The uneven progress of one path.

Glitch shook his head. "No, you are missing one key thing. The power of species in the study path depends on the knowledge base and understanding of the species."

"Even though normal creatures could not understand a genius right then, they could still study the things the genius discovered. This way, their development will speed up with every generation of geniuses."

Glitch then extended the main line and marked many small and big spikes all over it. After each spike, he increased the upward angle of the development line.

Lark stared at the graph. He started understanding a few things and asked, "Boss, are geniuses everything on this path?"

Glitch thought for a second and said, "Well, you can say that for every path, it's just that in each path, the work of geniuses changes. The geniuses in the study path are the major forces for the species."

"A ruler's work in this path is to become a genius themselves who continues to give breakthroughs from time to time or find and nurture these geniuses such that they could reach their maximum potential."

Lark nodded his head, but then he thought of a problem. "But boss, if that's the case, then isn't the study path mostly about luck? After all, someone could get a one-in-a-million genius from the start that could reach epic or even legend grade."

Glitch smiled at that. "That won't happen. Look at the main line. This line not only represents development but also represents the knowledge base."

"Ok, assume at the start we have this one-in-a-million genius. Let's say that for him to reach the next grade, he needs to learn five spells to a certain degree. Now this guy needs to discover five spells that he didn't know were possible."

"All of it would take time, and after he reaches the next stage, he needs to find more. In the second case, the same genius is born when there are already 10 known spells available in the space village. For this guy, he could straight up learn these spells and start his journey from the elite grade. It's not all about who has more geniuses; it's all about when that genius is born."

Lark nodded his head. "I think I understand it, boss. Without sufficient knowledge, a genius could not reach much higher."

"Well, there are some exceptions, like dragons and others, but those are some cheats that a few species have. So what do you think is the best intermediate way for common study path rulers?"

Lark rubbed his little chin and said, "It should be the number of things a creature learns, right? From what you said just now, there could be normal-grade creatures that knew 1 spell, 2 spells, 3 spells, 4 spells, and 5 spells. Once they learn the 5th spell, they should reach the next grade and then learn more spells."

Glitch fist-bumped Lark's hand. "Great, we are on the right path."

Lark looked at this gesture in confusion, but seeing the boss smiling, he was unable to hold back and smile back, but then the next moment he went back to his stoic face mode.

Glitch just ignored that and continued, "Like you said, Lark, the path of study has a very uneven development. But do you know it is the fastest development path out of the three?"

"It's because of these pioneer geniuses, right, boss?"

"Yes, these geniuses increase the power ceiling of the space village. However, this also leads to a large disparity between limited geniuses and the common masses. One more con of this path is that everyone would start from the bottom, as they need to learn their spells one by one."

Lark nodded his head, as he knew learning was an important aspect of the study path. After listening to the boss, he now knew more about how to be a better ruler in the village.

He looked at his boss in a new light. From the first day, he knew the boss was a little different from what he expected.

His boss never asked him about the common stuff that most of the new rulers did not know, and he didn't rush things at all. It was like the boss knew how to control every little thing in the village.

He clenched his fist in excitement to learn more from the boss and then prove his usefulness to him.

Glitch did not notice all the turmoil going on inside his little assistant's mind. He just created another graph below the first one. "Let's move to the next path, the path of hierarchy."

He created the first line representing the initial development and looked up, "Once again, we have 100 Shakhans, but this time with the path of hierarchy. What do you think will be the best way to develop them, Lark?"

Lark did not rush and thought of the first path and said, "Boss, from what I know, the path of hierarchy depends on the social structure. To start, we could build a village with a school. Now this time, instead of teaching them, it is better to give them different positions in the village for the hierarchy path to work."

"Oh, what kind of position do you plan to give them?"

"Ahh, the common positions like village leader, scholar, and worker. Something that creates diversity between them."

Glitch smiled at that and said, "Let's say you give all 100 of them a position to create diversity, but then what is the chance they are going to follow your arrangements?"

Lark said in the resolution, "I make it so that they do not forget about their position."

Glitch fake nodded. "Oh, so you are going to do that for all the thousands and millions of creatures?"

Lark froze. It hit him that this method would not work with such a large number. He looked down in embarrassment. "I'm sorry, boss. I don't think this is going to work at all."

Glitch sighed, "Hey, don't be like that. Nothing is embarrassing about being wrong. It's the realization that matters."

Lark still looked down at the ground. 

Glitch thought for a moment and asked, "Hey Lark, why do you think your plan won't work?"

Lark moved his foot around and mumbled, "It's stupid ideas. There is no way I will be able to teach so many of them about their role."

"Oh, what if, let's say, everyone learned about their role from birth? Do you think this method would work then?"

Lark stopped looking down, and after some thought, he nodded his head and said, "It should."

Just like pouring cold water on fire Glitch ruthlessly shook his head. "Nope, it still won't work."