On the third day of the shelling, at 10:00 a.m. Silver City Time, Dr3717-04-22, and 38:00 noon Scarlett Time, in the conference room of the Golden Battleship above Elk City. Acting Marshal Eva Green was sitting on a dark red mahogany leather chair. Her right foot rested on her left leg and she looked at the empty table in front of her. She wore a white military skirt, her hair curled up, and she was meticulously groomed. There were two shining badges hanging on his chest. They were the Black Iron Skull Cross badge, which symbolized the identity of a Knight Templar, and the Sunflower Saber and Sword badge, which symbolized the identity of a Marshal of the Dawn Expeditionary Army. The assistant, Sherry Cristina, stood beside her with a straight and solemn expression.

Looking around, other than the two of them, there was no one else in the large conference room. It was so quiet that one could hear the sound of needles falling to the ground.

“Clang! Clang!”

When the clock struck ten, Eva nodded at Xue Li, who immediately walked to the wall and pressed the switch. With a light sound, all the lights went out, and the meeting room fell into darkness. Immediately after, rays of multicolored light shot out from the dome and landed on the empty seats of the conference table.

This was a holographic image transmission technology that could only be deployed by the most powerful forces.

On the opposite side of Eva, a figure gradually appeared at a distance of more than ten meters. It was a burly, bald, slightly fat old man. He wore a dark green military uniform and three rows of medals on his chest. His face was serious and gentle, making him look very dignified. He was Marshal Samaranch, commander-in-chief of the ground garrison.

Next, the commanders of the various theatres appeared beside him, including the commander of theatre five, Grand General Milo Field, the commander of the Dark Jungle Theatre, and so on.

Afterwards, five figures appeared on Eva’s right side in a row. They were all dressed in the same clothes. They wore white robes, had black iron skeleton cross pendants hanging on their chests, and were holding thick upper manuscripts of the Sacred Word Book in their hands.

The first blonde, His face was handsome. It was Notting Mordleton, then Matthew Gresham with brown hair and blue eyes, then Randall Kreemans with short stature, then Saint Zagari Solo with his eyes closed and blind all year round, and Elijah Orlando, tall, handsome, and elegant.

After everyone had gathered, Eva looked around and announced, “My lords, the meeting has begun.” Originally, she had the lowest status here, but because of her identity as the acting marshal, she sat in the first place. The commander-in-chief of the garrison opposite her had the same authority as the expeditionary marshal.

As for the five Heavenly Electors, although they did not have specific positions, they could submit bills directly to the Pope and the President of the World Assembly. It can be said to have neither the right nor the highest decision-making power.

“I suggest that we let the mercenary corps attack tomorrow.” Heavenly Chooser Randall was the first to express his opinion.

The human army could be roughly divided into three categories. The first is the elite forces, such as the Dawn Expeditionary Force, Notre Dame Guards, the private army of the nobles, etc., mainly composed of power-armored warriors; The second is the main force, consisting of the ground garrison and the mecha corps; The third group was the guerrilla forces, which consisted of the largest number of mercenary groups with varying qualities. They fought on their own and harassed in all directions.

In the first stage of the war, the guerrilla warfare of the mercenary corps was usually the main force, gradually expanding their advantage; In the second stage, the main forces and elite forces of both sides engaged in a battle; The third stage is cleaning and occupation.

“If they don’t have enough artillery strikes, it will increase the risk of their landing.” General Milo Field, from the bottom of the Central Continent, objected.

Because of the natural disparity between humans and Elda, a week’s worth of artillery fire was usually used to send in the Marines. Especially in the absence of a mecha cluster, the area covered by fire and the duration of artillery fire should be increased. Otherwise, a human soldier crossing the river would be like a child fighting a giant man, and would be in danger at any moment.

He knew that the reason why Randall was anxious to launch an attack was purely out of consideration for the budget. Every day, millions of artillery shells would be fired, worth tens of millions of gold coins. In their eyes, mercenaries were like cannon fodder, not as valuable as cannon shells.

“I think we should launch an attack as soon as possible. We are only facing the Purple-Eyed Demon Race now. It is best to end the war before the other demons join us.” Matthew said. His opinion was tantamount to supporting Randall in disguise.

“I object …” Iria stood up and said. “Attacking early would greatly increase the casualties of the mercenaries.” She paused, “Please remember, behind every warrior, there is a family.”

“I support Randall and Matthew’s opinion. Now is the time to fight against each other. When the demons have finished negotiating, they will participate in the battle. At that time …” Notting looked at Elijah. “More people will die, and more broken families will be killed.”

“I reserve my objection.” Elijah sat down.

“Casualties will lower the morale of the mercenaries.” Milo Field reminded him, but the other generals did not speak except for him, who came from the bottom. Simply put, even though they were powerful, no one was willing to offend the Chosen One. The casualties of the mercenaries had nothing to do with their core interests. Moreover, mercenaries had always been cannon fodder. When the two races fought, they were useless.

