My Endless Life.

Chapter 9 The War is Over...Is It?

In this battle of attack and defense of Myen, if Li Qi had not killed Crazy Axe and blocked more Falor soldiers from entering, the Myen defense line might have really been lost.

It is normal for Li Qi, who has made such great achievements, to receive a medal of honor and a promotion and salary increase.

But judging from Bailey's expression, this matter might not be that simple.

"Promotion...what's the deal?"

Li Qi looked at Bailey.

Bailey hesitated and said:

"According to my gossip, the higher-ups have a dispute over your future destination. On the one hand, they think that you are very powerful and have won combat medals, so you should stay on the front line.

"On the other hand, they think you are still young. If you go to the battlefield, it will be easy for the enemy to make trouble for you. They want to transfer you to the rear to do civilian work...

"For the former, they will give you the rank of second lieutenant and the position of squadron leader. For the latter... they will transfer you to the intelligence department with the rank of warrant officer... Li Qi, I personally hope you can be transferred to the rear."

Bailey was serious for once and spoke to Li Qi very seriously.

Although the top management of Uno knew about Li Qi before, they didn’t know him very well.

In other words, no senior military officer would take the initiative to get to know a squad leader.

But this time, Li Qi killed the enemy's title ace and achieved such great military exploits that he completely entered the sight of the principality's top leaders.

The senior military officers then noticed that Li Qi was only a thirteen-year-old boy.

And he wasn't even from a family of knights.

This also caused disagreements among the top leaders.

Most people felt that it was too cruel to send an underage child to the front line, and whether Li Qi achieved military merit or died on the battlefield, it would make the Principality of Uno lose face.

Think about it, a child can achieve what no other adult can, and he is a commoner. Doesn't this make other people in the Principality of Uno seem too incompetent?

And if this child died on the battlefield, it would be even more serious. Other countries would think that the Principality of Uno was useless for letting a child go to the battlefield.

In this era, countries have not yet fought each other and still maintain superficial morality and norms.

Except for Uno and Farol, other countries all maintained their previous war principles.

That is, the nobles lead the team, they fight each other symbolically, and then talk about the interests in the end.

It was the first time in hundreds of years that a real fight broke out between Uno and Farol, with nobles from both sides dying on the battlefield.

Therefore, most of the nobles in the Principality of Uno still care a lot about their reputation.

It doesn’t matter what those bitches in the Farol Kingdom think, but at least they can’t embarrass themselves in front of other countries.

But everyone knows it.

With the introduction of firearms, magicians and knights are becoming increasingly weaker, the way of war will change accordingly, and it is uncertain whether the previous rules will still be valid.

Therefore, some officers felt that it didn't matter whether it was embarrassing or not, as long as he could be used, they wanted to keep Li Qi on the front line.

This requires Li Qi to make the decision himself.

Bailey revealed this to Li Qi in advance because she wanted Li Qi to move to the rear.

Although transferred to the rear, the military rank will be lower and the power will be much less.

But Li Qi's age is enough, and there is still a lot of room for promotion in the future. The rank of warrant officer and the rank of second lieutenant are not much different. There is no need to stay in such a dangerous place as the front line for the rank of second lieutenant.

This was Bailey's idea.

After listening to what Bailey said, Li Qi thought for a moment:

"Don't worry, I'll go to the rear."

"Really?! Brother Li Qi, you are so obedient——!"

When Bailey heard that Li Qi was going to the back, she jumped up happily and was about to give Li Qi a "love hug" again.

But soon, Li Qi raised his foot and kicked him in the face.

"Don't come close!! It has nothing to do with you if I move to the back!"

Trying hard to stop Bailey from getting close, Li Qi complained.

Bailey is from the medical department, and it's the front-line medical department. If Li Qi transfers to the rear, the number of times he meets Bailey will definitely become less and less in the future.

So what is Bailey so excited about?
"Huh? Don't you know? Didn't Tonali tell you just now?"

Holding up Li Qi's bandaged foot, Bailey asked in a muffled voice.

Li Qi was stunned: "…What did you say?"

"Falor has announced a ceasefire. The notice was issued today."

"armistice?"

"Yes, so the war is over, and I will be transferred to the rear. We will have plenty of time to spend together in the future!"

Bailey said excitedly, finally bypassing Li Qi's feet and rushing towards him.

However, Li Qi quickly dodged and missed.

Bailey fell on the bed, and Li Qi looked out the tent window.

Sure enough, he saw that most of the soldiers outside were cleaning up the battlefield and looked like they were about to withdraw.

This is indeed a sign of a ceasefire.

