The demons who have taken over the world are not interested in gold, silver, and jewelry.

For more than 200 years, survivors from all over the European continent, as well as parts of Asia and Africa, have lived in the Holy City.

This meant that there were a large number of gold and silver mines outside the city.

A lot of treasure can inevitably be scavenged among the ruins of the city.

At the beginning of the expedition, only a few wagons of gold were needed to supply the energy of the entire expeditionary force.

So far.

The basic formation and the various marching equipment have been verified.

The road leading to the northern gate was widened half a year ago, and the civilian areas along it were forcibly demolished to expand the road to a width of 100 meters and covered with a red carpet with gold trims.

Only the brave and resolute expeditionary force willing to sacrifice their lives for humanity is qualified to step on the red carpet and receive blessings, cheers, reverence and gratitude from the people of the Holy City.

The carriage had been led to the city gate in advance.

The soldiers of the expeditionary force, who had been selected through various levels, walked to the city gate in the simplest way of walking, and said goodbye to the holy city in this way...... They will be greeted by a great expedition that will last for years, and some of them will be completely lost in the eternal night.

Total number of people on the Great Expedition (including non-knights who provide technical support): 3,280

In the initial marching formation, a semi-circular formation was relatively stable, taking into account both offense and defense.

The humanoid unit array is as follows:

The First Legion led by the Grim Reaper served as the left flank of the expeditionary force, wrapping the left half of the entire army in an "arc".

The Second Army Corps, led by Ma Long, served as the right flank of the expeditionary force, ditto.

The Fourth Legion led by Charya served as the tail wing of the expeditionary force, ensuring the safety of the rear of the army, and at the same time providing medical treatment and assistance to the whole expeditionary force.

If the 1st and 2nd Army Corps were subjected to a strong attack on a wide range, there would be heavy casualties.

The battlelike knights of the Fourth Legion will step forward to fill the 'gap'.

The Third Legion led by Gerals, with more than 90% mages and ranged attackers, is mainly filled in the interior of the formation, providing powerful long-range fire support for the flanks and rear flanks.

Furthermore.

[Special Units] are interspersed in different areas of the legion, and will freely change their position according to the terrain and battle situation.

Note: Air troops, considering that the Dragons are a major card and core combat force of the expeditionary force, if they follow the expeditionary force by flying, the target will be too large and easy to be exposed.

Therefore, all members of the air force used a kind of [pet egg] purchased from the destiny space to contain and carry the air mount.

During the march, the air units will also follow the large force in horse-drawn carriages.

As for the composition of the air force, except for a small number of "forbidden dragoons", the air force is mainly composed of the "griffin cavalry" of the Windwalking Knights and the "Black Hawk Wing" of the Beamon Knights.

Of course.

There are also some knights in the army who are capable of flying themselves, and if they encounter large-scale air battles, they will also fight together.

Mechanical Units:

by the Chief Master of the Holy Knights - Olivia. Christian is mainly responsible for the [Mobile Sanctuary] controlled by the mechanical god (cardinal), floating behind the army, adjacent to the Fourth Legion.

At the same time, more than 10 enchantment envoys will guard the sanctuary and provide uninterrupted concealment of the enchantment.

Of course.

This is not enough to ensure the safety of the mobile sanctuary.

Therefore.

After combining the advice of the Grand Demon Leader, the Steam Knights approved by the Council, and with the help of the materials and manpower provided by the Knights of Doom, it took several months to build a fortress that was 'five times' the size of the Sanctuary.

【Demon King's Castle】

A fortress that integrates "mobile building technology" and uses demonic brass and demon king crystal as the main materials to carefully build the army, which is located at the front of the army.

Because of the size of the fortress, the dazzle of the magic crystal, and its high position, it can completely attract the attention of the demons.

The sanctuary hidden behind by illusion will be largely ignored.

The Commander-Great-Demon, his elite demons, and some secret forces are hiding in this fortress and marching with the army.

Of course...... Such a huge fortress accounts for almost 50% of the energy consumption during the march, and a large amount of treasure needs to be poured into the belly of the gold lord to support the fortress.

In addition to protecting the sanctuary, the castle was established for a more important purpose.

A hidden purpose hidden in the Great Expedition and not explained to the public - [Occupation and Expansion].

If the expeditionary force captures the next important city ruin where the Gate of Destiny exists, the Demon King's Castle can be located in the center of the city as the core building, supplemented by the Sanctuary.

In this way, it will expand to the surrounding areas and establish a 'miniature holy city'.

1. The expeditionary force can garrison and rest for a long time in the miniature holy city to relieve the mental pressure accumulated in the eternal night, and will also support some people to go to the destiny space during the garrison.

2. Evaluate the possibility of "expanding the territory" in this way.

In addition to the above-mentioned [Demon King's Castle] and [Mobile Sanctuary], there is another important non-human unit that needs to be explained:

【Eye of the Expedition】

This is both the name of a special unit and the name of a facility.

Through the combination of the Cult of the Mechanica, the Prophets of the Holy City, the writers, and the members of the Lightless Cult of the Light of Heaven, the special Crystal of Destiny that they have collected over the decades.

It is a semi-living sensing device.

It has the appearance of a mechanical base and a giant eye.

The base is about two meters high and the bareless eyeball is about two meters three in diameter, and is set up in the center of the army.

In the legion, any perceiver who has been bound to this eye can use this eye to 'perceive superposition'.

It also has the effect of "breaking illusions" and "barrier-free communication".

In the various wings of the different legions, there are perceptuals.

When the army enters the "title zone", the clockwork device's communication fails, and the message will be transmitted through the various perceivers connected by the eyes.

Even when isolated by darkness, the Expeditionary Eye can be used as a beacon to shoot dimensional beams of light to point the way for expeditionary forces lost in the darkness.

In addition to this, there are a number of small and medium-sized 'armories', 'warehouses', and 'treasure troves' that follow the clans.

Everything has gone through the Holy City from the bottom up, hundreds, thousands of decisions...... All the factors that exist in the expeditionary force are the result of the optimal discussion.

Step out of the city gates.

The entire army boarded their vehicles and galloped through the Gaine Forest in the north.

The low-level filthy and wild monsters that exist in the Gain Forest are either avoided in advance or chopped into minced flesh by heavy iron hooves.

The humans they once plundered and captured have long since become different.

【The Great Expedition. Phase 1]:

Go to the northern border of Italy, about 600 kilometers from the Holy City, and capture Milan, an important city of the original human race.