Chapter 214 Meeting at the top
"Look at your feet now!" Adam shouted. "Below you are the broken bodies of your comrades and the ashes of a great battle."

"Perhaps one day, you will be like these comrades who can't wake up, and someone will dig out a piece of your bones from the pit or the soil," Adam continued, "and then burn it into a handful of ashes and send it to your wives and daughters. Tell them, I'm sorry, he was a brave soldier who dedicated himself to the battlefield on the front line, and we are proud of him."

"And then? Your wives, daughters, and parents will be very sad. After they cry, they will continue to live a hard life with your meager pension until they are slowly forgotten."

Adam walked up to the soldier and patted his shoulder awkwardly: "Your name, soldier."

"Sami, sir!" the recruit responded loudly.

"Do you have a wife?"

The recruit smiled shyly: "Not yet."

"Among you, there are many young men like Sami, and there are also old men who are older than him." Adam slowed down his tone, "You are living people, but now you are sent to the battlefield one by one, to fight for the comfortable life of those bigwigs."

"But someone has to step up and fulfill more obligations on behalf of those who have not fulfilled their responsibilities," Adam said.

"You think I'm going to be sentimental, bow, or loudly praise you guys?"

"No, that's just an insult to you," Adam shook his head, "Your incompetent commander used his self-righteous brain to lose a battle, and I saved your lives, you owe me!"

"It's normal for you to be afraid. I am also afraid and confused. I am also a mortal. Even if I have great power, I still can't change this fact."

"I'm Adam Sovis, a former member of the Brilliant Knights, a Viscount, and a fourth-level transcendent. This is the name of your creditor."

"Now, this favor is further added." Adam flipped his hand, and Facco's head fell off, staring at everyone with his wide-open eyes.

"The head of this culprit is right here. The blame for beheading a noble will be borne by me."

"Now, take up your swords!"

The soldiers stood up straight, holding their swords tightly in their hands, feeling a fire in their hearts.

"Originally, he should have returned to the capital to face the accountability of the Council of Nobles. Now, I hand him over to you for disposal."

Adam turned around: "Remember, glory can only be achieved with the sword, and dignity can only be obtained with the blade. Weakness is the original sin, and cowardice is the driving force of strength."

The pure white cloak had been soaked with blood, leaving traces on the ground.

"You should learn how to become stronger. I will be waiting for you at the top of the world. When you are strong enough, I will ask you for your debt."

The fortress gate was wide open. Adam walked in, and teams of Winged Hussars walked out of the gate. They would temporarily take over the city defense and undertake the obligation of training soldiers.

The two intersected at one point, and then the distance between them grew farther and farther.

"If your bones are still not soft, then hold on under the training of my ace cavalry. I look forward to seeing you again on the battlefield and generously bringing you another victory!"

Adam's figure was getting farther and farther away, but his words kept echoing in the battlefield for a long time.

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At the end of the 241st year of the Glorious Era, the demons failed to attack the Jero Fortress, and Viscount Sovis, who had stopped the demons, was recalled to the capital. In the same year, the eldest princess, who led the army and guarded the western border, returned to the capital. His Majesty the Emperor was still ill, and the succession was undecided.

Bright basement.

The complex and smooth rune lines gather the violent primordial magic, and the permanent lighting formed by these lines, the value of the materials and craftsmanship alone is enough to allow a civilian family of three to safely get through two cold winters.

Before Adam was a nightmare-inducing scene: skeletons, muscles, and internal organs were grouped together according to their respective functions.

Different from the cruelty and bloody scene in a slaughterhouse, these materials stored in different categories reveal a wonderful beauty, with precision and extreme rigor blended together.

"Record: The twenty-third autopsy experiment,
Dissection object: Wolf-shaped wind-attribute monster larva,
It is roughly the same as the previous two wolf-type experimental subjects. There is an incomplete magic pathway. According to the comparison of the growth stages of the experimental subjects, it is speculated that the magic pathway will be completed according to the years of growth.

Speculation 2...

Speculation...

Recording completed. "

Adam kept speaking long words like a research log, and they were recorded one by one on the rough paper by the unmanned quill pen next to him.

“Research, hypothesis, experiment, comparison, summary, and then repeat continuously. Even if the paths to the destination are different, the methods are always similar.” Adam put away the feather pen and straw paper he named “Automatic Secretary”, rubbed his temples, and walked out quickly.

When I walked out of the basement door, the old butler Fla was already waiting at the door.

"Master, the bath water is ready. Do you need to go over now?"

"Okay, has the visit to Ms. Phyllis been arranged?" Adam nodded.

"Ms. Phyllis has arranged a meeting with you in the afternoon. The gifts are ready. You can go there after breakfast." Fla was the best butler and took the coat that Adam took off.

Fla was not a citizen of the Empire. She came from a small and destroyed principality in the north of the Empire. At that time, Adam happened to meet Fla who was besieged by monsters, so he rescued her and kept her in his mansion in the capital Belward.

Phyllis is a powerful fifth-rank magician. She possesses the standard qualities of a great wizard, great strength, and abundant knowledge reserves. Not only that, she is also a botanical scholar and a master of potions.

Phyllis knew Zoya and also knew Yufei. The jewelry Yufei bought was given to her as a gift.

During Adam's time in the capital, he went to interview the great wizard several times. Thanks to Zoya, the great wizard's attitude was not cold, but rather enthusiastic.

After taking a bath and having a meal, he put on the complicated but appropriate aristocratic attire with the help of Fla. The coachman had already prepared the carriage, and the master and servant were on their journey. This was the necessary etiquette.

Fortunately, the car was going quite fast and we arrived at Phyllis's residence just in time, with some time left before the agreed time. She did not live in Belward, but in the suburbs, far away from the city and the crowds.

Adam looked at the magnificent building in front of him. This was Phyllis's Mage Tower, a wonder that expanded the mage's powerful destructive power to the limit.

"Now that I have been noticed by the Empire and have come to the fore, it is time to proceed to the second phase of the plan. Ms. Filia is the first step in changing the situation."

He exhaled and walked forward with Fla.

(End of this chapter)