The old Serpentman, Archduke Arcadia, and Archduke Hila were all seated in the war council chamber.
Hila still refused to concern herself with anything. The Chaos Legion was quite interesting at present, with the work divided as follows:
The old Serpentman was in charge of allocating supplies, Arcadia commanded the border garrisons, and Su Xiao went out to wage war and seize supplies. As for Hila, she was responsible for being beautiful—the face of the Chaos Legion. No one else could take her place.
"We can still draw 350,000 troops from the front lines at most. The pressure on the defensive lines has increased sharply recently, especially on the northern and central fronts."
Arcadia spoke, the fury in his eyes obvious. Being repeatedly ambushed by small units left him baffled. Duoin, the Elven Grand Forest, and the Northern Territory acted as if something was wrong with their heads, frequently launching attacks that pleased no one but themselves.
In reality, this was the result of Contractors taking control of small armies. The Contractors wanted to earn merit, so of course they looked for soft targets. Right now, the Chaos Legion was that soft target.
These unceasing harassment raids did not mean much in the short term, but the Chaos Legion now had only around 1.98 million troops in total.
The Chaos Legion was different from the Six-Race Alliance. It no longer had a huge population base. In other words, when beast soldiers died, there were no new recruits to replace them. Every death meant one fewer soldier.
The reason Arcadia said they could only draw 350,000 troops was precisely this. Defensive lines had to be established along the edges of the war zone. Moreover, some troops had to be stationed in the four major cities of the Chaos Legion.
As a