Military Might
Expanding his territory hadn't been as challenging as Michael expected. He had been certain to encounter countless challenges to claim the Sacred Desert, but it was rather simple. Of course, the situation wasn't all that rosy. Michael might have conquered the Sacred Desert, becoming its Region Ruler, but there were still more than a dozen Lords bordering the Sacred Desert.
If the neighboring Lords considered Michael a threat at some point, he would have to defend his territory from all sides at once. A situation like that was unfavorable, so Michael paid much attention to his territory's military might. He and his people trained more than 1.5 million Combat Summons, ensuring the barracks at the Border Fortresses would always be occupied.
Michael had enough Combat Summons to deploy all over the 22 Border Fortresses in the Sacred Desert, occupy the barracks in the other settlements, keep the population in order, and protect the Pentagon Forts in the Untamed Jungle.