Before ascending to God, be a good lord

Chapter 4 2. The Nobles and Bloodlines of the Demon Bearers

When Rand got up and was about to help the two important ministers himself, he had a feeling that he had never felt in his previous life.

That is why I am so tall. After standing up straight, I feel that most of the people around me are only below my chest. Only Albert, Luo Er and 3 other men are about the same height as me.

After they all stood up, Roll was a head taller than Rand, Albert was a little taller than Rand, and the other three were a head shorter than Rand.

It was the first time for Rant to experience seeing the world from a height of more than two meters. He felt that the basketball players in his previous life should have this perspective, but he was a little dizzy.

"Rand, don't stand for too long, you just broke through, and now is the stage of rapid physical growth, since you stimulated the blood of possessing demons, you should not have grown like this." Albert helped Rand to sit slowly However, at this time Rand felt a lot of confusion in his heart.

what happened?Can you grow taller after upgrading?Can our level and body still be linked?
"Uncle Albert, tell me what's going on, when did I break through? What should I do in the future?" Rand wanted Albert to tell more about this world.

But he was scrambling to organize the language in his mouth, and he couldn't find the concepts of demon possessor, transcendence, and promotion in his memory.

"By the way, after you inspired the blood, I have been busy with territorial affairs and forgot to tell you this." Albert felt a little ashamed.Then began to introduce the extraordinary inheritance and promotion of the entire human world.

The source of everything comes from the double suns above the sky. That’s right, this planet can see two suns during the daytime. A huge, slightly dim one called Raya provides the world of Alivia where they live. A little bit of sun, heat and most of the magic.

The other, smaller, bright Diyang star is the source of most of the heat and sunlight and a small amount of magic.Macroscopic magic falls from the sky in the form of many different magical elements, which is the gift of the sky and the gods to every race on Avilia.

When individuals in a race are able to use magic, the magic circulates in the individual's body continuously, which can strengthen the physical fitness, improve the size, function and lifespan of the individual, and these strong people also become the leaders of the race.

And through long-term exploration and experimentation within the race, each race has found its own way to improve the strength of the strong and preserve the blood of the strong.

For human beings, such a path is the path of the three extraordinary professions of knight, magician and priest.

Each path starts from the most common demon possessor who has just stimulated the bloodline, and the final point is the righteous god, with a total of 13 levels. Every time the body's perception and interaction with magic power is improved, a qualitative leap will be produced.

In the entire human race group, those who can successfully stimulate the magical blood before the age of 14 are called demon possessors.

It is difficult for demon possessors to feel the magic element in the air, but the strengthening of magic on them can already appear from the outside.All human demon possessors are more than 2 meters tall, regardless of gender, occupation or age, while other human demon-less people who have not been able to stimulate their blood will not exceed 2 meters in height.

That is to say, starting from the age of 14, 60% of the population of the human race will be different and become creatures of almost another race.In addition to height, once you become a demon possessor, your senses will be sharper and your lifespan will be longer. It is difficult for an ordinary non-magic person to be over 60 years old, but a [-]-year-old demon possessor can still work in the army, blacksmith, etc. work.

Among demon possessors, less than half become professionals.The most common occupations in the human race are knights, magicians, and priests, that is, priests.

The lowest levels of these professions are apprentice knights, magic apprentices, and priest apprentices. The titles of the three are not fixed, especially priest apprentices. Depending on the gods they serve, they are sometimes called assistant priests, assistant priests, etc., but the lowest level All professionals have the same criteria for judging, that is, they can feel magic power, but they cannot use magic power.

Starting from the third level of the demon possessor, the names tend to be unified, junior knight, junior mage, junior priest/priest/priest/clergyman, the basic standard is to be able to perform simple magic release, up to 3-1 moves, Spells or low-level divine spells.

The fourth level of the magic possessor is the intermediate professional. They can release magic proficiently, can use tricks, spells and low-level divine spells continuously, and can even use magic to form some kind of perception around them.

Level 5 is an advanced professional. They can release the magic power in their bodies outward to form a certain period of aura and magic field. In this range, they can feel and affect the people and things around them.

