After returning to his quarters, Merlin felt uneasy. The Atlan Civilization was actually planning to build a Void-Class Warship. Although he did not know whether their work was progressing smoothly, there was no doubt that this was the greatest threat to the Spellcaster Civilization.
The war was still raging, and as a Glory Legendary, he was a considerable deterrent. If he left now, he would leave behind a Law Incarnation, but a mere Law Incarnation lacked Merlin's mental power realm and therefore could not control minds.
If anything really happened, the situation on the battlefield could turn around in an instant.
Merlin carefully recalled the expressions of the three great Arcane Mages. Something struck him, and he soon pieced together his various deductions and arrived at a possibility.
The three great Arcane Mages made these arrangements because they were preparing for the worst! I founded the mental power system, and of everyone in the Spellcaster Civilization, I'm the most likely to become a Supreme Existence. That is precisely what the Spellcaster Civilization lacks right now.
Merlin finally understood why Santo the Arcane Mage had insisted on taking him away at this moment. This was an indirect way of protecting him.
If something changed on the battlefield, Merlin's departure would allow him to escape the danger, preserving a spark for the Spellcaster Civilization—its last hope. Merlin now fully understood the three great Arcane Mages' intentions. Although the Spellcaster Civilization had developed at an astonishing pace to reach its current state, it still had only three great Arcane Mages.
Moreover, ever since Santo the Arcane Mage had become a Supreme Existence, neither the most ancient Monarchs nor the newly risen ones had possessed the foundation needed to become a Supreme Existence.
Even the foremost Monarch of Augustus City of Arcane, Fuwell Monarch,