bdsm-fiction Chapter 2 Family
Chapter 2 Family
At 26 years old, a fourth-level soldier, being able to retire safely from the army is already extremely fortunate for a civilian.
During his ten years of military service, Karl Taros had seen far too many geniuses. Some were only first-level soldiers at the age of sixteen, but by the time they were discharged, they had already reached the level of fifth-level soldiers. However, there was no shortage of geniuses in the army.
These are geniuses from the common people. They start their cultivation step by step from the level one warrior. After making contributions, they obtain simple battle qi manuals. They get ahead step by step and eventually become level six warriors, thus gaining the opportunity to stay in the army.
Only these geniuses have the opportunity to charge against level seven warriors.
All of this was only for those who survived; the majority of those who died in the war were their comrades.
It was after seeing these comrades who survived or died that Karl Talos truly lost his pride as a transmigrator. After retiring from the army, he did not choose to go on adventures, but returned to his hometown, the present-day Kingdom of Anlan, and obediently followed his parents' wishes, marrying a fellow countryman.
To marry and have children.
From a retired Level 4 soldier, Karl spent decades gradually reaching the pinnacle of mortal power: Level 6 soldier.
It was only after becoming a level six warrior that Karl Talos was chosen by the lord to become a glorious freshman instructor.
This seemingly simple new instructor is actually one of the top ten most influential figures in the town.
Apart from the lord and his family, Karl Talos held the highest position in the entire town.
No matter how high one's status is, it only brings some money and power that isn't very effective.
This is the life of someone with ordinary talent.
Everything changed on Karl Talos's 100th birthday, a day when his children and grandchildren gathered to celebrate his long life.
On that day, Karl Talos finally activated the auto-training system that had long been awakened but was utterly useless.
It was precisely through automatic training that Karl Taros, who had been at the peak of level six warrior, was able to successfully break through to level seven warrior.
A level seven warrior—in that small town back then, even the lord's strength was no more than that. Relying on the strength of a level seven warrior, which was enough to defeat a thousand troops, Karl smoothly became the kingdom's baron.
Based on his status derived from his strength, Karl Talos did not choose to further his studies in the kingdom, but instead chose a remote place, which is now Starfire Town.
The commoner who didn't even have a title founded the Talos family in Starfire Town, and Karl naturally became the first patriarch.
Thus, over a hundred years, Karl gradually rose from a novice level seven warrior to become the current Viscount of the Kingdom, a great level nine warrior, through AFK training.
If Karl hadn't been so devoted to guarding Starfire Town, his strength as a level nine warrior would have been enough to earn him a marquisate or even an earl's title in the kingdom.
Titles and power are merely external things.
Karl himself understood this clearly, because the root of all status lies in one's own strength.
If I can achieve the Saintly Realm, then establishing a vast duchy would probably not be opposed by anyone.
In a world where power resides within oneself, indulging in power is tantamount to placing one's head under someone else's blade at any moment.
Even though he knew his situation perfectly well, Karl Talos would still glance at the familiar panel from time to time, using the occasional moment to drink tea as a cover.
After all, others can't see this panel screen, but that doesn't mean someone can probe one's consciousness. After all, such beings do exist on the Yulan Continent.
At that time, Karl was a great being whose name he dared not even imagine.
I then looked at my system, which had several tabs: [Personal Attributes], [Clan], [AFK Training], [Shop], [Territory], [Faith], and [New Player Tutorial].
If all of these are combined, a more complete attribute panel will be formed.
[Automatic AFK Training System]
[Host: Karl]
Age: 267
[Level: 9 (100/100)]
[Family: Talos (Level 1)]
[Territory: Starfire Town (Level 1)]
[Faith: None]
[Cultivation: Level 9 (100/100) Attributes (0/1)]
According to some explanations in the beginner's guide, family, territory, and faith can all increase cultivation speed. After knowing this, Karl did try to build a stronger family and territory. However, for a level nine warrior, the upper limit for family or territory is only level one. And level one family and territory can only increase cultivation speed by a limited amount, only 1%.
In total, it only adds up to a 2% training bonus, which seems negligible, but only Karl himself knows how powerful this extra advantage truly is.
If a person with average talent has a cultivation speed of 100%, then their upper limit is a level 6 warrior. Even if they cultivate for a hundred years, they will only reach the peak of level 6 warrior.
Even a 1% increase above this limit would give one a slight chance to break through and become a level seven warrior.
It was precisely because of this 2% cultivation bonus that his family and the residents of his territory had the opportunity to break through. Otherwise, with Karl now over two hundred years old, having married and had children in his twenties, his sons and grandsons would have all died long ago.
However, this is also the upper limit for a level one territory and a level one family. Karl knew very well that none of his descendants had been able to break through to the level eight warrior. Unless he could break through to the Saint Realm, with only this 2% cultivation bonus, his descendants would at most reach the level seven warrior.
[Faith] According to the beginner's tutorial, it will only be officially unlocked after becoming a god. Whether it is a family or a territory, it seems that it can only provide others with the opportunity to break through to become a level 7 warrior. However, the stronger the territory or family, the more points it can bring to Karl.
Points are the currency in the store.
[Shop] Currently, Karl can only use the level 1 shop, but there are quite a few good items inside.
For example, a basic amulet is enough to withstand a level 6 warrior's continuous attacks for an hour. This is one of the guarantees that his children and grandchildren can live peacefully until retirement. In addition to amulets, there are also some divine weapons and the most crucial attributes, which are the key to Karl's breakthrough to the Holy Domain.
To become a level nine warrior, one only needs to comprehend the principle of "lifting light as heavy" or "lifting heavy as light." Mastering this power allows one to perfectly unleash their limits, enough to instantly kill a level eight warrior and easily lift objects weighing hundreds of thousands of kilograms. Relying on these two methods, a single strike can destroy a wall hundreds of meters high, and defense can ignore forces weighing tens of thousands of kilograms. This is the difference between a level nine warrior and a level eight warrior.