Paragon of Mana

Now that his father was staying with them, the house had grown livelier. More people came to look for him. Ember even got to see many of their close relatives in the clan, as well as his grandfather.

He certainly did not have the look of an old man, appearing only in his middle age, with not even a single strand of grey hair. Well, his Silver rank and levels perhaps helped with that. He was one of the elite few in the clan, and the whole of Seynhold, who had ascended beyond level 100. Although it seemed like there was only one level of difference between level 99 and level 100, there was also a difference in rank.

From what he had learned, the hierarchy of class was like this: Rank > Tier > Level.

For Copper, Iron, and Silver, each class rank was divided into three tiers, with level divisions within them, as follows:

Copper

• Tier 1: Level 1 - 8
• Tier 2: Level 9 - 16
• Tier 3: Level 17 - 24

Iron

• Tier 4: Level 25 - 49
• Tier 5: Level 50 - 74
• Tier 6: Level 75 - 99

Silver

• Tier 7: Level 100 - 174
• Tier 8: Level 175 - 249
• Tier 9: Level 250 - 324

Of course, there were still Tier 10 and above, but those fell under the legendary Gold rank. Ember might have been able to draw a division of its tiers from the prior nine tiers, but that would only be an assumption. Besides, Gold-class rankers were like legendary figures. There were only a handful of them in the entire Seynfield, each either the head of a prestigious house or holding some other influential position, such as governing lord of a city or commander of a legion.

House Blackstone did not possess a Gold-classed patriarch, from what he understood. They had more than a few Silver-class rankers. His father might be joining their ranks soon enough. It was how he had obtained the long leave, as he would be attempting to reach Silver class in the next three or four years.

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