Just as Sui was concentrating on studying the little Underworld, the war preparations on the Main Plane were coming to an end.
The humans had gathered more than a million troops, all of whom were young and strong, fully armed, and had also carried out high-intensity training according to the methods of the new army. These people had a good foundation and were well-equipped. With more training, they could become an excellent and strong army.
This million-strong army was not the usual kind that mainly used militias to make up the numbers. They were all real soldiers. In order to serve them and provide logistical support, all the human countries on the Main Plane had launched a full mobilization. All kinds of materials were saved as much as possible, turned into various things that could be used in the war, and continuously sent to the front line.
For a million-strong army to be fully deployed, naturally, a very large battlefield was needed. There were not many such battlefields. The only suitable one was located in the northeast of the Main Plane, at the border between the Orc Empire and the Kingdom of Light.
The border between the Orc Empire and the Kingdom of Light was a vast wilderness. There were no famous mountains or rivers in this land, and it was almost completely undefended. However, ever since humans established a country here, they continued to build fortresses and outposts at the borders. They built sturdy city walls. Many outposts, fortresses, and walls were stacked on top of each other, eventually forming a huge defensive system.
Compared with the Great Wall on Earth, this line of defense, which was completely built in the plains and hills, was much more complicated, and there were many more soldiers stationed there. In order to provide support and supplies, countless villages were scattered on the east side of the line of defense, with at least two million people living there. And the human countries continued to provide support, so that this line of defense was impregnable, so that even if the Orcs wanted to attack the humans, they would rather choose to attack the Eagle Kingdom, which had a more dangerous terrain.
For the Orcs, the dangerous terrain could be conquered with courage and force, but the huge line of defense, which was more difficult to break through than any natural stronghold, was a real moat.
The principle that the country depended on the people, not on the danger, was well proven here.
Similarly to the Great Wall, the areas controlled by the humans and the Orcs were not demarcated by this line of defense. In fact, the area about two or three hundred miles west of the line of defense was controlled by the humans. Humans had built many outposts and towns here. These outposts and towns were ports for trade between the two sides in times of peace, and frontline positions for probing and small-scale battles in times of war.
The million-strong army of the humans was now living in these frontline positions.
The Orc army had yet to finish assembling.
It wasn't that the Orc Empire wasn't capable of mobilizing their troops, but rather that they didn't have enough supplies. They couldn't be like the humans, where they had millions of troops stationed in their camps, and apart from training every day, they ate for free.
Even though the Orc Gods could provide a lot of food for the Orcs, it was impossible for them to provide for an army of a million to go through off-the-job training.
The Master of Order didn't allow the gods to interfere too much with the mortal world. Directly searching for food from other worlds to feed his million-strong army … This was already beyond the limits of what he could allow.
Therefore, the Orc army could only spread out in the eastern part of the prairie, grazing and farming while waiting for the war to come.
The disparity in national strength and civilization was reflected from this.
If nothing unexpected happened, no one believed that the Beastmen could win.
On one side, there were a million soldiers who were carefully selected, well-armed, and well-trained, and on the other side, there was an 'army' of a million soldiers who were half farmers and half herders, half trained, and had their own equipment. More than one scholar who studied the history of war came to the conclusion that once the two sides went to war, the Orc army would most likely be completely defeated in the first wave of battle.
Of course, these scholars had one thing in common — they were all human.
Naturally, the Orcs didn't see it this way. They firmly believed that they were strong and looked down on the weak humans. Over the years, they had won more than they lost against the humans, which gave them sufficient confidence. This time, the Orc Empire had truly mobilized all of its forces, which gave them a good chance of winning.
Even during the battle of "The Day the Sun's Death" back then, the Orc Empire hadn't mobilized so many soldiers. But this time, they had gathered almost all of their troops that could fight.
Not only that, but there were also soldiers from other races in their camp. For example, there were reinforcements from the dwarves and elves, reinforcements from the great swamp, as well as some troops from smaller races like the gnomes.
Also … their reinforcements were far more than these.
The humans were trying to completely defeat the Orcs and become the absolute overlords of the Main Plane. This matter didn't just harm the interests of the Orcs. It wasn't just the Orcs who were willing to stand up against the humans.
If Mencius came here and saw the Orc army camp, he might sigh and say, "A just cause enjoys abundant support, while an unjust cause finds little support."
However, even if there was "abundant support," it wouldn't change the difference in power between the two sides.
The higher-ups of the Orc and human armies hadn't been idle during this period of time. They all understood that the real deciding factor in the outcome of the war wasn't the millions of soldiers under their command, but the groups of experts from both sides.
The Legendary Masters from various races had already gathered on the prairie. Under the guidance of the Orc Demigod Masters, there were more than a hundred of them, and they were training and improving themselves every day. They were striving to improve their strength to the next level when the real war started, or at least make themselves perform better.
The Legendary Masters from the human side had also gathered, and they were also making use of the last moments of peace to train hard.
As for the higher-level figures, both sides hadn't mobilized on a large scale yet. However, everyone knew that when the two armies clashed, the Demigod Masters who transcended time would definitely appear. This war was destined to be incomparably intense and cruel.
Time passed day by day, and slowly, it was the New Year.
This year's New Year, everyone didn't have a happy time.
Both the humans and the Orcs were making their final preparations for the upcoming war. They couldn't wait to use one day as two. Even the neutral Republic of Northwest had a gloomy atmosphere because of the war. Even their participation in the New Year's celebration was much lesser.
At this moment, the streets of Void City even felt a little deserted.
However, this situation didn't last long. On the tenth day of the New Year, the armies of both sides finally moved.
Looking from the sky, it looked like two huge shadows were slowly approaching each other.
At the same time, two extremely fierce auras burst forth from a valley deep in the prairie and the highest peak of the Broken Cloud Mountains.
They were the Demigod Masters from both camps who had been living in seclusion for many years.
At the moment when the war was about to begin, they came out of seclusion at the same time.
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