Sometimes, the changing of eras happened in the span of a single day.
Yesterday, the wizards of the Shaping School and Alchemy School had still been discussing which academy to attack. Today, the Legal Department directly intervened and arrested every wizard involved in the civil unrest.
The wizards pleaded with their superiors, but before their requests could reach the Communication Crystal Balls of those important figures, the important figures themselves had been taken away by the Legal Department.
Under the escort of Legal Department wizards, the Miracle Wizards returned to their respective Academies. Seeing wizards from the other schools being dragged out of the Academies by the Legal Department, the Miracle Wizards felt satisfied—but not entirely appeased.
"These bastards got off easy," one wizard cursed.
However, once the Truth Council's announcement regarding the civil unrest was released, that lingering indignation vanished like smoke in the wind.
[...Anyone who planned or organized an attack on an academy shall enter the Atonement Army. Those with insufficient combat ability shall undergo Personality Remolding. Anyone who participated in an attack on an academy shall be punished, according to wizard rank and number of kills, with penalties ranging from fines to assignment to the Atonement Army. Please await the Legal Department's announcement for detailed sentencing rules.]
The Atonement Army was practically equivalent to the penal battalions of World War II. Wizards sent there could only be considered redeemed if they survived until the end of the war.
If a wizard suffered grave injuries during that time and could no longer fight, they would undergo Personality Remolding before joining a Wizard Academy as a teacher, continuing to contribute to Wizard Civilization.
To put it bluntly, entering the Atonement Army was the same as receiving a death sentence.
This was already the harshest punishment in