Gabriel spent the entire next week inside his palace, spending time with his sister who was starting to feel lonely.
He handled all his work from within his palace. Throughout this week, Alion and Jia came to visit him to brief him about the outside world, and how they were managing the commotion caused by the sudden change.
Throughout this week, Gabriel's sister had become even more cheerful. Her eyes were bright and full of expectations.
Moreover, when she found out that there were mages in this world, and that her brother was the strongest mage amongst them, she couldn't even believe initially, until Gabriel showed her some magic.
Within this one week, the situation in this world had more or less settled. Everyone already understood that the world had changed. The era of the churches was gone and now there was only one person who truly ruled over this world.
The Holy Lord of Wind also visited, along with Avilia. He had been weakened a lot, since his element was weakened in this world, almost cutting off his access to magic. However, he was still happy that he was at least alive. As for magic, it wasn't as if he couldn't use it at all.
Since he hadn't joined the war against him, and even helped Avilia, Gabriel didn't care too much about the Holy Lord of Wind and let him be free, but not before warning him to not do anything stupid in the future.
In this one week, almost every piece had fallen into its place.
Gabriel had also arranged for materials needed to create bodies for Cylix and Novius. Unfortunately, it was going to take almost a month for those bodies to be created in such a way that Cylix and Novius could use their old magic again.
At the end of the week, after making sure that the situation in the outside world was truly stable, Gabriel allowed his sister to finally go out of the Palace whenever she wanted. He had already assigned some shadow guards to protect her if needed.
At the same time, his sister had also gotten close to Avilia for some reason. In fact, at times, even he didn't know what the two talked about since they completely cut him off from their conversation.
He didn't care too much about that either. However, he was somewhat perplexed by the fact that even when they talked secretly in the distance, the two occasionally looked at him, as if they were talking about him.
All in all, Gabriel had a peaceful time now that he had turned this world into a safe domain. It was something he wanted to do for a long time and only succeeded just now.
Despite everything being so peaceful, he knew that it was only temporary. He couldn't stay in his domain forever. There were more things he had to do! He had to kill many more people... Everyone who schemed against him in the past, he wanted to crush them right under his feet!
Unfortunately, the protection of his domain didn't extend to the Upper Realm so he knew that it was dangerous. He needed more help.
Jia had come down from the Upper Realm so she was perfect to be his guide while Alion and the others protected his domain in his absence. But there was another person that Gabriel thought he needed... Someone who he hadn't talked to in a long time.
Gabriel rubbed his temple, slightly frowning as he thought about it. In his life, he had made many wrong decisions that he regretted.
After giving his sister permission to leave the place whenever she wanted, he finally departed from the castle after a week-long rest.
As he stepped out of the Palace, he noticed that the atmosphere had actually changed in comparison to last week. While streets were completely empty in the past and everyone was full of fear, many people could be seen on the streets now.
Cities had started to open. Humans were very versatile. After understanding that the situation was stable, they had finally started to live their lives the old way... At least to some extent.
Most of the mages had died, but that didn't really affect ordinary humans at all.
Unfortunately, some people were still cautious and preferred to stay indoors as much as possible, even now. That small percentage of people didn't matter though.
Walking on the streets undetected, Gabriel noticed that the city was very lively now. From street performers to cafes and shops, everything was bustling with energy as people enjoyed the warmth of the sun and the fresh air.
He felt a sense of intrigue to see that life had returned to normal after being disrupted like that. As he continued to walk, he couldn't help but notice the little moments of joy that he saw people experiencing - a young couple holding hands, a child running after a butterfly, an old man enjoying his coffee. It was a reminder of how capable humans truly were.
He was somewhat glad that the world had returned to its normal pace. Moreover, there was no need for anyone to worry about any future wars! The hunt for the dark mages had also ended. No one had to kill their family members just because they awakened the wrong element.
Gabriel had changed this world into something that he truly wanted to see. He had kept his promise to Cylix and Novius that he had made in the Tower of Challenges. Now no one like him had to be backstabbed by their own friends. No one like him had to run and hide from mages, only to survive, even though they committed no wrong.
There were many people who had died before this could be achieved, including the Saint Knight and the Duke who worked right under him. However, reality had finally changed into something beautiful and peaceful.
No one noticed that the overlord that had changed this world was walking amidst themselves on the streets, noticing every small change that occured.
In the midst of the crowd, Gabriel soon disappeared, as if he was never truly there in the first place. No one noticed his absence either, aa if he was a ghost.
After disappearing from the Royal City, Gabriel appeared in the depths of a distant valley that used to be called another Forbidden Land in this world.
In the depths of the valley there was a deep forest which could make anyone lose their way inside.
"Now to take care of the last matter..." Sighing, Gabriel stepped toward his destination in the valley.
