Farming in a Parallel World and Becoming a God
Chapter 867 - 555: Killing Several Birds with One Stone_3

Chapter 867: Chapter 555: Killing Several Birds with One Stone_3

Such a title, within the Tempus Church, could not be obtained through shortcuts; one must prove with their own sword that they deserve the title, by earning recognition from at least three Sword Masters and defeating or drawing against one of them.

"This is my honor," Aidan said without any hesitation.

The War Priests of the War Shrine act as martial instructors or militia training officers in many cities, their mission is to actively encourage people to prepare for war, whether to resist invasion or to prepare for invasion.

To be unprepared is to neglect the duty of the God of War and is also the dereliction of the War Priests.

Now the goal was to further elevate the standards by teaching a group of mid-level commanders and thereby influence an army, an expedient way to expand the influence of the God of War.

"If I may, I would like to send some instructors to your Sword Monastery to learn combat techniques," Katherine intertwined, immensely impressed, no wonder Lady Strategy placed heavy bets on this young man. His mind worked too fast, quickly adjusting plans and roping in a group of Followers of Tempus, attaching them to his own war chariot.

Judging by the other party’s rate of development, once the Conqueror Army successfully reached Battle Valley, the establishment speed and scale of their branch could possibly outpace the main branch she set up in the Land of Death, after all, their manpower and resources were evident.

Before Aidan could respond, Gaven couldn’t help but laugh, "Lady’s request seems a bit modest. The God of Strategy and Lady Strategy are inherently inseparable. In due time, the instructors you send to the branch will have dual roles as instructors and students. Once they have achieved something, they can rotate to other branches or the main branch, even letting them engage in small-scale live combat, whether in the Land of Death where you reside, or at the Giant Plains where Blood Gorge City is located are both excellent options."

"I’ve overthought this," Katherine realized this was indeed the case, "Let’s just agree to that for now; what’s the second condition?"

She was now actually looking forward to what Gaven called conditions because their different starting points resulted in mutual and complementary interests between them. The first condition, apart from some psychological resistance to the Hobgoblin matter, was actually advantageous to her, turning their one point at the Yin Hong War Academy into three, with the two extra ones being a total windfall.

"The second condition is an extension of the first. I would like to reserve three hundred spots at the main branch; I will select three hundred students to send there, and I hope to obtain priority recruitment rights for students graduating from the main branch," Gaven said unabashedly.

Even with the Battle Valley branch, he still chose to send students to the main branch, primarily to foster camaraderie through mingling with other students.

This would facilitate his future recruitment efforts, and even if he could not recruit them, they might provide numerous variables when encountering one another on the battlefield.

Gaven believed that the future direction of war on the Felen Continent would be guided by the officers trained at the Yin Hong War Academy, whether they were against monstrous races or within the Sage Race itself.

Tempus provided substantial support to Lady Strategy because he sensed that the war situation on the Felen Continent had reached a tipping point where it would evolve from barbaric warfare into strategic warfare.

This was an inevitable trend as intelligent life reached a certain stage of development.

Tempus had been reigning as the God of War for so many years, certainly not by being a mindless brute. Those who treated him as such had long since entered the starry sky to become a Divine Body.

"As long as you use normal recruitment methods, I have no objection," Katherine said, although she hoped that the students trained by the academy would be spread far and wide to influence more people and forces, and better spread the influence of Lady Strategy.

But she had borrowed too much leverage from Gaven not to provide some benefits.

To pledge loyalty to him was the same as not letting the "nutrient water" flow into others’ fields. If he could maintain his current rate of development, assembling an invincible army with officers trained by their academy to conquer and campaign would be a great honor for Lady Strategy.

One only needed to look at their present Conqueror Army to understand this; such scale of war was not commonly seen across the entire Felen.

"The third condition is that I hope the Lady can arrange instructors for us now. I want the mid- and low-level officers of the Conqueror Army to learn as they march and apply what they learn. I believe by the time we reach the Valley, the framework of the branch would largely be set up, and what better academy is there than a military camp?" Gaven felt that the biggest problem with his mid- and low-level officers was the lack of unified education, which led to many issues in coordination and collaboration.

In small-scale units, such issues were not evident, but at their scale, it was a significant problem.

To mobilize them, he had to allocate dozens of Messengers, who ended up hoarse from shouting daily, yet the operation was still not as smooth as Gaven desired.

Even just migration was a problem, let alone in warfare, especially in large-scale maneuver warfare that required tight cooperation, where serious issues could easily arise.

This was also the significance of establishing the Yin Hong War Academy, to standardize some of the knowledge for forming and commanding armies, so even if an army or a unit was routed, a mix of various units could quickly reorganize into a combat-ready force, even if many of them had never met before.