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Twenty days later.
For the past several days, the military barracks of Lion City had been operating at full capacity, recruiting more and more city soldiers without pause.
What had once been a modest force of only eight hundred soldiers twenty days ago had now grown explosively into an army of thirty thousand.
The city itself had expanded to accommodate this rapid growth. New sections were constructed with careful planning, and multiple large barracks were placed at strategic points throughout the city.
Each open training ground was vast enough to hold at least five thousand soldiers at once, allowing drills and formations to be conducted efficiently.
Everything had been prepared with deliberate calculation. Ethan had personally structured the army into six divisions, each led by a commander.
Every division consisted of five thousand soldiers, forming six powerful and disciplined forces.
The individuals chosen as commanders were not selected lightly.
