Fortunately, Milton was now the Commander-in-Chief of the Central Army of Lester Kingdom. He was in the position to increase the nation’s military power through legal procedures. With this authority, Milton immediately began to recruit and train the soldiers on a large scale. Maybe because they had already gone a big deal once, but none of the nobles objected to investing a large amount of manpower or money for national defense. 

Once he decided to expand the military, it felt like he was pouring gold into a bottomless pit. This was because they were training actual soldiers and not reserve military forces. Soldiers’ armament and wages, as well as the training process… Everything cost money. If Milton hadn’t hit the jackpot with his maritime trade, then it would have been impossible for him to afford all this. But thanks to all this, Lester Kingdom’s military was now much more advanced than before the previous war. 

Milton commanded over 100,000 Central Army soldiers and the Northern Army under Duke Palan in the North was 50,000. A total of 150,000 troops. Even if he wanted to have a larger army than this, it was impossible considering the size of Lester Kingdom. Of course, just maintaining...