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Chapter 1566 Tron's Champion

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The moment those words escaped Adam's lips, a tense silence descended in the hall.

Adam was a mere Mana Core Magus, standing up to a group of Mana Seed-level dragons led by a Transcendent dragon.

Just the mere idea of his refusal in the face of so many mighty beings was ridiculous.

Zagho and the other dragons couldn't help but sneer, wondering where the human got the audacity to even say no to them.

Did he think he had enough strength to even refuse?

Did he believe he was even in a position to?

How laughable!

Unlike the others, Endi Somnia tried to understand the situation clearly. And so, he couldn't help but ask:

"I am providing you with an opportunity to ascend to a higher world, a realm where you can pursue the higher arcane arts. And yet, you refuse?"

Even Valerian was a little startled. He turned to Adam, confusion in his topaz eyes, and mumured, "Brother..."

The little guy had just met other members of his clan for the first time. Moreover, he also learned that he had a family who never stopped looking for him. So he wanted nothing more than to reunite with them.

"I have... things I need to take care of back in my homeworld," Adam answered with a solemn look on his face. But the constant clenching and unclenching of his fists betrayed his inner anxiety.

Endi's eyes narrowed. "Constantine, do you have any idea what Magi would give for an opportunity like this? What they'd sacrifice?"

"I know," Adam murmured, his lips curling into a wry smile.

Aldo Wagner was prepared to sacrifice billions of souls just so he could live long enough for the planetary alignment to arrive.

Of course, he knew.

More than anyone else.

"But I cannot leave." He shook his head. "Not now."

Endi's aura changed all of a sudden. His topaz eyes flashed with cold indifference as he said, "I believe you're getting the wrong idea here."

He took a step forward. "The only reason we are even extending this opportunity to you is because of His Highness. So you are in no position to refuse."

Zagho and the other dragons also began radiating a thick, hostile aura. Of course, all of it was directed at Adam and not Valerian. And that was why Adam suddenly found himself having trouble breathing.

The raven-haired youth's lips curled into a wide smile as he retreated a step. "I know, I know." He gulped nervously. "I'm a nobody. But even a nobody has responsibilities. If I abandon the people who've placed their trust in me, if I abandon the world that raised me, then I'll never be able to live with myself." With that said, his tenebrous eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he covertly performed a simple hand seal.

The faint outline of an arched gate appeared behind him as he took another step back.

"I apologize, but... you cannot force me to come with you."

But the next moment, something strange happened.

The arched gate had not even fully formed before it began to flicker violently. It then collapsed and vanished altogether.

Adam's eyes widened in disbelief.

Right at that moment, Endi's cold voice echoed in the hall:

"I was correct in assuming that your attainments in the School of Summoning were profound. The fact that you just formed a portal with a single hand seal only confirmed my suspicions."

He paused briefly, then said, "That is why I sealed the entire island."

Adam's heart sank, his blood turned cold, and he felt his legs suddenly go limp. Sealed off the entire island?!

He burst into laughter. "L-Let's talk this through, yeah? I'm sure we can come to a middle ground."

Given the current situation, Endi thought that it was strange that Adam would suddenly start laughing. But all geniuses were eccentric in their own way, so he didn't dwell too long on it.

He took another step forward. "There is no middle ground, Constantine. We have been searching for the prince for hundreds of years. Now that we have found him, do you truly think you can talk your way out of this?"

"Wait!" Valerian screamed as he leaped from within Adam's robes and landed on

the ground.

Endi couldn't help but frown. "Your Highness?"

Valerian glanced at Endi. He then shifted his gaze to Adam and asked in a soft voice, "Brother... why can't we go with them?"

"Val, did you forget what's happening back in Tron?" Adam suppressed the urge to laugh. "Wait... you just woke up from a long sleep, so you probably don't

know."

Adam shifted his attention to Endi and said in a grim voice, "My world, it's... it's in grave danger. It's about to be invaded by the devils. I have to return. I have to protect my homeworld. It is my duty!"

"The devils of Nine Hells?" Endi's expression turned grim. Zagho and the others also turned solemn.

Of course, they all knew about the foul creatures of the Nine Hells of Inferno. In fact, they had even fought them.

Endi's gaze sharpened, and his voice turned colder. "That is all the more reason

to take you both off the planet!"

"I cannot!" Adam screamed in defiance. "You don't understand! I'm... I'm the

chosen of my world! I am its champion!"

In the Magus Universe, every world with sentience constantly tested its Magi. It arranged trials, dangers, and impossible obstacles for them to overcome.

Those who survived and rose above these challenges were not merely strong.

They were acknowledged. When a Magus endured enough of these trials, the world itself recognized them.

The will of the world chose the strongest among its own Magi and named them champion. Such individuals became its guardians, entrusted with defending it against apocalyptic threats and external forces.

Tron had made its choice when it gained sentience.

Adam had been chosen as its champion.

He was the Son of Tron!

So when Endi listened to those words, he was momentarily startled. But then,

his eyes narrowed.

"You expect me to believe that a world in the Outer Universe has gained

sentience?"

He took a step forward, his following words turning colder. "And even if your

world did, and it chose you as its champion. So what? Once you disappear, it

will find another"

"I'm not lying!" Adam gritted his teeth as he retreated a few more steps.

He knew why the dragon would think he was making things up. After all, a

planet in the Outer Universe gaining sentience was completely unheard of. Naturally, it would come across as a lie.

But Adam couldn't tell him how the Great Mother had blessed an ash tree in

Tron, which then led it to gain sentience.

Left with no other choice, he bet everything on his next move.

"Under your draconic laws, I invoke a formal duel!"

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