Extraordinary Pedigree.

Chapter 1241 The King of Holy Words: Roger Abraham!
Xia Xiu looked at the first round of settlements for the weak tribe and had already made a judgment in his mind.

Luo Jia's start is too weak. If he continues to develop at the normal pace of Red Scar, he will not only fail to enter the main battlefield of the 500 Worlds, but he will probably be overwhelmed by the grassland raiders, the polluted kingdoms of the Wo Wu Tu, or the secret religious technology casually thrown out by the Emperor of the Men Empire before he even reaches the city-state era.

So he started secretly using cheats.

The Book of Narratives slowly turned before the Psionic Throne. Xia Xiu did not directly rewrite the ending of civilization, but instead added low-intensity [superior annotations] under Luo Jia's narrative anchor of "divine child".

After the previous few civilizations had completed their turns, Xia Xiu began his second turn.

[Round 2 results.]

[Based on the prophecy in the fire, Rhoja pointed out the attack route of the steppe raiders in advance. Mogar led his spear-wielding hunting party to ambush them on both sides of the dried-up riverbed, repelling the pursuers with minimal losses and capturing horses, shortbows, leather armor, and a group of captured slaves.]

The weakened tribe established a permanent camp centered around the black stone tablet. The old witch doctor proclaimed Roja the "Son of the Holy Word," and Mogar publicly acknowledged the authority of Roja's prophecies. From then on, major migrations, hunts, wars, and rituals all required listening to Roja's revelations in the fire.

[Advancing the Narrative Anchor Point of Mystical Children—Divine Revelation.]

[New organizational concept: Church of Divine Revelation.]

Population: 2 → 3.

[Economy: 10 → 13.]

[Food: 5 → 7.]

[Technology: 6 → 8.]

[Religion: 21+3.]

[Extraordinary: 8 → 10.]

Production: 4 → 6.

[Military: 2 → 3.]

[Buildings: 4 → 5.]

Then, the third round soon began, and he entered the dream again.

This time, Xia Xiu didn't simply give Luo Jia a prophecy. Instead, he used the [Narrative Book] to insert a rough portion of the full map perception into Luo Jia's dream.

Of course, this perception was packaged as a revelation from the fire—even when using cheats, one shouldn't be too arrogant and should be mindful of the consequences, so it's best to use them sparingly.

Luo Jia dreamed of the mineral veins beneath the red sand desert, the copper-green stone layer at the end of the dried-up riverbed, an ancient quarry buried by sand and dust, and a meadow on the edge of the northern grassland suitable for taming horses.

After waking up, he told Mogar about the images.

Mogar had no doubts, because the previous two prophecies had already saved the tribe twice, and what the Weaklings tribe had in abundance now was trust in Rogar.

The third round ended quickly.

[Round 3 results.]

[Rogar, through a revelation in the fire, pointed out the locations of copper mines, stone deposits, and shallow salt wells. Mogar dispatched a lean-horse scout to complete the reconnaissance, and the Weakling tribe successfully controlled the resource points on the eastern section of the dried-up riverbed.]

Tribal artisans began experimenting with crafting more stable tools using river mud, animal bones, and captured metals. Simple pottery jars, leather water bags, stone millstones, and early bronze ornaments appeared in the camps, laying the foundation for the weakened tribes to transition from nomadic exile to settled communities.

[Technology Tree Update: Unlock "Vein Identification"]

[Technology tree update: "Basic Quarrying" unlocked.]

[Technology tree update: "Early Horse Taming" unlocked.]

[City Tree Update: Unlocks "Divine Judgment".]

In the fourth round, Luo Jia began to truly participate in the governance of the tribe.

He was no longer just a child sitting by the fire making vague prophecies. In his dreams, Xia Xiu taught him how to discern other people's fears, desires, and loyalty, how to find the most crucial sentence in an argument, and how to make people believe that there is a future behind a difficult command.

Thus, the Church of the Word of Revelation began to have its first permanent members.

The old witch doctor became the first priest of the Holy Word, while several young men who had tried to escape were incorporated into the "Fire Oath Attendants," responsible for guarding the hearth, recording Rhoja's revelations, and telling the newly joined captives and slaves about the new oath of the Weaklings tribe.

Mogar saw all of this but did not stop it.

He knew very well that for the weak tribe to transform from a group of starving exiles into a true community, they needed a bond stronger than blood ties.

[Fourth round results.]

[Roja used divine revelation to mediate disputes within the tribe regarding the distribution of captives, food rations, and the ownership of hunting parties, allowing Chief Mogar to complete the initial reorganization of tribal law.]

The weakened tribes absorbed captives from grassland raiders and small, exiled clans from the surrounding areas, resulting in a significant increase in population. Their clan structure, originally based on blood ties, began to transform into a tribal community centered on sacred oaths and revelations.

