Panlong: My Auto-Level Training System

Chapter 19 Tianfeng County

Rewards can be divided into two types. One is for the strong themselves, such as barons and viscounts. As long as their strength reaches the level of a seventh or eighth-level warrior, they can obtain a reward. As nobles, they will also receive their own fiefdoms. However, these fiefdoms are not very large. For example, a baron's fiefdom can only accommodate a few hundred thousand people, which is already quite good. Most viscounts' fiefdoms can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people, but in reality, due to various factors, the actual number of people is far less than the capacity.

As for going further up, in addition to the rewards for the strong individuals themselves, there is now a reward for their families. After all, an eighth-level warrior can easily live for three hundred years. Unless they are rising geniuses who progress from the eighth level to the ninth level and then to the Saint Realm, many experts have their own families.

A marquisate was a title bestowed upon a family.

In Karl's view, this reward system is actually a military merit system. Level 7 and Level 8 warriors can obtain their own fiefdoms, which are the prototypes of their families. However, once a Level 7 or Level 8 expert dies in an accident or reaches the end of their lifespan, and there is still no one in their family who can replace their position, then the territory will be taken back by the kingdom. Such nobles who depend on a certain strong person in the family will also be knocked down from the heavens in a short time.

As for those who truly developed their families, besides the founders themselves, their descendants also included quite skilled individuals, thus fulfilling the conditions for bestowing rewards upon the families.

This is similar to how Karl's own strength was enough to serve as a duke in the kingdom when he was a level nine warrior. He didn't even need to stay in Starfire Town; he could have easily found a county or even a provincial capital to hold an important position. For example, when his strength was at the peak of level nine, he could have chosen any important city lord position in the kingdom. He could then bring his family with him and become the foundation of a city lord's mansion.

However, this family status is nominal; if something happens to him, the family will instantly revert to its original state.

The second type of reward is a family honor, signifying that the family has made outstanding contributions to the kingdom. This is something that requires at least a level nine expert to accomplish. Once such a reward is received, even if the level nine expert dies, the family, while not inheriting 100% of their achievements, can at least maintain the treatment of a level eight warrior.

This not only means that at least one person in the family will be able to serve as a marquis regardless of their strength, but also that there will always be someone in the family holding an important position in a major city at the county level. In addition, the family will not only have high-ranking official salaries, but also sufficient sources of income. Even without an eighth-level expert in charge, the family's title is enough to make ordinary seventh-level experts dare not easily interfere.

Karl could have stood by and watched the Anlan Kingdom perish. After all, as a Saint-level expert, he was powerful enough to look down on all level nine experts. Even if his inaction would cause dissatisfaction among the rebels, as long as a level nine expert came, Karl only needed to reveal a little of his aura to make them understand that he had the strength to fight.

However, for the sake of his own plans, Karl allowed his two sons to lead some of the local experts to join the resistance, not only to give them more experience, but also to prepare for his future plans.

After the division of spoils, the territory that originally belonged to the Anlan Kingdom was quickly disintegrated. The Anlan Kingdom, which was not small at first, has shrunk its territory little by little over the years, eventually reaching the lowest level of a kingdom, namely three provincial-level kingdoms.

Although these three provinces are now actually spoils of war for the Kingdom of Fenlai, these territories are nominally owned by the rebels. The promises made by the Bolin family are, in reality, a form of exchange.

They could exchange territories that could have been divided for Saint-level secret techniques, or for resources that were very important even to ninth-level experts. Most of these territories would be taken over by confidants of the Bolin family, with only a small number of family members retaining their spoils.

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City Lord's Mansion.

The city lord's mansion was bustling with activity at this time. The nobles were enjoying the food and chatting in hushed tones, as if this gathering was more of a private opportunity for them to build relationships.

Behind the city lord's mansion was the Talos family's residence. Unlike the bustling atmosphere of the city lord's mansion in front, the atmosphere inside the Talos family's residence could be described as somewhat tense.

Karl sat in the head seat, with his two blood relatives beside him, who were also the only two level nine warriors in the Talos family: Lin Talos and Colin Talos.

Following the two were several experts with the rank of level eight warriors. There were quite a few of them, and besides the members of the Talos family, most of them were nobles who truly held sway in Starfire City.

Seeing the tense atmosphere among the crowd, as if this were some kind of abyss, Karl smiled and said, "The reason I invited you all here today is that the Talos family has received a reward and no longer needs to be confined to one city. I plan to build a new city."

Upon hearing Karl's voice, most of the people present changed their expressions.

To receive a reward? Now that the Kingdom of Anlan has been destroyed, who can still bestow rewards upon us?

Many people exchanged glances, realizing that this pillar of Talos had probably secretly become involved in the resistance's struggle.

It's no wonder they were surprised, since Karl didn't send a large number of people to participate in the war; he mostly just mobilized some level eight experts.

Moreover, most of the level eight experts that Karl could mobilize were trained by Karl himself. After all, the reason why other level eight experts could migrate to Starfire City was essentially to avoid the conflicts of war.

Among these surprised people, many reacted quickly, a bitter look flashing in their eyes. This meant that although they seemed to be able to sit here and discuss important matters in the city, they were actually beginning to be eliminated from the power center of the city.

In their eyes, the Talos family has three level-nine experts. With such strength, as long as they cultivate a sufficient number of troops and occupy most of the province, they can establish a duchy belonging to the Talos family.

Everyone wants the opportunity to rise to power, but many present began to resent missing this chance.

Next time, we can't let ourselves be left behind so easily.

The three level-nine warriors quickly discussed the matter in this small meeting without compromising their core interests, and the results came out just as quickly.