You were made to farm, and now you're the emperor of an empire?

Is Chapter 7 very strong? Yes, it is!
Where did I, such a great apostle, go?

Roman racked his brains but to no avail, so he had no choice but to recruit all four remaining candidates.

The fourth one was surprisingly the butler, Seth.

The fifth was his personal chef, Bob.

The sixth one is a guy named Talma.

The seventh one is called Barlow.

Perhaps he was lucky the first three times, because the next four times he drew only one-star apostles. As for the stats, they were just average 5E attributes, which means they were all ordinary people.

Okay, so here's the question.

Why were four of the seven apostles his own people?
And why would I have to spend resources to extract them as apostles?
As for the other three, he had never heard of them at all.

Roman pondered the problem but to no avail.

He entered the [Apostle Management] interface and saw the character cards representing the seven apostles neatly arranged on the blank screen.

He first clicked into Aaron's character interface, and frowned upon seeing the complicated options such as [Level Up], [Skills], [Unique Weapon], [Job Change], [Token], and [Relationship].

【Upgrade】As the name suggests, it unlocks the attribute cap of an Apostle through 【Experience Books】.

The same applies to skills; you can improve an apostle's various skills through skill books.

[Exclusive Weapon] is a weapon exclusively crafted for Apostles.

【Job Change】is the development path for Apostles, with many professions such as Vanguard, Guard, Mage, Sniper, Specialist, and Heavy Armor. These main professions can be further divided into different sub-professions.

[Tokens] involve a mechanism for drawing duplicate characters.

【Relationship Degree】is the degree to which Destiny and the Apostles influence each other.

……

First of all, there are no experience books or skill books available. You need to use extraordinary resources such as [Adamantite], [Mithril], [Orichalcos], [Steel], and [Magic Stone] to synthesize the corresponding attribute experience books.

There are no exclusive weapons; they require extraordinary resources to forge.

Changing jobs is not possible; certain prerequisites are required.

The tokens are also obtained through card draws without resources.

The relationship is pretty good.

Roman has a very high degree of relationship with Aaron, Green, and others, which fluctuates between approximately 70% and 80%.

As for other, unfamiliar apostles, the relationship level is not so high, basically only 10% – Roman doesn't yet know how this relationship level is measured.

Whatever needs to be done, it requires a large amount of extraordinary resources.

As a descendant of the Cracked Armor family, Roman was no stranger to these extraordinary materials.

After he accepted the investiture, all he had left besides twenty-odd gold coins were the extraordinary resources he carried with him.

Extraordinary resources all come from underground veins.

Any mineral vein can potentially produce magical ores, but only after refining can they be called magical stones, or enchanted stones.

Furthermore, adamantite, mithril, and orogen, when refined with magic, also possess various wondrous effects.

If used to equip a knight in battle, it will greatly enhance his combat power.

The conquering knight is an extraordinary being.

The levels are divided by rank, from rank one to rank nine, and rank nine extraordinary beings are the peak extraordinary beings.

Roman believed that, given the right terrain and circumstances, even the most powerful ninth-tier superhuman would be unable to withstand a frontal charge from 100 fully armed, well-trained, and fearless first-tier knights.

Even if he could withstand and kill all 100 first-tier knights, he would still die at the hands of the 101st first-tier knight.

However, the battlefield is complex, and the success rate remains to be seen.

The gap between low-level and high-level superhumans is not absolute.

High-level superhumans are often scarce.

The last renowned ninth-tier transcendent being was the Conqueror Emperor—the first Grand Duke of the Cracked Armor followed that conqueror into the pass, and thus obtained the title of Grand Duke.

But they were all people from more than a hundred years ago.

At his peak, the conqueror sought to open a sea route through the Dark Sea and build a magnificent fleet. He led a large number of elite troops on a personal expedition to a mythical meeting place.

As a result, he fell seriously ill while crossing the ocean, and his fleet was attacked by storms and terrifying sea monsters, and ultimately he did not return.

More than a hundred years have passed, and this land has never produced a second ninth-tier transcendent being.

Are superhumans very strong?

Yes, very strong!
Roman himself is also a first-order transcendent.

He, along with Green and Aaron, were three knights who could have wiped out the entire population of Sig Town. The main reason they stopped was that they were tired of killing.

When a farmer faces a knight in arms, it's like two thousand sheep encountering three tigers—they'll simply scatter.

But what if there were two thousand wolves that wouldn't flee?

You don't need two thousand tigers at all; just 50 or 30 will suffice. Even with the same three tigers, the outcome will be vastly different.

