Deus: We are all Lords

"What stunt is he trying to pull now?" Alex asked herself while looking through the Marketplace where she saw Kingsley's proposal

She knew Kingsley enough to know that despite his spontaneous nature and tendency to just start collecting things for just the purpose of satisfying his curiosity like he did with the Griffons but she knew that he would never agree to give out the troops he had worked hard to gather.

"Anyway, that's none of my business for now" Alex said as she laid on the bed with a smile on her face ready for the next day.

...….

The Next day

As day broke, the entire territory came to life with the Night shift guards being replaced by the day shift ones to let them get some rest. All over the territory, several other people could be seen leaving their homes to attend to one thing or the other, Majority of them matched to the training field to get sorted into squads and to be assigned to various parts of the army.

In the training field, Viktor, Ethan and Athena could be seen sitting opposite each other on a small platform with all three pretending as though yesterday's event didn't happen. None of them had understood what had triggered their lord so much about Athena but thankfully Viktor was able to teach her to restrain herself whilst in the Cocoon he had cast over her.

"Not all of my dragons are aerial masters, a good number of them are Earth or water dragons I think you will need to revise your plan" Ethan suggested after seeing Viktor's initial plan

"At the moment, we only have use for a ground and air force so that would mean that your water dragons would have to wait until we encounter the ocean to be relevant" Viktor said

"I would suggest we perform a count on the number of soldiers we have at our disposal, if we know the exact amount of each elemental dragon, we would know what we are doing even better" Athena suggested

"...That is actually a good idea, you over there, gather all the dragons and count them according to their elements, i want to know how many Earth, fire or even air dragons we have, understood" Ethan ordered one of the Dragons that followed him around

"That's not needed, we already have it here" Viktor said as he tapped the table between them twice as a holographic screen appeared showing the exact number of people in the territory in great details

"When did you get this?" Athena asked

"Is this some sort of newly developed spell or magic item" Ethan asked clearly interested

"Magic item, yes, it's the transmitter you all received yesterday, it allows us to gather real time data about any of our soldiers no matter how far away they are" Viktor explained as he pulled up the dragon section and immediately the list changed

Segregating the dragons according to their types, four lists appeared with the exact details of these dragons from their appearances to what they were even doing at that very moment. Above all it also allowed them easy access to the information they needed.

"There are exactly 50,000 of you guys in the territory and it seems his majesty created exactly 12,500 of each type of dragon... that's weird to read" Viktor said

"The Onis that number with an extra 30,000 soldiers so we need to find a way to sort them all into squads that would allow them bring out their best for the territory" He continued pulling up a second list

"I don't think we need to be adding more to the squads, your list already says that we have more than 500 Battalion of soldiers ready for battle, any more than that is just redundant... the territory still needs citizens and other professions" Athena suggested

"It seems She is even better suited for things like this than you" Ethan commented at Athena's quick responses

"No, you don't have to take my suggestions seriously" Athena said as calmly as she could despite her heart beating rapidly in what seemed like an attempt to escape from it

"Don't worry, my capabilities lie in ruling a place not in war, most of my past self didn't actual face any wars and the ones that did, won because of sheer power alone or died whilst fighting the other Emperors" Viktor said as he moved away from his position and invited her to step up

"But…"

"Don't worry, it is good for one to know their limits, neither Ethan nor I as good in organizing the military, he's a dragon and my past selves just indulged themselves, however I will be here if you need anything" Viktor said in a strange tone, it was clear that the topic was uncomfortable for him.

His majesty was happy that he had the memories of his past lives but unfortunately most of those past lives were just self-indulgent Emperors and the ones who were capable, ruled during a totally different time. they didn't have access to what he had now so he had been cross referencing from his memories and the knowledge implanted in him from the Transmitter.

So far everything had been going well but since Athena was a being just like him and unlike him was actually a being built for war, it would be wise of him to step down. Athena may not have the memories of her past self but she had war ingrained into her very being so things should work out well.

"Thank you" Athena said as she took Viktor's position

She didn't know much of how things were done in this weird environment of hers. they had weapons that could kill the enemy from a very long distance, weapons that could end the war even before the battle had begun. Vehicles that could carry hundreds of men from one place to another in mere moments, it was like she entered War heaven.

"First, we retire a good number of soldiers from the army to live their lives in the territory peacefully, even the Oni understand that fighting does not allow you leave a comfortable life so we need other professions in the territory" she said as she cut the number of Battalions down to only 400

"That's enough to give us three divisions, but we have no use for a navy as of now so that would be ground forces, Air and Intelligence" Athena said breaking down her plan

"You know his Majesty plans to conquer this entire region, three Divisions wouldn't be enough" Viktor commented

"That is the natural instinct of an Oni so yes, i am taking that into account but unlike the people out there, our army is equipped with weapons that makes a single squad as deadly as an entire Battalion... and above that, our natural might is probably what the people of this era has never felt or even seen" Athena said

"Can't argue with that" Ethan said as he chuckled

"Go on then" Viktor gave in

"However, in order to accomplish that, we would need to change the design of the habitable areas, I am not an expert in building design or something but a soldier would never sleep in those and have peace of mind, they are just repurposed Military bunkers" Athena commented on the most common buildings in Kingsley's territory

The buildings meant for the future civilians were just military bunkers built to allow multiple soldiers sleep in one place because neither Viktor, Hestia or Kingsley knew a lot about civilian buildings. Kingsley himself hadn't also focused on them because all his citizens were all soldiers so he found no use to try to make them better even though he felt they were inappropriate for their purpose.

"His Majesty had once said that, Hestia, if you will. maybe we will gather some of the retired soldiers to build some of the cottages mentioned here" Viktor said as he brought up a screen on buildings from the Modern era

"These apartment buildings should do just fine, right?" Viktor asked the ethereal woman who had materialised inside the room

"This would be the second time, we are changing the infrastructure of the territory, what happened this time" Hestia asked

'We are actually going to have civilians living in them now so we have to make it as comfortable as possible for our retired soldiers to willingly stay retired" Viktor explained

"Alright then, I will prepare the materials, you get the men that will build them" Hestia said as she vanished from the room

None of what was happening here was her business, her only duty was simply to safeguard the territory from all intruders and obliterate the enemies when necessary, using one of the K-series carriers. The commanding process wasn't her business so she left immediately.

"That settles that part, now I wanted to ask if the Dragons would also wield the standard weapons that the others are wielding?" Athena asked