The Hybrid Demons that occupied the world were not interested in gold, silver, and jewelry at all.
For more than two hundred years, the survivors of the entire European continent, as well as parts of Asia and Africa, had gathered and lived in the Holy City.
This also meant that there were large amounts of gold and silver mines outside the city.
A large amount of treasures could also be found in the ruins of the city.
In the early stages of the expedition, only a few carriages of gold would be enough to satisfy the energy supply of the entire expedition.
At this point.
The basic formation and various marching equipment tests had been completed.
The road leading to the north gate had been expanded half a year ago. The civilian areas along the way had been forcibly demolished to expand the road to a width of 100 meters and covered with a red carpet with golden edges.
Only the brave and courageous expeditionary forces that were willing to sacrifice their lives for mankind were qualified to step on the red carpet and receive the blessings, cheers, reverence, and gratitude from the people of the Holy City.
The carriages had been led to the city gate in advance.
The expeditionary forces that had been selected through layers of selection walked towards the city gate in the simplest way. In this way, they would bid farewell to the Holy City … … What awaited them would be a great expedition that would take several years, and some of them would be completely lost under the Eternal Night.
Total number of people in the great expedition (including non-knight [God of Science and Technology] that provided technical support): 3,280 people
The initial marching formation used a relatively stable semi-circular formation that took into account both offense and defense.
The formation of the humanoid units was as follows:
The first legion led by Death was the left wing of the expeditionary forces, surrounding the left half of the entire army in an "arc" shape.
The second legion led by Malone was the right wing of the expeditionary forces. Same as above.
The fourth legion led by Shaya was the rear wing of the expeditionary forces, ensuring the safety of the rear of the army. At the same time, it provided healing and various support to the expeditionary forces.
If the first and second legions were to suffer from a powerful area attack, there would be more serious casualties.
The knights of the fourth legion who were good at fighting would step forward to fill the 'gap'.
The third legion led by Jaros had more than 90% of mages and long-range attackers. They were mainly filled in the inner part of the formation, providing powerful long-range firepower support to the flanks and rear wings.
In addition.
The [Special Forces] were interspersed in different areas of the legion, changing their positions according to the terrain and battle situation.
[Note: Air troops. Considering that the dragons are one of the expeditionary army's trump cards and core combat power, if they follow the expeditionary army by flying, they will become too big of a target and easily be exposed.]
Therefore, all the members of the aerial forces used a type of [Pet Egg] that they had purchased from the Destiny Space to store and carry the aerial mounts.
During the march, the air force would also follow the main force and ride in the carriages.
As for the composition of the air forces, apart from a small portion of the imperial dragonriders, the air forces were mainly composed of the Griffin Cavalry of the Wind Knights and the Black Hawk Regiment of the Behemoth Knights.
Of course.
There were also some knights in the army who could fly. If they encountered a large-scale aerial battle, they would also fight together.
Mechanical units:
Olivia Christian, the Grand Commander of the Holy Knights, was in charge of the [Mobile Sanctum]. Together with the Mechanical Deity Assistant (Red-robed Bishop), it floated behind the army, adjacent to the Fourth Legion.
At the same time, there would be more than ten Boundary Envoys guarding the Sanctum to provide continuous concealment.
Of course.
This was not enough to ensure the safety of the mobile sanctuary.
Therefore.
After combining the opinions of the Grand Demon Commander, the Steam Knights were approved by the council. Using half of the Steam City's engineers and the materials and manpower provided by the Knights of Misfortune, they spent a few months to build a military fortress that was' five times' the size of the Sanctum.
[Demon King's Castle]
A military fortress that incorporated the [Mobile Construction Technology], using Magic Brass and Demon King's Crystal as the main materials, was meticulously built. It was located at the front of the army.
Because of the size of the fortress, the dazzling Magic Crystal, and its position at the front, it could completely attract the attention of the Hybrid Demons.
The Sanctum, which was hidden behind an illusion, would be ignored to a large extent.
The Grand Demon Commander, as well as the elite Demons under his command and some secret forces, were hidden in this fortress and followed the army.
Of course, such a huge fortress would consume almost 50% of the energy used during the march, so they would need to invest a large amount of treasures from their financial backers to support this fortress.
The reason why the castle was built, in addition to protecting the Sanctum, was a more important purpose.
A hidden purpose hidden in the Great Expedition that was not disclosed to the public — [Occupation and Expansion].
If the expeditionary army captured an important city ruin where the Gate of Destiny existed, the Demon King's Castle could be located in the center of the city as the core building, supplemented by the Sanctum.
With this, they could expand to the surroundings and build a 'miniature Holy City'.
1. The expeditionary army could garrison and rest in the miniature Holy City for a long time to relieve the mental pressure accumulated during the Evernight. During the garrison period, they would also support some people to enter the Destiny Realm.
2. Using this to evaluate the possibility of 'territory expansion'.
In addition to the aforementioned [Demon King's Castle] and [Mobile Sanctum], there was an important non-human unit that needed to be explained:
[Eye of Expedition]
This was the name of a special force and also the name of a facility.
It was a special Destiny Crystal — [Eye Crystal] collected by the Machinery Faith, the Prophet of the Holy City, the author, and the members of the Lightless Religion over decades.
It was a semi-living sensory device created.
Its appearance was a 'mechanical base plus a huge eye structure'.
The base was about two meters high, and the lightless eyeball was about 2.3 meters in diameter. It was set up in the center of the army.
In the army, any perceptor who had been bound to this eye could use this eye to perform 'sensory overlay'.
It also had the effect of 'breaking illusions' and 'unobstructed communication'.
Perceptors were interspersed in the various regiments of different armies.
When the army entered the 'Land Deed Area', the clockwork device's communication system would fail, and information would be transmitted through the perceptors connected to the eye.
Even if they were isolated by the darkness, the [Eye of Expedition] could also be used as a lighthouse, emitting dimensional light beams to guide the expeditionary army lost in the darkness.
In addition, there were some small and medium-sized 'armory', 'warehouse', and 'treasury' that followed the army.
Everything had gone through hundreds and thousands of decisions from the Holy City. All the factors that existed in the expeditionary army were the optimal results of discussions.
Stepping out of the city gate.
The entire army boarded their respective vehicles and galloped through the Gaines Forest in the north.
The low-level demons and monsters that existed in the Gaines Forest either avoided them in advance or were chopped into minced meat by the heavy iron hooves.
The humans who had been wantonly plundered and captured by them had long since become different.
[Great Expedition. First Stage]:
Head to the northern border of Italos, about 600 kilometers away from the Holy City, an important city of the original humans, Milan, to carry out the attack and capture.
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