Edward's Arrival and Arshley's Suspicion

The Imperial Palace was vast, spanning tens of thousands of acres and safeguarded by powerful magic barriers that protected every corner.

Those magic barriers were constructed by great mages from different eras under the orders of successive holy emperors.

As a result, the palace was nearly indestructible—at least, until Leon and Athena obliterated it.

What was once a magnificent symbol of power and splendor was now nothing more than a ruin, reduced to rubble.

The magical formations that once shielded it lay in ruins, incapable of being restored without the expertise of a Great Mage.

Fortunately, for Leon, Athena, and Arshley, this was not a major concern.

Leon tasked Albert with commanding the soldiers to rebuild the palace, while Arshley mobilized specialists from the Holy Orthodox to assist.

Athena, meanwhile, took charge of restoring the palace's magic formations—reinforcing them to be even stronger than before.