The New Era Arrives: Giant World

Chapter 40 Internal Strife in the Eldian Empire

Frida Reis, the third ruler of the Eldian Empire, fell into a coma due to the strain of frequently and excessively using her powerful abilities. Rod Reis, as her father, was preoccupied with dealing with the turbulent situation in the empire. Only after the situation had largely stabilized did he finally find some free time to visit his beloved eldest daughter.

However, when he saw that Frieda remained asleep, he chose not to disturb her. He knew very well that the Empire's survival was entirely due to his daughter's immense sacrifice, which had brought about a brief period of peace. Meanwhile, Rhodes temporarily took over his daughter's position, bravely shouldering the arduous responsibility of managing the complex affairs of the Eldian Empire.

Meanwhile, Grisha Yeager's clinic became exceptionally busy. This was all due to the influx of wounded soldiers caused by the fierce battle. However, Grisha, with his superb medical skills, enabled these wounded to recover quickly. The clinic was bustling with people, brimming with vitality and energy. At the same time, the rich variety of precious medicinal herbs he had collected proved invaluable in this war, earning him the title of "Holy Physician." However, some within the Eldian Empire, eager to uncover the truth, seized this golden opportunity to plot their revenge. After extensive investigation, they located the secret chamber storing the truth and devised a detailed plan. Through their efforts, they learned the truth about the world's fragmentation, the emergence of the Titans, and how they used the Titans to conquer the world and achieve true global dominance. However, this conquest involved countless deaths, which is why the world did not trust them, and even a thousand years of peace could not erase their hatred. However, due to Fritz's methods as the first emperor of the Eldian Empire, who controlled the will of everyone in the world and carried out racial purification, the fifth emperor of the Eldian Empire began a period of peace. Then, those who knew the truth took advantage of the fact that the Eldian Empire's five major imperial armies were still recovering from their heavy losses and spread the truth to the world through covert means. This caused panic among the people of the Eldian Empire and divided them into two factions: one faction advocated keeping to themselves, exploring beyond the island, establishing diplomatic relations and living in peace, while the other faction advocated fighting back, going beyond the island and killing those who were hostile to them. This made Rod Reis's face extremely grim. He tried to wake his eldest daughter, but she didn't respond. Therefore, he only mobilized the highest leaders of the five great imperial armies loyal to the Eldian Empire, ordering them to take the empire's latest drug to permanently silence the mastermind and key members behind the scenes. Following the trail, the five great imperial armies' highest leaders permanently silenced and put those who had taken the drug and were causing trouble for the empire to fall into a deep sleep. At the same time, the Eldian Empire carried out a major purge, putting those who were obstructing and causing unrest into a permanent sleep with the drug. For a time, the various troubles of the Eldian Empire were greatly reduced, and the people of the Eldian Empire were much calmer. Meanwhile, Rod Reis accelerated the recovery speed of the Eldian Empire in all aspects, allowing the Eldian Empire to gradually return to its original level. He also provided generous compensation and awards to those who sacrificed their lives, and provided them with daily consolation money and entrusted their Eldian orphans to the care of others as a form of comfort. Subsequently, he also ordered the highest leaders of the five great imperial armies of the Eldian Empire to strictly investigate those who were rescued and improve the screening mechanism to avoid excessive casualties again. At the same time, Grisha Jaeger's medical clinic, which had treated all five members of the Imperial Army, was bestowed the title of Imperial Holy Clinic, and he was known as the Imperial Holy Physician, second only to members of the Eldian Imperial Family and the Emperor. He was also allowed to establish the Imperial Medical Academy, where his status was second only to the Eldian Emperor. The people of the Eldian Empire hoped their children would learn the skills of the Imperial Holy Physician to ease the burden and expenses on their families. Furthermore, gaining his approval would bring immense honor and success to their relatives and friends. Grisha Jaeger also established several ironclad rules for the Imperial Medical Academy: no bullying, no forming cliques, and no throwing tantrums or failing to recognize mistakes—anyone who did so would be expelled. The Imperial Medical Academy had low admission requirements; any teenager would be accepted as long as they didn't violate these rules. Grisha Jaeger dedicated his life to writing numerous medical textbooks, summarizing his experiences and lessons learned, and cultivating various ways of thinking, correct values, and ethical standards and behavioral norms for physicians among the students of the Imperial Medical Academy. The difficulty of the assessments for ordinary graduates, outstanding graduates, and graduates who excel in all aspects are different, as are the levels of recognition from Grisha Yeager, the founder of the Imperial Medical Academy. The levels are as follows: junior physicians can treat various diseases under normal circumstances; intermediate physicians can treat various difficult and complicated diseases; senior physicians can treat various fatal diseases; ultimate physicians can treat various life-threatening diseases; and god-level physicians can save and restore patients to their original state as long as their will remains intact, indirectly solving the root cause of the internal strife in the Eldian Empire.