The sixth level is the level of great knights, great magicians, and high priests. To some extent, they have entered the stage beyond ordinary people. They can form a stable aura or magic field, and feel the whole world through this magic field. The magical environment of the world can also be connected to the aura or magic field of other people.

For example, a great knight can form a powerful knight phalanx with other middle-level and junior knights, and use group moves; and a great magician can use his own magic field to supplement magic for people above junior magicians around him or cast more powerful and wider-range magic Or Mystic.

Albert knows little about level 7 and above. What he knows is that level 1, level 2, and level 3 are collectively referred to as low-level demon possessors, and levels 4-6 are called demon possessors. Intermediate-level transcendents, level 7-9 are called advanced-level transcendents.

Among them, the 7th, 8th, and 9th levels of knights are respectively called the three levels of silver knight, sky knight and golden knight; They are respectively called the three levels of temple priests, altar priests and pre-god priests.

The higher the level, the stronger the body and the longer the lifespan.The lifespan of a first-level demon possessor is around 100 years old, and a level 3 demon possessor can basically live to 100 years old, and at the age of 80, he still has the physical fitness of a non-magic possessor who is about 40 years old;

Entering the middle level, it is normal for the lifespan to break through the 100-year-old mark. Among them, the great knight and the great mage can almost all live past 150 years old.

Entering a high level, life has successfully transformed, and powerful 200-300-year-old golden knights are not uncommon. At level 8, the three kinds of transcendents can directly fly into the air with their own strength.

As for the supernatural beings of level 10-12, Albert only knew that before 1000 years, all superhuman beings at this level were collectively referred to as demigods.

After the emperor ascended the throne, it was clarified that the legendary ranks were divided into three levels.

After entering the legendary rank, it can no longer be called an ordinary creature. Many strong people who reached the legendary rank in the early days of the human empire are still alive today.

However, among the three major occupations of knight, magician and priest, at the initial stage, the practice methods of the three are completely different. For knights, it is to exercise physical fitness and guide fighting spirit; for magicians, it is to continuously meditate to increase their own magic power reserves. ; For the priests, it is to pray constantly to bring themselves closer to the gods.

However, after entering the intermediate level, the practice of the three has a commonality, they are all constantly mobilizing the magic power in the body, constantly practicing and applying magic power.

And at a high level, for professionals above high-level knights, magisters, and temple priests, they can already easily use the abilities of other professions.For legendary powerhouses, there is almost no essential difference between these three professions, and it is more a matter of the professional's own habits and proficiency.

Because of the powerful abilities of demon possessors, all noble ranks, positions, and resources of the human empire are formulated around demon possessors.

The population calculation basis of the empire is "Household", "Min" and "Ding". Among them, "Ding" refers to a strong man who possesses demons and above, and "Min" refers to those who do not have demons. According to the law of the empire, only people with more than one The family of a demon possessor can be counted separately, that is to say, a "household" is the family surrounding a demon possessor.

From the highest emperor, the kings of various kingdoms, the grand duke of the principality, to the lowest barons, lords, and knights in the human empire, all have requirements for the level of demon possessors. The level of demon possessors and entrusted or inherited titles can be managed There is a relatively strict correspondence between the size of the territory and the number of people in the territory.

Taking knights as an example, a divided knight with a knight's collar can usually live in 5-30 households with a population of about 50-300 in its own territory.

Whether it is an entrusted knight or an inherited knighthood, the level of a junior knight is required.

When it comes to the field baron, the territory must be able to live in 20-200 households. If you are a baron, you need to be a superhuman who has reached level 4, that is, an intermediate knight or an intermediate mage. To inherit the title of baron, you need a demon possessor to reach the elementary level.

From the beginning, the baron can entrust his subordinate knights, lords, or non-inherited life lords and other low-level titles.

A baron is a viscount, and the difference between a baron and a viscount is mainly due to the difference in strength rather than status. Both are entrusted by nobles above the earl, but the territory of the viscount is usually 50% larger than that of the baron. Each is one level higher, which means that only demon possessors above intermediate knights can inherit the title of viscount, and demon possessors above senior knights can share the title of viscount.

