War broke out again (fourth update, bonus chapter for alliance leader "Heavenly Immortal Equal to Heaven," 1/3)

On the forum.

Most of the posts now concerned player warlords.

Whenever a player captured a city and became a warlord, related posts and videos appeared on the forum, drawing other players' attention and sparking heated discussion.

After all—

Anyone who became a warlord.

Even a minor warlord with only a single city had invested enormous amounts of manpower and resources.

The sheer difficulty.

Was far beyond what a few dozen or a few hundred players could manage.

At present, virtually every player qualified to become a warlord was someone with power and influence in the real world.

Only a tiny handful.

Had developed well enough in the game world to become warlords without relying on their real-world resources.

But regardless.

Any player who could become a warlord was indisputably in the first tier.

And among its very best, at that.

A single world announcement was enough to make their names known.

However—

Recently, the player forum had been flooded with videos of massive NPC armies besieging cities, pushing many videos of players capturing cities out of the spotlight.

The densely packed ranks in particular.

Left everyone deeply apprehensive.

In the comments.

First reply: Damn, with that many NPCs surrounding the city, they could drown it if everyone spat once. The Marquis of Northcloud really doesn't mess around!

Second reply: I hereby declare Northcloud Prefecture the strongest!

Third reply: A million troops to attack one lousy little city? Does Northcloud Prefecture really have that many NPC soldiers?

Fourth reply: To the guy above, I heard Northcloud Prefecture mobilized ten million troops this time—

Fifth reply: Holy shit. (Those two simple words express the shock in my heart.)

A million troops, just to attack a city in a Mortal Domain.

The Marquis of Northcloud's actions this time had shocked everyone.