Several noble commanders left in high spirits, shouting loudly as they went. Whether or not the soldiers and officers were directly under their command, they forcibly ordered them to obey. With the strength of high-ranking demigods, along with the demigod artifacts Lin Qi had bestowed upon them, they were virtually invincible in Berely City as it now stood. And the army was a violent organization; once one possessed sufficient strength, one naturally possessed boundless authority.
Before long, the entire Victory Palace had fallen under the control of those noble commanders, and over ten thousand soldiers from the Imperial Guard Legion had begun to assemble. A quarter of an hour later, several blocks around Victory Palace were completely under their control. As more and more soldiers gathered beneath their banners, the territory controlled by Lin Qi's freshly minted fanatics continued to expand.
During this time, several noble commanders had been unwilling to surrender their military authority, while a number of nobles had relied on their status and family influence to loudly berate and reprimand those commanders. But every person who dared do so had their head chopped off and hung before the gates of Victory Palace. Soon enough, no one was foolish enough to try again.
Moreover, Lin Qi sent Bilibili and the others out to act behind those noble commanders, so in just a few short hours, Lin Qi had completely taken control of every military force within Berely City.
This was a motley armed force, including part of the Gallic Empire's regular army, militias formed from Gallic civilians, soldiers from local garrison legions, and large numbers of noble guards and mercenaries. Adding in the semi-armed neighborhood defense forces organized by the common folk themselves, more than twenty million warriors wielding blades and spears had actually gathered around the great