The joint order signed by Leon and Jupiter was issued, and Britain's existing army began expanding at a frenzied pace.
The auxiliary troops were converted into regular soldiers, while the former commanders were promoted on the spot. Kay, Gawain, Artoria, Lancelot, and the others became legion commanders in charge of five or six thousand men.
The former centurions were promoted to marching commanders of a thousand, becoming important figures in their own right. Even the rank-and-file soldiers at the bottom became squad leaders and other pillars of the lower-level organization.
Leon had anticipated this long ago. He had begun giving military training to those auxiliary troops and able-bodied farmers well in advance. Once the auxiliaries became regulars, with veterans leading them, they only needed a period of training, and then...