The Times Have Changed

Rayne keenly noticed the change in Livlin's expression. The Soul Eye also sensed her thoughts, revealing a faint trace of dissatisfaction and resistance before she quickly accepted it.

Clearly, Livlin thought he intended to sideline her and personally take control of the Saint Gun Knights.

In truth, he did have that intention, but that was not his sole purpose.

Having Rayne's Heavenly Soldiers join the Saint Gun Knights as company commanders was based on two considerations. The first had been mentioned before: they would be responsible for repairing weapons, providing ammunition, and training the Saint Gun Knights in combat centered around firearms and artillery. The second reason was to raise the overall strength of the Saint Gun Knights.

According to the stages of military development in his previous life, the Saint Gun Knights, equipped with firearms and artillery, had only undergone preliminary "animal-powered mechanization." Essentially, they were infantry riding horses.

After animal-powered mechanization came motorization, mechanization, and informatization.

Rayne felt that with his abilities, he could develop the Saint Gun Knights to the stage of animal-powered mechanization at most.

Taking the next step into motorization, which involved using mechanical vehicles for mobility, was nearly impossible due to the limited number of Sub-Mind Chips. They could only replace mechanical vehicles with large-scale teleportation spells or mounts and barely achieve something similar to motorization. However, that would require a very long development period and enormous financial investment, making it impossible to accomplish in the short term.

Besides, Aerenus was different from Earth. Its military development and tactics could not be copied wholesale.

The greatest difference lay in the power of individuals.

The Saint Gun Knights had too few Legendary Transcendents. Most Legendary Blood Knights had chosen to remain in Eversong City, and only three Legendary Blood Knights had followed Livlin to join