Chapter 3: Level Difference (Seeking Follow-up Reading)
Afterwards, Alvin walked into the bar. Maybe because he finished the job too quickly, there were only four children of different appearances, no more than ten years old, in the bar.
They had all calmed down, and as Ivan entered the bar, they all turned their eyes to him.
After they noticed Ivan's strange clothes and the terrifying-looking red ghost hand, they were not scared but showed happy expressions instead.
Because the bar owner, Miss Sosia, just said that a handsome older brother with a red left hand and a black bandage on his face has gone to deal with the monster, and they and their parents will definitely be fine.
"Brother Red Hand is back."
"Does this mean that the town is alright now?"
"Is everything alright so soon? I just saw those adults, all of them were shouting that the goblins were preparing to attack the town."
"Even my dad told me to run to the other side of town..."
The children were not frightened, but started discussing in baby voices.
At this time, Sosia came in with a little girl. Looking at the smiling children, she also showed a touching smile on her face, and her clear and pleasant words soothed the children's hearts.
"The matter has been resolved by Mr. Ivan. Once the news spreads, I think your parents will come back to find you soon."
"You can go home now with peace of mind."
"Really?"
"Goodbye, Sister Suo Xiya. When I get home, I will ask my father to come to your place to buy wine."
"Goodbye, Brother Ivan."
Because Miss Sosia is very beautiful and has been running a bar in the town for ten years.
Over the years since they were little, they had often seen this beautiful older sister, so when they were asked to come in and hide just now, they quickly felt at ease.
They did not doubt Sosia's words, because Sosia's beautiful appearance was a natural attraction for children.
This allows them to unconsciously let go of some of the guard they should have in their hearts.
Sosia watched the five children leave the bar with a smile, then turned around and walked elegantly to the bar, got a bottle of fine wine, and sat down on the high chair next to Ivan.
"Mr. Ivan, the trivial matters have been resolved. I see that you seem to be a little confused. Why don't you just chat with me? I think I should be able to be a good listener."
"The boss lady's ability to see through people's hearts is really amazing. I am more confused than puzzled. Why are the soldiers guarding here so weak and so few in number when the goblin army attacks?"
"As a principality, it is impossible for the Principality of Stan to be unable to send a strong man above level 35."
Alvin picked up the wine glass and drank it all, then expressed the strangeness in his heart.
He did not take action immediately because he believed that if there were really tens of thousands of goblins advancing together.
The soldiers in the town of Landry were definitely capable of resisting, so they did not meddle in other people's business and offer help.
"It seems that Mr. Irving has never been in the army, nor has he had much dealings with the nobles."
When Sosia heard this question, a strange look appeared on her face, but it soon faded away and turned into understanding.
"I really didn't do that, but is there any cause and effect relationship between them?"
Ivan had just traveled a month, running back and forth between bars in nearby towns, and had learned a little about the world but still not enough.
"Mr. Irwin, you don't seem to have a deep understanding of the hierarchy."
"In that case, let me explain it to you."
Sosia still cannot tell Evan's level, she only knows that he is very strong. Logically, he should have known the difference that level brings.
But considering what she had just heard about Ivan's frustrated past, it wasn't so strange.
"All ears."
Alvin knew that everyone in this world was divided into different levels. It might be impossible to tell at a glance what abilities a person had cultivated, but his approximate strength could be directly judged by his level.
"When did the hierarchy in this world originate? It may be too long ago, and there are no historical records. It is difficult to explore, so I will not elaborate on it here."
"But as long as people learn the art of scrying, they can try to find out the hierarchical distinctions of all things."
"When all living things were first born, except for a few naturally powerful species, most were only level one."
"I see that Mr. Ivan is a human, so let's use the human race as an example."
"Humans have extremely high intelligence and can use their innate intelligence to learn all kinds of things, but God is also fair, and most humans cannot escape the shackles of a century of fate."
"Many races are born and grow up, eating and sleeping every day. As they grow older, they will naturally upgrade to a higher level."
"Some can even grow directly to level 50-60, growing to a point where countless creatures can hardly resist." "But the natural growth rate of humans is 5 levels, which is the limit of human growth from childhood to adulthood."
"In this world with many races, humans, whose natural growth limit is only level 5, try every possible means to survive and compete with other races, looking for different cultivation paths and technologies, and using cultivation and external forces to improve their levels."
Sosia didn't know how much Alvin knew, so she briefly explained the origin of the levels and some of the efforts made by the human race to improve their levels.
"I see. Although we are all human, only a minority of people are able to embark on various paths of cultivation and rely on various external forces."
