Avan
First, I appreciate the Author Note and apologize for cursing you many times in the comments (although I probably will continue, because it's the only way for me to release my frustration). -----The Problem isn't that you don't "kill her off". The Problem is that you let emery repeat the same mistakes again and again with no improvement in sight. If you want her to be a long-lasting part of the story, stop creating situations where they only way she survives is by neutering the main character. -----After reading your note, I still have hopes for emery to improve his mindset, but you have to understand that it's simply infuriating having to read through 400 chapters, yet he is still dumb as a brick. I can accept a main character that isn't the strongest and doesn't turn everything he touches into gold. But the problem is the exact opposite. Because he is so stupid, he needs all the plotarmor just to survive. That's not enjoyable.
But I want to acknowledge that there actually has been some growth: He went through the "trust everybody" stage, and the "I can't kill my enemies" stage. So I have to admit, that you managed to make emery grow in these 400 chapters. All in all, I still like the novel (that's why I am still here despite me flaming you in the comments). It feels much more like a regular book than a web novel. I think you are a good writer, although I dislike many of your choices.
I have no problem with Emery losing but it shouldn't be because of his stupidity. My guess is he won't be able to go back to Morgana which will make her angry and turn against him and if that happens, she'll be the only Novel Villian I'll support ever because her becoming a villain will be 100% Emery's fault
I just want to add my own grain if salt: I completely understand why you dont want to kill Maeve. You were building her up for a lot of chapter. But I (only my opinion) dont like it that he loses because he is not consequent enough. That is not comoarable to the Mage competition and he knew it is eVen more important... You can do that once or twice but not forever. This is really unsatisfactary for me because I want an ending and not a long ping pong game. But that is only may own opinion and in the end it is YOUR story (which is great btw). So wrIte how you like it and show people like me the middle finger (middle finger = like this comment đ)