Chapter 532

Benson did not leave the academy. After he conveyed Clark's message to Adam, he committed suicide in front of Adam without even hearing Adam's reply.

Regardless of whether Adam agreed or not, Benson was not suitable to leave the academy.

If Adam agreed, Clark would need some time to smoothly remove the parts of his business that intersected with the corporations and other free Hyperdimensional organizations. If Adam did not agree, he could say that Benson made the decision on his own. Although he would still lose his credibility, at least he would have a foothold.

"It seems that they haven't been doing very well recently." After Benson committed suicide, a voice sounded beside Adam. Naeem had returned to the World of Mages and brought Adam's original body back.

"Your Holiness."

Naeem waved his hand. "Don't call me that. I'm not used to it. Just call me by my name."

Adam smiled slightly and did not respond. The title of 'Your Holiness' was a form of respect for higher knowledge and was indispensable.

Naeem continued. "After my promotion, I left the Free Faction, which led to the reduction of the Free Faction's power and voice, especially the disappearance of the buffer between them and the Holy Tower. They are just a combination of interests. When they can't get any benefits from the combination, there is a tendency for them to split."

Naeem seemed to be in a good mood and spoke more than usual. "The academy continent, Ether Chain Fission, the virtual world, personal chips, these things have greatly reduced the value of many valuable resources, and the war in the disaster zone made them realize that going against the Holy Tower is not beneficial to them. When a war of this scale occurs again in the future, only by following the Holy Tower can they maximize their benefits."

Mages were all warmongers. It was impossible for the Freedom Faction to not participate in the war just because they were afraid of the losses. Although the losses in the Calamity Zones were great, the benefits were equally great. However, the Freedom Faction was only able to get a small portion of this huge cake.

"The reason why I was able to build the Holy Tower right after my promotion is because of my special identity. You should know this."

Adam nodded.

"However, all the other true spirits of the Freedom Faction can have level-nine starships and launch large-scale expeditions, but they can't build the Holy Tower. Do you know why?"

Adam thought for a moment and said, "Because every Holy Tower has to be connected to the Origin and the magic array that protects the World of Mages?"

"That's right. The Holy Tower is a top-notch weapon of war, but its symbolic and defensive significance is even greater. Every Holy Tower is the most important part of the Mage World, second only to the Origin Magic Net. I think the Immortal Path's explanation is very interesting. According to them, the Holy Tower's function is to suppress the Mage World's destiny."

"The Free True Spirit has always been dissatisfied with this. Fortunately, Prometheus didn't make such a stupid mistake. However, the current system of the Deviant Tower has given some free Mages another kind of hope. "

Adam frowned and said doubtfully, "I don't really understand."

"They hope to support more Alien Pagodas, so that they are nominally Alien Pagodas, but in reality, they are controlled by them."

"But what's the point of that?"

"There's no point for now, because there's only one Immortal Tower that hasn't been built yet. However, in the future, we will definitely have to give these Alien Pagodas some benefits, such as resurrection compensation. Otherwise, they won't be willing to fight for the Mages."

Adam understood. There were different voices among the Freedom Faction, because it would take a long time to build more Alien Pagodas and secretly enter them. Some of the free Mages were willing to wait, while others were unwilling.

"But why the rush? Aren't they the best at waiting and watching? "

Naeem said, "Prometheus, Randolph, Mercison, and I fought against the exploration robots together. After the Free True Spirit learned of the use of the exploration robots, it was easy to sense that the Mage World's exploration of the Void would greatly increase. For a long time to come, there will be a high frequency of large-scale battles. Some people don't want to miss out on such a huge benefit just because they wait."

Adam didn't care who the nominal inventor of the exploration robots was, but he felt that it was a little strange. These scattered things actually caused a split in the Freedom Faction in such a short time.

Naeem smiled and said, "It's not convenient for you to show yourself. I'll spread the news soon, and leave a clone in the Academy. Just leave it to me to deal with."

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Just as Naeem said, sixty-seven problematic Mage Pagodas secretly came to the Academy to surrender. Outside of the Academy, this kind of change of faction was even more frequent.

However, Adam didn't participate in it. Instead, he focused on the mortal war that was nearing its end.

The destruction of the Foundational Colleges and the Intermediate Colleges didn't stop because of Clark and the others' reports. The Anti-Mage Pagodas and Mage Pagodas that were forced into a dead end launched attacks even faster.

Almost all of the Anti-Mage Pagodas, some mortals and apprentices who were blinded by their desires, as well as the Free Mages who secretly entered the Academy Continent, launched an attack on two thousand Foundational Colleges and five hundred Intermediate Colleges at a time that they thought was hidden.

However, everything they did was under Adam's control. The high-level law enforcement robots that were already on standby worked together with the Night Watchers and Guardians, easily blocking their attacks.

After this battle, the Anti-Mage Pagodas were uprooted.

It was unknown what benefits the Mage Pagodas promised to the official Mages, but they all chose to commit suicide when they were captured, hoping that the person behind them wouldn't be implicated in this way.

However, this was just their wishful thinking. Not to mention that the Parliament already had evidence, even if they didn't, what could they do?

As early as when the attack just began, the Night Watchers and Guardians had already begun to infiltrate the Mage Pagodas. They were just waiting for the order to arrive to carry out the capture.

On the other side, the ordinary graduates and mage apprentices were no longer able to resist Nicholas the Fifth's scepter empire. The empire began to fall apart from the inside. There were countless traitors, and there were even many who came to the Academy City, asking the academy to protect them. There were also those who wanted to destroy the kingdom of false gods.

Adam ignored all of these requests and directly expelled them. In Adam's heart, these people were already dead. They casually started a war, and when they realized that they were about to lose, they came to complain and ask the Mage to uphold justice? How could there be such a good thing in the world?

After discovering that the Mage Pagodas didn't take any action, the Scepter Empire's attacks became even fiercer and more unscrupulous. They quickly eradicated all the opponents and their forces with the momentum of ploughing through the Academy Continent. The flames of war that spread across the entire Academy Continent continued to subside in just two short years.