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The Meaning[]

Meritorious Retainers refers to subordinates who built up a lot of merits when establishing a country. Everyone may work hard, but not all can be meritorious retainers. Unless the ruler does select and reward those who sacrificed more, the word meritorious retainers will lose its meaning. Giving the same reward to both those who were active and who were not active, the people who were more active might feel a sense of deprivation, so individuals receive different rewards depending on their contributions. Personal friendship must be excluded and objectively thought. A country in Satisfy is not communist.[1]

Overgeared Kingdom's Meritorious Retainers[]

Grid made a list of the Meritorious Retainers before the founding ceremony of the Overgeared Kingdom and went to visit them one by one. He asked each person what they needed as a reward to maximize their class characteristics.[2] All Meritorious Retainers received Belial's items during the founding ceremony. Even if they only appear later, the items are proof that Grid has chosen them as Meritorious Retainers.[3]

All the Meritorious Retainers have the status of a noble in the Overgeared Kingdom.[4] With the exceptions of Faker and Yura, every player received a territory.[5] If one of them had been missing, the birth of the Overgeared Kingdom would have been difficult. After Grid, the users among them are the people who are most respected and envied by fans of Grid like Coke.[6]

Further Affiliations of the Retainers:[]

10 Meritorious Retainers[]

10 Meritorious Retainers is a term coined by Lauel[7] for being a Meritorious Retainer to the Overgeared Kingdom.[8] Players of the Overgeared Guild who helped Grid and the Overgeared Kingdom many times and making the Overgeared Kingdom what it is today.[9]

The number 10 in the title has been shown that it does not mean the exact number of current retainers.[10] Why the number 10 can only be speculated. When the retainers assemble in Reinhardt, the meritorious retainers sitting down around a black round table with 10 chairs. Does the number 10 mean the number that can sit at the table? Would retainers like Faker refuse a place because of their personality? Might be possibilities.[11]

Another explanation would be that the number 10 corresponds to the number of territories that are directly ruled by Overgeared members, before the seizure of the Gauss Kingdom. The other 6 of the 16 territories were ruled by Duke Steim.[12] Perhaps Ashur, as one of the 10 Great Magicians on the Continent who rules a territory, was also an inspiration to Lauel.[13] It is also possible that Lauel simply likes the number 10 as one of the 10 Rookies.[14]

Known Meritorious Retainers[]

Current 10 Meritorious Retainers[]

Controversial Member of the 10 Meritorious Retainers[]

  • Demon Brain Lauel[21] - may have left the 10 Meritorious Retainers and blocked his path of being a top ranker so that he can truly focus on the internal affairs of Overgeared Kingdom. So far this is only a third-party statement,[22] but it is also a fact that he was not mentioned in the last chapters as a member of the 10 Meritorious Retainers. [23]

NPC Meritorious Retainers[]

  • Asmophel - is on Grid's list, but Grid deliberately does not publicly acknowledge him as such to stimulate his growth.
  • Piaro

Who was when one of the Meritorious Retainers[]

The list serves to linearize the plot. That means, it is about putting who was what when in order. Therefore some users are indicated in [USER], which are confirmed afterwards for the occurrence in a chapter.

Chapters Named Meritorious Retainers Notes
598 Katz, Jishuka, [Peak Sword][24] All were put on Grid's list of Meritorious Retainers, although only confirmed later.
600 - 606 Chris[25], Lauel[26], [Vantner][27], [Pon][28], Huroi(?), Peak Sword[29], [Faker][30] All were called by King Grid and rewarded during the founding ceremony, although this is only mentioned in later chapters.
882 Lauel, Jishuka, Peak Sword, Pon, Regas, Vantner
1242 Vantner, Huroi, Pon, Regas, Jishuka, Faker, Katz, Yura, Euphemina and Chris Were all mentioned by Grid as the 10 Meritorious Retainers. They all also obtained the title Myth Usurper (Sanju Version).
1258 Yura,[31] Vantner, Huroi, Regas,[32] Jishuka, Pon, Faker, Peak Sword, Chris, Euphemina and Katz[33] Were all mentioned as the 10 Meritorious Retainers after the Ascension of the Great Demons Episode. The number of members present here is clearly 11 instead of 10.
1273 Peak Sword Is called one of the 10 meritorious retainers.

Notes[]

