My Cell Prison-Chapter 798 - Formation
Chapter 798: Chapter 798: Formation Chapter 798 -798: Formation The Demons occupying the world are not at all interested in gold and jewels.
For over two hundred years, the survivors from the entire European continent, and parts of Asia and Africa, had congregated and lived within the Holy City.
This implied that a multitude of gold and silver mines lay outside the city.
Plenty of treasures were surely to be found among the ruins of the city as well.
In the early stages of the expedition, a few wagons of gold would be enough to satisfy the energy supply of the entire Expeditionary Army.
Until now.
The inspection of the basic teams and various marching equipment has been completed.
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The road leading to the northern city gate had been expanded half a year ago. The civilian area on its route was compulsorily demolished to expand the road to a width of a hundred metres, adorned with a red carpet edged with gold.
Only the brave and willing members of the expeditionary force, ready to sacrifice their lives for humanity, were worthy to step on this red carpet, receiving blessings, cheers, respect, and gratitude from people of the Holy City.
The wagons had been led to the city gate in advance.
The members of the expeditionary force, selected through rigorous processes, marched towards the city gate in the simplest way possible, bidding farewell to the Holy City in this manner… What awaited them was a prolonged Great Expedition, during which some would be completely lost in the Eternal Night.
Total number of people in the Great Expedition (including non-knights [Mechanical God Aides] for technical support): 3280 people.
The initial marching formation adopted a relatively safe semi-circular formation, balancing between offence and defence.
The arrangement of humanoid units is as follows:
The First Corps led by Death God serves as the left wing of the expeditionary force, forming a “semi-circle” encompassing the left half of the entire army.
The Second Corps led by Marlon serves as the right wing of the expeditionary force, similarly positioned.
The Fourth Corps led by Shaia serves as the rear guard of the expeditionary force, ensuring the safety of the rear while providing healing and other support for the entire expeditionary force.
If the First and Second Corps suffer a powerful area attack resulting in severe casualties…
The knights from the Fourth Corps, who are proficient in combat, would step forward to fill the ‘gap’.
The Third Corps led by Jerroth, where mages and long-range attackers make up more than 90% of the force, mainly occupy the inner part of the formation, providing powerful long-range fire support for the flanks and rear.
Besides.
[Special Forces] are interspersed in different areas of the army and will change positions flexibly according to the terrain and battle situation.
Note: As for aerial units, considering that the Dragon Race features as one of the key trump cards and core forces of the expeditionary army, if they were to follow the expeditionary force by flying, their target would be too large and easy to expose.
Therefore, all aerial unit members use a [Pet Egg] purchased from the Fate Space to contain and carry their aerial mounts.
During the march, the aerial units will also ride in wagons with the main force.
The composition of the aerial units, apart from a small portion of the ‘Forbidden Army Dragon Ride’, consists mainly of the ‘Gryphon Cavalry’ from the WindRider Knights and the ‘Black Hawk Squadron’ from the Behemoth Knight Group.
Of course.
A portion of the main force also comprises knights with inherent flying abilities. In the event of large-scale aerial combat, they would also join the battle.
Mechanical Units:
The [Moving Sanctuary] operated collectively by Olivia Christian, the General of the Holy Knights Group, and the Mechanical God Aides (Bishop Level), hovers at a position slightly behind the troops, adjacent to the Fourth Corps.
Ten or more Barrier users will also guard the inside of the Sanctuary, providing an uninterrupted concealment barrier.
Of course.
This is still not enough to ensure the safety of the Moving Sanctuary.
Therefore.
The Steam Knights, after consulting with the Great Demon Leader and obtaining approval from their council, leveraged the skills of half the engineers in Steam City. With manpower and resources supplied by the Doomsday Knight Brigade, they spent several months crafting a mobile fortress ‘five times’ the size of The Sanctuary.
“Demon King Castle”
This mobile stronghold, located at the front of the army, is an amalgamation of ‘moveable building technology’, constructed with demon-imbued brass and primarily Demon King crystals.
Due to the sheer size of the fortress, the blinding shine of the magic crystals, and its forward position, it could completely attract the attention of the demons.
The Sanctuary, concealed behind illusions, would largely be ignored.
The leader – the Great Demon, along with his elite demons and some covert forces, are all hidden within this fortress as they advance with the army.
Of course… such a colossal fortress consumed almost 50% of the energy during the march, requiring a large amount of wealth to be input from the Gold Master to sustain this fortress.
The reason for establishing this castle, besides protecting The Sanctuary, served another more important purpose.
A hidden objective nested within the Great Expedition that wasn’t openly declared- “Occupation and Expansion”.
If the expeditionary forces capture an important city ruin housing a Door of Fate, they can place the Demon King Castle in the center of the city as a core structure, supplemented by The Sanctuary.
With this, they can further expand their territory, building a ‘mini Holy City’.
1. The expeditionary forces can have longer garrisons and rest in the mini Holy City, alleviating the mental pressure of advancing in the Eternal Night. During the garrison period, a portion of people will also be offered support to enter the Fate Space.
2. Evaluate the possibility of ‘territory expansion’ in this way.
In addition to the aforementioned “Demon King Castle” and [Moving Sanctuary], there is another crucial non-human unit that needs to be mentioned:
“Eye of Expedition”
This is both the name of a special force and a facility.
It’s crafted from a special Fate Crystal Stone- [Eye Crystal], collected by the Mechanical God Sect, Prophet of Holy City, authors, and Lightless Sect Members over decades.
A semi-biological sensing device has been created.
Its appearance is a ‘mechanical base with a large eye on top’.
The base is about two meters high, the lightless eye is two and three meters in diameter, and is located in the center of the army.
Any senser in the army who has linked with this eye can use this eye for ‘sensory overlay’.
It also has the effect of ‘illusion-breaking’ and ‘barrier-free communication’.
There are sensers interspersed in the various combined teams of different corps.
When the army enters the ‘land deed area’ and the winding device’s communication fails, messages would be conveyed through various sensers linked to the eye.
Even under the isolation of darkness, the “Eye of the Expedition” can function as a lighthouse, emitting dimensional light beams to guide the expeditionary forces who lost their way in the darkness.
In addition, there are smaller ‘armament storages’, ‘warehouses’, ‘treasure chests’ distributed across the army corps.
Everything within the expeditionary forces has gone through hundreds and thousands of decisions across all levels in the Holy City… every element present is the optimized result of discussions.
Stepping out of the city gates.
All the soldiers boarded their machines and rushed through the Gaine Forest in the north.
The low rank demons and monsters in Gaine Forest either moved out of the way in advance, or were trampled into minced meat under heavy iron hooves.
The humans whom they used to kill and capture at will had already become distinct.
[Great Expedition. First Stage]:
Travel to the northern border of Yidalos, about six hundred kilometers from the Holy City, to the significant city of Protoss – Milan. Initiate the capture.
