Thus, a large force was gathered from all over the region. Those who could not make it to the defense were not counted as part of the force from the beginning. The fact that they were there now proved that all of them were strong, one-hundred-thousand-strong men.
The highlight of the battle was the Pegasus Knights led by champion Gazel Dwargo with 500 cavalrymen.
"I can't be concerned only with my own country if I'm told like that," Gazel Dwargo said bitterly.
Despite his words, his eyes were full of motivation. He was inspired by the knowledge that he was the one to protect in Rimuru's absence.
Hinata led the 300-member Holy Knight Order.
"Defend yourselves to the death. Even if you die, Luminas will bring you back to life."
The members nodded their heads in delight at this seemingly impossible order. Since everyone was a Holy Knight of Over A rank, their fearless attitude toward even death was both bizarre and encouraging.
Pope Louis led the Bloody Knights of less than 400 members. His sacred vestments were so striking that he also served as a portable shrine.
There were a hundred new Imperial Guardians, led by Calgurio with Minits as his second-in-command. As the guardians of Masayuki, they were ready to defend the city with an iron-clad formation.
The main force was made up of over a thousand elite warriors selected from the "Chained Titan Army." Dagura, the acting king, would be the commander-in-chief, but he would be assisted by Basara, who seemed to be in good hands.
In addition, there were about 500 champions from various countries. Among the champions were Youm, Myuran, Grucius (Queen Myu), and Razen. Sare and Grigori, former members of the "Three Martial Sages," temporarily returned to fight along with 30 Master Rooks. Sare and Grigori were scared when they saw Hinata, but they did not run away, which showed that they had some spirit.
Since the champions lacked cohesion, they were a team of those who were close to each other or who knew each other. The hierarchical relationship seemed to have been established immediately due to the power relationship based on name recognition.
Thus, although hastily prepared, a defense force of the most elite of the elite was formed. The total number of members was a little less than 3,000. The best possible force was assembled, all of whom were of the highest A-rank class.
Luminas looked around the army deployed around "Heaven's Tower" and muttered with deep emotion. It was a magnificent sight, but she wondered how many of them would survive. Whether the champion dies was of no concern to Luminas. Still, she was concerned because each of them had a spark of genuine soul in their hearts.
Standing next to Luminas was Shion, who had made a full recovery. She seemed to be in high spirits. When she woke up from the fertility paradox of Veldora, Shion was in an incomplete state. This was proof that Shion's magicule had increased to such an extent that even her madcap powers could not recover.
"No problem! As long as you don't let him die."
Luminas wondered on what basis she could make such a statement. No, Shion had no evidence, and she did not even believe it was a hope. She was saying, "It should be so, it should be so, it must be so." She was simply expressing her feelings with an irrational violence of thought. Luminas liked Shion in this way. There was no use in being pessimistic. Luminas herself thought that it was better to scatter with hope for the future than to die in despair.
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Anyway, she was curious about the conversation between Shion and Adalmann.
"Yes, we can use Immortal Legion as a decoy..."
"Oh, that's impossible."
"Why not?"
"Actually, I think I've been incarnated..."
After hearing that, Luminas looked at Adalmann carefully. Indeed, he had incarnated. She knew that he had merged with Wenti during the battle with Fenn, but she had assumed that he had remained the same. However, she was wrong. The mini-dragon on Adalmann's shoulder was a modified version of Wenti. In other words, Adalmann had graduated from the skeleton in its original state. And it seemed to have been applied not only to Adalmann but to the whole Immortal Legion. It was the effect of Veldora's fertility paradox. It seemed that the undead were judged as an anomaly and restored to their original state.
"How is that possible?"
Even Ultima, who didn't seem to be interested in the subject, was not so sure. Since even the "primordial demon" was surprised, it seemed to be an anomaly for sure. Anyway, it was a matter of opinion whether it was a good thing that they were no longer immortal or not... but in that case, those who were less than A rank were not enough to be a force to be reckoned with. They were asked to work behind the scenes, guiding the people of the holy city and the giants to evacuate, distributing meals, and so on.
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There were only a few days left before the war began. Thus, preparations were steadily being made.
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