There is no sacrifice that is unacceptable as long as the gains and losses are balanced. But it is wrong of you to expect a skinny, weak-willed farmer to make the sacrifice.

Roman's theory was intended to make it so that all superhumans would have to bow their proud heads in the face of large-scale army groups.

I wonder if it's because this is a fantasy world.

The physical potential of the humans in this world is actually extremely strong, even more terrifying than that of the humans of the previous generation.

There is no clear threshold between ordinary people and extraordinary individuals. If you meet the basic requirements, eat well, receive targeted training, and engage in high-intensity exercise, as long as you don't ruin yourself, you can be a first-tier extraordinary individual.

Therefore, world-class weightlifting champions and boxing champions from previous lives can also be regarded as extraordinary individuals in this world.

Especially for some heavyweight boxing champions, the power of their punch is at least a D-.

Therefore, in Roman's view, the rank of a superhuman is not important; what is most important is how to turn sheep into wolves.

……

Roman waved to a male slave, gave him a few instructions, and the slave nodded before quickly heading to Sig Town.

Green sat cross-legged on the grass, wiping the greatsword in his hand.

Without looking up, he said, "Does our noble lord still want to favor his land today? Please let it rest; it already has enough servants."

Roman didn't take the sarcastic remark to heart.

"No, I'm going to Sig Town later."

Green paused for a moment, then his eyes lit up. He knew Roman was up to something, so he quickly got up and rushed into his room like an arrow: "Wait for me... Hmm? Aaron, you're here so fast?"

Next door, Aaron stepped out of his room, his entire body clad in gleaming armor coated with trace amounts of mithril, making the armor sparkle.

He held a fully enclosed helmet in his left hand and gripped the broadsword hanging at his waist in his right. He said in a calm voice, "As a knight of conquest, one must always be prepared!"

"Nonsense! You just put that armor on, didn't you!"

At noon.

Roman, accompanied by two fully armed knights and his butler Seth, rode his steed toward Sig Town.

After receiving news of the male slave, Mohr rallied all the residents and gathered them on the town's common land.

The crowd was buzzing with discussion, while Moore kept wiping the sweat from his brow with a handkerchief.

I don't know how long I waited, until the sun became strong in the sky.

They vaguely heard the sound of horses' hooves, and then saw four figures riding tall horses in the distance.

The hard horseshoes pounded on the compacted dirt road, producing a dull, muffled sound that seemed to crush their hearts. Like criminals awaiting judgment, an uncontrollable panic rose within everyone.

Roman pulled on the reins early, slowing the horse down so it could stroll towards the crowd.

With over a thousand people gathered together, Roman's field of vision was filled with countless heads. He knew that the people in front of him were his own subjects.

His people belong to him!

This gave Roman a strange feeling.

Mohr stepped forward, bowed deeply, and greeted them with his hands at his sides.

"Honorable Lord Roman Cracked Armor and the knights, you must be tired from your journey..."

Roman was handsome and dashing, with thick, flowing hair that fell over his shoulders, like a young adult lion.

He has received training for many years, resulting in a angular face and a loud voice.

"Moore, is this the entire population of Sig Town?"

This was the first time the laborers of Sigge had heard their lord speak, and the first time they had seen the high-ranking agricultural official groveling in the lord's towering shadow.

Mohr wiped his sweat and said, "Yes, all the people from the villages are here."

Roman nodded. He was here today to make a statement and to prepare these people mentally.

He looked at the crowd before him, their faces numb and rough, their necks hunched, their expressions timid, yet a faint glimmer flickered deep within their stiff eyes.

Everyone was waiting with a mixture of fear and anticipation for him to express his clear thoughts.

Compared to the truly numb and rigid farmers outside, you can still see a bit of life on their faces.

For decades, there had been no oppression from nobles, and the agricultural official, Mohr, acted remarkably like a human being, not being overly harsh on the farmers. Although he was suspected of profiting greatly from this, he was not considered greedy.

Life may be tough, but we can always manage to survive.

However, my appearance was not very appropriate.

These lowly people probably cursed him a thousand times in their hearts, hoping he would get far away from them.

But outwardly they maintained a humble and submissive demeanor, fantasizing that this noble lord would take pity on them and give them a way to survive in the days to come—ideally, to maintain the status quo, where they would still only have to pay 50% of their taxes.

Roman was certain that if he actually issued such an order, these guys would probably treat him like royalty.

Of course, it's okay to be a little demanding; in fact, it might make them feel more at ease.

It seems his previous behavior caused them to misunderstand.

(End of this chapter)