When Lant stood up and prepared to personally help up the two important ministers, he felt a feeling that he had never experienced in his previous life.
That's why he is so tall. After standing up straight, he feels that most of the people around him are only below his chest. Only Albert, Rohr and three other men are about the same height as him.
After they all stood up, Rolle was a head taller than Lant, Albert was a little taller than Lant, and the other three were all a head shorter than Lant.
For the first time, Lant experienced seeing the world from a height of more than two meters. He felt that basketball players in previous lives should have had this perspective, but he felt a little dizzy.
"Lant, don't stand for too long. You have just made a breakthrough. Now you are in the stage of rapid growth of your body. Ever since you inspired the demon-bearing bloodline, you should not have grown this much." Albert supported Lant slowly. He sat down, but at this moment Lant had a lot of confusion in his heart.
what happened? Can I still grow taller after upgrading? Can our level and body still be linked?
"Uncle Albert, tell me what happened. When did I break through? What should I do in the future?" Lant wanted Albert to tell more information about this world.
But he was arranging words indiscriminately, because he could not find the concepts of demon possessor, transcendence, and promotion in his memory.
"By the way, after you inspired the bloodline, I have been busy with territorial affairs and forgot to tell you this." Albert felt a little ashamed. Then he began to introduce the extraordinary inheritance and promotion of the entire human world.
The source of everything comes from the double suns in the sky. Yes, there are two suns visible on this planet during the day. A huge, slightly dim one called Raya provides light to the Alivia world where they are located. A little sunlight, a little heat, and a lot of magic.
Another smaller, brighter star, Emperor Yang, 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. This is a gift from the sky and the gods to every race on Avilia.
When individuals in a race can use magic, magic continues to flow in the body of the individual, which can strengthen the physical quality, increase the individual's size, function and lifespan. These strong men have also become leaders of the race.
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 humans, such a path is the path of the three extraordinary professions of knights, magicians and clerics.
Each path starts from the most ordinary demon-adhering person who has just activated his bloodline, and ends with the True God. There are 13 levels in total. Each level up will lead to a qualitative leap in the body's perception and interaction with magic.
Among the entire human race, those who can successfully inspire magical blood before the age of 14 are called demon possessors.
It is difficult for demon possessors to feel the magic elements in the air, but the strengthening of magic on them can already be seen from their appearance.
All human demon possessors are more than 2 meters tall, regardless of gender, occupation or age, while other human demon-free people who have not been able to inspire their bloodline will not be more than 2 meters tall.
The population calculation basis of the empire is "household", "min" and "ding", where "ding" refers to the strong ones who have demons or above, and "min" refers to those without demons. According to the laws of the empire, only those with more than 1 The family of a demon possessor can be counted separately, which means that a "household" is the family surrounding a demon possessor.
The human empire, from the highest emperor, kings of various kingdoms, grand dukes of principalities, to the lowest barons, lords, and knights, all have requirements for the level of demonizers. The level of demonizers, enfeoffed or inherited titles, and the ability of nobles to manage There is a relatively strict correspondence between the size of the territory and the number of citizens.
A demon possessor can become a lord and be supported by the people in the territory. He also has very strict obligations towards the people and the territory. They are simplified from the empire's aristocratic regulations into two items: defend the land and protect the people.
Defending the territory means protecting the entire territory and the lord's territory from invasion.
The requirement to protect the people is that the lord has the obligation to protect the people in the territory, including the non-demon people. As a last resort, the lord 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 a lord's territory is occupied but its citizens are transferred, the title will not be revoked within 3 years. As long as the lord can return to his hometown within 3 years and resume his rule in the territory, the title will not be reduced. But if the people in the territory suffer losses of more than 50%, then the title will definitely not be preserved.
Under the above regulations, every nobleman who owns a fief attaches great importance to the inheritance of his own bloodline.
Take the Lant family as an example. According to the definition of Lant's hometown, in fact, his father Huck Galloping Horse has at least 10 children. Between Huck and his brothers, they are all the same generation as Lant. There were 4 to 50 in total, and many of them died after being born.
There are more than 30 people who can really grow up to 14 or 15 years old. Among them, four demon-advocates were born, namely the eldest brother Ryan Benma, the second brother Obote Benma, the third brother Perry Benma and himself. Lant galloping horse.
Among them, his second and third brothers could only be considered his cousins in a strict sense, but in Galloping Horse's territory, they all became Huck Galloping Horse's sons.
Huck will raise the four of them like parents and children, and the four of them will be filial to Huck like their biological father. The four of them will also be sorted individually by age and given the surname of Galloping Horse. Other non-demon people only have their own names and no surnames.
According to the tradition of the border nobles, the eldest son of the noble will be trained to become the next noble;
The second son will be trained to become a knight commander or scholar in the territory;
The third son will be sent to the royal capital or holy city to serve the gods and become priests. The heirs who serve the gods will not have the right to inherit, but can return to the territory to serve as territorial priests;
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If the children after the third son are promising, they will go to the knights of high-level nobles to try to become court nobles. Otherwise, they will serve as feudal knights or family knights among other middle and low nobles.
In short, there is always a way out if you become a junior knight or above.
The above is about knights, who have the largest proportion of the population. If you are a mage, you can go to the mage tower in a big city and follow the magician to study magic.
The proportion of female demon possessors among 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 demon possessor families, It is said that the status of female demon possessors is very high.
However, the northwest border of the Dragon Kingdom where Lant is located has a poor magical environment, so it is difficult for female demon possessors to be born here all year round.
"You were just a trainee knight before. I don't even know if you can become a junior knight, so I didn't tell you these words," Albert said while watching Lant digest the rules of this world.
