Desperate Situation

As the Tribal Alliance's army began seizing the water sources near the ruins, chaos spread through the entire underground space like ripples stirred by a stone thrown into a pond. Whether they were the tens of thousands of Prospectors who had swarmed underground in a rush, or the handful of powerful lone wanderers, not a single one could withstand the bulldozer-like pressure of the Tribal Alliance army.

The Tribal Alliance army had experts of its own.

Judging by the organizational structures of most nations and armies in this era, the strength level of frontline officers generally corresponded to the positions they held. After the two Holy Wars, in order to facilitate command and coordination during joint operations by large army groups, the military organizations of most human nations had developed toward homogenization. Their hierarchical structures were highly similar.

Among the regular military establishments of most nations on the continent, there was roughly a baseline like this. It was not absolute, but it was highly instructive.

A level-six warrior could serve as a platoon commander, be granted the rank of second lieutenant, and command a platoon of around thirty men.

A level-seven warrior could serve as a company commander, be granted the rank of first lieutenant, and command a force of around one hundred men, or three platoons.

A level-eight warrior could serve as a battalion commander, be granted the rank of captain, and command between three hundred and five hundred warriors. Back when Zhang Tie was in the Iron-Blood Battalion of the 39th Division, Iron Horn Legion, Norman Empire, Reinhardt, who commanded the Iron-Blood Battalion, had been a level-eight warrior. Yet due to the Iron-Blood Battalion's special establishment and the might of the Iron-Blood Divine Fist, the level-eight Reinhardt had accumulated enough merit to be promoted to lieutenant colonel. Of