Heroic Tier Division

"Are you sure you aren't joking with me?" Kael'thas asked with a solemn expression.

"I'm not. Brother, I'm not lying to you." Karen, thinking Kael'thas was angry, hurriedly promised he wasn't deceiving him.

"That's not what I meant.

If you are certain you have over twenty talents, then you are the person with the most talents I have ever known.

My own talent count is nine, and I am hailed by everyone as a genius seen once in ten thousand years.

If your talent count were higher than mine, it could be understood that you are more outstanding than me.

But since your talent count is more than double mine, it can only mean that you are a monster.

My talents have already earned me the hostility of many.

If the number of your talents were to get out, I dare not imagine what would happen.

You must never let anyone else know about this.

You haven't told anyone else, have you?" Kael'thas said sternly.

"No, I didn't even mention it to you over the video call.

I certainly wouldn't tell anyone else, especially after learning that the record was only six." Karen said firmly.

"Good, let this matter rot in your stomach.

It leaves your mouth and enters my ears; do not let it reach a third person's ears.

At the very least, until you promote to a Legendary Hero, you cannot let a word of this leak out.

You are truly my brother, a member of our Sunstrider family; your talent is so exceptional that even I cannot hope to reach it.

Perhaps it was because your foundation was too deep that you were unable to promote to Advanced; you simply required a massive amount of accumulation." Kael'thas provided a perfect reason for Karen's inability to promote to Advanced.

"Brother, speaking of Legendary Heroes.

I want to ask how one promotes to a Hero, and how are the levels beyond Hero classified?"

"Since you've asked this question, I originally didn't intend to tell you.

Mainly, I was afraid that if you were exposed to it too early, you would become ambitious and neglect your foundation to study this instead.

However, knowing you have such monstrous talent, I know you are destined to go further than me, destined to become a Super Hero.

So, telling you a little in advance won't hurt.

First, take a guess at how many Heroes there are in this world?"

"How would I know that?" Karen shook his head.

"The number of Heroes in this world is only a few hundred." Seeing Karen's indifferent reaction, Kael'thas emphasized, "This is the total number of Hero-tier beings in the entire world.

Don't think that's a lot; among all humans, there are at most twenty Hero-tier figures, and mages alone account for more than half of them.

Even long-lived races like us High Elf have fewer than twenty."

"You mean our high-end power is only a few percent of this world?!" Karen exclaimed.

"Yes, and that's only because our race has a relatively long lifespan.

Even with a population base as large as the humans, they don't have more than us. Some weak races don't have a single Hero.

The majority of Heroes belong to Epic beings like the Guardian Dragon; the number of Heroes among intelligent races like us in the world does not exceed one hundred.

Now you understand how rare Heroes are."

"Then how does one promote to become a Hero?"

"The key to promoting to a Hero lies in the understanding of rules."

"Rules?"

"Yes, you are already an Advanced Mage; the next step is to become a Master-tier Mage.

What is Master-tier? So-called Master-tier is when you have mastered all basic magic and can use magic proficiently; that is the Master-tier, and it is also the starting point for a Hero."

"That doesn't sound difficult."

"That's right, just like the relationship between Intermediate and Beginner.

For an average person who can become a formal Beginner Mage, promoting to Intermediate isn't difficult.

Promoting to Master-tier for an Advanced professional is the same; there is no such thing as a bottleneck.

For us long-lived races, as long as you cross the hurdle of Advanced, you can eventually become a Master-tier through sheer persistence.

Therefore, the number of Master-tiers in our race is not small.

But for short-lived races like humans, time is the most fatal problem.

So, in terms of high-end power, we are not inferior to humans at all, but the gap in low-level professionals is quite large."

"Let's return to the topic of Heroes.

How do you promote from Master to Hero?"

"As I said just now, the key to promoting to a Hero is rules."

Once you reach the Master level, you must comprehend the laws. When you can grasp the power of the laws and utilize them, you become a Hero.

The Hero rank is entirely different from the preceding levels; it depends solely on your comprehension of the laws.

Every gesture of a Hero involves the use of these laws, which is something those below the Hero rank cannot withstand.

"Then how does the passive effect of my necklace manage to withstand a blow from a Hero?" Karen asked, posing another question.

"Your necklace was crafted from a special material capable of storing the power of the laws.

The reason it could withstand a Hero's strike before was that it contained your father's stored law power, which acted as a shield against the Hero's attack.

After being struck, the law power within the necklace was exhausted, and it no longer possesses that function.

Give the necklace to me; I will replenish the law power for you over the next two days," Kael'thas explained.

"Then how does one comprehend the laws?" Karen took off the necklace and handed it to Kael'thas.

"That can only be understood intuitively, not taught in words. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so few Heroes.

However, you need not worry; with your many talents, comprehending the laws will be a simple matter.

This is because talents are themselves a manifestation of the laws.

Do not be in a rush for now; when you reach that realm, you will naturally understand."

"What are the levels after Hero, and how are they divided?"

"After the Hero stage comes the Epic Hero, and after the Epic Hero comes the Legendary Hero.

Beyond the Hero stage lies the God level, divided into Demigod and God.

However, these stages are too far removed from us; we only know these levels exist, and nothing more.

The Hero stage is about comprehending and using the laws.

The specific manifestation is that your attacks carry the power of the laws, allowing you to alter the form of your skills—for instance, turning an Ice Arrow into a Multiple Ice Arrow.

When your comprehension of the laws reaches a certain level, you can use that power to create new skills.

You have always been curious about the magic orb above my head and wanted to learn it, but I never taught you.

That is because you wouldn't be able to learn it; it is a skill I created using the power of the laws."

"Does that mean, brother, that you are already an Epic Hero?"

"That is correct. Finally, there is the Legendary Hero.

At this stage, the mastery of the laws is so high that one can use the power of the laws entirely outside the scope of skills.

The manifestations of this power can be diverse, used as one pleases without being confined to the use of skills.

The power of the laws moves according to the Hero's intent.

It is like piling sand; you can shape the sand into anything you wish.

You can pile it into a mound, a castle, or even small animals.

Of course, a Legendary Hero uses their intent to form the power of the laws into rows, nets, walls, or even various weapons.

I have only seen this level in books and have never witnessed it with my own eyes.

Just take it as a story for now.

Do you have any other questions?"

"No, I will go back and organize my thoughts to see if there is anything else I need to ask you." Karen needed to go back and digest all of this, though it was starting to feel more and more like immortal cultivation.