A viscount and above is an earl, and a field earl is already an important minister of a kingdom in charge of a place. The earl requires a strong person who reaches level 6 or above to inherit, and a level above 7 to be entrusted.
The Marquis is one level higher than the earl's requirement. The 7th level inherits the 8th level of enfeoffment. Both the earl and the marquis can entrust the baron and viscount, but the viscount usually needs to be approved by the king before being officially appointed. If there is a town directly under the earl, it needs to be able to entrust at least one viscount and one baron.

The requirements above the duke are more stringent, but the basic conditions are certain, the inheritance level needs to reach level 8, and the enfeoffment level needs to be above level 9.

A principality that enshrines the country alone requires only level 9 for the grand duke, but requires at least one legend in the country as a national pillar, and the kingdom needs at least 3 legends as a national pillar in the kingdom.

In addition to the feudal nobles, there will also be court nobles in the territory above the marquis. These nobles are either completely attached to high-level nobles, or have the governance rights of some cities. They have no income from the fiefs and can only receive the salaries and rewards of the superiors.

Therefore, there is no hard-and-fast rule between the strength of court nobles and titles.

A demon possessor can become a lord and be supported by the people in the territory. He also has very strict obligations to the people and the territory. The two are simplified from the imperial aristocratic regulations: keep the land and protect the people.

To guard the land is to protect the entire territory and the territory of the feudal monarch from being invaded.The requirement of protecting the people is that the lord has the obligation to protect the people including the non-monsters. In a last resort, they can ask the people to take refuge in other human cities or territories, and return to the original territory after the disaster. reconstruction.

Generally speaking, if the lord's territory is occupied, but the people are transferred, the title will not be revoked within 3 years, as long as he can fight back to his hometown within 3 years and resume rule in the territory, the title will not be reduced.But if the people in the territory suffer a loss of more than 5%, then the title will definitely not be preserved

Under the above regulations, every noble with a fief attaches great importance to the inheritance of his own blood.

Take the Rand family as an example, according to the definition of Rand’s hometown, in fact, his father, Huck Benma, has at least a dozen children. Between Huck and his brothers of the same generation, children of the same generation as Rand There were 10 to 4 in total, and many of them died after birth.

There are more than 14 people who can really grow up to the age of 15 or 30. Among them, 4 demon owners were born, namely the eldest brother Ryan Benma, the second brother Obote Benma, the third brother Perry Benma and himself Rand Benma, among them, his second and third elder brothers can only be regarded as his cousins ​​strictly speaking, but in the Benma territory, they all became the sons of Huck Benma.

Huck raises the four of them like a parent and child, and the four of them will be filial to Huck like their biological father. The four of them will also be sorted by age individually and named after Ben Ma.Other non-monsters only have their own first names and no surnames.

According to the tradition of the border nobles, the eldest son of the noble will be cultivated to be the next noble;
The second son will be trained as a knight commander or scholar in the territory;
The third son will be sent to the capital or holy city to serve the gods and become a priest. The heirs who serve the gods will not have the right to inherit, but they can return to the territory to serve as the priests of the territory;
If the children behind the third son are promising, they will go to the knight order of high-ranking nobles to try to become court nobles, or they will serve as enfeoffment knights or family knights among other middle and low nobles.

In short, there is always a way out after becoming a junior knight or above.

The above is about knights with the largest population ratio. If they are mages, they can go to the mage tower in a big city and study magic with the magister.

The proportion of female demon possessors in the entire human race is very stable, between 25% and 33%. The offspring of female demon possessors are more likely to give birth to demon possessors than those without demon possessors. Therefore, for the demon possessor family It is said that the status of female magicians is very high.

However, the northwest border of the dragon kingdom where Rand is located has a poor magical environment, so it is difficult to produce female demon possessors here all the year round.

"You were just an apprentice knight before, and I don't even know if you can become a junior knight, so I haven't told you these words." Albert said while watching Rant digesting the rules of this world
"It's different now, you are now the baron of this territory, if your father and your brother can't come back, you have to lead the people to survive, so I must first tell you the most basic knowledge"

"Albert, is it too late for us now, Rand, you need to decide as soon as possible whether we should leave the territory" Luo Er said anxiously.

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