I had inadvertently heard from Alaya that Alleria had a 'surprise'. Alaya was no longer the lazy person who dozed off every day and was dispirited due to the disconnection of concepts. She was responsible for a lot of reconstruction work in the celestial city and was also Alleria's commander. Therefore, Alaya was the first to know about what happened in the celestial city. When I returned to my spiritual world to sleep at night, my younger angel sister would habitually chat with me about the recent happenings in the celestial city, such as Alleria's surprise and so on. But she didn't tell me what the surprise was. Alleria had just completed the formation of the Angel Legion and hadn't had the time to complete the organization and integration of information into the network. Therefore, it was only now that I saw it with my own eyes that I understood the so-called surprise. It was the first fully formed mystical regular legion — the Angel Legion.
In front of me was a magnificent phalanx shrouded in holy light. Magnificent. Using this word to describe a phalanx seems a little strange. However, only the word 'magnificent' can perfectly describe my current feelings. You don't know what kind of imposing aura it gives off when these powerful creatures that are brimming with a holy aura and have a pair of gigantic wings on their backs form a phalanx. That kind of feeling is hard to feel no matter how many ordinary soldiers there are. Of course, the Empire soldiers carrying huge cannons could also bring about the same degree of oppression, but they gave off a completely different feeling from the Angel Legion.
After all, the latter was much brighter …
Where we stood was the edge of the platform at the highest point of the Angel's Wall. 35,000 newborn Schilling Angels formed a phalanx in the air outside the platform, hovering in absolute uniformity and silence in the air. They had the same silver-white hair, silver-white close-fitting light armor, and huge white wings on their backs. Together, they formed a pure white phalanx. The newborn angels hovered in a bright but not dazzling pale golden holy light. The wings on their backs were still, only the long feathers at the edge of their wings were slightly swaying. Angels' flight actually had nothing to do with aerodynamics. Although their wings flapped when they flew, that wasn't the reason they could fly. The giant wings formed by the holy light were actually a kind of energy balancing device. At the same time, they provided additional protection and backup power in battle. Of course, for me, Alaya's wings could also be used to produce pillow stuffing and feather dusters. Of course, they could also occasionally be used as blankets …
This was common sense that Alaya usually told me. After seeing the angel phalanx hovering quietly in the air, I couldn't help but think about it.
"35,000 people. Is this the full number of a phalanx?"
After a long while, I recovered from the scene in front of me and turned to ask Alleria curiously. However, the voice that answered me came from the other side. "Yes, Brother Monarch. The registered members of the mystical phalanx are about a tenth of the regular Imperial Army. Normally, there wouldn't be more than 50,000 people. As for the technological Imperial Army, a full phalanx would usually have a few hundred thousand people."
I tilted my head and saw Alaya's figure materialize from the holy light. She couldn't help but run out of her comfortable mental world. The angel answered my question, but her eyes were completely focused on the angel phalanx in front of her. She floated in the air, her wings swaying unconsciously. This was a little habit of Alaya's when she was happy, and I was very familiar with it.
"Why is there such a huge difference?" I couldn't react for a moment. Although the mystical database was already open, I had only just finished understanding the power system of the mystical side. I still didn't know much about their military establishment and governance structure. After all, before today, the mystical side had yet to have a complete battle order. Even if I had the knowledge, it didn't seem like it would be of any use, so I didn't pay much attention to it.
"Brother Monarch, have you forgotten?" Alaya nimbly turned around in the air, his wings flapping against the sea of clouds, creating specks of light. "The new apostles of the mystical side are counted from the middle ranks, which is why we use this custom when we organize our army. Only the middle ranked 'standard apostles' are counted in the list, and the magical soldiers and war spirits that we summon in battle are not considered regular soldiers. The technological side's army is counted from the regular soldiers, so on the surface, the number of people is ten times smaller. But in the end, the combat power of the two armies is actually about the same. The only difference is that each has their own strengths or adaptability to the battle style and battlefield environment. "
I slapped my forehead in realization. How could I have forgotten about this? In the mystical side's army, only the basic commanders and above are considered regular personnel. Apart from them, the rest are just puppets. Of course, these puppets can't be counted as citizens — they can't be counted as registered soldiers either. The angel army in front of me had thirty-five thousand people. This was because the Schilling Angels were considered elite units with a smaller number of people. If they were on the battlefield, I believed that this army's numbers would increase at a staggering rate. Don't forget the time when we fought against the angel avatars in the Sky Tower. These Schilling Angels were not only strong in individual combat, but they were also especially good at creating clones that were equally strong. Furthermore, the most basic course for the apostles of the mystical side included summoning elemental creatures to do battle. Thus, the mystical side's army had a unique characteristic: the size of the army sounded much smaller than the other armies, but when it came to battle, they still covered the mountains and plains.
Looking at the angel army in front of me and thinking of their various cloning and projection skills, I felt that fighting against them would definitely be a rather despairing thing. You would have to face countless projections that were hard to distinguish between real and fake, and less than a tenth of the original. Other than challenging the number of enemies, you would also have to consider two more nonsensical questions.
