Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 267 The Glorious Kingdom and the True Holy Grail Knight
Chapter 266

The glorious continent, after half a year of construction, the glorious royal city has finally been completed.

The construction of the city's surface can be completed in just a few days with the concerted efforts of a large number of architects. Even with the meticulous craftsmanship of the buildings within the city, it can be completed in no more than a month. The remaining time is spent on building the offensive and defensive systems.

Without a sufficiently strong defense, the Church of the Evil God would be very happy.

The cult of evil gods preferred them even more, as they had no ability to retaliate.

The entire magnificent royal city, spanning a radius of one hundred li, is circular in shape.

The outermost layer is a city wall that is three thousand meters high. Inside the city wall are a thousand wizard towers of sequence 6 to sequence 4. Further in are functional areas such as industrial areas, residential areas, commercial areas, amusement areas, and natural ecological scenic areas.

Finally, the central location of the glorious royal city is undoubtedly the location of the glorious royal palace.

From the outside, the entire palace appears as a lake with a radius of 5,000 meters. In the center of the lake stands the only Sequence 3 Wizard Tower. Above the Wizard Tower is the only floating island in Glorious Royal City that is allowed to float. The real palace is located on the floating island, overlooking Glorious Royal City.

There is an illusion barrier in the wizard's tower, and everything seen from the outside is just a pre-set illusion.

Looking out from the palace, of course, there is no impact whatsoever.

The final 1,001 wizard towers and the magic arrays inside the city walls together formed the entire offensive and defensive system of the glorious royal city.

Even if a Sequence 0 attacks the Glorious Royal City, it can hold out for several hours.

Of course, even a glorious royal city cannot stop a true god. There are very few cities in the entire human world that can withstand a true god without being damaged.

During the past six months of infrastructure construction in the kingdom, Rosen has certainly not been idle.

Instead, they traveled to various newly built cities, constructing teleportation halls in each one.

Each teleportation hall contains a spiritual realm within it.

Then, teleportation arrays will be built inside the Spirit Realm, connecting to various places. Any outsiders will be teleported to the Spirit Realm inside the teleportation hall first. If an outsider with ill intentions is discovered, the Spirit Realm can be sealed off immediately to minimize losses.

In normal circumstances, teleportation between cities using wizard towers is sufficient.

However, teleportation to the Wizard Tower is very expensive, and the primary control of the Wizard Tower always rests with the resident wizard.

Therefore, Rosen stripped most of the wizard towers of their teleportation privileges, and almost all teleportations now had to go through the Teleportation Hall.

This is not only safe, but also inexpensive to transmit.

Because the spirit realms within the teleportation hall all originated from the spirit realm paintings that Rosen drew on the walls.

The transmission of paintings from different spiritual realms also relies on the innate skill of Sequence 7, Hidden Painting, which expands the ability to teleport in space.

Rosen went to great lengths to ensure that at least a Sequence 3 Spirit Realm painting was left in each teleportation hall. His main purpose, besides facilitating communication between different cities, was that all teleportation halls were alternative art galleries.

He intends to strengthen the artistic faith of the Glorious Kingdom by directly influencing the gallery within the teleportation hall.

Of course, the teleportation halls are used for domestic teleportation. For teleportation across borders and continents, there are special ultra-long-range teleportation gates. Rosen directly integrated these teleportation gates with the city walls, which means that outsiders can be teleported directly to the city gate.

At this moment, groups of ordinary people, with their families, were being teleported through the city gates on all four sides of the city wall.

Everyone wore a smartwatch that had been provided in advance. It was delivered free of charge and allowed them to log into the virtual network of the Glorious Kingdom. It also served as their personal identification within the Glorious Kingdom, indicating where they lived and what work they would be doing next—all of which had been arranged in advance.

The capital city can house 20 million people, half of whom are immigrants and half are original inhabitants.

The rest were distributed through the teleportation hall to other large cities and surrounding small towns, and everyone eagerly threw themselves into labor, because everything they now possessed was not free.

Although it is an interest-free loan, there is a specific repayment period.

Therefore, those residents who apply to live in the royal city but lack a skill will soon be unable to repay their loans and will be evicted.

Half a year has passed in the blink of an eye, and the entire glorious continent is now brimming with life.

The mountains are covered with trees, and countless wild animals and lower-level supernatural beings live and thrive in the mountains.

Farmland surrounds the town, and cattle and sheep roam freely on the surrounding grasslands.

