Chapter 827 (1/2)

Chapter 827: Vol V Chapter 187

Sui Xiong had actually been rather shocked when he had first heard about the war’s details. He was not concerned with the death tolls as casualties were to be expected in war. All along, during the Cold War, most wars had taken place in terms of pursuits. Well, that was the context that he had understood when he made war games of his own. Thus, Sui Xiong had all always associated war with sorrowful deaths and sadness. However, the extremity and intensity of this war surprised him.

On the side of the aristocrats, they had lost half of their regular soldiers, one-third of their regular soldiers and 20% of their conscripted troops. This was already considered severe. According to Sui Xiong’s recollections, most parties would consider surrendering if they had lost about 10% of their overall troops. Even if they were unwilling to do so, they would probably crumble in defeat once this number increased to about 20%.

For the aristocrats, it was surprising that they had only crumbled at about 20% of a numerical loss, considering that most of their troops were conscripted and not veterans. However, regardless, their troops really could not compare to that of the merchants’, and thus, even this little feat was not considered much.

One had to consider that the merchants had lost a majority of their new troops and yet had won the war with a huge disadvantage and only about 40% of their troops left. The tenacity and determination displayed were simply unheard of! In this world, probably only those who were fanatical disciple knights of churches would have such strong will.

Even before Sui Xiong had entered this realm, there were also few in the human world who could sustain war efforts till the end in the face of desperation like that. The number of such individuals could be counted using one’s fingers, and one may not even need both hands!

Even though Sui Xiong himself had lived in a country whose troops were amongst the top ten on Earth and had many friends who were regular soldiers, he did not believe that the troops on Earth could be labeled as “iron armies” if they were unable to reach the standard displayed by the merchant troops.

Online, there was a famous idea that East Asia was a “monster room.” People living in East Asia were able to be stable and steady and were all clearheaded and fought well despite their status. If they were to move to Africa, America or any other “newbie” continent, even if others mocked them, they would still be able to maintain their ferocious punches and nimble kicks to remain unbeatable.

In this world, with the existence of real gods, the strength of “faith” was expanded. The regiment of knights were often able to sustain extreme war efforts under a single command. Although the regiment of knights was not big, their prowess was often stunning. Normal regular armies were not even worth 10% of them. As for conscripted troops, they were even less important and would falter in the face of slight aggression by the other party, just like when fans had friendly matches with professional idols online.

According to Sui Xiong, although the new merchant troops could not yet compare to the regiment of knights, they were probably the next in line. Even the Republic of Northwest’s troops, which were better trained and equipped, could not compare in terms of morale and tenacity. Sui Xiong was thus curious as to how the merchants had developed their troops.

He had previously secretly witnessed how the merchants trained their troops, but that was a mere few years ago. How had these troops improved so tremendously over such a short period of time?

Sui Xiong decided to direct this question to Leon, who was equally unclear.

“I did not observe them in the past; thus, I also do not know how to answer you. However, I’m also curious as to how such a determined army was trained. To be honest, the whole world is curious, and many tried to gain intel on their strategies but have failed thus far.”

Sui Xiong nodded and proceeded to find God of War, Wenner. Intuition told him that Wenner would have the answer. Furthermore… If one were to think logically, Wenner was definitely aware of the emergence of such a formidable army and would have some internal intel of his own.

Sui Xiong was spot on.

Once Sui Xiong explained the intentions of his surprise visit, Wenner was silent for a while before smiling awkwardly.