Qi Lang slowly calmed down, regained control of his emotions, and his brain began to analyze the self in Iglu's mouth as usual. Indeed, as Iglu said, the memories of the past have been sealed in an iron box, buried deep in unknown corners. He didn't want to touch those sad pasts, because that would make his head explode and his whole body go completely crazy!

"Yes...... I really don't have that much courage......" Qi Lang lowered his head and sat on the ground weakly, "Although in the battle, I desperately wanted to show my bravery, but I found that I still didn't have the courage to recall ...... vigorously"

Igro walked around and pressed against Qi Lang's side, which made him look even taller: "Maybe my language is too heavy. You know, I just wanted to inspire you, but I never denied your courage, otherwise we wouldn't have become one. ”

Qi Lang stretched out his hand and stroked Iglu's neck hair. The long hairs are soft and smooth, but they are cold and cold, as if they can freeze blood into ice cubes. Qi Lang shuddered, hugged his knees and shrunk there: "Do you want me to immerse myself in that bloody world and change myself into an iron-blooded warrior little by little?"

Igroru pondered for a moment, the question seemed to bother him as well, but he laughed softly and replied in that inherently deep voice, "What kind of warrior you wish to be is entirely up to your own choice. The dreams you see in me are more due to the fear in your heart. As your friend, I will never force you, let alone use my ideas to transform you, do you understand?"

Qi Lang didn't understand yet, his eyes were still full of doubts, but he finally realized that Igro repeatedly mentioned "friend", did that mean that he had another friend, a friend like Gulf who could be born and die together? Qi Lang's heart seemed to suddenly have a warm current, and that warmth was enough to drive away the chill of the night.

But Igro's friend was so bad at talking that he shook his head slightly, didn't even look at Qi Lang, didn't even bother to say a word of goodbye, and took a step, intending to disappear into the depths of the woods.

Just when the snow-white figure was about to be hidden by the shadow of the leaves, Qi Lang, who had been sitting, asked softly: "Are you leaving me......

Iglo stopped, but didn't look back. He chuckled softly, "That's impossible...... Maybe that's what you're looking for, but I've made you a friend. ”

"And I guess as our relationship deepens, you'll like me more and more......"

Igru left the deep voice among the tall oaks, and suddenly vanished.

Quietly, the full moon shone through the treetops, sprinkling the white moonlight, which was quite similar to the white light on the snow wolf. The Etri River in front of me is still flowing quietly, as if it is chasing the footsteps of the years, and it has never looked back.

Qi Lang still clenched his knees, thinking helplessly. The last images that remained in my memory jumped out one by one, like confetti in the wind, swiping through my mind. Iglo was right, it was all dark and bloody, he remembered it clearly, and that cruel experience was indelible.

But what is Iglu talking about?

Igru would undoubtedly choose the easiest way to settle the hatred, and as a wolf, he certainly should have chosen that. But what about yourself? Do you want to fill your memories with blood and choose a cruel path of killing from now on?

Time passed quickly in contemplation, the sky seemed to light up in a blink of an eye, and the warm sun shone on Qi Lang's back, and this sudden light seemed to have given the answer.

Qi Lang slowly stood up, straight and firm, and at the same time he had never been so sure in his heart, because he had already made a choice.

It's going to be a new day, an unusual day, because Qi Lang has just found his true self, and at the same time, it's also the day when the competition really begins.

Qi Lang had to rush back to participate in the morning training, and the battle between him and Ou Wu for the vice-captain would officially begin, and he really couldn't delay any longer, otherwise the sentries in the barracks would probably be suspicious.

At the end of the training, Mei Ji gave instructions from the Ministry of Military Affairs, and Qi Lang and Ou Wu would each lead two squads, which would be separated at noon and head to the Radiant Willow Forest in the east. Their mission is to find out the landform and see if the legendary spiritual ore resources really exist there.

After communicating with Igro at night, Qi Lang now completely changed his original mind. He wants to win this contest, starting with a vice-captain and advancing towards his goal step by step.

The zealous Gulf had already heard some useful news for him about the Radiant Willow Forest. It is located 200 kilometers east of the town of Shachi, in the heart of the Bihu Desert. It was originally the area that divides the Luman Empire and the Mingyu Kingdom, but due to the harsh living environment there, there are basically no residents willing to live there, so it has been deserted, and neither country has made a territorial claim.

