No matter what, any army that wanted to raise its standing and secure a larger budget had to let its War Merit speak for itself.
Victory, victory, and more victory—this was the only demand people made of a true army.
Given Dragon City's financial situation, there was neither a need nor the means to support two independent Expeditionary Forces.
Once the Nine Super Enterprises' joint forces swept through like bamboo splitting before the blade and successfully completed the campaign to conquer the Middle and Lower Reaches of Tiger's Fury River,
it would mean that this armed force, commanded by Peerless Experts, possessed every condition necessary to be upgraded into an Expeditionary Force.
By then, Dragon City's military budget would tilt heavily toward the Enterprise Armed Forces.
The Enterprise Armed Forces would also learn war through war, gain abundant experience, and, after being tempered a thousand times over, be forged into a true Expeditionary Force.
At that point, the Crimson Dragon Army would have no reason at all to demand a higher military budget from the Survival Committee and all Dragon City Citizens.
Without funding, a series of earthshaking reforms could not be pushed forward. The Crimson Dragon Army would never obtain the Intercontinental Rapid Strike Capability it had long dreamed of, much less have any grounds to demand more funding.
The final result would be a vicious cycle, leaving it forever a head shorter than the Enterprise Armed Forces, able to exist only in the forms of a City Defense Force, Garrison Force, and Garrison Force.
And in the vast, boundless Otherworld, brimming with mysterious powers, the City Defense Force, Garrison Force, and Garrison Force were destined to play thankless roles that required all the effort for none of the reward.
The Expeditionary Force could bring humanity's mobility and firepower