Soren possessed an enormous sphere of influence.
However, within the borders of Port Nyanzaru, the troops he could mobilize were not actually that many.
This was because even if the entire population of Port Nyanzaru Island was added together, it only amounted to about four to five hundred thousand people. Port Nyanzaru's military ratio was roughly one-tenth, with the inner city housing around thirty thousand regular troops, the Port District having five thousand garrison guards, and the rest consisting of fleets that occasionally rested on Port Nyanzaru Island, alongside a vast number of militia forces stationed in numerous towns. This latter number was quite large, estimated to reach a scale of sixty to seventy thousand, but the combat effectiveness of the militia was far too low. A militiaman could deal with at most one or two skeletons, and when facing the true Abyssal Legion, they could basically be ignored; going to the battlefield meant throwing their lives away to be slaughtered.
Calculated this way, the forces Soren could concentrate in a short period of time were actually very little.
The City Defense Force could successively arrive with around twenty thousand men, the Church, witches, and professionals totaled about two to three thousand people, and the core main force still remained the Arcane Tower and the Golem Legion.
It was impossible for Soren to abandon the outer towns and hold Port Nyanzaru alone, because the twelve outer towns had a population of at least one hundred thousand. If he abandoned them to let the Undead Army slaughter them, not only would Soren's strength be drastically reduced, but his prestige and faith would also instantly waver.
Therefore, under these circumstances, Soren only had one choice: a head-on battle.
Moreover, he had to fight!
When Orcus's Undead Army finished gathering and launched its