DND Realms: The Rise of the Titan-Dragon Prodigy

The Scarrett family of the Lockman Kingdom already possessed a fully organized team of support professionals capable of crafting any magical artifacts desired by any ruler, such as the battle merit system and demon-hunting steles that Muria wanted to create for the demon hunters.

Each member who joined the demon hunting group received an accessory similar to a battlefield recorder, which could be a belt, a wristband, a head ornament, or any other item that did not affect combat capability.

These battlefield recorders could record all information about the demons slain by the wearer, assess it, and convert it into battle merits, then sync the data to the nearest demon-hunting stele, and finally to all demon-hunting steles, making it visible to all the kingdom's residents.

This was an expensive project that required a lot of money, but fortunately, similar magical systems had been researched and produced before, and Muria only needed to instruct his subordinate craftsmen and pattern masters to replicate one.

Creating such a transparent battle merit system was primarily aimed at preventing slackers, as some people were forced to join the demon hunting group reluctantly.

To prevent these people from shirking their duties, this was the best method, with such a public and synchronously updated system on the demon-hunting stele. With nearly two thousand people, would you dare to be the last one? Even if not last, being lower due to fewer merits was equally shameful.

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"Is the synchronous transmission function of the demon-hunting stele working properly? Does it meet my original design? Are the teleportation and emergency assistance functions of the demon-hunting stele well-developed?"

"Your Majesty Muria, after Captain Ryan's tests, all functions of the demon-hunting stele have been perfected without any errors. The delay in battle merit data transmission has been controlled within a moment, and the error is zero."

"Good, we can start deploying the demon-hunting steles to all cities in the kingdom," Muria set a hard target. "Every city must have a demon-hunting stele."

"Understood."

"When deploying the demon-hunting steles, it is necessary to publicize their significance to the local cities, letting them know what those changing numbers beneath each person's name represent."

Muria spoke sternly, decisively, "It is essential that the kingdom's people know that when the numbers change, it means a group of people are fighting bloody battles for them. Heroes should not be nameless."

Everything proceeded as Muria envisioned; once the people understood what the changing numbers on the demon-hunting stele meant, they were excited. The only question was where the demon hunting group was hunting demons, as they had not seen any.

However, not seeing them was no issue; if His Majesty Muria said there were demon invasions, then there were. Dragons do not lie.

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As the sun rose and set, time passed. Just as Muria had predicted, the frequency of demon attacks increased, with more demons appearing suddenly and indiscriminately slaughtering.

Because the appearance of demons was entirely random in time and place, the kingdom's teleportation arrays were kept active, and the Cloud Giants and demon hunting group members had priority usage when on missions.

Despite Muria's preparations, casualties in the kingdom continued to rise, as sometimes demons would appear suddenly in cities, inevitably causing substantial damage.

The panic spread throughout the Lockman Kingdom and the entire Nokia Eur continent under the continuous and seemingly endless demonic assaults.

While humans with extraordinary powers were few, most people, even when facing the weakest of demons, had only two options: to run or to face certain death. Fighting against demons was no different from suicide for ordinary people.

However, the people of Lockman Kingdom, although equally fearful of demons suddenly killing them and making their lives very oppressive, had a spiritual comfort unavailable in other countries—the demon-hunting steles.

In every city of the Lockman Kingdom, there were demon-hunting steles nearly a hundred meters tall, shining brightly even in the darkness. The continuously changing numbers and the shifting images of demon hunting group members brought great comfort to the uneasy populace.

Under Muria's operation, the demon-hunting steles had become the kingdom's second-largest spiritual support, with praying to deities in the face of insurmountable dangers remaining the people's first choice, a tradition that had lasted for countless millennia.

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"Damn it, there are three golden-level demons," a paladin enveloped in pure white holy light stood on the city wall, looking at the demons blocked outside by the city's protective magic array, his expression grim. "Have you sent a request for help through the demon-hunting stele to the capital?"

"We've already sent a request for help through the demon-hunting stele to the capital, but they replied that it would take a quarter of an hour before they could arrange for enough golden-level demon hunters to assist us. They've asked us to rely on the protective

 magic array to hold on as long as possible."

"Damn it, don't the people in the capital's unified combat department know that we were attacked by demons here a month ago, and it was an internal attack? Our city's protective magic array is already compromised.

How could it possibly withstand an attack from three golden-level demons and their minions for a quarter of an hour? Do those people in the capital want us wiped out by demons, adding another demonic slaughter to the kingdom's history?"

"There's nothing we can do about it. Our Lockman Kingdom's territory is too large. There are over a hundred demonic attacks across the country in a day, and there are only so many members in the demon hunting group."

"His Majesty Muria should expand the demon hunting group. These geniuses simply aren't enough. This isn't a competition; there's no need to limit the age. Anyone who has the courage to fight demons should be allowed."

"I heard they've already started selecting new members for the demon hunting group. All those with strength above the golden level will receive an invitation to join. You should get one too. Ah, to have your name on the demon-hunting stele, what an honor!"

"Stop talking nonsense, let's hold off this demonic attack first." The paladin showed a slight smile, then quickly became serious again and spoke in a stern voice.

As the demons outside the city were attracted by the life energy emitted by the large number of humans and furiously attacked the protective magic shield...

The demon-hunting stele vibrated, and amidst the hopeful and reverent gazes of the stationed soldiers, more than a dozen young people, tired but spirited, armed with guns and swords, emerged...

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