With the people's hearts at ease, Rosen knew it was time to formally establish the nation.

The normal steps are: the crown gathers the faith of all people, the throne embodies the civilization of the kingdom, and finally the scepter controls the newly established royal rules within the territory, in order to successfully establish a kingdom recognized by the world government.

At six o'clock that morning, the smartwatches on the wrists of all the subjects of the Glorious Kingdom began to vibrate.

The hundreds of millions of subjects, who already knew that the nation was to be founded today, all the adults came out of their homes and stood in the streets. Finally, they all knelt on one knee facing the direction of the magnificent royal city, and then, following the prompts of their smartwatches, began to swear allegiance to the king in unison.

“I completely renounce my past loyalty to the old kingdom; I will dedicate my loyalty to the glorious kingdom…”

"I will defend the glorious kingdom and pledge my loyalty to the great King Howard..."

"..."

As the ceremony of allegiance unfolded, the crown worn by Rosen began to gather the faith of all his subjects.

Behind the throne, the flame of civilization was slowly ignited at this moment.

The awe and recognition of the monarchy by all the subjects also triggered the laws of the monarchy in the main world, which in turn brought the laws of the monarchy to the glorious continent, allowing the rules of the monarchy to cover all towns. At this point, the country has been successfully established.

However, following the guidance of the King of Pentacles, Rosen activated the Fallen King of Cups Tarot card at this time.

Farah, standing beside him, also activated the Fallen Queen of Cups Tarot card.

The Holy Grail Crown covered the crown on his head, the Holy Sword of Royal Authority devoured the King's Scepter in his hand, and finally the Primal Holy Grail was embedded behind the throne, absorbing the flame of nascent civilization into the Holy Grail. In that instant, the slumbering power of the Holy Grail King was fully activated.

Rosen carefully sensed the changes; the power of the three true divine authorities had all become stronger.

The Holy Grail Crown could only lock health points, then consume faith to infinitely heal all injuries.

But now, he is practically invincible as long as he is in the Glorious Kingdom.

He is immune to any damage unless the enemy destroys the glorious kingdom.

The original power of the Royal Sword was to wield royal and divine authority and set rules to a limited extent. However, now it can use this power to control almost all the rules and authority in the world of the Glorious Kingdom. Unless one is a true god, even if someone of Sequence 0 comes, they will not be able to compete with it for control of the rules.

Finally, the Source Grail's original ability was to absorb faith to strengthen its own Source.

Now, not only is the effect more powerful, but he can also consume faith to strengthen the extraordinary essence of his subjects. Moreover, these subjects whose extraordinary essence has been strengthened by the Essence Grail can have their extraordinary essence destroyed by him in the blink of an eye.

These are just the changes within the kingdom; there are corresponding changes when you leave the kingdom.

All abilities can be fully utilized within one's own divine domain.

Rosen could also sense that the Grail King card was strengthening and giving birth to new cards. The Grail Queen card was being strengthened, and the Grail Knight, Grail Squire, and ten numbered Grail cards were being given birth. These cards would eventually reach the quality of Sequence 1.

Fourteen Sequence 1 Miracle cards—no wonder they contain power that even the gods would covet.

The ceremony of pledging allegiance to the nation has concluded, and the Glorious Kingdom has begun its three-day celebration.

Rosen was supposed to tour major cities across the country, but he was busy strengthening the Queen of Grail cards, so he left the tour to his divine avatar. After three days, the Queen of Grail had successfully advanced to Sequence 1.

[Miracle, Essence, Divinity, Queen of Cups: The Fallen Tarot]

[Level: Sequence 1]

[Attribute: The Queen of Cups can bestow divine water attribute and can control the Minor Arcana cards in the Grail sequence]

[True Divine Authority: Focus, Charisma, Loyalty, Intuition, Dreams, The Fallen Holy Grail]

The overall surface properties have not changed much; it has simply changed from divine authority to true divine authority.

However, the Fallen Grail has been strengthened, and now it can enhance the original bloodline without reducing its spiritual intensity.

With the enhanced Fallen Grail, Rosen's awakening progress of the ancient god bloodline will inevitably increase significantly.

With the establishment of the nation completed in the real world, the glorious kingdom of the Ancient God Realm immediately began its own nation-building process.

Because the Ancient God Realm is safe enough, establishing a nation does not require expending a great deal of effort to build cities.

