Chapter 2745 You Will Not Be The Commander Soon
When Levi said that, everyone fell dead silent.
Is this it? They had waited for half an hour, thinking that Levi was going to mobilize the forces for this final battle.
They were almost howling in excitement, but it turned out that they were instructed to retreat.
After pressurizing Levi and giving him half an hour to think about it, that was his decision.
He even wanted the seven nations behind them to leave like Jipsdale.
This… This…
Everyone was dumbstruck. After waiting for so long, that was the outcome.
The dozens of lieutenants stood paralyzed on the ground.
A long time passed, but they did not leave. Instead, they stared at Levi fixedly.
“Huh? Why are you all still in a daze? Carry out your tasks now! Didn’t I make myself clear?” asked Levi as he gazed back at them.
However, everyone merely stood there quietly, their eyes widened in shock.
“Huh? What happened?” Levi asked again.
No one replied.
The venue was dead silent.
None of them left to carry out Levi’s orders.
“What are you doing? Speak!” bellowed Levi furiously.
“I’m sorry, Commander. We cannot accept your decision!”
The lieutenant from Xyperia was the first to step forward.
“Yeah! We cannot accept this. The eleventh defense barrier is critically important! We must not give up on it. The seven nations behind us must not retreat either.”
“We must engage in a battle of life-or-death at the eleventh defense barrier!”
Everyone looked at Levi simultaneously. “Commander, please give the orders to let the allied forces battle it out at the eleventh defense barrier!”
“Commander, please give the orders to let us fight to the death at the eleventh defense barrier!” yelled everyone in unison.
They were not requesting Levi to do it—instead, they were forcing Levi to issue the command for the last battle.
Levi felt angry upon being pressured by them.
“Don’t you understand what I said? I’m instructing you to pull the troops back! Am I the commander, or are you the commander? Are you refusing to acknowledge me as your commander anymore?” scolded Levi.
“If you still treat me as your commander, obey my orders and fulfil the task that I’ve assigned you. I promise that I’ll attain victory at the least possible cost.”
He was right.
If they obeyed Levi’s plan to keep retreating, they could minimize any casualties.
“At the count of three, get lost and carry out your tasks! Otherwise, you’ll be disobeying my orders and I’ll act according to the military law!” shouted Levi.
However, no one budged.
They said simultaneously, “If you issue the command to fight to the death, we’ll still treat you as the commander. We’ll respect you and obey your orders. However, if you instruct us to retreat, we’re sorry that we cannot follow your orders. We’ll also stop treating you as our commander.”
“Yeah! Our commander is supposed to be useful at the most critical juncture. He is supposed to lead us in the last battle, not to keep retreating.”
“Battling the enemy is not only Erudia’s own matter—it concerns everyone in the allied forces! You cannot win time for Erudia by using our losses.”
“We want a fair and just commander, not someone who would be prejudiced toward a particular nation. He is supposed to treat every nation as his own.”
“You cannot keep retreating and shying away from battles just for Erudia’s sake!”
Everyone vented the frustrations and dissatisfactions that they had been hiding.
Levi laughed. “Are all of you really going to stop acknowledging me as your commander? Are you going to start a revolt? Still, I still have the final say in things. I’m the commander, so all of you must obey me. Regardless of what instructions I give, you have to carry them out! The moment you disobey my orders, you’d be breaking the rules. In that case, I’ll have to punish you.”
“You’re right. The commander has the highest position among us all, so we have to listen to the commander. However, you’ll not be the commander soon!” everyone replied.
Levi frowned. “What do you mean?”
