Lou felt for the first time that holding back his skills at the test station was a very wrong decision.

After holding back, he could only get a Squad Leader position, and when facing higher-ups like the Commander, he had no choice but to act according to orders.

What if he disobeys?

What rules would remain? Wouldn’t the entire Legion be in chaos?

Subordinates cannot disobey orders from superiors. This is the rule of the Military Department; this is the competition in Military Academy; all participants are reserves from various Legions, and naturally, they must follow the rules of the Military Department. Therefore, Lou couldn’t disobey his Commander’s orders.

But! 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

There is not an absolute need to execute the orders; there’s still a way to avoid executing what he always thought was a foolish order, and that is to disobey the order. And the result of disobeying orders is to accept punishment.

In the Legion, there are various penalties for disobeying orders.

In the competition ground, the only punishment for disobeying orders is a deduction of points.

Lou, as a Squad Leader, leading to disobey orders is very serious, and he must have 50 points deducted.

points, only two digits, sounds not much, but what’s the use of these points? When Lou first stepped onto the competition ground, although he didn’t understand the use of points, his instinctive sense of crisis told him it was very important, absolutely not to let himself get into negative points, especially negative 50 points, otherwise, advancing in rank would be extremely difficult.

Lou was very conflicted.

His conflict nearly made him pull out his hair.

Lou had typical Ancient Western features, golden hair, bright blue eyes, a high straight nose, and a well-defined face, very sunny when he smiles; he was a very cheerful and somewhat carefree boy, but now he was having a hard time, constantly pulling at his hair.

A teammate didn’t understand and asked, "Squad Leader, what are you conflicted about? Why are you taking it out on your hair?"

His golden, shiny hair was almost pulled out in small tufts.

Lou’s lips curled bitterly: "Because the Commander wants me to carry out a task." The Commander of the 6th Camp issued this order; it’s a secret mission requiring the recipient not to disclose it, hence Lou couldn’t openly tell his teammates.

The teammate said, "Then just go."

Lou’s heart grew heavier: "You don’t understand."

Teammate said, "Obedience is our duty as soldiers. Squad Leader, I don’t think there’s anything to be conflicted about. You just go, and we will carry out the orders without fail for the team’s matters."

This teammate had a deep sense of collective honor and responsibility, in his view, any order given by a superior must be well-considered and executed flawlessly.

Lou shook his head and stopped explaining in detail to him.

Then.

Lou contemplated for a long time and decided to go to the Commander’s station to explain that he would disobey the order.

Upon arrival, he found that several other Squad Leaders and some famous elite soldiers had already gathered inside the Commander’s tent; the Commander of the 6th Camp was also of Ancient Western lineage, with blonde hair and blue eyes, but he was very forceful and didn’t tolerate any rebuttal. When Lou arrived, a girl happened to be persuading the Commander to abandon this decision; unexpectedly, the Commander’s eyes dropped as he said, "I summoned you here to offer constructive suggestions and plans for the upcoming actions, not to argue with me."

Upon hearing this, the girl’s eyes lowered.

Commander Charles Bark fully named the Commander after seeing the girl’s expression, frowned slightly, and said, "If you’re unwilling, you may leave."

The girl raised her head, knowing the stubborn Commander would not be easy to talk to.

Sure enough, the next moment she heard Commander Charles say, "But I must tell you and the others behind you that publicly disobeying the Commander’s orders will result in punishment."

The girl’s heart sank.

After thinking, she asked, "What is the punishment?"

"Deduction of 50 points," Charles chuckled and said, "I must note that the punishment is not personally decided by me, but set by the competition rules. If you’re unwilling to accept my order, you may leave now, but you must accept the penalty of a deduction of 50 points."

The girl hesitated slightly.

Upon hearing this, Lou asked, "Commander, what are points?"

Charles looked at Lou, this handsome and strong teammate, and laughed, "Lou’s question is a good one; compared to you all here, don’t you know what points are? And their use?"

Everyone present upon hearing this, all looked up towards Charles.

Charles swept his eyes over everyone, focusing slightly on the girl about to leave, and finally landed on Lou, saying, "Points are the only condition for advancing in this competition; individuals achieving the top ten scores in points can advance."

Lou and others: "!!!"

Charles smiled, watching everyone’s reaction, and said, "Do you know what this means?"

Lou, and the girl about to leave, all felt a sinking feeling in their hearts.

Charles said, "It means, among the combined 2000 people of the 5th Camp and the 6th Camp, only 10 people will advance."

Lou and others furrowed their brows, faces held tight.

"10 people, the top 10 in the points ranking advance," Charles said, "I also know that playing the competition step by step is more stable, with a higher probability of winning, but I think it’s too risky to play step by step; even I can’t guarantee getting a spot for advancement. If we really lose, then we might all be eliminated."

"The enemy camp’s Commander, I happen to know a bit about him; he is a very conservative and stable player. If we compete with him on patience and steadfastness, steady performance, we likely won’t be the opponent. The only possible way to victory is to take unconventional paths, do everything possible to disrupt the opponent’s rhythm, and not let them efficiently organize and deploy personnel."

Listening to Charles, the elite soldiers present all fell into contemplation.

Charles’s words were not without merit.

But, it was still too risky.

Charles looked at everyone present and said, "You all now know how important points are, right? This is an adventure, an adventure with potential success; once successful, all spots for advancement would arise within our camp."

"My goal is not merely to win the competition; my grand ambition is to capture all 10 spots. Those present are elite soldiers under me, and since we must advance, we obviously want it to happen among us," Charles said ambitiously, trying hard to persuade the group in front of him, "Provided our 100 people in the camp achieve success in surprise attacks, the enemy camp and the remaining 900 of ourselves would lose the chance to gain points completely. These 10 advancement spots would then be firmly held by our 100 people. So, why don’t we give it a try?"