From Secret Clan to the Divine Dynasty

Nasir Town.

A whole year had passed since Ian had taken complete control of the Sea God Cult, and there was no doubt that the development speed of Nasir Town had taken another step forward.

The frequent raids of the Sea God Cult were no longer a problem, and various pirates along the coast had been easily swept away by Karl. With his protection, the fisheries and maritime industries of the East Coast flourished.

As time went by, people increasingly believed in one thing—that the Fischer family was truly protected by the vast Tempest Overlord!

How great was the Fischer family! They not only defeated the heretics of the White Sea but also completely eradicated the fearsome pirates.

The fishermen fully felt that, over the years, the weather at sea had become increasingly good, and no one had perished in the sea due to violent maritime weather anymore.

With the security and environment of the White Sea greatly improved, not only the citizens of the East Coast but also many surrounding powers and countries changed their original trade routes to sail through the White Sea instead.

After all, completely safe seas were almost non-existent in the Nine Seas. The western part of the White Sea, which was originally a benign environment, had been a barbaric battlefield shunned by many due to human factors; now, it was completely devoid of danger.

If it were not for the Winged Folk and glacier inhabitants still controlling vast territories and continuing large-scale wars, it would likely have only been a matter of time before it became a sea of trade.

Ian also seized a crucial opportunity, starting to change the strategies of the White Sea natives, ordering them not to plunder the various ships passing by anymore but instead to engage in various maritime trades.

Even a reform of this magnitude, involving his identity starting a war, still met with some resistance. However, Karl soon displayed several more marine miracles, and no one opposed Ian's commands any longer.

To many outsiders, however, the natives of the White Sea were nothing more than monkeys, with no need at all to trade with them—slaughtering was the only necessary action.

Yet, those who wished to deal with Ian's subordinates in recent years were mostly struck dead by sudden lightning, further strengthening Ian's authority.

Under Karl's established "Mandatory Safety Zone Rule," the natives of the White Sea and outsiders could finally be forced to trade "peacefully."

Ian had long been a devout person, yet his current strength did not even match that of a Bloodline Knight of a high-level Beginning.

But was strength really important for becoming the High Priest of the Sea God Cult?

Not important.

Because it's clear to everyone that within any cult, the favor of the god is always the most important!

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Starting many years ago, Nasir had surrounded old Fourth District with four new city districts. The area of these new districts was much larger than that of the old four districts, with virtually the area of any new district equalling the total of the old Fourth District.

After decades of construction led by the Fischer family, the entire area of Nasir had greatly increased. In fact, it had become a true city, not only comparable to Fein City but even surpassing some.

Byrne, who had burned through his lifespan and was sixty-one years old, looked very elderly, like a seventy-year-old man, but his eyes still possessed profound and steady wisdom.

He was a living legend in the eyes of many, and the stories of Byrne and Chris were widely spread throughout the East Coast and had even been adapted into operas.

At least locally in Nasir, the grand opera at the theater run by Christine was a very popular program of the Fischer family's legendary saga.

Of course, some content that couldn't be spoken of was officially cut out.

Byrne and Chris's popularity had risen to an exaggerated degree. Within the East Coast Province, both were heroes that in no way were inferior to Duke Black Iron.

Privately, people would even directly say that not even the Cyart King deserved the loyalty of the East Coasters as much as the two brothers did!

In the past year, Byrne felt that it was no longer good to refer to the old Fourth District as East, South, West, and North City Districts, and the four new districts still under construction were always referred to by the residents by numbers, which was not good as they lacked official names.

Therefore, he gave new names to the eight city districts.

First, the wealthiest old North City District. Byrne initially searched for many meaningful names and finally decided to name it "Lucius District."

The reason for choosing this name was self-explanatory.

He then renamed South City District and West City District to "Blue Sea" and "White Gold" respectively.

The originally poor East City had long shed its slum status, and its residents were gradually able to live normally.

Its new name was "Amber."

As for the names of the four new city districts, Byrne named them "5th City District Nebula," "6th City District Flourishing Blooms," "7th City District Luminosity," and "8th City District Tidal Waves," respectively.

The people of the four new districts also prided themselves as Nasir citizens.

