But the reality is that the total population of the Otherworld is rapidly increasing, yet the growth rate of mages cannot keep up with the population growth.
The direct reason for this is the mage system dominated by the Church Court, which limits the opportunities for ordinary people to become mages, making it difficult for the growth rate of mages to keep up with the expansion of the population.
This reflects in the military, where the Church Court's magical advantage over various countries is becoming increasingly weak.
The Church Court does indeed have mages capable of casting forbidden curses akin to nuclear bombs in the Otherworld, but what then?
In an ideal situation, a mage casting a forbidden curse can kill tens of thousands, but will die due to magic depletion themselves, and are irreplaceable.
War is fought on attrition, and Odelanqi currently has a military force exceeding one million and a population of over a hundred million.
