Chapter 224 - The Emergence of the Gaia Kingdom
The Kingdom of Gaia was not only the Iron Legion.
One could say that it had become the living amalgamation of all the remnants of Milis, of the countless races and external forces that once formed the old order, and, of course, of the Legion itself.
A synthesis of everything that remained, evolved, and was reborn from the ashes of the War of the Last Crusade.
With the fall of Milis, the new Kingdom began to take shape rapidly.
The combat Divisions of the Iron Legion officially and naturally became the army of the Kingdom of Gaia.
All the inhabitants of Milis ended up, by free choice or necessity, joining the new regime. After all, chaos was not an option. And under the banner of the Legion, there was order, security, and purpose.
Over the year that followed the victory, the Ten Divisions of the Iron Legion founded by Rygar many years before gradually adapted to their new functions.
The administrative Divisions took on political, diplomatic, commercial, and fiscal roles across the entirety of the conquered territory.
Cities that once belonged to Milis now answered to new rulers, and the Legion acted as an authority that had proven its strength on the battlefield and now proved it in civil organization as well.
The Divisions of Research, Alchemy, and Development became pillars of the scientific and magical advancement of the Kingdom.
Inheriting the vast knowledge of Milis—entire libraries, laboratories, grimoires, and magical devices—they set about studying them diligently.
Each discovery was analyzed, each technology absorbed and gradually refined.