However, those born and bred in the old Fourth District of Nasir mostly harbored a certain thought.

Could those newcomers living in the four new districts, that is, in the suburbs, really be considered as Nasir citizens?

Every time these newcomers also called themselves Nasir citizens, the native born and bred Nasir citizens always felt somewhat uncomfortable.

Byrne remembered the example of establishing a school to help him grasp the Power of Consecution, so he gathered the Extraordinary Exponents of Path of Forging and Path of Authority, ordering them to massively participate in the entire planning process of establishing and naming the new city districts.

Sure enough, his thinking was completely right. The Extraordinary Exponents who embarked on these God Pantheon stairways, through the act of constructing new city districts and planning urban developments such as naming, further mastered the Power of Consecution.

In his study, he said to a Daybreaker:

"It is decided; start preparing for a grand festival from now."

"Next month, the Fischer family will publicly declare that Nasir is no longer just a port town but a truly flourishing seaside city!"

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Nasir's 6th City District, Flourishing Blooms District.

Within a hidden room of a newly opened tavern, several illegal superhumans gathered.

Since most of them had criminal records and concealed identities, they all seemed somewhat nervous as they arrived here.

After a while,

a young woman dressed in a black robe and wearing an Iron Mask entered the room through a secret passage in the wall, and casually took a seat in front of the others, giving a slight nod.

"So you've all arrived?"

"I'll be leading this gathering of Extraordinary Exponents, trade your extraordinary materials and information now..."

They nodded respectfully and immediately said, "Thank you, Tide Master, for your help."

Once the trade was completely finished, most of the illegal superhumans left.

Only the host and a middle-aged woman with brown hair remained in the room. She looked up at the young woman in the black robe with the Iron Mask.

"The information you asked me to inquire about last time, I investigated it, and this is what I found."

She handed over an envelope, anxiously giving it to the young woman in the black robe with the Iron Mask.

After examining the information inside, the young woman nodded slightly.

"Good, you seem to have qualified to go further."

She had actually known what the true information was all along, and sending the middle-aged woman to gather it was merely a test.

"What's your name?"

She also knew the middle-aged woman's name but still asked, seeking to test her sincerity.

"I am a Vallere citizen, Carol."

Finally, after a year of tests, Carol was granted an important opportunity. She successfully joined the secret intelligence organization "Black Tide."

She even came to an underground secret hideout, a complex mini-palace, where in one of the secret rooms she met the leader of "Black Tide," a tall man wearing an Iron Mask.

They all called that man "Tide Master." He was a man of great power, who controlled vast resources, and many even suspected that the Tide Master was a Monarch powerful expert.

No one knew that the "Tide Master" who had been appearing publicly all along was actually Darren's most trusted subordinate, the old dog who had ventured through life and death with him from Rhea.

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Disguised as the "Tide Master," the old dog sat in his chair, gazing at Carol and said calmly,

"Congratulations, from today on, you are one of us."

"Black Tide doesn't serve any power or secrets, all we seek is money, gathering information then selling it, that is what the organization does."

"Do you understand?"

Of course, he was lying.

The real situation of Black Tide was that it was an external intelligence organization of the Dawn Church, but the only ones in Black Tide who knew this were him, Darren, and a few other Daybreakers who had been planted to help.

Carol nodded repeatedly, saying loudly, "I understand, of course I understand!"

"I joined Black Tide for more resources!"

The old dog nodded, pretending to be profound,

"Good."

"Being a smart person, you should know the price to pay if you betray us."

Just then, Karl suddenly possessed the body of the old dog, as he sensed a subtle anomaly.

The middle-aged woman...

He could clearly feel a mark belonging to himself upon her.

What's going on?

Such marks had always only been found on the souls of those devout who had passed away.

Karl finally recognized the woman's soul.

"So it's Narda?"

Yes, he realized that the woman's previous life was that of the devout woman swayed by Irene on her deathbed, the mother of the Moore brothers, Grandma Narda.

Interesting.

Karl studied Narda carefully, noting that her appearance differed greatly from her previous life but recognizing similarities, and his interest in the souls' life, death, and reincarnation in the Claud World grew.