  • The novel has demonstrated that the number 10 does not correspond to the number of retainers affiliated with the 10 Meritorious Retainers. It only represents the affiliation coined by Lauel and hence there are more than 10 retainers which are related to the 10 Meritorious Retainers.[34]
  • Belial's bones and leather were the only materials left after Grid made items for to his meritorious retainers.[35] That means all with items from Belial must have been Meritorious Retainers who were rewarded during the founding ceremony.
  • All the Meritorious Retainers, except Lauel and Peak Sword, have the title Myth Usurper (Sanju Version).[36]
  • Unsure which one is part of the Ten as Author/Translator address all or part of the group as Ten Meritorious Retainers.
    Ex. Chapter 882 only 6 retainers were present but Lauel kept calling themselves "Ten". He even enumerated the 6 things to be taught to Coke by those present.
    Chapter 901 "Call the 10 meritorious retainers and Sage Sticks right now."
    Chapter 902 only mentioned 8 during the meeting: Lauel, Peak Sword, Huroi, Chris, Vantner, Yura, Faker, and Katz by order of mention. Also note the statement "Yura and the 10 meritorious retainers were speechless."
    Chapter 904 The people who appeared using Sticks’ Mass Teleport were Grid and the 10 meritorious retainers.
    Chapter 905 during the fight with the clone: Jishuka, Katz, Pon, Regas, Peak Sword, Huroi, Chris, Yura, Vantner, Lauel.
    Questions: Why was Faker in the meeting if he is not one of the ten? Why the statement "Yura and the 10"? I forgot Fakers contribution during the Eternal War. Yura came in late during the Eternal War and only joined later after Belial was summoned.
  • During the expedition to the [Ruins of the War God], chapter 1019 stated that Grid, the 10 meritorious retainers, and Hurent were able to eat equally the 12 servings per leg, implying there were only 12 of them. But Faker[37], Yura[38] and Euphemina[39] were present. Then chapter 1025 implied Huroi is not with them, so he is not one of them? "Nobody knew that 'he' was working so hard." Chapter 1027 lists all present Overgeared Guild members during the expedition.
  • As of chapter 1242: The 10 Meritorious Retainers listed were Vantner, Huroi, Pon, Regas, Jishuka, Faker, Katz, Euphemina, Yura, and Chris. It was stated by an unknown person later on that Lauel has left the 10 Meritorious Retainers,[40] but Peak Sword isn't included in this list which also causes an ambiguity as he was stated as one of the members of the 10 Meritorious Retainers previously many times.

References

  1. ↑ Chapter 598
  2. ↑ Chapter 598
  3. ↑ Chapter 622 | See notes.
  4. ↑ Chapter 1026 | Hurent does not participate in the meeting with the Dukes of Saharan Empire because he is not noble, unlike the 10 Meritorious Retainers.
  5. ↑ Chapter 1087
  6. ↑ Chapter 882
  7. ↑ Chapter_
  8. ↑ Chapter_
  9. ↑ Chapter_
  10. ↑ See section 'Who was when one of the Meritorious Retainers.'
  11. ↑ Chapter 882
  12. ↑ Chapter 609 | See comments.
  13. ↑ Chapter 727 | See comments.
  14. ↑ Chapter 110 | Mention Lauel as one of the 10 rookies.
  15. ↑ Chapter 882
  16. ↑ Chapter 882 | Mentions the name with title of Jishuka as Coke knows it from the Meritorious Retainers.
  17. ↑ Chapter 882 | Mentions the name with title of Peak Sword as Coke knows it from the Meritorious Retainers.
  18. ↑ Chapter 882 | Mentions the name with title of Pon as Coke knows it from the Meritorious Retainers.
  19. ↑ Chapter 882 | Mentions the name with title of Regas as Coke knows it from the Meritorious Retainers.
  20. ↑ Chapter 882 | Mentions the name with title of Vanter as Coke knows it from the Meritorious Retainers.
  21. ↑ Chapter 882 | Mentions the name with title of Lauel as Coke knows it from the Meritorious Retainers.
  22. ↑ Chapter 1245
  23. ↑ Chapters 1242, 1258
  24. ↑ Chapter 605 | Confirmed, Peak Sword was added to the list in chapter 598.
  25. ↑ Chapter 601 | In the chapter Grid appoints Chris as Duke and without question he counts as Meritorious Retainer. In chapter 905 his Greatsword made from Belial's bones is mentioned. That means he was also rewarded.
  26. ↑ Chapter 604
  27. ↑ Chapter 906 | Vantner has Belial's Shield and because all of Belial's items were presented during the founding ceremony, he must have been presented as a Meritorious Retainer.
  28. ↑ Chapter 635 | Pon gained Belial's Spear as a national reward. So the spear was the reward for being a meritorious retainer. Pon was presented with his spear during the founding ceremony.
  29. ↑ Chapter 605 | Confirmed, Peak Sword was added to the list in chapter 598.
  30. ↑ Chapter 774 | Faker's weapon is one of the Belial series of items received at the Overgeared Kingdom's founding ceremony. That means Faker is a Meritorious Retainer.
  31. ↑ Chapters _ & 1258 | She was the part of Sitri Raid team and number 1 contributor to the raid.
  32. ↑ Chapter 1258 | It was revealed that Vantner, Huroi and Regas were the part of Dantalion Raid team, but were not in the top 10 list of the contributors.
  33. ↑ Chapter 1258 | These 7 users were the part of Dantalion raid, and by narrative sense they were also in the top 10 list of the contributors. They all also obtained the Dantalian's Knowledge Fragments.
  34. ↑ See the page section - 'Who was when one of the 10 Meritorious Retainers'.
  35. ↑ Chapter 622 | Repeated in chapter 666.
  36. ↑ Chapter 1242
  37. ↑ Chapter 1016
  38. ↑ Chapter 1020
  39. ↑ Chapter 1021
  40. ↑ Chapter 1245
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