And in the continuous expansion, more and more nobles will be born.
After all, the best way to reward meritorious officials is to give them a title!
Of course, after the Eternal Night Empire stops expanding, the growth rate of the number of nobles will definitely slow down.
In the current Evernight Empire, the number of nobles has not yet reached saturation.
But the number of earls still exceeded a thousand, which was unimaginable in the kingdom. The previous Xiling Kingdom only had earls in their early twenties.
Of course, the most numerous were the viscounts and barons.
Among the nobility, there is also a pyramid model.
In fact, the pyramid model also exists among the civilian class.
Pyramids seem to be everywhere, from a kingdom to an empire, from the common people to the aristocracy.
Even in the heavens, the abyss, it is still the pyramid model.
An ordinary pyramid contains all the laws of the world!
Therefore, even the godhead looks like a pyramid!
And as the sun rose, a count with a particularly high reputation arrived.
"Earl Milne is here. Come on, let's go over and see him."
Some earls saw an Earl of Milne arriving and gathered around him.
This scene is the normal gathering of nobles in the Gods Continent.
Whoever has a higher status and reputation, and whoever is more powerful, will get more attention from nobles during gatherings.
This banquet was attended by not only nobles, but also some officials.
Some officials have titles and are nobles themselves.
Some officials came from poor families, but they were in high positions and could gain the respect of some nobles.
Titles cannot be given casually, and once given, they cannot be taken away at will. After an empire is formed, the granting of titles is relatively stingy.
Therefore, even some high-status officials may not have a title.
"The Finance Minister is here. Let's go and see him."
"The Minister of War is also here..."
The arrival of officials made the place even more lively.
And one after another, some big businessmen arrived.
Some big businessmen are extremely wealthy. When their wealth reaches a certain level, they can exert great influence. After all, many nobles want to do business with them.
Therefore, these big businessmen also received invitations to attend the Millennium Birthday.
In addition to big businessmen, there are also some influential people in society.
For example, some famous troubadours, legendary figures in certain places, and even some great opera performers.
"That's Dragon Hunter Fuben."
"That's the legendary mercenary Edwin."
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Some nobles gathered around and greeted these people curiously.
These people may not have much status as the nobles present, but many of them have become famous because of one or two incidents, and their fame has spread widely.
This millennium birthday is indeed a millennium event.
Gathered together are the most outstanding elites from all walks of life in the Evernight Empire!
It's not past 8 o'clock yet, but more than half of the people have arrived.
However, no heavyweights have arrived yet.
Finally, the time came to 8 o'clock.
"Look, the Margrave of Hanse is coming."
This time for the Millennium Birthday, before 8 o'clock, it is the time for counts, officials and big businessmen.
And after 8 o'clock, it's time for marquis and above.
The marquises appeared one after another.
The appearance of every marquis can attract a large number of people to come to see him.
There are not many marquises in the Eternal Night Empire, just over a hundred. They occupy the period from 8 o'clock to 9 o'clock.
Then, more important dukes began to arrive one after another.
"Duke Victor is here. Come on, let's go to the ceremony."
The first Duke to arrive was Duke Victor. As soon as he arrived, he was surrounded by a large number of nobles.
"These guys all want to come in behind and show their importance, but they don't know that the first one to come in will not be any worse than the ones who come in behind."
Duke Victor thought while politely greeting the nobles around him.
The order in which you come in is also important.
All the Dukes were waiting for others to go in first.
However, the banquet will officially start at 10:30, and the dukes will only have one hour.
Therefore, after some Dukes considered their actual status, they all set off one after another.
Every Duke's appearance can become the center of attention.
There are only about twenty dukes within the territory of the Evernight Empire, but there are still more than a dozen feudal dukes outside the Evernight Empire.
The arrival of the dukes completely enlivened the atmosphere.
"Archduke Lauren is here, look, the person beside him is not Miss Anne, the pearl of the six eastern provinces!"
At this time, Archduke Lauren came, attracting a lot of attention.
Naturally, the nobles not only come by themselves, they can also bring a few followers. Each noble will bring one or two descendants to learn more and expand their connections...
Anne's arrival immediately made some descendants of the nobles start to move.
If you can marry Miss Anne, it not only means becoming the son-in-law of a great duke!
What's more important is to be able to embrace a beautiful woman.
Unfortunately, these noble princes were destined to be disappointed, because Anne completely ignored them.
After 10 o'clock, all the Dukes finally arrived.
People from other empires arrived one after another.
This time, there were people from several small empires and one from a large empire who came to celebrate the birthday.
For small empires, the emperor personally brought people to participate, and for people from the big empire, the emperor also came personally.
Because they were not familiar with it, no matter whether it was people from the small empire or people from the big empire, they did not attract too many onlookers.
These people from other empires had no intention of greeting the nobles of the Evernight Empire, and they all came to sit in front of them.
"Look, Mr. Lien, the legendary magician of the Holy Magic Academy..."
At this time, some people saw a magician flying in the sky.
"That's Duke Oni's nephew, the legendary magician Crane..."
Immediately afterwards, legendary existences continued to appear.
These legendary beings had no intention of chatting with the nobles and sat down in front of each other.
On this occasion of the Millennium Birthday, after the official entrance, everyone's position was arranged. Generally, the higher the status, the closer the seat would be to the front.
One after another, legendary existences continued to appear.
Some legendary existences are known to the nobles, and some are not known to them, but every time a legendary existence appears, it can cause a sensation.
This is also an opportunity to get to know legendary beings.
Finally, nearly twenty legendary existences all arrived.
Immediately afterwards, an old man with a faint sense of coercion flew across the sky.
"Look, that's the dean of the Holy Magic Academy..."
All eyes are on Haywood.
This old man is the dean of the Holy Magic Academy, a powerful sanctuary!
Whether they are nobles or other people present, this is the first time for many people to see the sanctuary!
For a moment, there was silence, and everyone, including people from other empires, looked at Heywood respectfully.
Haywood flew straight to the front row and sat down.
The locations here are naturally not as densely packed as a movie theater, and the distance between each location is quite wide.
Especially the first row position.