Chapter 2141: Comments
"What gives you the right to replace me!" Chen Ning shot to his feet, glaring at Ye Zhongming.
As a clan leader himself, he commanded considerable prestige. Otherwise, he would not have been chosen as commander of the Second Regiment. Cheng Liujin, being a Star-Eye Clan member, had been made commander of the First Regiment, and Chen Ning was next in line—this indicated his standing within the small clan alliance.
To suddenly hear such a proposal from a Bronze Order Leader of the Star-Eye Clan filled him with shock and fury. Even if it was Ye Zhongming, it was unacceptable!
If the person standing before him had been from the Huo'er Star, Leina Star, Gurui Star Race, or Talos Red Dwarves, Ye Zhongming might have been more cautious. But a small race from Dark Strip City? He did not take it seriously at all.
"What gives me the right? Your vainglory and disregard for the lives of the warriors under your command! Your pursuit of personal fame and profit at the expense of sound tactics, stubbornly resorting to brute force without regard for casualties! Your refusal to acknowledge such grave errors and your indifferent, dismissive attitude!"
Ye Zhongming shot back without hesitation, his words coming so fast that Chen Ning had no time to react.
"Your errors go far beyond this. Their root lies in your mindset. In your consciousness, you do not regard the lives of ordinary warriors as lives. You believe that as long as it serves profit, development, your goals, and everything you stand for, ordinary warriors or ordinary clansmen are expendable. You think they ought to sacrifice for you, without complaint. When they die, you might even adopt a condescending air when offering compensation."
"Do you know? It is because of people like you that small clans grow weaker and weaker. You people, for the sake of the so-called 'greater good,' the so-called 'future,' the so-called 'higher cause,' send ordinary warriors to pointless deaths, even burdening them with things they should not bear. Sometimes, I really want to ask: when you speak of the greater good, the future, and the higher cause, why don't you send your own blood relatives to die? Why don't you sacrifice yourself? If you truly were such a person, I would respect you. But you are not—at least, Chen Ning, you are not. Because when the record keeper read out the casualty figures, I saw no trace of pity or sorrow in your eyes, let alone remorse or guilt. All I saw was indifference!"
"A person like you absolutely cannot remain in a command position. Otherwise, after fifty days, how many will be left of the Second Regiment? Eight thousand? Five thousand? Are these backbone warriors of various clans meant to be squandered by you like this?"