Just as He Kai was focusing on the morale in his own camp, a visitor arrived and interrupted his thoughts.
Unlike the fully armed appearance he had on the battlefield, the knight from the Li Family looked somewhat frail, a size smaller than the other knights.
"Thank you for stopping us on the battlefield, Brother He."
Knight Li Yang's hearty laughter was highly infectious, making people instinctively want to draw closer to him.
He Kai seemed to see a sharp glint flickering in the other man's eyes. Such subjective impressions were often quite accurate.
He did not dare casually accept the man's thanks and replied with a smile, "I should be thanking you instead, Brother Li. Thank you for coming to our aid."
"If we keep this up, we'll probably spend the whole day thanking each other. Let's call it even," Li Yang promptly cut short the exchange of pleasantries. Seemingly casually, he asked, "Brother He, have you redeemed your Merit Points yet?"
He Kai's heart stirred. He felt that question was certainly not asked without reason.
"You haven't redeemed yours either, Brother Li?"
With that one word, "either," both men understood that the other was not a sacrificial pawn who knew nothing.
In fact, most of the officers sent to the battlefield had no idea of their own situation. Otherwise, they would have caused an uproar long ago.
Only a small minority truly understood what was going on. Whether someone had tipped them off or they had keenly noticed the value of Merit Points themselves, such people were certainly worth befriending.
Unlike the direct descendants of those conglomerates, they were considered capable backbone forces.
He Kai and Li Yang exchanged smiles, and the gloom in their hearts seemed to dissipate by more than half.
"Come on, Brother He. Let