324 Chapter 324

But to their greatest surprise, none of that happened. Even the members of the death and life sect who were expecting Kaido to battle Ahika and force him to bring out the injured Francis and Diana were disappointed as well.

Not only was Diana a close friend of his but he also believed the empire still had a need for those gold realm masters, at least, until Derik and Cyrus returns. So he had no intentions preventing them from recovering. All he could do at this point was to gather the rest of the nobles involved in the bloody war and have them killed. Every single one of them was murdered gruesomely under his watchful eyes and the system of power in the empire was quickly pulled down.

Every representative of all races which made up the empire was swiftly stripped of their positions and power, and everything was handed over to the two sects. It didn't take long before the streets of all parts of the empire were occupied by members of the palace of life and palace of death. The sudden change in power was not welcomed but no one dared to speak up since Ahika showed no signs of opposing this change. Just like Kaido, Derik, and Cyrus, Ahika believed that the only thing which can keep an empire together is absolute power. Since love couldn't keep it together in the past, it wasn't bad for them to try a new approach.

As long as the people were not oppressed and the power was not misused he had no reason to interfere, by the way, he had little time for politics, since he decided to focus on his cultivation and increase his power. In his opinion, little issues like this a complete waste of his time.

With no one to stop him, the reform went smoothly and soon no one could speak against Kaido's actions. People like Elsa, Gerald, and other former high ranking members of the empire who once served as representatives could only send requests with hopes that their requests would be considered and accepted. They held no real power.

At first, people considered this an insult and spoke against this because their loved ones were amongst the undead army but Kaido was not moved by their cries and continued. It didn't take long before this method proved to be effective, making everyone who spoke against it in the past keep shut. Be it within the empire or outside the walls of the empire, these undead puppets were vicious and ruthless against all those who were considered a threat to the safety of the empire, eliminating them with no casualty on the side of the civilians.

During this time, countless small gangs and cults appeared but they were all visited by the dead who didn't need to rest or sleep neither were they corrupt or persuaded. In less than six months, the empire returned to normal and it soon began growing once again, faster than ever. With the perfect security forces and no selfish nobles who twisted the laws just to enrich themselves, the economy of the empire bloomed and since the threat of the magic beasts and the holy church was gone, these people for the very first time in their lives enjoyed a year of peace and prosperity. 

The adventurers association was soon merged with the empires military and Gerald was asked to lead it since Creed was already dead. During this time the orcs returned to the empire, but this time they didn't come just to destroy and annihilate, they came to stay. It didn't take long before a portion of the continent was occupied by them and a stronghold was quickly erected. Before they could further expand, two more foreign beings invaded the continent as well, putting the orcs in a bad position.

Apparently, the orcs were just the creation of one of the old gods and probably the first to invade the god vein, but it didn't take long before the other old golds could send over their own creations. While this was not necessarily a good thing for the empire, they didn't have to worry much since the foreign beings residing in their continent, ignored their existence and soon began battling each other for land. Every one of them had the intention of creating their own empire in this world but there was limited land for them to occupy so they chose to fight each other for it.

While they could easily attack the empire or the magic beasts which resided at the southern part of the continent, they didn't dare do it alone or any time soon. At the side of the empire, these people could detect the about six or so gold realm masters residing there, with a large number of silver realm experts, coupled with the thick stench of death which exuded from the strong three hundred thousand armies of the dead surrounding the empire upon their arrival. While they may win this fight, they will most likely lose a lot of powerful figures in such a battle, weakening their strength while giving the other invaders a chance to dominate them or completely annihilate them.