However, in recent years, merchants who make money have opened up new trade routes there, and only then have some rumors spread that in the vicinity of the Radiant Willow Forest, traces of primary spiritual power ores can occasionally be seen, and the military of the Luman Empire has begun to pay a certain degree of attention there.

Since the spiritual ore is not of much use to the eastern kingdom, and the Mingyu Kingdom has long abolished the slavery system, if they want to collect it back and use it to trade with the Western Empire, their expenses are relatively huge, and it is obvious that the gains outweigh the losses, so except for the military of the Luman Empire, there is really no other force that is more interested there.

To say that the group of people in the Ministry of Military Affairs are indeed very good at saving exploration funds, and they took the opportunity of this competition to send the task down by the way, and they were completely waiting to pick up the ready-made, which is really a double win, but Qi Lang and Ou Wu have to take a small team of people to fight with their lives.

However, Gurf still gave Qi Lang a reassurance - although it could be guessed from the name of the Radiant Willow Forest that it was not a good place to go, but at the moment there was not much risk, because it was not yet early spring, and the catkins had not yet been pulled out, so they could not be blown away by the wind and harm people, as long as they did not climb to the willow tree in a daze and sleep, there should still be no major trouble.

Although the danger is not great, it is difficult for Qi Lang to manage this team of rookies.

The errand for the two future deputies was the responsibility of Felix, and since neither he had any favors for Qi Lang nor Ou Wu, this time the detachment leader could be regarded as able to serve in an impartial manner. However, justice is justice, and the people sent will definitely not have any good hands, they are basically rookies who have just enlisted in the army, and Felix is still happy to cause them some trouble.

It is said that after the selection of the twenty soldiers, Felix also took great pains to give them a lecture. Qi Lang did not know the content of the lecture, but he wondered if it was a requirement that they not be allowed to eat before they set out, because when he met with the ten corporals, he almost thought that they were also brothers and sisters from the slave camp of Vache, and they were all yellow-skinned and thin, and he could not believe what kind of bribes Autron had accepted to allow them to join the Whirlwind Army. Fortunately, it seems that Ou Wu has encountered the same situation, his angry roar can be heard so clearly from such a distance, Qi Lang should really be glad for himself - this time the competition is still promising.

Qi Lang and Ao Wu each led their ten corporals to set out from Xia Qi Town in the afternoon of the same day, and drove east for two days, and at noon on the third day, they finally crossed a large desert and arrived at the destination of Radiant Willow Forest.

The forest was so abrupt that it looked like a huge sand pit from a distance, but compared to the yellow sand that was all around it, it seemed to be stained with red ink. When you get closer, you can clearly see that this is a vast forest hidden under the ruins.

Compared with the oak and oak trees of the Black Forest, those willows are not tall, at most they are only six or seven meters high, and the willow leaves that come out are also in the shape of shuttle darts, but one thing is surprising - the branches of the willow tree, which should have been green, have mutated into a dark red here, and after the sun shines, the red is extremely bright, at first glance, it does not look like a willow forest at all, and it is somewhat similar to the legendary blood sea hell.

The officers in charge of the assessment of the Ministry of Military Affairs had already been stationed at the edge of the forest, they had come on horses, and their equipment was quite neat, and a large umbrella held high above them blocked the sun overhead, but the shade of the ground was not enough to accommodate the fat bodies of the three men.

"Soldiers of the Whirling Front, come here!" shouted the one lying in the middle of the canvas soft chair.

Qi Lang and Ao Wu hurriedly led their respective soldiers to the front, lined up neatly in two rows, and gave a military salute to the commander.

But the chief still collapsed in his seat, and he didn't even bother to lift his hand, which must have put too much burden on him with a weight of more than two hundred kilograms. He said lazily, "Damn, you should guess the fist to decide the winner, so that we don't have to come all the way here to suffer, can you change your mind now?"

Qi Lang and Ao Wu glanced at each other, and said firmly: "Don't change, sir!"

"I know that the Spiral Blades are a bit of a dead brain. The chief moved his chair so that all four legs would not sink into the sand, and grumbled, "So be it! Now, let's go!"