From Secret Clan to the Divine Dynasty

The reforms that began on the East Coast had expanded throughout the territory in no time, and soon Cyart entered a three-year period of reform turmoil.

The nation's new important department, "Raven" was established, forcing all the extraordinary Exponents of Cyart to register, and besides the establishment of "Raven," the new Cyart Royal Army and the Royal Nasir Academy were also established.

The new national framework was essentially a product meticulously constructed by Christine herself.

She sent people to investigate many countries on the Ouden Continent, especially focusing on Lorne, the Seven Stars, and Thrums, the three powerful nations.

Undoubtedly, the three system-leading powers had already centralized power to the core, having ended the chaotic feudal lord period a century ago.

The new Cyart Royal Army was divided into "Professional Standing Army" and "Local Militia" two parts.

Across the whole nation, only a smaller but well-equipped professional standing army was retained, alongside a professional regular navy, both responsible for main national defense tasks.

And militia reserves were recruited based on regional population ratios, solely responsible for local defense and auxiliary combat, with each region managed by a Beginning Level extraordinary exponent.

Only in the regular Professional Standing Army did there exist extraordinary exponents of the Transmutation Level, the basic structure being a low-level Transmutation extraordinary exponent paired with twelve Beginning extraordinary exponents, a hundred auxiliary soldiers, together with a rare artifact of the Mysterious Level, and some alchemical tools... This configuration was considered a standard infantry battalion, commanding several companies and platoons.

Three infantry battalions and one mid-level Transmutation extraordinary exponent, plus three rare artifacts of the Mysterious Level and more alchemical tools, made up the configuration of an infantry regiment.

Four infantry regiments and one high-level Transmutation extraordinary exponent, a Forbidden rare artifact with a four-digit code, and a large amount of alchemical tools, made up the configuration of an infantry division.

Beyond the regular troop formations, Christine also established the "Cyart Royal Knights," aimed to serve as the trump card in battle. Apart from many ordinary people serving in logistics, all combat members consisted entirely of Bloodline Knights and Spellcasters; their numbers might not be high, but their combat capabilities were extremely strong.

In total, there were squads of knights numbered one to nine, each headed by Monarch powerful experts from major families, who directly reported to the supreme commander of the Cyart Royal Army.

The newly formed Cyart Royal Army, its nominal supreme commander was, without a doubt... Duke Darren Fischer!

Christine placed significant emphasis on military training, improving the combat capabilities of the military through the establishment of military academies in every province nationwide and conducting widespread military training.

She also specially set up a Nassir Royal Academy on the outskirts of Nasir City, suitable for extraordinary exponents, to help them better master their extraordinary powers.

The academy had many extraordinary exponents of the Transmutation Level as teachers. Apart from them, there were also many ordinary teachers with professional knowledge, and the school only accepted extraordinary exponents under the age of twenty to further their studies and enhancement.

Nassir Royal Academy had a wealth of free resources, which instantly attracted many young extraordinary exponents.

The extraordinary exponents who graduated from Nassir Royal Academy with excellent results would directly receive titles bestowed by the Queen, and they could be assigned to serve in the Royal Army in the future, while also being first in line in terms of various treatments.

After much consideration, the Fischer family finally handed over the position of dean of Nassir Royal Academy to Aldrich Romann... to show the Fischer family's appreciation and gratitude towards him.

For decades, Aldrich Romann had tirelessly supported them; even though members of the Fischer family had diverse personalities and moral standards, good and bad, none were heartless or unjust, and of course, they thought of reciprocating this noble scholar.

Compared to the newly formed Cyart Royal Army and Nassir Royal Academy, "Raven," responsible for managing extraordinary affairs, was the most important new department.

Because it directly controlled the most powerful force in the entire Cyart... nearly all the legal extraordinary exponents.

"Raven" held the archive data of numerous extraordinary exponents, conducted tests annually, registered all the various deeds they performed within a year, and also collected and recorded the conditions of various mysterious rare artifacts, especially those Forbidden rare artifacts.

At the same time, within the Dawn Church, the original organization known as "Purgers" was reorganized into a brand new organization called "Eye of the Raven".

"Eye of the Raven" would specifically be responsible for overseeing and investigating extraordinary powers within the country, and the minister in charge was the former captain of the "Purgers," who had now reached the 4th Rank on the Path of World Order.

After its establishment, "Eye of the Raven" continually expanded, recruiting many peripheral members who were newly absorbed Extraordinary Exponents, most of whom were unaware of the existence of the Dawn Church; all group leaders and captains above them were Blood Receivers of the Dawn Church.

Apart from "Eye of the Raven," which specifically handled oversight and investigation, Christine also established a terrifying new department for "The Raven" called "Mask".

The members of this department totaled only eight, all significant members within the Dawn Church who had reached either the 3rd Rank or the Transmutation Level. Each individual, during operations, would wear an alchemical mask containing an "invisibility" effect, and the head of the "Mask" department was none other than Yeager, the leader of the Dawnbringers!

"Mask" was a purely assassin organization. Whenever "The Raven" internally decreed a target should be erased, "Mask" would handle those Extraordinary Exponents below the Monarch Level; for assassination targets above this, at Monarch Level, Chris of the Fischer family, the "Death God," would personally take action.

Apart from several major reforms in Cyart, there were also many minor reforms, thus, for the entire three years, Cyart underwent significant turmoil.

Therefore, the Fischer family did not start reforms at the moment they seized control of Cyart; taking such large steps immediately could have led to complete chaos.

Moreover, many things happened on the Ouden Continent outside of Cyart.

The Seven Stars Empire and the Lorne Empire continuously rubbed against each other, finally erupting into war on an overseas battlefield; within three years, nearly a hundred powerful Monarchs were said to have died, with the Legends of the Apocalypse even taking action to cause huge islands to sink.

At the same time, Thrums Dukedom also waged war against the City-States of Silvermoon on the western side of the Ouden Continent, swiftly invading the mainland of those city-states.

Thrums Dukedom's "Splitting Blade", under the direction of the Black Falcon, conducted multiple secret trades with the Fischer family, gradually building more trust between them.

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Cyart Royal Capital, Nassir.

"The wedding is only a few days away."

Under a gentle drizzle, the magnificent new palace stood silently amidst the misty water vapor, as if tenderly embraced by a thin layer of gauze.

The palace's spires appeared intermittently through the curtain of rain, the stone walls covered with the traces of years; raindrops slowly slid down the delicately carved reliefs, producing a crisp and tinkling sound.

Dressed in lavish attire, Duke Darren stood quietly under the palace corridor, dressed in a dark, tailored tailcoat adorned with delicate silver edging and the family crest, showcasing his distinguished status.

A bespectacled female Daybreaker stood beside him, holding a long-handled black umbrella, impassively shielding him from most of the rain.

A few droplets of light rain bypassed the brim of the umbrella, gently brushing against Darren's cheeks.

He gazed into the distance, sighed softly, then turned around and looked sternly at the numerous subordinates of the "Black Tide" behind him.

"Her Majesty the Queen's wedding is set to commence in three days. I have received critical information that some individuals from the Rhea and traitors within Cyart will infiltrate Nassir City to assassinate our vital Queen..."

"You must trace their whereabouts first; not only must nothing happen to Her Majesty the Queen, but even the possibility of an assassination must not occur before the public eyes! We must ensure that the wedding proceeds normally!"