Zong Shen, who seemed optimistic and reckless, was actually quite cautious.
All of his seemingly rash actions were based on the advantage of having information.
When faced with the unknown or situations that could not be investigated in a short time, he had always been extremely prudent.
He stood alone on the parade ground.
Other than himself and Gugat, everyone participating in this campaign, including the Legendary-level combatants, had already entered the pocket dimension.
In a supernatural world, assembling and mobilizing troops was remarkably convenient.
There was the power of magic, spatial storage items, and soldiers capable of achieving miracles through brute force.
All these factors meant that troop deployments across the Endless Continent no longer depended on vast numbers of people being pulled away from production.
An army on campaign did not even need to bring many attendants or Farmers.
The actual number of people in this expedition was as high as 2.2 million.
The additional personnel consisted of accompanying Farmers, attendants, and technical craftsmen.
But their proportion was quite small.
Whether in ancient Earth or the wars of the modern era, forget mobilizing forces in the millions—even with an army of one hundred thousand soldiers, the accompanying Farmers often outnumbered the soldiers several times over.
Even basic supplies transport alone required a vast amount of manpower.
Mules, horses, and other draft animals also needed care.
In modern warfare, even a single heavy artillery piece required dozens of people to handle.
This included transporting shells, hauling and positioning the artillery itself, and so on.
War involved a whole series of matters; it was not as simple as merely going into battle and fighting.
By comparison, the supernatural world was much simpler.
Most of the supplies brought along this time were stored in storage items, with only a small portion