Therefore, establishing a nation in the Ancient God Realm is easier than in reality. The addition of 30 billion subjects has made the power of the Holy Grail King card even stronger. The Holy Grail Knight, which was originally expected to take decades to be born, was born in just a few days.

[Miracle, Essence, Divinity, Knight of Cups: The Fallen Tarot]

[Level: Sequence 1]

[Attribute: Grail Knights can consume faith to confer a Grail Knight sequence equivalent to their divine strength] [True Divine Authority 1: Loyalty - The loyalty of a Grail Knight can permanently enhance the Grail King's all-around abilities]

The True Godhood 2: Destiny - The Grail Knight can lock onto all life forms hostile to the Grail King.

[True Godhood 3: Art - Grail Knights can inherit the Grail King's Art-related skill sequence]

Rosen looked at the attributes of the Holy Grail Knight, feeling somewhat surprised and uncertain.

If the Grail Knight card has the ability to confer the title of Grail Knight.

Based on his divine strength, he could at least appoint 82 Holy Grail Knights.

However, as far as he knew, Pompeii was only a candidate for Knight of the Scepter. Could it be that Sequence 1 members were only qualified to be candidates and not to be knighted as Knights of the Scepter? How many powerful figures did the King of the Scepter have under his command?
But on second thought, Rosen realized he was overthinking things.

Even if the King of the Scepters were a true god, he could not possibly appoint more than a hundred Knights of the Scepters with a Sequence of 0.

Rosen estimated that the number of Knights of the Scepter appointed by the King of Scepters was probably at most a few Sequence 0s, with the rest all being Sequence 1s. As for why Pompeii was only a candidate, it was probably because the maximum number of appointments had already been reached.

Unless the Knight of the Staff falls, it will be Pompeii's turn to take the throne.

So it's not that Sequence 1 isn't qualified to be a Knight of the Scepter, it's just that the Knight of the Scepter roster is already full.

Rosen decisively contacted the King of Pentacles through the deep web of the spirit world to consult him for relevant information.

The King of Pentacles was surprised, but still offered the suggestion of appointing a Knight of the Cup.

Becoming a Grail Knight greatly amplifies the enhancement effect of the Source Grail on extraordinary Source materials, giving those Knights stuck at Sequence 2 a chance to advance to Sequence 1. Therefore, many Sequence 2 Knights voluntarily become Grail Knights.

Then it's best to reserve a few slots for knights you've nurtured who are qualified to become Sequence 0.

Becoming a Grail Knight of Sequence 0 will bring immense benefits to the Grail King.

Finally, the King of Pentacles even gave Rosen a list.

This list is basically a compilation of information from the King of Pentacles regarding the Knights who were stuck at Sequence 2 and whose path forward was blocked.

This was definitely a generous gift, Rosen realized that the King of Pentacles was trying to win him over.

It is obvious that the remaining three kings of the King's Organization are not of one mind.

Rosen immediately began bestowing titles upon the Holy Grail Knights, certainly prioritizing those of his own followers.

Knights trained by oneself will obviously have better potential and loyalty.

Furthermore, if the knight being conferred a knight has a low rank, the faith required for the conferment process will be reduced.

A few days later, Rosen prepared to begin the first batch of investitures.

There were only five knights, the lowest rank being 8 and the highest rank being 5. He valued faith over talent, and the five knights' faith in him was almost that of saints. At this moment, they were all kneeling on one knee, excitedly awaiting the king's investiture.

“Ryan Collins…”

“John Smith…”

“Charlie Brown…”

"Henry Thompson..."

"David Robertson..."

"I hereby appoint you as Holy Grail Knights, and may you become the strongest sword and shield of the glorious kingdom..."

As Rosen spoke, he activated the Holy Grail Knight card and simultaneously appointed five Holy Grail Knights.

The five knights were enveloped in a black and gold light, which was twisting and transforming their extraordinary essence.

Rosen also secretly used the Miracle Flame to permanently enhance their innate fortune.

All five characters' innate fortune has been enhanced to Sequence 3. To go further, they need sufficiently strong acquired fortune, which is not difficult to solve. The Holy Grail Knight has taken care of all the equipment, including the mount. Their innate fortune will eventually be enhanced to Sequence 0 step by step.

After all the enhancements were completed, Rosen checked the attributes of the Holy Grail Knight.

Essentially, it's still a Knight sequence, except that the Grail Knight can inherit the three true divine powers of the card, and all Knight sequence skills will receive a base enhancement of about 10%. In the end, the Grail Knight can gain a significant advantage at the same level.

