Of course, they also have their advantages; their powerful physical talent and strength are their capital.
The goal of this trip is not to fight these Magicians, but to turn their power into our own, to compensate for the consumption caused by this war.
After all, the "final battle" of this instance is coming up.
To bring out as many witches as possible before leaving the instance, we must reduce battle damage.
And the simplest and most effective measure to reduce battle damage is achieving overwhelming force.
The faster we eliminate the opponents, the fewer losses we suffer ourselves, a very simple truth.
After forming a rough plan, Yun Dao returned to the pre-prepared conference room.
In addition to her, there were several witches present in the room.
Some of them are witches currently managing different aspects of the expeditionary army, and some are the converted Tier Six witches this time.
Although her position as Lord and her consistent authority were not shaken by the joining of Tier Six witches, she still took the opportunity to promote the establishment of this quasi-parliament.
Not only did she draw these high combat powers in, but she also arranged several witches who had long been vetted to take charge of various aspects of the expeditionary army.
This was something she had always considered.
When within the territory, due to the relatively small number of witches, it was still in a controllable stage.
Now, the number of witches has multiplied several times, once reaching a million, even if she is incredibly capable, she is only one person and cannot research Spells while managing so many witches.
Spells cannot be abandoned, so the only option is to delegate part of the management.
Thanks to the advantages of the witches’ Spiritual Connection, this system does not lead to insufficient control between her and the lower-level witches, causing her to be overshadowed by middle management.
It seems this Spiritual Connection was originally designed to be responsible to the highest level, with everything centered on the supreme leader, and even if a stronger force intervened halfway, it wouldn’t affect the authority of the core manager.
Yun Dao speculated that the core of this ability initially originated from the Primordial Witch they were worshipping.
However, now that the origin of all witches is absent, this system benefits her.
With the help of these middle-level management witches, her pressure was greatly reduced.
Her younger sister was in charge of the main combat affairs, a witch proficient in Spells was responsible for teaching the witches Spells, allowing the newly joined witches to quickly possess sufficient combat power.
The remaining few respectively managed the three major logistics of the current expeditionary army: resources, construction, and crafting of Magic Weapons.
Resources and construction, needless to say, with the expansion of the expeditionary army, the territory occupied grew larger, requiring increasingly more effort.
While the latter also needed to increase the production of Magic Weapons continuously with the expansion of the expeditionary army numbers, to ensure the witches have powerful combat strength.
Now with their once 4th Rank genes, they’ve gradually become inadequate. To keep up with the current combat rhythm, Magic Weapons are indispensable.
Various weapons designed by Yun Dao, after crafting and copying, quickly became standard equipment for all witches.
Furthermore, according to the witches’ roles needed in different battles, different weapons were allocated to maximize the combat power of witches and these Magic Weapons.
Simply dividing tasks this way and adjusting with Spiritual Connection support, the management difficulty of the expeditionary army lowered significantly.
So much so that now her short-term disappearance won’t cause any commotion.
Otherwise, in the past, where would she find the time to run into the battlefield to study any Spells?
If she were missing for five minutes, the entire expeditionary army would have to mobilize to find their boss.
"How is the harvest this time?"
Upon sitting down in the conference room, Yun Dao directly asked.
The witches present did not immediately reply but chose to share the specific summary data through the Spiritual Network.
Comparing the figures above, finding little difference from the initial estimated harvest, Yun Dao didn’t bother with conventional platitudes or beating around the bush, directly stating her plan.
"I see, it seems this harvest is quite good.
In our raid, they indeed left behind quite a few resources they couldn’t take away; next, it’s on you.
As for the upcoming targets...
I’m planning to temporarily abandon targeting those Contractors and remaining Church Court.
For now, the focus will be on the archipelago and those Magicians.
After hitting them hard this time, forcing them back to their sanctuary, they should start building defenses there preparing for our next strike, while unable to heed us.
This is the perfect opportunity for us to swallow the archipelago!"
"But this could likely give the Church Court and those Contractors time to breathe, allowing them to build a more comprehensive defense system."
Yun Dao’s decision almost immediately sparked opposition from a newly converted Tier Six witch, to be specific, a differing opinion.
However, her opposition was not to question Yun Dao’s authority but, as a former Holy Knight of the Church Court, she was very aware of the means the Church Court possessed and the dreadfulness of those means.
She immediately explained:
"The Church Court’s ’sanctuary’ was once, before the holy war, the territory of a Great Magician who reached the pinnacle of this world.
Although the Church Court pushed back Magic development, these former Magic facilities were not destroyed but considered ’divine gifts’, treated as the defensive facilities of the sanctuary.