"It's different now. You are now the baron of this territory. If your father and your brother cannot come back, you must survive with the people in the territory, so I must tell you these most basic knowledge first."
"Albert, are we too late now? Lant, you need to decide as soon as possible whether we should leave the territory," Rohr said anxiously.
...The extraordinary professions and noble class knowledge introduced by Albert...
Children usually activate their bloodline between the ages of 12 and 14, which means that starting from childhood, 10% of the human population 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 ordinary demon-free people to exceed the age of 60, but a 60-year-old demon possessor can also work in the military, blacksmithing, etc. work.
Less than half of those who possess demons become professionals. The most common professions among humans are knights, magicians and priests, also known as clergy.
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 professionals all have the same judgment standard, that is, they can feel magic, but they cannot use magic.
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 junior standard is that you can perform simple magic release, with a maximum of 1-5 moves. Spells or low-level divine spells.
The fourth level of the demon possessor is the intermediate professional. They can skillfully release magic power, can continuously use moves, spells and low-level magic, and can even use magic power to form a certain perception around them.
Level 5 is an advanced professional. They can release the magic power in their body outwards to form some kind of short-term aura and magic field. In this range, they can feel and affect the people and things around them.
Level 6 is the great knight, great magician, and high priest level. To a certain extent, they have entered a stage beyond mortals. They can form a stable aura or magic field, and through this magic field, they can feel the entire world. The magical environment of the world can also connect to other people’s auras or magic fields.
For example, the great knight can form a powerful knight square with other intermediate and junior knights and use group moves;
The great magician can use his own magic field to supplement the magic of those around him who are junior magicians and above, or to cast more powerful and wider range of magic or mystery.
Albert knew little about levels 7 and above. What he knew was that levels 1, 2, and 3, that is, those below the elementary level, were collectively called low-level demon possessors, and those at levels 4-6 were called Intermediate level extraordinary beings, levels 7-9 are called advanced level extraordinary beings.
Among them, levels 7, 8, and 9 of knights are called Silver Knight, Sky Knight, and Golden Knight respectively; magicians are called junior magisters, magisters, and grand magisters respectively; priests/clergy are called They are called three levels: temple priest, altar priest and pre-god priest.
The higher the level, the stronger the body and the longer the life span. The lifespan of an early-level demon possessor is around 100 years old, and a third-level demon possessor can basically live to be 100 years old, and at the age of 80, they still have the physical strength of a non-demonic person of about 40 years old;
When entering the middle level, it is normal for the life span to exceed 100 years old. Among them, the great knights and great wizards can almost live over 150 years old.
Entering high-level, life has been successfully transformed. Powerful 200-300-year-old golden knights are common. The three kinds of extraordinary beings at level 8 can directly take off and fly with their own strength.
As for the extraordinary beings at levels 10 to 12, Albert only knew that 1,000 years ago, all extraordinary beings at this level were collectively called demigods.
It was not until the God-Emperor ascended the throne that it was clarified that the legendary ranks were divided into three levels.
After entering the legendary rank, they can no longer be called ordinary creatures. Many powerful people who reached the legendary rank in the early days of the establishment of the human empire are still alive today.
Among the three major professions of knights, magicians and clergy, in 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 constantly meditate to increase their own magic reserves. ; For clergy, it is constant prayer to bring themselves closer to the gods.
However, after entering the intermediate level, the practices of the three have something in common. They are all constantly mobilizing the magic power in the body, and constantly practicing and applying magic power.
At high levels, professionals above senior knights, magisters, and temple priests can already easily use the abilities of other professions. For legendary powerhouses, there is almost no essential difference between these three professions. It is more about the professional's own habits and proficiency.
Because of the powerful abilities of demon possessors, all the noble ranks, positions and resources of the human empire are designed around demon possessors.
Taking knights as an example, a feudal knight with a knighthood can usually live in 5-30 households in his own territory, with a population of about 50-300 people.
Whether you are a knight who is enfeoffed or a knight who inherits a knighthood, you need the rank of a junior knight.
When it comes to a real baron, the territory must be able to accommodate 20-200 households. If the baron is divided, the extraordinary person needs to reach level 4, which is an intermediate knight or an intermediate mage. To inherit the title of baron, the demon possessor needs to reach the junior level.
From the beginning, a baron can entrust low-level titles such as knights, lords, or non-inheritable lifelong lords to his subordinates.
From baron to viscount, the main difference between baron and viscount is the difference in strength rather than status. Both are enfeoffed by nobles above earl.
The territory of a viscount is usually 50% larger than that of a baron. At the same time, the inheritance and enfeoffment of a viscount are one level higher than that of a baron. That is to say, only those who are intermediate knights and above can inherit the title of viscount, and those who are high-level knights and above can inherit the title of viscount. The title of Viscount was entrusted.
Viscount and above are earls. In fact, earls are already important ministers in charge of a kingdom. The earl requires a strong person with level 6 or above to inherit, and a person with level 7 or above can be enfeoffed.
The requirement of a marquis is one level higher than that of an earl. Level 7 inherits the enfeoffment of level 8. Both earls and marquises can enfeoff barons and viscounts. However, the enfeoffed viscounts usually need to be approved by the king before they can be officially appointed. In addition to the requirements of the earl's fiefdom, 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 are more stringent above the duke, but the basic conditions are certain. The inheritance level needs to reach level 8, and the enfeoffment level needs to be level 9 or above.
For a principality that is a separate state, the requirements for the grand duke are only level 9, but it needs at least one legend in the country to serve as the pillar of the country, and the kingdom needs at least 3 legends in the kingdom to serve as the pillar of the country.
In addition to the feudal nobles, there will also be palace nobles in the territories above marquis. These nobles are either completely dependent on the high-level nobles, or they 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 fixed rule between the strength and title of the court nobles.