Owu succeeded, and he finally advanced to become a mid-level warrior. Although he was a little slower than Qi Lang, he was still the best member of the 27th Battle Group of the Spiral Front Army, which even Qi Lang himself could not deny.

The corporals who didn't know the truth were all far away, they hadn't guessed what the big man was crazy about, and of course, even if they knew that Ou Wu had just been promoted to a mid-level warrior, they wouldn't have come to congratulate him. Ou didn't have any close friends in the team, and although the recruits of the year were all respectful to him on the surface, it was also out of fear. His fists are big and hard, and he always likes to aim at his nose, who would dare to confront him face to face in the face of such a barbarian?

"Do you remember the bet?" Qi Lang reminded Gulf with a smile as he pocketed his ten Bernies and turned to walk towards Owu.

The explosion had shattered Owu's linen clothes, and his thick muscles glistened in the sun, making him look even stronger. It seems that the logistics department will have to prepare a sturdy piece of clothing for him, and Ou is undoubtedly the most expensive guy in the 27th Warband.

"Congratulations, Sergeant Owu. Qi Lang came to Owu and became the first soldier to congratulate him. Gulf became the second, but his expression didn't look so natural, and it was estimated that he was still estimating the consumption of spirit stones he was about to face. Even with Qi Lang's generous gift, he still has more than two hundred primary spirit stones, and if five or six hundred are consumed at once like Ouwu, Gulf will definitely not be able to bear it.

But Ou Wu did not express his gratitude for the kindness of the two, and his hostility towards Qi Lang did not diminish in the slightest: "I accepted your hypocritical congratulations. But I must remind you that we are now on an equal footing. You have to be careful, I'll take your place when I get the chance. ”

"I wish you success. Qi Lang smiled lightly, "I will keep your words in my heart and let it be my motivation to keep leading." ”

Looking at the back of Owu leaving, Gulf regained his courage, he pouted and followed Owu's appearance, shaking his head and saying, "'I will take your place'." Look at his smug look, as if he was stronger than Quill. He also thought about the vice-captain, if it was the vice-captain of the porters, there were still some chances, but we soldiers needed brains—normal brains, not brains carved out of elm lumps. ”

Ou Wu's promotion was just right, because the team was about to leave for the front line, and Qi Lang really needed his hundred or so soldiers to be stronger.

Under Qi Lang's strict supervision, Gulf also successfully advanced to the rank in the evening of the next day. Gulf consumed one hundred and fifty primary spirit stones, more than fifty less than the budget, which was really a surprising achievement, which meant that the remaining fifty could be used to distribute to other soldiers. For Gulf, they had lost their original value, because what they needed to impact high-level warriors was the Mid-Pole Spirit Stone. You must know that when you advance to this level, the energy required for each level is thousands of times that of the original, and the spiritual power contained in a middle extreme spirit stone is more than a thousand times that of the primary spirit stone.

Of course, Gulf had complaints about Qi Lang's arrangement, and in his opinion, those junior spirit stones could be sold for a good price. But considering that most of it was exchanged for Qi Lang's exploits, he could only obey the command and reluctantly give Clethu and Lambba, the two stupid things that were not enlightened by Biou.

On Monday morning, when Qi Lang's third detachment began to march towards the Fata Valley with the main force, he was pleasantly surprised to find that all 104 soldiers had been promoted to the rank of junior warrior and above, which made him even more confident in the prospects of the joint exercise.

Come on, arrogant Guy, Qi Lang's detachment is ready for a tough battle!

Located on the southeastern border of the Luman Empire, the Fata Valley was a disputed area where the Luman Empire, the Otto Empire, and the Mingyu Kingdom met. The Selva River, which runs through the continent of Lelikum, bends here, turning east and south, deep into the vast plains of the Otto Empire, and heading south until it joins the ocean.

Although it is located in a temperate zone, for some reason, it is home to tropical plants, and the valley is lined with lush jungles that hide countless dangers, mutants and mutants, poisonous miasma that can kill people, and there are even rumors that it is a place where terrible devils often haunt.

Those vague rumors had a psychological effect on the soldiers of the Whirling Front, after all, the Fatah Valley was a place they had never set foot in. In contrast, the soldiers of the Otto Empire should know better, because although it is a land shared by the three kingdoms, only the Otto Empire has been explored there for a long time, and the topographic maps there can even reach the point of having a copy of the topographic map, so to speak, the Fata Valley can be called the private garden of King Billy.

