Chapter 636: Chapter 365, A Million Kindness_2
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Though their combat strength was fierce, and they played a significant role in key moments of some battles, their numbers were still scant after all.
The Dragonhawk Legion, which constituted a large portion in terms of numbers, naturally goes without saying, they numbered twenty million and were all classified as ‘allies’. Due to their strong comprehensive abilities, they often bore the brunt of many major battles, and the victories they achieved could naturally not be counted towards reward points.
The situation with the local forces was somewhat more complicated.
In total, they had fifty million people. Of these, thirty million were counted as part of the allied forces.
This was because Gu Hang had not established his rule.
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However, among them, twenty million were counted as part of Gu Hang’s own troops.
Because these twenty million people had all been trained under his ‘Soldier Badge’ system.
Out of these, ten million were the ‘Salvation Army’ that Tadeusz had established after arriving at Mingyan City—newly recruited, issued equipment, and trained by the ‘Soldier Badge’ functionality.
They certainly counted.
The other ten million were trained on the front lines during the war after Gu Hang directly spent reward points in the trenches to specify a batch of troops to train.
They counted as well.
Training these twenty million troops cost Gu Hang two hundred thousand reward points.
Gu Hang had always felt that the cost of training ordinary soldiers to T5 grade was trifling, but when the number rose to tens of millions, it became a heavy burden.
It was also good foresight on Gu Hang’s part that in the past four years, he had anticipated a major outbreak in the Korolya campaign and prudently saved some ammunition in advance.
In the past four years, Gu Hang had obtained a total of about three hundred and fifty thousand reward points, most of which came from his monthly reward income.
Four years ago, his monthly income had already reached over four thousand, and after four years of development, it had now reached seven thousand.
Add to that the ongoing Korolya conflict and the slowly accumulated earnings, that amounted to three hundred and fifty thousand.
Gu Hang had not made any major expenditures with these reward points.
Regular retirements, replenishment of troop strength due to casualties and wounds, the exchange of some buildings, personnel training at Loyal Heir Academy, the enlightenment of talents on the ‘Hero’ interface…
All in all, around fifty thousand points of reward had been spent.
The bulk of it had been saved up.
And it was good that it had been saved, otherwise if it hadn’t been for these two hundred thousand reward points, the battle on Korolya wouldn’t have held up.
The local forces of Korolya were still not very effective. Without these twenty million troops trained to T5 grade, the frontline battlefield might well have collapsed.
If the Plague Demon Army, emerging from Fino City, had managed to break the human army’s formation on the frontline, then there would be no need to discuss anything that followed.
In summary, relying solely on these people and the earnings from the settlement of the regular ground warfare results, it would definitely not amount to more than one million reward points.
After all, the Imperial Navy, which eliminated the most enemies and played the most crucial role, was also part of the ‘allied’ forces.
Just the ground warfare part didn’t merit so many reward points.
But it couldn’t withstand the fact that he personally led the team, infiltrated the core area of Fino City, destroyed the Void Shield, demolished a third of the Orbital Cannons, and subsequently trapped and killed a Great Demon!
Although only seven hundred people participated in the operation, of which a hundred nuns were part of the ‘allied’ forces, and ultimately it was an Imperial Navy fleet that bombed the Great Demon to death… these actions would ‘share’ some of the reward points income.
Even so, everyone had to admit that the main force of this raid was still the elite core force of Gu Hang’s command, the Alliance, that had created the opportunity.
The system certainly recognized it.
As a result, a considerable portion of the victories achieved by the Navy would be credited to the Alliance, eventually resulting in this million reward points income.
Looking at the one million three hundred thousand reward points lying in his account, Gu Hang smiled sincerely.
He had never received so many reward points before.
Such a substantial amount would greatly help Gu Hang’s many plans going forward!
Looking ahead, Gu Hang had at least three major tasks to accomplish in his plans:
The first was war.
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Although the climax of the war has passed, it isn’t completely over.
Fino City may have been destroyed, but the Plague Demon Army that poured out from within Fino City, as well as its remnants, still exist. A great number of demons have become weak and will continue to weaken over time. However, their weakness does not mean they can be ignored.
Moreover, apart from the demons, there are still a significant number of undead and Plague Wizards within the demon army.
Their total number is estimated to be several million.
In addition, the Plague Cult is still active in the Bottom Nest Districts of the various Nest Capitals.
Furthermore, what Gu Hang has to do is not merely to clear out the Cult.
He completely disdains the way the Korolya Planetary Government used to rule the world. He will certainly not allow the Lower Nest District and Bottom Nest District, which actually have the largest population, to remain in such chaos.
Raising people like pigs and allowing chaos to breed is by no means Gu Hang’s style.
He intends to clean up the Lower Nest Districts and Bottom Nest Districts of dozens of Nest Capitals on Korolya.
Cults, gangs, independent Rebel Armies, and even some interest groups from the upper districts,
All these must be eradicated with military force.
Of course, this means that the battles on Korolya are not yet over.
Although what’s left is just the mopping-up work, it’s more complicated, more meticulous, and requires more manpower.
Gu Hang has included all these within the scope of the war.
The second matter is politics.
Military clearing is the first step, to completely take control of Korolya and to fully unleash the immense power contained within its population of hundreds of billions; this is why Gu Hang delves into politics.
He wants to establish an efficient, reliable administrative system.
Military cleaning alone won’t suffice. Even if everything is cleaned up, if the politics are not well managed, the house will get dirty again sooner or later.
Of course, he understands that managing hundreds of billions of people is not the same as managing the previous population of five hundred million within the alliance. But he is not greedy; the so-called ‘efficiency’ is only relative.
At the very least, it has to be more efficient than the original government of Korolya.
In relative terms, Gu Hang cares even more about ‘reliability’.
The training of loyal administrative personnel is of utmost importance.
Relying solely on the Loyal Heir Academy on Rage Owl Star might not be enough. Gu Hang might need to establish several Loyal Heir Academies on Korolya, investing a great deal of effort and gift points to accomplish this.
The third matter is development.
This is Gu Hang’s ultimate goal. Removing obstacles with military force and constructing a high-efficiency, reliable political system are all in service of this purpose.
In these matters, an ample supply of gift points will provide Gu Hang with sufficient support.
Training more, more reliable, armies; training more, more reliable, administrative personnel; extracting more technology and finding industrial development paths suitable for Korolya…
Gu Hang still has plenty to keep him busy.
But just thinking of the hundreds of billions in the manpower pool makes him giddy with joy.
He doesn’t ask for much; if he could just develop Korolya to the per capita production levels of Heijian Star, that in itself would be a tremendous wealth.
However, before he truly starts tackling the major problems, Gu Hang must ascend to the heavens once more to meet Nell Lavis.
This Star Domain Envoy, who pushed him up to the position of Korolya Governor, was about to leave.
Before she departs, Gu Hang must see her one last time.
The many conditions that had been previously agreed upon must be confirmed.
The most crucial issue is regarding Korolya’s militarization for six years, involving more than twenty billion in Tax Currency.
And there are also some minor matters attached, such as the subsequent stationing and assignment of the Third Group Army of the Dragonhawk Legion.
