First Light of a New Age

Update: Changes in the Tier System

I'm going to rewrite the Tier System of this story, so it doesn't confuse you. The previous one is kinda simple and bland in my taste, so I decided to change it.

There are many people messaging me about the Tier System which kinda confused them, so I decided to answer them for a bit.

And if anyone doesn't know what Magicule means (which people keep asking me), we're another type of energy, or special energy of energetic material, apart from the regular Physical Energy that permeates throughout the New World. It is described to be the building block of all magical/demonic life.

In simple terms, it is a special type of Molecule.

Note: Tier System is based on that one Anime about a Slime and that one Manhua about a Tree.

Here are the paragraphs from Chapter 36, which has been rewritten.

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In this world, there are various of them, but the most widely used is the one established by the Free Guild System. This system classifies individuals, monsters, and other hostiles by evaluating various variables such as Magicule Levels, Physical Strength, Defensive Capabilities, Speed, Skills, and Intelligence. Based on these variables, entities are assigned a tier ranging from Level 1 to Level 9.

Level 1 is assigned to those with Magicule Levels below 999. Threats in this tier can be easily handled by a normal soldier, with the most strongest creatures being comparable to a full-grown adult bear.

Level 2 to 3 are assigned to those with a Magicule Level between 1,000 and 2,999. These threats possess power enough to threaten a heavily armed soldier or a few.

Level 4 to 5 are assigned to those with a Magicule Level between 3,000 and 4,999. At this level, that's where it gets serious as those types of threats had high resilience, making them resistant to normal bullets and difficult to penetrate even with smaller bombs such as grenades. Their formidable combat power is enough to threaten an armed squad, requiring a group of at least 5 to 15 soldiers to defeat.

Level 6 to 7 are assigned to those with a Magicule Level between 5,000 and 6,999. Beings at this level have the strength to tear through steel alloys and move at speeds difficult for the human eye to follow. They are true war machines that pose a severe threat.

In other words, these types of threats are capable of threatening the safety of an entire city. Imagine something so fast that it was difficult for the normal eye to reach, and so strong that it was capable of tearing through metal. The mere thought of such a being appearing in a city is too terrifying to even contemplate.

Level 8, 9, and 10 are assigned to those with a Magicule Level between 7,000 and 9,999. These entities have the potential to severely damage an entire city, requiring the deployment of a company of tanks to be taken care of. One example of this threat level includes the demonic knights that the Liberation Army had encountered occasionally. Just 13 of these knights caused hundreds of deaths within two days. The strongest beings in this tier include a dangerous demonic beast that the elf woman called the Hell Mounts, fiery horses from hell. According to her, centuries ago, a demonic cult once summoned three of them in a beastman city, resulting in over one hundred thousand beastmen deaths.

From what Bagwis had recalled, he remembered there was a report of encountering a fiery horse that had caused a huge wildfire. Thankfully, it was easily neutralized by three Thunderwings before it could reach a nearby city. Nonetheless, these threats are severe enough to cause a national state-level emergency and would require a battle tank or an entire platoon of them just to defeat one.

While those types of threats are horrifying to face, they are not the most terrifying part. What was even more terrifying is the existence of a level beyond Level 10, the so-called Transcendent Level.

The first Transcendent Tier 1, they are assigned to threats with a Magicule Level between 10,000 and 100,000, and they are considered as Calamities. They are threats that boast enough power to destroy entire cities and small-sized nations, requiring the deployment of a battalion or a military division to defeat.

What was even more alarming was that these threats were impervious to bullets and other conventional weapons. Their combat power was extraordinarily formidable.

Among these threats they had discovered was a hundred meter tall octopus with a Magicule Count of over 80,000. It wreaked havoc in the waters and managed to sink a cargo ship weighing tens of thousands of tons. Another example is the giant crocodile that attacked a city in Aceh. With over 90,000 magicules, it single-handedly wiped out a battalion and it took hundreds of bombs, rockets, and missiles just to inflict heavy injuries.

Transcendent Tier 2 entities, which are considered Disasters, were assigned to those with a Magicule Level between 100,000 and 1,000,000. Although they hadn't encountered one yet, according to the elf woman, these threats could potentially bring down an entire country.

The most dangerous of these types of threats possess enough power and influence to rival a large country, requiring a powerhouse nation to stand a chance against them. Given their immense power, Bagwis believes that an immediate nuclear strike would definitely be essential when confronting one.

And finally is the Transcendent Tier 3.

With over 1,000,000 magicules, these threats are considered too great for any single nation to handle, requiring international cooperation beyond the framework of national defenses for a chance of survival. Such beings possess enough power to obliterate entire countries from the map, which is an extremely terrifying prospect.

According to the Elf Queen, only a few such entities exist in this world at this level.

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Most inhabitants in the Third Civilization Zone were merely at the level below Transcendent Tier 1, but anyone at that level is considered very strong. People at the Transcendent Tier 2, on the other hand, were considered the strongest.

Such examples were the Elf Queen, who has the Magicule Level over 200,000.

Few examples of Transcendent Tier 3 entities, which have a Magicule Level between 1,000,000 to 10,000,000, were the Four Archdemons, th3 Elven Goddess Rasera in Melian's body, and the gigantic Octopus you saw at the beginning of Chapter 51.

Demon Lord Andromalius's Base Form only has 25 Million which makes him a Transcendent Tier 4 (10 Mil to 100 Mil), same as the Seraph Empyrean. When he uses his skill [Primordial Evil], he reaches the Prince-rank, or a Transcendent Tier 5 which possesses a Magicule Level over 100 million.

As for the Demon King at the end of Chapter 50. Well… Let's just say he sees Andromalius as my father sees me right now :(

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Anyways, the next chapter will be coming soon, and be ready Gentlemen and Female Gentlemen, as our heroes were about to fight some dangerous wildlife :)