……

In fact, Farol's sudden large-scale attack on the Myen front that day was a sign of a ceasefire.

Bailey said that day was the last day for the top leaders of the two countries to sign an armistice agreement, and the criterion for the armistice was whether the Meen front was still in Uno's hands.

If the Farol leaders could take down the Meen Line before signing the armistice agreement, the armistice agreement would be invalidated, and other countries would join the war. That's why they were so crazy about rushing into the line.

Unexpectedly, the elite team led by Kuang Axe was blocked outside the defense line by Li Qi alone.

This is also how Li Qi got his medal.

Otherwise, it was just an ordinary attack and defense battle, and you wouldn’t be able to get the rare first-level Unicorn Medal.

After failing to capture the Myen Line, the leaders of both sides signed a ceasefire agreement, and finally the soldiers of the Farol Kingdom had no choice but to retreat.

This was the cause and effect of the attack and defense that day.

"The war has ceased..."

Li Qi, who received the Unicorn Medal from his superior and was transferred back to the rear, murmured while looking at the sky.

He originally thought that the war would last for a long time, but he didn't expect that the war would end just one year after he joined the army.

Even Li Qi was the great hero who ended the war.

Thinking of this, Li Qi felt a little unreal.

"But it's good this way. I'll have time to study magic in the future."

Patting his cheeks, Li Qi tried to sober himself up.

After choosing a rear-line position, Li Qi was ordered to enter the Military Academy for further studies for two years.

After graduating from the academy two years later, his warrant officer rank will be promoted to second lieutenant, and then he will be transferred to the Intelligence Bureau.

During this period, Li Qi had plenty of time to study the magic of this world, which was exactly what he had always hoped for.

"Squad captain!"

Li Qi was sitting on a box outside the tent in a daze when he suddenly heard someone calling him.

Turning around, I saw Genero and Rick, both of whom were also wrapped in bandages, walking side by side.

Rick was leaning on a crutch, and Genero's left hand was bandaged and hung on his chest. The two greeted Li Qi with a smile.

"You look badly injured too."

Li Qi glanced at the injuries on their bodies and chuckled.

Rick smiled and said:
"It's far behind the team leader."

"You guys, you want to practice more again, right?"

Li Qi narrowed his eyes and looked at Rick in a hostile manner.

Rick's smile froze, and he immediately covered his legs and said:
"Ouch...my legs...my legs hurt so much!"

"Okay, stop acting in front of me."

Looking at Rick's pretentiousness in silence, Li Qi shifted his gaze away from him and looked at Genero:

"After this war, you should have been promoted, right?"

"Yes, captain. I am now a sergeant and qualified to form a team on my own. This guy was also promoted from private first class to corporal and was transferred to the newly established communications department."

Genero patted Rick on the back.

This time, several people made considerable contributions. All of them were promoted one or two levels. If Li Qi wanted to stay on the front line, he would be promoted three levels in a row.

"Communications?"

Li Qi looked up in surprise.

Rick immediately explained:
"I heard that the Research Department has developed a device that can use magic for long-distance communication, so they are setting up a communications department. I know some communications magic, so I was assigned to it."

Rick was originally the communications soldier of Li Qi's team.

Responsible for using magic to receive communications from superiors and convey orders to Li Qi.

It is quite appropriate for him to be transferred to the Communications Department now.

Knowing the future destination of his two men, Li Qi nodded slightly.

He jumped off the box, straightened his military cap, and turned to face his two men:
"First of all, congratulations on your promotion."

"That's not true, Captain. Without you, we wouldn't be able to achieve such a great achievement."

Without waiting for Li Qi to finish, Genero spoke directly.

If Li Qi had not led them to charge into the enemy camp at that time, they would not have achieved such great results.

And Li Qi also saved them.

After all, if Li Qi hadn't been there, these two soldiers, one with no magic power and the other with only level one magic power, would definitely have died in the enemy camp.

So the two of them were very grateful to Li Qi.

Li Qi smiled upon hearing this and said:

"That's also because of what you did. In fact, I also want to thank you. It was you who brought me back from the battlefield, right? Without you, I would probably have died on the battlefield, so I also want to thank you."

Li Qi said sincerely.

Genero and Rick smiled at each other and accepted Li Qi's thanks.

Li Qi then said seriously:
"Then... the war is over. From now on, we will each go to our respective departments. This is probably the last time our team will meet on the battlefield, so... I declare that Team Li Qi is disbanded!"

Snapped!
Li Qi saluted the two men:

"May Uno's glory live forever!"

"May the glory of Uno last forever!!" X2
With the two returning the greetings and loud shouts, Li Qi ended his last day on the front line.

(End of this chapter)