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As the aftermath of the incident at Stevenson Academy gradually subsided, it began to implement new measures to detect and secure against non-transcendental forces.
Within the Nightblades, a special team was established to deal with threats like the fleshy roots—entities without supernatural powers but that remained hazardous for whatever reason. The Nightblades cleaners, with extensive experience in post-battle cleanup and investigation, excelled in this role.
In that manner, a semblance of peace returned to the capital. There were yet undercurrents of tension as various noble houses and factions prepared for the upcoming convention of the Elder Council. Alliances were forged and broken in secret; in public, on the surface, the capital returned to business as usual.
After Selwyn's failure to sabotage the Stevenson Academy of Magic, they seemed to have put their attacks on hold. Although the Nightblades and city guards took the incident seriously and increased the number of patrols thereafter, they failed to catch anyone suspicious.
The situation on the frontlines remained lukewarm. Reports sent to the capital described a few battles and Aleisterre's resulting gains and losses in the process—but after a year of hearing similar news, the residents of the capital had grown numb to it all.
Newspapers that had sold well during the start of the war now struggled to find readers. Weekly battle reports no longer sparked discussions, and tavern conversations among adventurers and guild members returned to topics like earnings and the gossip of eccentric nobles.
About half a month passed in this seemingly peaceful environment. Wang Yu, Avia, and the Church of Nightfall were doing better than ever.
On a certain day, Edward, Wang Yu, and Charles, members of the Nightblades' special ops team, arrived at 7 Black Street in the capital's shadow.
Charles and Edward were both astonished by what they saw. Numerous buildings of varying styles had sprung up along the street, a result of the mixed races living together—after all, it was unlikely that vampires and dwarves, for example, could comfortably coexist in the same type of b...
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