Following his battle against Herman, Adam had developed a clearer understanding of his own powers.

In his self-coined power hierarchy, there was a significant gap.

Following his awakening, he had come into contact with the most low-level adapters, namely the students of Layton Academy.

The average power level of those students was roughly on par with Shae's from back then, and their combat prowess was roughly comparable to that of a level one anomaly.

Following his graduation, he was able to determine that the majority of mature adapters were at around the same level of power as level two anomalies.

Above them were the elite adapters, who were comparable in power to level three anomalies and would be able to climb to the A tier in the Shadow City arenas. 

Adapters who were comparable in power to level four anomalies were truly approaching the realm of...