bookbashuk Chapter 16 A New Chapter
Chapter 16 A New Chapter
There are a dozen or so seventh-level nobles, who may be barons or viscounts. When they accept Karl's rule, the commoners under their rule will also be included in the control of Starfire City.
Over the past decade or so, Xinghuo City has quickly reached its normalcy, since Xinghuo City is just an ordinary city, while there are more important cities above it, such as the strategic passes and provincial capitals.
Six million people is the limit of the living environment that Karl could coordinate to provide for the people living in the city, while the rest of the population can only live in some nearby towns and villages.
Based on this calculation, Xinghuo City can currently only control a population of just over twelve million.
Under normal circumstances, selecting one million level-three warriors from over twelve million people is a task that is extremely difficult, with only one in ten being chosen. This seems very challenging, but this is the Yulan Continent.
Except for a small number of women who are naturally weaker than men, most people will reach the level of a third-level warrior by the age of thirty. After reaching the level of a third-level warrior, these people will receive support from Karl, not only in terms of living conditions, but also in terms of potential cultivation enhancement.
These benefits not only motivate them to strive to become Level 3 warriors, but also allow them to cultivate at a faster pace once they reach Level 3.
Under this blessing, most beginners stumble and struggle before becoming Level 3 warriors. However, once they reach Level 3, their cultivation speed increases dramatically. Some even start training at six or seven years old, barely becoming Level 1 warriors at fifteen or sixteen, or Level 2 warriors at two or three, and only reaching Level 3 warriors during their peak physical years before the age of thirty.
However, once they reach the level three warrior, they usually have the strength of a peak level three to level four warrior by the time they are thirty-four or thirty-five. This strength is enough to serve as a squad leader in the security team, leading a group of ten people. If they can continue to cultivate, they can usually reach the level five warrior before the age of fifty. Once they reach this level, they are qualified to serve as a mid-level leader in Starfire City.
This kind of mid-level leader can only lead a hundred people in the security team, but these hundred people are at least level three warriors. If they were in the military, they would be able to lead three thousand people. Such a military formation would be enough to make level six warriors flee in terror. Only experts of level seven or above can handle it.
Starfire City has now turned a new page. After more than a decade of development, the population of the territory is more than ten times that of before. The large population base will also bring about the birth of some outstanding individuals, and geniuses are gradually becoming more numerous.
These geniuses, who can cultivate to the level seven warrior level on their own, can reach the level six warrior level before the age of fifty, while others can only become level five warriors before the age of fifty, and the more outstanding ones can even reach the threshold of level seven, thanks to the blessing of their territory.
For over a decade, Karl's policies toward Starfire City have remained largely unchanged. Level 3 warriors are still eligible to participate in the security team's assessment, and those who pass will receive a significant boost in status. This is why Karl controls the iron mines in his territory and purchases rare mineral resources from the marketplace, giving him a substantial economic foundation and the confidence to act this way.
After all, within Karl's territory, the treatment of a level three warrior is almost comparable to that of a level four warrior outside. Just based on this treatment alone, someone who can become a level three warrior wouldn't even think about going to someone else's territory.
This was Karl's open scheme, which led to a gradual increase in the number of Level 3 warriors spontaneously generated within his territory, while Level 3 warriors from other places also came to join him.
Currently, there are only one million slots available in Karl's territory. Of these one million slots, nearly 60% are level 3 warriors, 25% are level 4 warriors, 10% are level 5 warriors, and the remaining portion consists of some level 6 and level 7 warriors, as well as a very small number of level 8 warriors.
As the territory's strength increases, Karl's daily points also increase. Now, Karl can earn nearly 20,000 points per day. With such high efficiency, Karl still has more than 15,000 points left over after deducting the daily costs of AFK farming and the necessary maintenance costs within the territory.
On average, Karl can accumulate 30,000 points every two days. Most of these points will be saved by Karl, but a considerable number will still be spent on the residents of these territories.
After all, when it comes to improving aptitude, Karl doesn't just focus on improving his own family's. He's never stingy with those who perform exceptionally well. If their aptitude isn't good enough, he'll buy it. Once their strength reaches level eight, he'll directly raise their aptitude to level nine. As for anything beyond that, Karl doesn't have the ability to improve it now.
Even so, the strength of Starfire City is changing extremely rapidly. The eight people who reached the level seven warrior during the Starfire Town period have now reached the mid-level of level eight, and most of the level six warriors have now reached the mid-to-late level seven.
In addition, there were some nobles from outside the area, most of whom had the strength of a level seven warrior. After joining Starfire Town, the vast majority of them reached the level of a level eight warrior.
With nearly twenty level eight warriors, this was the source of Lin Taros's confidence to fight on the battlefield. Even if some of them needed to stay behind in Starfire City, Lin could still lead more than ten level eight warriors.
With ten level eight warriors by his side, Lin Talos's strength, though not reaching level nine, was still second only to the top. And this status was completely changed the day before yesterday.
A level nine warrior has finally emerged from Karl's bloodline.
Duke of Starfire, Earl of Blackrock—this is the foundation that Starfire City represents within the resistance.
As Karl's eldest son successfully advanced to the level nine warrior, his strength, which was enough to easily kill level eight warriors, quickly earned him the prestige of Earl Blackrock on the battlefield. During the more than ten years of chaos, the number of level nine warriors in the resistance army increased, reaching nearly fifty at its peak.
This was a force to be reckoned with even for kingdoms at their peak, let alone the now-declining Anlan Kingdom.
In the third year after Earl Blackrock broke through to level nine warrior, Karl's grandson Colin also successfully broke through to level nine warrior. At Karl's instruction, he joined the battlefield and quickly displayed the prowess of a level nine warrior. He was even named Earl Black Iron by the Grand Duke of Gold.
The Talos family boasts three titles above marquis: one duke and two earls. This has led many to no longer underestimate the Starfire Duke, who has never made a move.
When the bells that symbolized the new year rang, the Anlan royal family, which had persisted for nearly twenty years, finally chose to give up their defense. The increasingly hopeless darkness forced these members of the Anlan royal family, who had enjoyed their royal status for hundreds and thousands of years, to admit that the Anlan Kingdom was beyond saving.