188 Chapter 188: Rebuilding Gyro

A few weeks after the war was dedicated to the rebuilding of the capital which was used as the battleground of the three forces. During this time Derik left those kids in Cyrus care, after explaining the role Cyrus played in bringing down the holy church, they weren't as terrified as they were before. Derik used this time to roam around the Gyro kingdom, uprooting the remaining footholds of the holy church in the kingdom while executing the fanatic believers amongst civilians. His method was ruthless, yet effective! In just a few weeks, the unrest created by the fanatic believers of the holy church was resolved, over a thousand civilians died at the hands of the death god and the rest fled from the kingdom, of course, none of them made it far, no one could escape the death god that watches over Gyro.

Take no prisoners was his motto!

After three weeks, the kingdom was completely rebuilt but Gyro. The resources hoarded by the previous king was released to the kingdom. A sizable portion was used to construct magic formations on the walls of the kingdom, with the undead spatial mages help, while a lesser portion was used to compensate the family of those who lost their lives in the war and the rest were given to the adventurers association.

The loot recovered from the cathedral which included thousands of magic weapons of various levels, high-level offensive and defensive battle formations were handed over to the military force of the kingdom to help bluster its strength. The full might military force which was once kept in the capital to protect the royal family was sent out. The outer towns and villages in the kingdom received a sizeable portion of the military force since it was considered the first line of defense of the kingdom, while the inner towns and the capital received less.

Cyrus proposed that they demolish the mighty walls that separate the capital from the other parts of the kingdom but Derik objected to this. He knew the last king, Robert had nasty intentions when these walls were built but it didn't mean it needed to be removed. If it weren't for these walls, fueled with a spatial formation which prevents people from teleporting directly into the kingdom, Derik would have invaded the kingdom sooner than they expected. If it weren't for the elder prince, Gerlad, who betrayed the royal family at a crucial time and found a way to pull down this barrier from within, Derik would have found it extremely difficult to enter the capital.

In his opinion, they shouldn't let anyone get access to the heart of the kingdom so easily.

With this, they proceeded to share the power of the kingdom to the important parties present. The former king controlled all the forces in Gyro and that's why no one dared to stand in his way. If it weren't for Gerald who created his own force after so many years, they would have never succeeded in taking the tyrant down, along with his useless daughter. If the military forces of Gyro are shared amongst various important people, it should be easier for them to prevent one from going astray.

With this Derik took charge of the special supernatural unit of the Gyro kingdom which was hidden from the world. It consisted of about three hundred supernatural beings of various kinds and for some unknown reasons, they were sealed away in an underground chamber before he invaded Gyro. To his greatest Derik quickly brought them out to the outside world and revealed their existence to the Gyro kingdom. He also offered a spot in his new force to any other supernatural being in the kingdom, hiding away in the shadows and to everyone's greatest surprise, supernatural beings began heading to the capital. In just a week this special unit which had only three hundred people rose to one thousand five hundred.

With an important person in the kingdom like Derik, revealing his identity as a werewolf, these people needed to hide no more. They all revealed themselves and pledged their allegiance to him hastily. Each and every one of these people in his special unit could rival a silver realm expert and with a stunning number of about 1500, Derik was satisfied with his new force. A week later, after so much consideration, he offered a spot in his new army to all those possessing any form of evil magic. For this, his old friend Kira applied in hopes of returning to Derik's side.

At first, Derik was eager to reject but at this point, he decided to push aside the matters of the past and just increase his own strength. He accepted Kira into his group and made him the commander of the special unit. With someone taking over this responsibility, he would have enough time to recover from his injuries while training these kids whom he found at the underground base of the cathedral.

Behind the capital were various mountains and hills. Derik took over the mountain which used to belong to Kalos after he was declared one-half of the Twin Kingdom guardians of Gyro. The mountain was revamped and was completely dyed black with Derik's death aura. Dark clouds loomed over the mountain and numerous purple bolts of thunder descended on it occasionally. It was renamed the Palace of the dead, with Derik as the palace master. This was where all the members of his forces resided and his all-seeing eyes would always watch over the Gyro kingdom! Since Kalos insisted, Kuen and his team were also brought into the palace of the dead and they served under Derik while training under Kalos, their master. Derik didn't seem bothered by the arrangement since the addition of a cosmic spirit host will only increase his overall power. By the way, he had no ill intentions for Kuen so he really didn't need to bother himself.

The second half of the twin kingdom guardians was Cyrus, the life mage. He took charge of another mountain behind the kingdom capital and called it the palace of Life. There he summoned all the mages possessing any form of life magic and created his own force. These people were not as rare as the evil mages so it wasn't hard for him to acquire over three thousand capable mages and holy knights in a short while. Unlike Derik's forces which focus on destruction and annihilation, Cyrus' force was filled with mostly defense and support type characters with little fighters. But he wasn't bothered by this.

Soon the territory behind the was owned by two terrifying forces, with the life and death aura from both guardians constantly clashing against each other but none gained the upper hand. This brilliant life and death aura was so huge that it was visible to all within and hundreds of kilometers outside the kingdom. To the outsiders, the pressure they felt whenever they looked towards the direction of the two new forces owned by the twin kingdom guardians of Gyro was just too terrifying and they had the urge to flee for their lives. But to the people of Gyro, they felt safer than ever, knowing that two powerful existences are watching over them.

The military forces remained under the gallant general Creed and he took full control of it, while the adventurers association answered only to King Gerald and what remained of the former team guardian took the position of the royal guards, sent to safeguard the new king. The nobles who sided with the former king and aided him in most of his evil deeds, including the death sentencing of the death mage, Derik were punished. They were stripped of their titles and their properties all over the kingdom were seized. They were chased out of the capital and moved to other towns and villages in the kingdom to start a new life.

This punishment was considered merciful. The original intentions were to execute them all but due to the involvement of Derik's father and sister, things got complicated. They weren't sure how Derik would feel about this since those two were the only form of family he has so they chose to let them go with a minor punishment. They became commoners once again and lost all the benefits they gained from the old king. Derik on his own side remained silent about the matter and pretended as if he was not aware of what was happening. He never tried to meet his family even once but that didn't mean a part of him didn't care. He was grateful to Gerald for considering his feelings and swore in his heart to keep the new king safe.

With this, half a year had passed by and Gyro was set to move forward. Its mighty gates were opened to outsiders who wished to congratulate the new king on his ascension to the throne!