Who the hell am I hitting?!
Who the hell is hitting me?!
That's pretty much it.
"Very good … Very good." I was in a rather good mood. The surprise that Alleria had prepared for me was sufficient. Now that the mystical side's strength was rapidly rebuilding, the first full-strength army was also beginning to take shape. Of course, what I saw now was only the army's soldiers, but don't forget, we just happened to have recently obtained enough large-scale equipment to arm this army.
If we added the old royal starships that we seized from the Merlova world, the mystical side would truly have obtained the strength to stand shoulder to shoulder with the other regular armies of the Empire on the battlefield.
Alaya's mood seemed to be even happier than mine. It was probably because she was excited to see so many of her compatriots from the same branch family as her. She happily flew to the front of the angel phalanx and looked down at the endless formation. As the saying goes, if there were more than a thousand people, they would form a line, and if there were more than ten thousand people, there would be no line. In fact, a formation of thirty-five thousand soldiers was already enough to form a dizzying formation. And due to various reasons, the space that each soldier occupied in the angel battle formation was much larger than that of a regular army. After all, if they were too close, it was easy to get tangled up and end up with chicken feathers all over the ground …
"How's their training? Have they gone through recruit strengthening? " Alaya flew in the air and looked down at Alleria, who spread her wings and flapped them lightly. "They haven't gone through official training yet. The battle formation has just been completed and hasn't been integrated into the regular army system. But according to the rules, all recruits have received knowledge input when they were born, so they still have basic combat abilities. "
Alaya now looked like a completely different person from her usual muddle-headed and clumsy state. For the first time, she showed me the spirit that should belong to an Empire commander. In front of the angel battle formation, she examined her future soldiers and smiled in satisfaction. "You will be a group of excellent soldiers, recruits. The Empire needs more soldiers now."
"Born for the Empire!" The angel battle formation's response was neat and deafening. This was the only sound they made after gathering in front of their commanding officer. After that, the entire battle formation returned to absolute silence. Alaya and Alleria gently raised their wings. Although I knew they were expressing satisfaction, I couldn't help but think that it was because of the roar from the other side. Alaya nodded. "Alleria, I want to personally train these recruits. They may know how to fight, but there's something missing in their eyes. They lack their own combat knowledge … Is the training ground ready?"
"At the end of the Sixth Heaven Avenue is the Angel Battle Ground. But the battle ground can only be used for atmospheric combat training. It takes a long time to build a full-load training ground." Alleria's voice was still unhurried. Although it sounded soft, it gave people a sense of reliability. "After all, normal space can't bear too many powerful impacts. The current Empire doesn't have the luxury to use the world as a training ground."
"It doesn't matter." Alaya landed lightly beside me. "As long as they can carry out basic low-load training, it'll be fine. After they learn how to use their power, it's time to go to the real battlefield to learn how to fight. Now the six armies of the Empire have come this way. Pandora said that outside the borders, there are training grounds everywhere … Integrate these recruits into the network as soon as possible. I think we can start training in a few days. Brother Monarch needs more soldiers now … Right, Brother Monarch? "
Alaya suddenly turned around and looked at me happily. I was a little confused by the sudden change in my younger angel sister's attitude. I thought to myself, So it turns out that the lazy lass who's always dozing off in my mind must have picked up some strange food outside and eaten something bad. But I still reacted and nodded. "Alaya will be in charge of the angel squadron. Also, Alleria, the mixing of the other Mystic-type soldiers with the current six armies must continue. I hope that the mixed army and the independent army can appear on the battlefield at the same time. "
Alleria gently flapped her wings and then dismissed the Angel Battle Formation. These holy creatures were the same as when they first appeared. With the flow of holy light, they dissipated into the sky along with the aurora in the horizon. Seeing this scene, I asked casually, "Did they return to their base after they dissipated? Where is their base? I've been to the Heavenly City a few times before, but I didn't see a large group of angels gathering. I didn't expect them to appear with more than thirty thousand of them … Where did you hide these recruits previously? "
If I didn't get to the bottom of this, I wouldn't feel at ease. Alleria's surprise was great, but more than thirty thousand Schilling Angels with strong energy reactions and a strong sense of presence had actually been hiding under my nose for nearly two months. How did Sister Kite do it?
"Base? They don't need a base. "Alleria smiled and shook her head." They are scattered throughout the Angel's Wall. From the East Angel's Wall as the starting point, all the way to the nearest Sky Avenue, this space is where the newborn angels' live '. They are usually distributed throughout the entire space in the form of light and spirit. Every ray of light and energy here is them. The newborn angels are such existences. Unless there is a need to fight, they will remain invisible and fuse with the base. During this process, they can continue to grow until they become mature individuals. Only then will they move as a solid entity. Just like me and Lord Alaya. "
I felt that this was quite interesting and couldn't help but pinch Alaya's wings. "So there's actually such a difference between newborn Angels and you. I thought that they'd be born just like you … Wait, damn, why does this feel so weird? Now that you mention it, there are so many newbie soldiers everywhere … How many people are staring at me?"
