Talk:Lumen Holy Kingdom/@comment-24256005-20150908081800/@comment-124.83.22.177-20150908103904

It's easier for humans and half-humans to get stronger than demihumans and monsters because of the job system. Remember that ranking up is harder and rarer to happen for monsters and demihumans. In fact, it's more normal for the higher tier races to exist because of their lineage rather than due to an individual's efforts to evolve.

The number of heroes the Lumen Holy Kingdom has under its employ is pretty large too. They've got, like, 20 of them? Armies are pretty much cannon fodder to heroes, as we saw with Sternbilt Kingdom's Water Hero tearing through the Tomboy Princess' forces, but they are important for occupying territory and acting as a buffer. Compared to how easily new soldiers can be trained up by humans because of the job system, it's harder to replace skilled soldiers from a monster race. So it's not a sure thing if the two countries of the Beast and Magic kingdom joined together that they'd be able to win. That's why I believe there's no war between them right now; no one will act unless they're sure that they'll come up on top (who's to say that, even if the Magic and Beast kingdom teamed up and defeated the Holy kingdom, one of them wouldn't turn around and backstab the other?) and, since they're all constantly spying on one another, it's hard to make overtures for alliances without it being found out by the enemy.

Thus, it's left to Rou and his burgeoning country to shake up the status quo.