After considering it one last time, Rosen had five more Grail Knights fuse with Yinglong's blood.

Then, with the power of dragon blood, they are transformed into Dragon Blood Grail Knights.

This led them to the Dragon Realm, where they could hunt dragons to increase their strength and tame them to obtain mounts. Because of their high level of faith, Rosen shared the Origin Oil Lamp with the Grail Knights through the Mind Network.

Even if the shared skills are discounted, it is still enough to allow the Holy Grail Knight to achieve a terrifying growth rate.

With the training of the Holy Grail Knights on track, Rosen began preparing for the founding test of the Glorious Kingdom.

Every new spark of civilization, once born, will inevitably face the test of the main world.

In recent days, Rosen has clearly sensed that more and more extraordinary and ashe life forms are gathering in the seas near the Glorious Continent. In at most half a month, the Glorious Kingdom will face its first war since its founding.

It's impossible to lose this war; the key is how much it will cost to win.

Rosen wasn't used to being beaten, so he decided to take the initiative.

He quickly arrived at the highest point of the mountain range on the edge of the Glorious Continent. Within the territory where he could receive the blessing of the King's Rule, he directly activated the Heart of the Ancient God and transformed into a giant ten thousand meters tall. Then, wielding the equally enlarged Wrath of the Dragon God, he began to snipe all life near the coast from an ultra-long range.

However, the glorious continent is too vast, and his sniping range is not even enough to cover one-tenth of the coastline.

So he also sent out the Necromancer Queen, who constantly parasitized all life forms that came near her underwater, creating undead.

Finally, he dispatched all the troops in his territory, including treants, wood elves, ash bees, metal slimes, shadow demons, vampires, and extraordinary citizens, to sweep across all life around the Glorious Kingdom.

After a few days, the coastal coastline turned dark red.

Although Rosen's side also suffered considerable casualties, their overall combat strength actually increased significantly.

Because the Necromancer Queen has already parasitized dozens of Sequence 3 extraordinary sea beasts and ash lifeforms in the past few days.

As expected, the best option to deal with the Zerg is the decapitation tactic. Ordinary Queen Mothers need a long time to gestate to produce Sequence 3 Zerg, while Necromancer Queens only need seven-turn Soul Eggs to easily parasitize Sequence 3 extraordinary life forms and generate Necromancers of the same level.

This fierce battle lasted for three months before the extraordinary life forms originating from the deep sea finally retreated.

Under normal circumstances, the test that the main world puts on a new civilization lasts for a maximum of one month.

As a result, Rosen took the initiative to attack, which prevented the extraordinary life forms along the coast from gathering enough to storm the Glorious Continent. This continued for three months, with the extraordinary life forms in the surrounding seas almost wiped out, before the trial was forcibly terminated.

Rosen put away the Dragon God's Wrath, whose barrel was still burning hot, and began to take stock of the losses and gains of this operation.

With ranged units losing less than 10% and melee units suffering over 30% casualties, this kind of test for an entire kingdom usually involves holding cities and waging a war of attrition. It would be impossible for him to counterattack directly into the sea without suffering any losses.

Although the casualties were considerable, the gains were even greater; all participants received enough loot to advance a rank.

Finally, the Necromancer Queen forcibly parasitized and transformed more than two thousand Sequence 3 Necromancers and six Sequence 2 Necromancers.

However, these were all marine undead, unsuitable for being brought back to the Undead Continent for long-term habitation. Therefore, they were all sent into the deep sea by Rosen to become a defensive line protecting the coast of the Glorious Continent.

Rosen thought he could finally relax, but it turned out there were still more things for him to handle.

With the establishment of professional guilds for each sequence and the artificial cultivation of potion ingredients for each sequence, Rosen was kept extremely busy. After several months of this, he finally couldn't take it anymore.

"Fara, the Glorious Kingdom is now in your hands..."

Rosen held Farah close and said affectionately.

"I have a feeling something's off about you?"

Farah looked at Rosen suspiciously.

"No, I just found the core ingredients for a Sequence 3 Hunter's Potion..."

Rosen retorted without hesitation.

Rosen didn't give Farah a chance to react, and after saying goodbye, he left the Glorious Continent directly through data transmission.

Although his main reason for leaving was that he no longer wanted to manage the kingdom, he didn't lie. He did find the materials for Hunter Sequence 3 potions, but he wasn't in a hurry to get them.

(End of this chapter)