Chapter 351: Tier 5 (1/2)
Rudra stood beside Patricia who started to explain the situation to him in a hushed voice. The gist of the explanation was that Hazelgroove kingdom had been shrinking in size for far too long because of a lack of strong figures within its forces.
Only with Emperor Cervantez's grandfather did the situation start to stabilize , with him being a tier 4 powerhouse.
The current power structure of the continent was such .... Tier 4 was the generally the top of the power chain that ruled the country. With only 3 tier 5 existances in the entire nothern continent. One was the Lizardman king Atlas.
The other was the Archmage Gandalf
The third was the great mercenary Heracles.
And now the fourth one to join the club was Emperor Cervantez of Hazelgroove.
A tier one existance was considered to be superhuman , he could take on ten normal tier 0 men alone. And could be considered a monster among men.
A tier two existance could wipe out villages overnight if he wanted to. Tier one and zero enemies would fall to his superior strength like flies , and would not be able to mount proper resistance.
A tier 2 soldier could easily wipe out about 100 tier one soldiers and about 10,000 tier 0 soldiers.
A tier 3 existance was a step even beyond. Being able to wipe entire towns alone. Strong enough to punch holes in concrete with bare fists and with destructive skills far beyond other tier one and tier 2 players. They were usually the uppermost class of any society.
Nobles , Lieutenants , commanders , leaders of mercenary groups etc. A tier three existance could take on 100 tier 2 existances alone and take on 10,000 tier one existances alone , while tier 0 were mere ants not worth mentioning.
The change between tier 3 and tier 4 then was massive , from tier 4 onwards you are a player on the world stage. The world takes note of you and your combat prowess , fame and fortune are no longer things of value.
A single tier four existance can wipe out proper cities and wreak havoc on any battlefield they step foot on. However there are two ways to be promoted to tier 4 and the outcome of both are very different from one another.
The power mentioned before is true only for those who naturally climbed the ranks to reach tier 4.
Due to natural talent constraints , many don't make it to becoming tier 4 ever in their life. However at the peak of tier 3 ( level 210 and above) , there is a shortcut to reach tier 4!
Although one would only be half as good as a naturally ascended , they would still be much better than a tier 3 player , it was called forced ascension , through a special ceremony , that had a 10% chance of success.
Much of those who ascended to tier 4 , like Rahim and Patricia are such people.
However taking the shortcut to tier 4 would , mean that one could never progress further , it was akin to stagnating your strength forever. Trading your lifetime of potential for a short boost of strength.
Such people could never ascend to tier 5. However because of the difficulty of tier promotion , it had become a common trend for these tier 4 halflings to become the norm in the world and Cervantez was assumed to be one such half ascended as well. However him progressing to tier 5 meant that he was a naturally ascended. It gave everyone present here goosebumps regarding his true strength.