“I’ve told you so much just to make you clear about your responsibilities as the Captain of the emergency team.” Elisa looked at Lugh and said, “As a Captain, you need to understand the responsibilities on your shoulders while holding power. Your decision not only concerns the life and death of your subordinates, but also the lives and deaths of tens of thousands of civilians.”
Lugh asked in a low voice, “Is the Captain giving me a warning?”
“Yes, if the competition fails, you don’t have to feel that it’s too much of a pity.”
“But I won’t fail.”
“That depends on your performance.”
At 6:30 the next morning, Lugh got up early.
After washing up, he had a simple breakfast in the cafeteria.
At 7:20 am, he arrived at the entrance of the 7th Team’s campsite, and Lucy arrived just in time.
Five minutes later, Elisa came out of her office.
“Let’s go!” Elisa summoned the Black-Gold Eagle and said, “Come up together.”
Lugh and Lucy jumped onto the Black-Gold Eagle and headed straight for Hepeng Valley.
The arena was just outside Hepeng Valley. There wasn’t enough space for a Platinum Beast Master to completely relax.
The 14th emergency team’s Captain and Vice-Captain only had two spots.
The Southwest Military had selected a total of eight Platinum-tier Beast Masters, including Lugh.
These Beast Masters were all personally groomed by the military.
Among the eight Platinum-tier Beast Masters, including Lugh, five were from the Emergency Response Team, two were from the Reclamation Unit, and one was from the City Guards.
On the surface, Lugh was the weakest, only at Low-tier Platinum.
As for the other seven Beast Masters, three were Mid-tier Platinum, and four were High-tier Platinum.
The eight Platinum-tier Beast Masters had similar abilities and strength, and they all had the support of the higher-ups behind them.
Considering the unity of the higher-ups and the thoughts of the eight Platinum-tier Beast Masters, when the Southwest Military encountered such a situation, they would usually use a simple and crude method like a martial arts competition.
In this dangerous world, the strong were always respected.
In the military, this understanding had been passed down for thousands of years.
A fair martial arts competition, even if they were defeated in the end, would be acceptable to the vast majority of the unsuccessful candidates.
The upper echelons they supported behind them had nothing to say either.
In a situation where their abilities and experience were similar, a strong Captain was naturally very important in the process of carrying out a mission.
Lugh was not qualified, so he could barely be called a candidate, except for the support of the Emergency Response Team and Paul.
There was also the reason why his strength was the weakest. He was not even seventeen years old, and he had just reached Low-tier Platinum, so he did not look like he could win.
He looked like he was just a guy who came to accompany the others.
The other higher-ups would not oppose Paul and Bania’s proposal for the sake of a player who was destined to accompany the others, and offend these two powerful figures.
When Lugh and the other two arrived, there were two Colonel-level military officers standing there. They seemed to be chatting about something.
Lugh didn’t recognize the others. They were all unfamiliar faces.
Lugh looked at those people, and those people looked at Lugh as well.
However, they only took a glance at Lugh before running off to look at Lucy.
The official start of the tournament was at nine o’clock. However, it was only half-past eight when Bania ended the conversation. He stood up and announced, “Since everyone is here, we’ll begin immediately. All participants, stand up and form a line.”
Eight Platinum-tier Beast Masters stood up and formed a straight line in front of Bania.
Yann stood at the very edge.
“I’ll be hosting this tournament. From left to right, your positions will be your numbers.”
A soldier carried an opaque box and placed it in front of everyone.
Bania pointed at the box and said, “There are five, six, seven, and eight pieces of paper inside. The numbers are one, two, three, and four. Come over to draw your opponents.”
“Yes!”
The four Platinum-tier Beast Masters went forward to draw the paper pieces one by one.
“Number One, what number did you draw?”
“Reporting to Colonel, it’s Number Seven.”
Lugh was Number Eight.
“Then I announce that the first match will be fought by Number One and Number Seven. The other Beast Masters will all retreat,” Bania announced, “The rules of the competition are: You can only use your pet beasts to fight until one of the Beast Masters concedes or completely loses the ability to fight. Those who are passive in the competition will be judged to be negative. Those who interfere in the competition will be punished by military law. Do you understand?”
“Understood!”
All of the Beast Masters present sat on their flying-type pet beasts and left the battlefield.
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