The kings of both countries attached great importance to the joint exercise, and jokingly made a bet that the performance of the joint exercise between the two sides would determine the ownership of the other two disputed areas on the border, namely the Baimei Delta and Lake Lelatan.

When the news came out, it caused a lot of discussion among the soldiers of the Spiral Front, and they all felt that this operation was of great significance. Gila's clever ghost, however, had always been adept at speculating between the lines of official documents about the intentions of the leaders, and this time he had come to a surprising judgment.

During the night's rest after two days of marching, Gila took Gulf to Qi Lang's tent and thoughtfully analyzed the whole situation for his lieutenant captain.

"Looks like something is wrong this time. As soon as Gila entered, she spoke mysteriously.

"You're here with Schukin and me to say these discouraged words?" Gulf looked dissatisfied, and the crow wife on his shoulder rolled her eyes. Gulf failed to get rid of Schukin this time because old Harry couldn't stand the noise of the white-necked crow in the cage, and on the pretext that the white-necked crow had a keen eye and would definitely be able to help when he came here, so he resolutely got rid of Schukin's troubles.

"Calm down, both of you. Jira persuaded the fateful couple in her mouth, but her eyes kept staring at Qi Lang's reaction, "It's not that I'm boasting, but I'm quite good at it." I'm guessing you haven't carefully analyzed the contents of the Imperial Weekly, and you don't know what the old man Henry thinks. ”

Qi Lang couldn't figure out what important content was hidden in those monotonous news, and he was curious for a while: "What do you see? ”

Gila winked at Gulf angrily, "The headlines on the front page say that King Henry and Billy Whalebill played a gamble. The winning side of the joint exercise will take ownership of the Bail-American Delta, while the losing side will own Lake Lelatan. This is entirely the proposal of our noble Majesty the King, and his intentions are not obvious enough?"

Qi Lang and Gulf glanced at each other, but they really didn't see any other intentions in this.

"The old man wants us to lose. Gila was disappointed to announce the answer, he had expected Ziran and Gulf to guess carefully, but looking at the expressions of the two of them, he seemed a little impatient, and he had to give up the sense of accomplishment that could be brought by motivating his comrades to work hard, "The newspaper reported that King Henry led the princes and nobles to Lake Lelatan twice last February and October. It seems that he was having a good time and must have been interested in that scenic place. ”

"By that you say, His Majesty would prefer to take ownership of Lake Lelatan?" the corners of Gulf's mouth drooped, and his disappointment was evident.

"No, this is your baseless conjecture!" Qi Lang frowned in disagreement. He couldn't accept this possibility in his heart: the Spiral Frontier Army went on an expedition and fought so many open and secret battles with those villains of the Otto Empire, was it just to lose a battle in this boring gamble?

Seeing the lack of political sensitivity of Zilang and Gulf, Jira felt a little helpless: "Do you think that a head of state is only doing this for the purpose of amusing the mountains and rivers by visiting the region without a declaration of sovereignty twice in a year? ”

"I don't believe it either," Gulf said firmly, "the Baimei Delta may seem barren right now, but our experts have long emphasized its importance. The land is fertile, and it is said that there are many mineral deposits underneath, and we may not be able to conquer the floods there with our current capabilities, but there will be a way to do it one day, and the Baimei Delta will be the second granary of our Luhmann Empire. Unless Henry is an old fool, he will deliberately lose this bet. ”

"Of course, if you let any Whirling Frontier soldier judge him, he will decide that the Delta is more important. Jira's tone was also full of anger when she defended herself, "But the reality is that the opinions of the noble ministers and royal families are always different from ours. Noble scoundrels rule lowly patriots, that's politics!"

Qi Lang and Gulf were speechless for a moment. Jira doesn't have to think of examples, because in reality, such examples abound.

"But," Jira felt a little weak when she saw that the two of them had calmed down, and that she felt a little weak, "this is just a boring conjecture of mine." I wish my judgment was all......"

"I don't care what the king thinks. Qi Lang interrupted Jira and stood up as if determined, "No matter what, I must fight for victory!"