Alaya raised one of her wings and patted me on the shoulder. She smiled brightly. "Brother Monarch, are you imagining things again?"
"When they dissipate, they can't be considered as living individuals. They can only be considered as free energy between heaven and earth. They are fused with the surrounding facilities of the base, just like a baby absorbing the nutrients it needs to grow." Alleria watched me fiddle with Alaya's wings and couldn't help but ask, "Is it fun to fiddle with wings?"
I quickly retracted my hand and giggled. "Eh, it's a habit. I often comb her feathers …"
"Comb feathers?" Alleria's expression was blank. Should I say that I can finally see Alleria's expression now? She looked at Alaya's wings with surprise and envy. "It's such a luxury to have Her Majesty do such a thing personally, Lord Alaya. I usually find a pillar to rub against."
I was speechless.
F * ck, I can't stop thinking about it! Alleria, there's another side to you that people don't know about. You're also so cute?
"Your Majesty? Is there something wrong with what I said just now? " Alleria, of course, noticed that there was something wrong with my expression and asked curiously. Could I honestly tell her that I was imagining a cute angel rubbing against the Angel's Wall because her wings were too itchy to reach? Of course not, so I quickly changed the topic. "Ahem, nothing … I suddenly thought of national affairs. Right, the batch of antique starships that were handed over to the Celestial Metropolis a few days ago. How are the starships we seized from the Mellova world? How long will it take to reassemble them? "
Alleria immediately became serious when it came to official matters. She had no doubt about the meaning of Her Majesty's sudden change of topic. She just reported the situation of the fleet. "The remodeling is in progress, Your Majesty. Your expedition this time brought back great glory. I never thought that those precious starships would reappear before my eyes. All the Glow Halos are working almost perfectly. The Mellovas don't have the ability to modify the basic structure of this starship. This avoids accidental damage. Part of the Throne of Judgement is not working normally, probably because the rebels tried to analyze their operating principles but failed. Two Star Shaping Pools have just completed production at the edge of the Celestial Metropolis. Now the damaged Throne of Judgement is being repaired in the Star Shaping Pools. As for the other starships that were brought back, they are in different states. The difficulty of dismantling and researching the smaller starships is lower. The Mellova rebels must have used them as experimental prototypes more than once, probably to find out the secrets of the Empire's technology. The cores of many support warships have been violently dismantled. Those idiots don't have the ability to open the core of the warship in the normal way, so they made a mess of it. What's worse, they didn't have the ability to install it back in its original state. "
Alleria, who was usually as calm as still water, could not help but feel angry at the mention of that. It seemed that she abhorred the Melovans' crude and indiscriminate behavior. I knew that Alleria also worked on the mystical side during the era of the old Empire. She was an officer with a technical background. She was similar to Tawil in some aspects: the rigor of a scientist and extreme aversion to those who were not rigorous in 'scientific research'. In her opinion, the Mellovas' behavior not only destroyed the Empire's property, but also destroyed the sacred attitude of research. The flat-chested angel's current mood should be similar to returning home to find a naughty child wreaking havoc …
"In short, it will take some time to repair those small and medium-sized starships. Although they can still operate now, they are still a hidden danger on the battlefield." Alleria shook her head, calming herself down. "The only good news is that at least the Mellovas didn't lose too many of the spaceships they took away back then. The fleet is almost complete, and we only need to replenish a small number of non-main warships. Now that we have the Star Shaping Pools, this production pressure is just the right time to test their working conditions. The last problem is the 'mainframe' of those warships … "
Speaking of this topic, my expression should not have looked good because I remembered the scene I saw in the 'Nation of God'. I knew how the mainframe of the Royal Starships came about.
"I didn't expect the rebels to go this far …" Alleria's wings spread slightly. "Anyway, the core factory is now rushing to produce new mainframes. Fortunately, the core system of the Empire's starships can be used by many models. We have also transferred some of their spare mainframes from other armies, so it will not affect the Royal Fleet's restart progress. As for the human brain array that was dismantled … "
At this point, Alleria shook her head. "There's no saving them. Some of them died hundreds of years ago, and their souls are all mixed up. It's impossible to tell who is who, and none of them can be resurrected. Perhaps we can copy a body for those brains like they were when they were alive, but what's the point? Their selves have dissipated in the sea of fused consciousness, and now they are just a group of logic machines. "
This was not good news. It was depressing, but I knew it could not be helped. The souls and fragments of the dead were placed in front of me. I wanted to do something for them, but in the end, it seemed that there was nothing I could do other than send them back to their homeland and give them a proper burial.
And in the process, it seemed that we had to play the role of euthanasia.
But at this moment, Alleria, who always could not keep up with the pace of things, suddenly thought of something. "Brother Monarch, the race of the 'Council' in the exile fleet seems to have the technology to fuse consciousness of ordinary carbon-based creatures?"
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