Rewards
Including Chairman Gould and Demigod Arthur, there were a total of eighty-three members in the Supreme Council of God's Great World. Over the past few years, the number of top-tier nobles had constantly fluctuated due to Demigod Arthur's killings.
With Lord Harlow joining, the number of Supreme Council members was at its lowest in many years.
In the past, increasing the number of Supreme Council members would likely have required decades, or even centuries, before a new top-tier noble emerged.
The emergence of a top-tier noble was extremely difficult. It required achievements significant enough that the Temples had no choice but to agree to elevate one's title and pay the price of granting an entire planet as a fief.
Even though Lord Harlow and the other twelve knights had previously saved the entire upper echelon of the Supreme Council and displayed outstanding merit during the war against the Zerg, only Lord Harlow had ultimately been granted the title of duke and become a top-tier noble.
Top-tier nobles represented the nobility of God's Great World. They possessed extensive authority and could establish their own laws and exercise all powers on the planets they owned.
At the same time, they could submit proposals to the Supreme Council and participate in discussions of major affairs. They were the secular administrators of God's Great World.
Every top-tier noble stood at the pinnacle of God's Great World's nobility, and there could be no more than ninety-nine such positions.
Yet ever since the noble hierarchy of God's Great World had been established, the number of top-tier nobles had rarely reached ninety-nine. This was also related to the Temples' efforts to keep their numbers down.
This time, the Temples had ennobled twelve dukes at once, raising the number of council members to ninety-five. Every noble could