Military reform, involving entire legions as it did, was naturally not something that could be accomplished with a mere flap of the lips.
The tangled interests and demands of every faction involved were not something an ordinary person could sort out.
Fortunately, Richard did not need to handle those matters. He only needed to make the decisions, while the Great Wizards handled everything else.
On the foundation of military reform, Richard explained his and the Titan King's plans for the next stage of the war during the meeting.
A defensive strategy might sound like simply letting things drift at first, but after Richard's explanation, the many Dominators raised no objections—except Samael.
The halt in the offensive left this Abyss Dominator, who was passionate about war, extremely displeased. In his view, the Wizard Alliance should have driven straight for the yellow dragon and ended the Civilization Devourer's life with one vast war.
Naturally, his opinion was ignored by the other Dominators.
Everyone had been in the Alliance for some time now, and they all knew exactly what kind of fellow Samael was.
"A defensive war is only a stopgap measure. Its essence is to slow Its growth and buy us time," Richard continued. "Research into the Critical Evolution Fluid must be accelerated.
"The leaders of each civilization must also be chosen as soon as possible, though that falls under internal affairs, and the Alliance will not interfere.
"If possible, before the final battle, we should preferably have multiple Leader-class Dominators."
"Research into the Critical Evolution Fluid has already produced some results," Beelzebub said. "The Medicine King and I used Mysterious Power to intervene and have already created a semi-finished product.
"If this thing succeeds, then everyone here had best prepare a body for yourselves."
As he spoke, Beelzebub grinned.
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