Two months after the Eternal Church launched the holy war.

About twenty kilometers north of the Fengyue Free Territory, Holy Mania Empire.

One of the seven electors of the empire, a Gold Upper Peak Professional, and now the new Duke Rosen, Joseph von Rosen, sat on his Dragon Scale Warhorse, standing on a hillside, gazing southward through the Elf Telescope.

Behind him was a massive, sprawling army, with flags painted with various family crests fluttering in the wind.

This was the coalition army formed by the Imperial Nobles, one of the main forces organized on the empire’s side after the Eternal Church initiated the Great Holy War.

As the holy war commenced, countless nobles from the empire registered, and the number of participating troops kept growing.

To this day, even without counting the Judgement Army and the Angel Army of the Eternal Church, the mobilized forces throughout the empire probably exceeded four million, almost four times the number of the participating troops of the southern Aries Kingdom...

This is quite an astonishing number.

It’s worth noting that not even a millennium ago, at the inception of the empire, was such a massive army successfully mobilized.

And more than a year ago, when the Segis World suffered a Demon invasion, no such scale of an army was mobilized either.

But now, to defeat the Life Church and to seize the fertile land, the nobles of the empire have erupted with unprecedented enthusiasm.

Nobles only give their all when it directly concerns their interests, when there are significant benefits involved...

In some sense, it’s quite a tragic and ironic matter.

Of course, with four hundred thousand troops, all composed of various nobles, cohesion and organization aren’t very high, and the logistical pressure is incredibly daunting, so the empire hasn’t gathered the entire army together, but divided it into three parts.

One part of the army set off from the Western Domain, called the Northern Army, led by the new Duke Rosen, attacking the Fengyue Free Territory from the north.

Another part set off from the east, called the Eastern Army, led by the Duke of Borrenzia, joining forces with the Northern Army to form a two-pronged attack from the east on the Fengyue Free Territory.

The last part of the army set off from the heart of the empire, called the Southern Army, led by Duke Correns, attacking the Southern Territory. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

And in the south, the Aries Kingdom is said to be attacking Death Desert.

Oh, no.

Now perhaps calling it Death Desert is no longer accurate.

Ever since the Elves occupied Death Desert, they began transforming the desert using Natural Magic and Life Divine Skill to create green oases, and to this day, much greenery has appeared in Death Desert.

The nobles of the Aries Kingdom are willing to attack Death Desert due to the allure of these oases.

The empire’s three main armies, and the Aries Kingdom’s forces, each part of the army has more than a million troops participating.

Of course, this is just the theoretical number; considering the mobilization capabilities of the nobles, most of the noble armies arrive continuously, and the number gathered at the start may be only half or even less.

For example, the Northern Empire Army, now at the border of the Fengyue Free Territory, approximately numbers around seven hundred thousand, and the remaining noble forces are still arriving.

And this is already a terrifying number.

Standing on the hillside, Joseph looked for a moment, then put away the Elf Telescope.

Playing with this small item, reportedly produced in the Fengyue Free Territory, he smiled at his attendant beside him:

"Things from the Fengyue Free Territory, many of them are quite interesting, like this telescope. I hear it sells for 30 gold pounds in Mania, even in our northern lands, at least 20 gold pounds, whereas in the Fengyue Free Territory, it’s said to be less than 5 gold pounds. I hear it was designed by the Elves, originally from the Elf Forest, and they probably made a lot of money selling these things."

"Hehe, my lord Duke, once we break through the Fengyue Free Territory, we’ll have as much of such things as we want! The gold pounds they earned will naturally be ours!"

The attendant said with sycophancy.

The surrounding nobles also laughed loudly upon hearing this, their eyes filled with greed.

No one doubts that this holy war, their side cannot defeat the Life Church.

Although the Life Church has shown great strength, ultimately it’s just a church that hasn’t risen for long.

Even if they successfully eliminated the invading Demons, even if they left various legends in the Segis Continent, in the eyes of the imperial nobles, that was only because the nobles hadn’t exerted themselves.

As nobles who frequently interact with the Eternal Church, they are well aware of the true strength of the Eternal Church.

"Let’s win first, this war, we need to act quickly, don’t let the Borrenzia family take all the best places."

Joseph said casually.

In his words, it seemed the Fengyue Free Territory had already become a prize at hand.

"The Duke speaks correctly! The Duke speaks correctly!"

"Haha, the Duke is a genius knight born once in a hundred years, bound to sweep away the evil heretics!"

"After this battle, the Rosen family is destined to become the number one family in the empire!"

The minor nobles echoed flatteringly.

Listening to their compliments, Joseph seemed quite satisfied.

However, upon seeing the mercenaries among the participating troops in the distance, as if reminded of something, a shadow of gloom passed over his face.