"The vast majority are still ordinary civilians that can be found everywhere."
"The resulting level difference, or should we call it the strength difference, has made some people arrogant and lost their empathy for their fellow races."
When Alvin heard this, he immediately understood what the proprietress meant.
"Mr. Ivan is so young but he has such strong strength. He is really smart."
Sosia first poured a glass of red wine for Ivan, and then poured another for herself, with a smile on her face and appreciation in her voice.
When Alvin heard the praise, he said nothing. He just took a sip of wine and waited for the proprietress to continue explaining.
"In the early stages of a race's development, because there are fewer people and they have to work together to resist risks, their cohesion will be unprecedentedly high. Even if they know that the road ahead is dangerous, it is not uncommon for them to die generously for their descendants."
"However, when a race has passed the most difficult pioneering stage and its population is growing and showing signs of prosperity, they will begin to fight for power and interests."
"No matter what race you are, everyone wants to be the boss, whether it's the boss of a small group, the boss of a street, or even the boss of an ethnic group."
"This is biological instinct. After all, no one is born to like being ordered around."
"Especially in this world with huge differences in levels and strengths, the ambitions hidden in the genes of living things are magnified even more."
"The human race is a race with strong reproductive capacity and high intelligence. Therefore, even though they are born weak, they still occupy a major position in this world and have established various kingdoms and even empires."
"The current situation of the human race cannot be said to be completely peaceful, but in the various principalities, kingdoms, empires, that is, their own territories."
"If you gain some authority through your strength, then you will have some power to be the superior..."
In response to Ivan's silence, Sosia continued to speak slowly.
As an elf, she had a long lifespan. After she became powerful, she began to travel across the Lant continent. For thousands of years, she listened to and witnessed the various events in various tribes, towns, kingdoms, and empires as a spectator.
He has even been to the demon world and some worlds that ordinary people cannot visit.
The largest race on the Lant continent is the human race. During her travels, she has seen great achievements worthy of praise, some heroic figures, but also many people and things that are despicable.
Because there are so many humans spread all over the place, and Sosia has seen too many of them, she still cannot see this race clearly today. Instead, the more she observes, the more she realizes how complex the human race is.
As the status of the human race becomes higher, there will be fewer and fewer people who are full of true nature. One or two of them use the so-called overall situation to tie their hands and feet, and like to play the bully in their own circle.
On the contrary, people of low status and strength, and those with little education, are often the ones with the most genuine temperament and blood.
So she stayed in the small town of Landry for ten years and still enjoyed it.
"They are nothing more than a group of arrogant people who have lost themselves in the ocean of strength and power."
When Alvin heard the boss lady's opinions on the upper and lower classes of the human race, he found her words full of disdain for these people.
"I think after listening to what I said, you should be able to fully understand why Landry Town was approaching a disaster, but no one came to reinforce it."
When Sosia heard Ivan's comments, she thought about the people and things she had seen in the past and found that it was true. She smiled slightly and did not discuss it in depth. She just asked the other party if he understood.
"Thank you, Madam Boss, for clearing up my confusion."
After hearing this, Alvin finally understood.
When he went to solve the trouble just now, he saw with his own eyes that the dozen or so remaining soldiers were ready to die bravely. With their strength, it was enough for them to just ignore the residents of the town and protect themselves, but they chose to fight to the death.
When he saw these low-level soldiers who were willing to die for ordinary people, he couldn't help but think of the martyrs in his previous life who saved countless people from the country with their insignificant bodies.
Even though these people came from humble backgrounds and had little ability, their deeds are worthy of respect.
It was just that the heroic deaths of countless martyrs in his previous life were not in vain, but the deaths of those soldiers he had just seen might only have saved a group of people, but could not save the country.
Because although there was technology in the previous life, the weakness of human beings is difficult to change and they can be easily killed.
But in this world, let alone a dozen ordinary soldiers who are only level 20 at most, even if there are of them, they are not enough for him to kill alone.
Alvin has not yet obtained the full strength of GSD, and dare not say that his strength is already the strongest on this continent. But even so, he is now confident that he can easily suppress and eliminate a large number of ordinary soldiers.
This means that the powerful people living in the center of kingdoms and empires do not need to worry about whether the lower classes will become resentful and rebel.
So no matter how many ordinary people with blood and faith are willing to die bravely, as long as there is no extremely powerful person to serve as the leader, the difference in status brought about by the difference in level will always be like a mountain pressing on the backs of these people with justice in their hearts.
Seeking follow-up reading
(End of this chapter)