Eighty years of fighting had only earned him Silver Boots.
It was definitely not because Murphy was weak—so weak he was laughably pathetic.
It was because military merit was truly hard to accumulate.
This was the front line, after all.
Anyone without sufficient strength had long since become demon fodder.
Evelina's seemingly mocking "friendly reminder" had actually left Lu Li plenty of room to save face.
After all, the vast majority of recruits who joined the Overlord Army died in their very first battle.
"It does seem pretty difficult..." You Wei drew in a light breath, smiling. "But I'm confident. There shouldn't be any problem."
Evelina stopped laughing. Together with Austin, she stared at him as though he were some rare animal.
Just as the two were about to mock him a little more, a loud cough suddenly came from beside them.
"Ahem!"
Murphy, whose reaction lagged several beats behind, had finally finished thinking and coughed loudly.
Then, he gave his answer to Evelina's initial question of what they should do.
"Report it to the council!"
"I hate troublesome matters more than anything..."
Evelina and Austin both froze.
You Wei frowned slightly and began rapidly considering countermeasures.
Although Evelina had been the one speaking with him from the beginning, Lu Li did not believe that this "free-spirited" spirit woman held the final say.
In the Overlord Army, strength reigned supreme!
No matter how dull-witted a Silver Boots battle commander was, they were still Silver Boots.
They could not possibly obey the command of Copper Boots.
Unless Murphy was willing to delegate authority.
"Captain, if we go to the council, we'll probably miss today's battle quota."
"Those bastards from 744 Sentinel Tower Star will definitely clear out all the easy-to-kill demons on the outskirts!"
"By then, they'll only leave us with