[City Tree Update: Unlocks "Tribal Laws".]

[City Tree Update: Unlocks "Prototype of the Holy Word Priests".]

[Technology Tree Update: "Bronze Trial" unlocked.]

[New building: Temple of the Holy Word.]

[New building: Clan Council Chamber.]

[New Unit: Fire Oath Servant x1.]

In the fifth round, the Red Sand Wasteland enters its dry season.

The dry season on the grasslands, which Gaia had previously adjusted, began to spread southward, forcing many small tribes to leave their original water sources and move closer to the dried-up riverbeds.

If things had gone according to plan, this would have been a disaster.

Xia Xiu used [Superior Annotation] in advance to let Luo Jia find the water source and resource point through the dream; no matter how strong Gaia's characteristics are, they cannot stop the "micro-management" of the wall-hanger.

What? You're saying that cheating doesn't count as micro-management?
The annotations I wrote down with my own hands are the operation!

Thus, disaster turned into an opportunity for expansion.

When the small tribes that had lost their water source arrived at the river camp, they did not see a group of exiles who were also about to starve to death, but a newly established settlement that already had a hearth, priests, bronze tools, livestock, and a chieftain's order.

Luo Jia stood in front of the black stone tablet and began to preach.

His voice, still carrying the clear tone of a child, could stop the hungry from fighting, make fearful mothers hold their children tightly, and make hunters with knives lower their guard to listen to his revelations about the Word of God.

[Fifth round results.]

[The dry season in the Red Sands has broken out, leaving four small surrounding tribes without water and forcing them to gather in the dried-up riverbed.]

[Luo Jia successfully conducted his first large-scale sermon through "persuasion through words," leading two small tribes to voluntarily join the Weaklings tribe, while two other tribes signed a water vassalage pact.]

[The Church of Divine Revelation expanded from an internal tribal faith organization into a priestly system jointly recognized by the river tribes; Mogar was elected as the war leader of the river tribes, while Roja was revered as the Rainmaker.]

[Luo Jia gains the ability: Rain Summoner.]

[Ability Description: Luo Jia can guide localized rainfall through sacred rituals, tribal beliefs, and his own spiritual energy to alleviate drought and stabilize crops and livestock.]

[City Tree Update: Unlocks "Vassal Oath".]

[City Tree Update: Unlocks "Holy Word Priests".]

[Technology Tree Update: Unlocked "Bronze Prototype"]

[Technology tree update: "Herd Management" unlocked.]

[New building: Well complex.]

[New building: Simple copper furnace.]

[New Unit: River Hunters x1.]

[New Unit: Skinny Horse Rider x1.]

By the sixth round, the weakened tribe was no longer fit to be called a tribe.

Fixed streets appeared on both sides of the dried-up riverbed, the first ring of stone walls was built around the black stone tablet, the well complex and the bronze furnace area were managed separately, and the priesthood of the Holy Word began to record the rituals, taxes, livestock and vassal clans.

Mogar remains the leader of the war effort.

But everyone knows that the one who truly led the weak out of the Red Sands was Luo Jia.

In this round, Xia Xiu did not fill the dream with anything, but let Xiao Luo Jia do things on his own. He lived up to expectations and quickly built a new city-state.

The city with its dried-up riverbed will be remembered as the birthplace of the divine revelation; this city is called Monaco.

Then, at dusk, the hearth in front of the black stone tablet suddenly lit up with golden and white flames.

Luo Jia stood before the firelight and uttered that name.

"From this day forward, this place will be called Monaco. All those who have lost hope can rekindle their fire here, and all those who are willing to keep their oath can become people of the river."

At that moment, the civilization rankings on the Book of Narratives began to fluctuate.

[Round 6 results.]

The Weaklings tribe established their first city-state—Monazia—centered around the black stone monuments, underground water veins, and dried-up riverbeds.

[Civilization Stage Advancement: Tribal Fire → City-State Bronze.]

[Rogar formally established the Covenant Priesthood, with the Old Witch Doctor becoming the first High Priest. The Fire Oath Attendants were reorganized into the Covenant Guard, and Mogar, as the war leader, commanded the armies of the River Tribes.]

Monaco completed its first phase of urban development, establishing a complex of wells, bronze furnaces, stone walls, a temple to the Holy Word, tribal council chambers, and river granaries, thus acquiring initial capabilities for urban administration, religious integration, bronze smelting, and military mobilization.

[City Tree Update: Unlocks "City Council".] [City Tree Update: Unlocks "Priestly Bureaucrat".]

[City Tree Update: Unlocks "Covenant Law".]

[Technology tree update: "Bronze smelting" unlocked.]