The officers of the garrison had a saying. One mercenary corps had extraordinary combat strength, two mercenary corps had the same combat strength, and three mercenary corps were like trash. The ten mercenaries gathered together, and before the enemy could charge over, they would probably be in chaos.

“Old General, what do you think?” Eva raised her head and looked at Marshal Samaranch.

“Mm” Samaranch pondered for a moment and said, “Attacking as soon as possible is indeed beneficial to the end of the war, but it also has to take into account the issue of morale …” He tactfully expressed his neutrality, neither supporting nor opposing.

Eva put her hands on the stage and pondered for a long time before finally deciding, “Attack in twenty-four hours.” Although she was extremely opposed to it, she had no other choice. Unless You Ge is here, Samaranch and the others will support her one-sided, regardless of what the Chosen One says.

Thus, the next morning, at five o’clock, Scarlett time, fifty-nine o’clock in the evening, Tie Zha was notified of the attack.

Of course, this was a free choice, and no one could force them. However, if he responded to the call, he would be able to obtain merit points directly. In three hours, the garrison will provide aircraft to cross the river. As for the first batch of troops, their main tasks were to investigate the situation and set up communication stations.

Three hours later, at 62 p.m. Scarlett time, Tie Zha and the Black Pig King boarded the aircraft. After reading their documents, the registrar recorded 200 merit points for the Black Wolf Mercenary Corps.

The exchange rate between merit points and gold coins was close to 10 to 1, and 200 merit points was around 20 gold coins. Tie Zha did not lack this amount of money. He just went to investigate the situation with the Black Pig King so that the large army could quickly cut into the battlefield when they arrived.

To fill the gap of 100,000 tons of Star Diamonds, it would require at least 30 million points of merit points. They definitely wouldn’t be able to earn it by themselves. He needed to pay a few mercenary corps to fight for them. Currently, Hagrid was negotiating with the Red Scorpion Mercenary Corps and the Azure Bee Mobile Corps to earn merit points.

Looking out of the window, the cold aurora shone on the snow, a pale blue. The duration of the Aurora Plane was three times longer than the Silver City World. It was now night time, which was beneficial to hiding after the airborne arrival.

Not long after, the flying machine took off and flew towards the other side of the Nether River. In order to save fuel and carry a simple refueller, Tie Zha and the Black Pig King did not choose to fly over directly. Instead, they relied on flying vehicles to cross the river like ordinary mercenaries.

The cabin was filled with young faces, and there were even a few young mercenaries. They talked excitedly, as if they were on a trip.

The old mercenaries were all human geniuses and rarely entered the battlefield in the first place. Free merit points weren’t that easy to earn. Only these recruits would dumbly respond to the call of the upper echelons.

“Big brother, your power armor is so handsome.” “Yes, yes.” The two mercenaries approached and said to Tie Zha, their eyes filled with envy.

Tie Zha looked at them and didn’t say anything.

“Big brother, how much is this?” “We want to buy it in the future.” “Mm-hmm.” “Big brother, can I touch it?” The two mercenaries chattered endlessly. They came from an agricultural town in the south of the central continent and formed a mercenary squad with a few of their fellow farmers to explore the world.

“Go away! Go away!” The Black Pig King frowned and shouted at the two mercenaries. His voice was so loud and rough that the eardrums of the two trembled.

“We are the Blue Star Team, the future Blue Star Legion. Don’t look down on us.” “In the future, we will also have our own power armor.” The two mercenaries said seriously.

The Black Pig King couldn’t help but grin when he saw their innocence. Then, he patted his shoulder armor and said, “This set of 3,000 gold coins isn’t expensive.”

The mercenary murmured to himself, “That’s what it takes …” “Ten points of merit, one gold coin, three thousand is thirty thousand …”

The other mercenary was immediately discouraged. “Heavens, thirty thousand. When will I be able to earn it?”

Actually, the price of the black pig was calculated according to the low-profit second-hand black goods of Lu Dali Workshop. If the market price was strictly followed, the quota document alone would cost several thousand gold coins. Even the mechanical power armor of Great Wall Company would cost more than three thousand gold coins, let alone other brands.

In the C-class strategic resource pool, Harley’s Mechanical Power Armor required 80,000 Battle Achievement Points. From this, one could see how expensive the Mechanical Power Armor was.

The few of them were chatting when a broadcast came from their speakers.

[Warriors, please be prepared, we still have five minutes left to enter the battlefield]

[Repeat, there are still five points left on the battlefield …]

The mechanically synthesized female voice echoed in the cabin, and everyone’s expressions became solemn. The two mercenaries quickly returned to their seats, tightly clutching their seatbelts, their gazes mixed with excitement and unease.

A moment later, with a violent shake, the cabin door opened outwards with a “chi” sound.

[Brave warriors, good luck]