Sodar, the capital of the Kingdom of Nergal.

Tester was sitting on the throne listening to reports from the generals of the kingdom's major legions and civil ministers.

Since Annuo was about to convene the Expedition Alliance meeting more than a month ago, Tester has begun preparations.

Today, the army of the Kingdom of Nergal is ready to go anywhere.

But the only thing that worried Tester was the number of troops.

Now that Test has gathered all the troops of the kingdom's royal family, he can only muster 500,000 soldiers.

Including the armies of all the nobles in the country (except the Xuelong City), they can barely gather one million people.

It looks like a lot.

But at the last meeting, the number of divine troops alone may have reached hundreds of millions.

It’s two orders of magnitude more!

The most important thing is, according to the information provided by Annuo, in battles of the same level, the strength of the Gods is greater than that of the Humans.

Although the Kingdom of Nergal has other allies in the Expeditionary Alliance, Angmroth has to defend against more than one divine realm.

"Have you contacted the Adventurer's Guild? How many adventurers are registered in the kingdom right now?"

Tester looked at one of the civil servants.

The latter immediately stepped forward and said, “Your Majesty, I have already contacted the headquarters of the Adventurer’s Guild in the Royal City.

According to statistics, there are currently about 1.5 million registered adventurers, but the vast majority of them are still level zero and level one, and their strength cannot be compared with that of regular armies.

However, there are about 200,000 adventurers above the second level.

These adventurers already have the strength to go to the battlefield.

Among them, the powerful mid-level adventurers are mainly distributed in the royal city of Thordar, the adventurer capital of Valkham, and Xuelong City! "

“Is that all already?”

Tester has been busy with a lot of government affairs lately and has not paid attention to the development of the Adventurer's Guild for some time.

When he heard this number, a hint of joy appeared on his face.

With two hundred thousand second-level adventurers, the Adventurer's Guild is equivalent to providing the Kingdom of Nigal with an army of two hundred thousand!

However, this group of troops is not suitable for use on the front battlefield.

But it is very suitable to go to other planes to carry out missions as a guerrilla.

“Annuo’s Xuelong City has strong military strength, with an army of 100,000 soldiers, and the coverage rate of mid-level elite troops is 50%!

In this case, if all professionals in the Nergal Kingdom are counted, the maximum number they can gather is 2.6 million, right?"

Hearing Tester's mumbling, Alick, the former Lord of the northern border town of Warrengel, licked his lips and stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, if our enemy is really strong, then in addition to these 2.5 million troops, we... we can also gather about 50,000 professionals. It's just that..."

Tester originally wanted to ask where the other 50,000 yuan came from.

But when he saw Alec's evasive eyes, he suddenly understood.

"No, absolutely not!"

Test refused without a second thought.

“The Adventurer’s Academy is our hope, and it is filled with young people from all over the kingdom.

If we send them to the battlefield, what will be lost is not only lives, but also the future of the kingdom."

The reason why Alick mentioned the Adventurer's Academy was, of course, because the academy had begun to demonstrate its effectiveness.

In the three months since the start of school in September, 95% of the students have officially entered the professional field.

As for those students whose cultivation talent is so poor that they cannot become professionals at all, or even if they become professionals but find that they are not suitable for the path of cultivation, they can also learn a secondary profession.

For example, pharmacy apprentice, blacksmith apprentice, tailor apprentice and so on.

No career will make their path more difficult than that of ordinary people, but through systematic learning, at least they can master some skills.

At the very least, I learned how to read and write in college.

Ever since Alick moved to the royal city, he liked to study Anno when he had nothing to do.

He would study everything Anno did.

Adventurer's Guild, Adventurer's Academy, Craftsmen's Guild.

The more he studied, the more Alick felt that Anno was a strange man.

In his opinion, Annuo's thinking simply does not belong to this era.

While researching the academy, Alick discovered a statistic that shocked him.

Each major college has a genius list.

Only colleges ranked in the top ten in comprehensive strength are eligible to be on the list.

Thanks to the intercity teleportation array, it became much easier for Alick to obtain intelligence.

He collected the talent lists of most colleges and carefully checked the information of the students on the lists.

Only after this glance did I realize that there are so many talented people who are eye-catching.

Can you believe that a skinny, dark-skinned country boy from the Western Territory who helped his parents with rough chores every day could become a second-level punishment priest in less than three months?

Can you believe that the daughter of a fisherman in the Southern Territory was born with supernatural powers, defeated all the students in the school who dared to challenge her in the first combat class, and even defeated the first-level warrior teacher in a strength competition?

Can you believe that the third son of a down-and-out baron in the North made friends with half of his classmates within one month of entering school, formed a student organization with the college's approval to assist the school in managing students, fought for various interests for students in the local area, and even began to contact the local chamber of commerce to earn money to subsidize the student organization and the college?

Can you believe that in less than three months, the number one on the genius list of the Royal City Adventurer Academy has successfully hunted a third-level monster under the arrangement of the academy and obtained the qualification for early graduation!

If there were no Adventurer's College, the Punishment Priest would still be working on the farmland at home.

Wonder Girl is still mending fishing nets and cleaning fishing boats.

The tenth son of a poor baron had no right of inheritance, was looked down upon by others, and had no place to display his talents.

The genius of Wangcheng may still be a genius, but without so many outstanding peers catching up with him on the genius list, his strength may not improve so quickly!

These are just the more outstanding talents.

Moreover, three months is too short, and perhaps many people have not yet adapted.

Who knows how many buried geniuses there are among the first batch of 50,000 students?

In addition to these 50,000, there are still many children of school age in the kingdom who have not yet entered the academy.

But when school starts next year, there will definitely be more students entering the college.

When this generation graduates from the Adventurer's Academy, the overall strength of the kingdom will surely be improved.

But if this generation dies on the battlefield, it will mark the beginning of an era.

"That is all I am saying, Your Majesty."

Alec heard the words "absolutely impossible" from Test's tone, and retreated angrily.

However, although he also wanted to protect these geniuses in his heart, as an eagle noble from the North, Alick was more inclined to let these geniuses grow up on the battlefield of blood and fire.

It is difficult for a group of ordinary geniuses to save a country in danger.

But if there is one more genius like Anno, the situation could change.

"Your Majesty!"

An old official stepped forward, bowed and said, "It is almost the end of the year, and it is a time for the people of the country to prepare for the New Year. Shouldn't the expedition be put off until after the New Year?

Moreover, there is no need to use so many troops to expedition to other dimensions, right?

We have experienced so many wars in the past two years. If we mobilize the entire army again, it will damage the foundation of the country!"

Only a few people know about World War III.

Although the ministers in the council hall at this moment hold high positions, they currently only know about expeditions to other planes.

"It has come to this, it's time to tell you about this!"

Tester took a deep breath, looked at the ministers who were watching with bated breath and said, "The main purpose of the expedition alliance is not to go on an expedition, but to resist the enemy's attack.

Ladies and gentlemen, the era of peace is over.

The third war between gods is about to begin...it has already begun!"