From Secret Clan to the Divine Dynasty

The news of the Cyart King's death spread and immediately caused a tremendous shock.

After the news of the new king's selection was announced, the major families of Cyart immediately took notice, and after careful consideration, they all sent important members to the Royal Capital.

The election of the new king was extremely significant, as it could potentially lead to changes in Cyart's power structure, so they all took it very seriously.

Meanwhile, another covert matter also caught the attention of many.

With both the Cyart King and Duke Romann dead, there were only two mid-level Monarchs with extraordinary powers left among the noble class of Cyart: "Volcano Dragon" Marquis Vlad and "White Spirit" Marquis Samuel of the Castleton family.

The relationship between these two families was very good, and their combined power has effectively become the strongest in the country.

Currently, the Hovern family's status in Cyart has been completely taken over by the Fischer family, not to mention the Adley Royal Family who reside permanently in the Royal Capital.

Therefore, there are a total of seven major families that have arrived at the Cyart Royal Capital.

These families are the "Dark Night Angel" Romann family, "Fog Wayfarer" Abernathy family, "Flaming Blood Proud Dragon" Castleton family, "Wrathful Angel" Jones family, "Ruins Song Spirit" Middell family, "Wasteland Beast" Frosac family, and the Fischer family, rising from the East Coast.

Because the power of Bloodline exhibited by the Fischer family has always been somewhat chaotic, the nicknames the public use to refer to them tend to be equally disorganized, usually something like "Fisherman," "Fisherman of the East Coast," "Newcomer," or "Up-and-comer," which aren't taken very seriously.

Once again arriving in the Royal Capital via sea routes, the members of the Fischer family encountered the largest city in Cyart just as bustling and tranquil as ever, giving the impression of a vivid historical scroll upon their entrance to the city.

Darren took a deep breath.

"Here we are in this city again," he said.

The Royal Capital of Cyart lies in a basin surrounded by mountains, with ancient towering city walls standing tall, and the streets paved with blue stone slabs crisscrossing like serpents twisting and coiling.

A river known as "Adley's River" runs through the city, its waters so clear the bottom can be seen, glistening under the sunlight, with boats laden with goods occasionally gliding across.

Byrne, Chris, Darren, and several attendants from the Fischer family arrived together in the finest district of the Royal City, staying in the luxurious villas meant for receiving visiting nobles.

In seven days' time, the funeral of the Cyart King would be held.

Since the nobility need to travel from all corners of the world and require various lengths of time to reach, there is a long interval between the death of the Cyart King and the funeral ceremony.

The Fischer family resided temporarily in the villa, aware that in the next few days, there might be some private exchanges among the major families in the city.

Even every individual might have their own ulterior motives.

The next day, "Dragon Taming Lord" Aldrich Romann of the Romann family arrived.

In the villa's great hall, Byrne approached with a smile, nodding and saying,

"Lord Aldrich, it's been a long time."

Aldrich, still dressed very gentlemanly and appropriately, first responded to the greeting, then frowned and shook his head, saying, "It's a pity, we all still came."

Darren also approached and calmly greeted Lord Aldrich.

With a slight smile, Byrne continued, "It seems you are still very wary of the Adley Royal Family, never wanting to come here, but in the end, you had to come to the Royal Capital of Cyart."

"Must be because of pressure within your family, right?"

Aldrich could not help but concede, nodding slightly and saying, "Indeed, the selection of a new king is of such great impact on the interests of the Romann family that, despite my desire not to be involved, all members of my family opposed my view."

"Some of them believe that if the Romann family doesn't gain the favor of the new king immediately, it will be detrimental to our future."

He paused for a moment and added calmly, "I, on the other hand, believe that whether the new king will favor the Romann family largely depends on the power that the Romann family itself possesses."

Aldrich was still opposed to the Romann family members coming to the Royal Capital of Cyart, but the selection of a new king was too important, and there was even the possibility of the Romann family being excluded from the power center.

Thus, his unsubstantiated proposal was immediately met with strong opposition from family members.

The last time he offended the Cyart King had already made him subject to doubt, and now with the Cyart King deceased, Aldrich had no new arguments to offer.

Even though he felt the Cyart King might be feigning death, the announcement issued by the "Silver Hermit" Cardinal of the Salvation Church carried a great deal of credibility.

So, under pressure from within his family, he had no choice but to travel to the Royal Capital of Cyart with "Blazing Fire" Amos, having forcefully left Ariel behind in their territory, so that if anything happened to either of them, there would be something to fall back on.

At that moment, Darren suddenly asked, "Mr. Aldrich, why exactly do you suspect there is something wrong with the Cyart King?"

Aldrich paused for a moment before answering calmly, "After the incident with the Tranquility Order, I returned and compiled all the clues I had and handed them over to the Cyart King."

"The Cyart King sent the competent 'Silver Poet' Madam Aphrodus to investigate, but in the end, she found nothing."