The City of Sunset

After Tiamat's defeat, the Dragon Worship Cultists within Sunset City completely collapsed, and the Empire's soldiers entered the city without any effort.

These well-trained soldiers occupied key buildings such as the Seleucia Royal Palace, the Eternal Sun God Tower, the banks, and the armories, quickly taking control of the entire city.

Before tens of thousands of citizens, Tiamat's statue was publicly smashed to pieces. What had once been an untouchable symbol of faith and power was now nothing more than dull rubble scattered across the ground.

Tiamat's temple was also renovated by an Imperial construction crew and turned into the new Dragon Oath Hall. Hundreds of Dragon Oath Paladins and Emperor worshippers moved in, distributing aid far and wide while promoting the doctrine of the Burning Emperor's supremacy.

The thousands upon thousands of human slaves and sacrifices imprisoned in the dungeons were freed. After being rescued, Imperial Emperor priests distributed food and water to them and preached before them, explaining where their suffering had come from and why they had been saved.

After speech after speech, these refugees who had narrowly escaped death would become the Emperor's most loyal supporters, harboring profound hatred toward the Tiamat Church and Tiamat.

After eradicating faith in Tiamat, they naturally had to dismantle the social power structure left behind by the Dragon Worship Cult. Under the Imperial Guard's extensive manhunt, all of the former Dragon Worship Cult's upper ranks were captured and thrown into lightless dungeons.

The Five-Colored Dragon marks that everyone had once coveted had now become symbols of disaster that people avoided at all costs. Anyone found bearing such marks would be arrested by the Imperial Guard, and even their friends and family could be implicated.

In this atmosphere where everyone feared for themselves, the former social order resembling a "Caste System"