[Technology tree update: "Wheel transport" unlocked.]

[Technology Tree Update: "Archery Improvement" unlocked.]

[New building: Monaco Stonewall.]

[New building: Temple of the Holy Word.]

[New building: River Granary.]

[New building: Copper Furnace Workshop.]

[New building: Stable.]

[New military unit: Bronze Spearman x2.]

[New military unit: River Archer x1.]

[New military unit: Lean Horse Rider x1.]

[New military unit: Covenant Guardian x1.]

[New military unit: Fire Oath Servant x1.]

[New Narrative Anchor: Luo Jia, the Rainmaker.]

[New Narrative Anchor: The Covenant Priests.]

[New Narrative Anchor: The Founding of Monaco.]

By the start of the seventh round, Luo Jia had grown into a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy.

His growth rate still far exceeds that of ordinary people. Just a few rounds ago he was still a child, but now he can stand on the stone wall of Monaco, wearing a priest's robe made of white linen and copper plates, looking down at the black dust rising from the end of the dried-up riverbed.

That was the first pioneering force deployed by the Wowutu collective.

Instead of directly eradicating Monacia, they followed the rules of the Red Scar and created an advance force composed of slave soldiers, black iron chariots, and deformed beasts. This force advanced along the southern Amnesia Sand Dunes, leaving nothing but desolation and desolation in their wake.

[Seventh Round Event: The Wolverine Collective's pioneering force invades the dried-up riverbed.]

Monaco has entered a state of war for the first time.

Luo Jia did not allow the Covenant Legion to leave the city for a direct confrontation.

He first ordered the river archers to retreat to the stone embankments on both sides, then commanded the lean horse riders to circle around to the back of the sand dunes, while the Covenant Guards guarded the narrow path in front of the black stone monument, leaving only the bronze spearmen to line up outside the city gate, deliberately leading the pioneering troops into the deepest part of the dried-up riverbed.

As the black iron chariot rolled into the riverbed, Luo Jia raised his hands and activated [Rain Summoner].

Dark clouds pressed down from the Red Sand Wasteland, rain poured into the cracked riverbed, turning the originally hard sand into mud. The heavy black iron chariots got stuck on the spot, the deformed beast herd slowed down after stepping into the soft mud, and the ranks of the nameless slave soldiers were cut into several pieces by the rain of arrows from both sides of the river.

Luo Jia stood on the stone wall, his voice carrying across the battlefield through the rain.

"Remember them. As long as we remember where they came from, they have no right to take our names away."

The priesthood of the Holy Covenant rang the bronze bell in the city, and the old witch doctor led the priests in reciting the names of the fallen, hunters, city-states and river clans over and over again. The nameless pollution, which had originally been trying to erase the traces of existence, was instead nailed to the battlefield by this round of holy words.

Then, Mogar led the Covenant Guard out from the flank.

Bronze spearmen held off the slave soldiers in the swamp, river archers suppressed the deformed beast horde, and skinny horse riders circled around to burn the pioneering troops' black flag sacrificial chariots.

The fighting continued until the rain stopped.

The first pioneering force of the Vortuan was completely defeated. Monaco paid a heavy price, but for the first time proved that it could survive on the war chessboard of the Red Scars.

[Round 7 results.]

Monaco defeated the pioneering forces of the Vaudutu group, securing its first victory in the war.

Through prophecy, rainmaking, telepathy, and tactical command, Rhoja established his central position in the Covenant's revelation, and the Covenant Legion gained practical combat experience.

In the eighth round, Roger did not rush to counterattack the south, but instead focused on stabilizing the order around Monaco.

He ordered Mogar to reorganize the hunters of each tribe, turning the originally loose clan armies into fixed troops, and also ordered the Covenant priests to begin registering the names of those who had fought, were wounded, or were supported, in order to prevent the tribes from fighting each other again over the distribution of spoils after the victory.

[In this round, Monaco completed its first round of military reorganization; the Remnant Spear Hunters, River Archers, Lean Horse Riders, and Covenant Guards were incorporated into the unified legion roster, with Mogar, as the First Guardian of the Holy Word, responsible for training and discipline.]

The Covenant priesthood established a system for recording war achievements, with the names of the fallen inscribed on sacred stone tablets, and the families of the wounded supported by the city-state's granaries. This ensured a stable system of rewards for those who "fought for the Covenant."

In the ninth round, Luo Jia began to build the first branch city at the foot of the copper mine.

[During this round, Monaco established its first branch city, Kalna, at the foot of the copper mine.]

[Carna established copper furnace workshops, mining camps, charcoal kilns, and fortified stone walls. The Covenant priesthood sent scribes to record the output of miners, slaves, artisans, and weapons.]

