming of ruling the land and becoming the greatest king history had ever known.

“That’s the situation. Luckily you’ve arrived. Had you been any later, we wouldn’t have been able to hold back the magnates,” said a stationed Guardian bitterly to Adam.

“Even now, we don’t know how many merchant consortiums have infiltrated the continent. Without orders, we couldn’t purge or investigate.”

Adam nodded.

“You’ve already done well.”

He knew infiltration was inevitable—no surprise there. The nobles and royals making the most noise likely all had financial backers. By their logic, the Council’s governance of the new continent would still need the power of ordinary humans. Seizing more land now meant greater profit later.

But they did not understand Adam—nor his thinking. Since he had taken this mission, the feudal order was bound to be abolished.

Once the first batch of students under compulsory education graduated, a few simple policies would render the nobles’ and royals’ rule an empty shell. He was fully prepared for the challenges and resistance to come.

After reviewing the detailed records of Academy Continent over the past two years, Adam issued his first order to his team:

“Divide Academy Continent into one hundred regions. I want, in the shortest possible time, full reports of each region’s population and power distribution.”