Monazia's production capacity has increased significantly, and the Covenant Legion has begun to steadily re-equip itself with bronze spears, bronze short swords, and fortified wooden shields. The city-state has officially moved beyond the stage of relying solely on captured weapons to maintain its army.

In the tenth round, Luo Jia continued to build cities in the northern grasslands.

He moved several vassal clans from the steppes there, allowing them to herd livestock, tame horses, and train riders under the supervision of covenant priests. He also replaced the old tribal blood oath with the fire pit oath to prevent these vassals from turning back to the Ebony tribes.

[During this round, Monaco established its second branch city – Aruma.]

[The Aruma were responsible for raising horses, training riders, guarding the grasslands, and settling vassal clans. The lean horse riders here were expanded into organized river cavalry units.]

[Through the revelation of the covenant, Roja suppressed the old beliefs of the steppe clans and incorporated them into the covenant people system. Monaco thus gained a stable source of cavalry and a forward base for entering the northern steppes.]

In the thirteenth round, Luo Jia built his third branch city near the Black Stone Tablet Ruins.

He designated this place as the center for writing the covenant revelations, and priests, scribes, and prophetic apprentices were gathered around the ruins to begin organizing Roger's dreams, battles, laws, and sacred oaths.

[During this round, Monazira established its third branch city—the Stele Sanctuary.]

[The Stone Tablet Sanctuary established the rudiments of the Temple of the Covenant, the Clay Tablet Archives, the Priests' School, and the Observatory, and began systematically recording Rhoca's prophecies, the laws of the city-state, the course of war, and the registers of tribute from each branch city.]

In the sixteenth round, Luo Jia established his fourth branch city at the river crossing.

This city connected the dried-up riverbed with external trade routes. Granaries, wooden boats, ferry taxes, and caravan guards took shape here, and Monaco was able to export grain, bronzeware, priests, and armies for the first time.

[During this round, Monaco established its fourth branch city – River Crossing.]

[At the river mouth ferry town, granaries, ferry crossings, docks, and caravan stations were built. The Covenant Guard began patrolling along the river to protect caravans, migrating populations, and priestly missionary teams.]

[Monaco formed a network of city-states consisting of a main city, copper-mining sub-cities, steppe sub-cities, sanctuary sub-cities, and river mouth sub-cities. Resources, armies, faith, and administrative commands began to flow steadily along the river channels.]

In the twentieth round, Roger officially succeeded Mogar as the leader of the Monaco civilization.

Mogal was too old to personally take up arms, so he handed over power to Roger on the white stone steps in front of the Monaco Palace.

On this day, messengers from the river cities, the covenant priesthood, legion commanders, chief craftsmen, caravan leaders, and vassal clan leaders all arrived in Monaco.

They swore allegiance before the palace square, and from this moment on, he was the King of the Covenant Kingdom—Rogar Abraham.

[Round 20 results.]

The Monaco civilization completed a leadership transition, with Mogar stepping down as a "witness to the founding of the nation," retaining the kingdom's military traditions, the prestige of the old tribes, and the added benefit of elder's discretionary power, but no longer directly controlling the military and political affairs.

[Rogar Abraham was formally crowned King of the Covenant Kingdom, uniting the Covenant Priests, the River Cities, the Kingdom Legion, the vassal clans, the artisan guilds, and the caravan network.]

[Civilization Stages: City-State Bronze Age → Early Classical Kingdom]

[Nation Form: River City-State Alliance → Covenant Nation]

Capital: Monaco.

[Cities directly under its jurisdiction: Monaco, Kalna, Aluma, Stele Sanctuary, River Crossing, Rain Tower, Covenant Pass.]

Population: 27.

[Economy: 168 + 18.]

[Food: 54+6.]

[Science and Technology: 92+12.]

[Religion: 220+22.]

[Extraordinary: 64+7.]

Production: 118 + 15.

[New Narrative Anchor Point Generation: The King of the Word—Rogar Abraham.]

After the establishment of the Covenant Kingdom, Roger directed the kingdom's expansion towards the western river valley city-states and the southern Amnesiac Dunes. He planned to first unify the river trade routes, and then use the kingdom's army to wipe out the polluted strongholds left behind by the Workin.

On the throne of psychic power, Xia Xiu looked at the words "King of Holy Words" and tapped the edge of the page lightly with his fingertip.

Luo Jia's development speed has already accelerated.

From exiled tribes to classical kingdoms, establishing a nation in twenty turns—this kind of progress, placed on the chessboard of civilizations marked by red scars, is enough to draw the attention of other narrative interferers.

Xia Xiu didn't care about this. He planned to have Luo Jia enter the steam industry in the next twenty rounds and start the First World War, striving to eliminate most of the narrative interferers in the First World War with military power that was ahead of its time!