After a few days, Feder got acquainted with the new squad leaders, and he wasn't good at building close relationships with people, but Selena had told herself that to put all her subordinates in the right positions, the first thing was to get to know them well, have good relationships, and treat them like her own family. Only in this way will they be honest with you from the bottom of their hearts, give you their lives, and regard the potato mercenary group as their home.

Fei De knew that his mercenary group was resting in Dumu City, and this was the best time to communicate with the captains, but he really didn't have any good way, so he only deliberately chose to eat with the captains during the meal to see if he could deepen his understanding.

In the communication with the new squad leader Winotchy, Feder found that this girl with thick eyebrows and big eyes also had a gentle side. The other party is good at cooking some meaty food, especially fresh red meat. Meats like beef and lamb can be made into delicious dishes without many ingredients as long as they are handed to her. In particular, snake meat, which is more common in Dumu City, has been "processed" by Winotchy and turned into some food that can be carried around. The piece of snake meat was covered with flour and then fried in a pan of oil, and then marinated for a period of time in a special ingredient prepared by Winotchy herself, and the originally greasy snake meat became a long-term food that tasted similar to fried fish.

Although some mercenaries still couldn't accept it after knowing that it was snake meat, most of them had tasted the taste of this fried snake meat, and most of them were full of praise for Winotki. Winotki also informs Fett that she can extract poison from the fangs of vipers and has mastered a lot of antidotes.

In addition to Winotchy, Fed gets to know both Ligu and Toto better. He even talked to Jasmine about the plan of the Potato Mercenary Group in detail, and the other party said that although half of the mercenaries in the Potato Mercenary Group were her original subordinates, most of the mercenaries had already become one with the original Potato Mercenary Group's mercenaries, even if the mercenaries of the Log Pear Blossom Mercenary Group were relatively weak. Jasmine hopes that Fide will be able to enter the Black Swamp, the capital of the Duchy of Magini, as there will definitely be many opportunities in the capital of a country, and there will be more subordinates who can be recruited.

"Do you have any thoughts on the time to enter the Black Swamp? Fidel left Vittorio in his room, and the other party rashly became the deputy head of the potato mercenary group, this decision surprised many captains, but Vittorio did bring nearly 30,000 gold coins, so even Nur did not say anything for the sake of the gold coins, expressing respect for Fidel's decision.

"We don't need to enter the Black Swamp, and the nobles of the Black Swamp will soon come to our door, just wait and see. Vittorio has not been idle since he became the deputy head of the Potato Mercenary Regiment, first entering the mercenary's camp to learn about the lowest level of mercenaries, and then learning from Patrick about the previous experience of the Potato Mercenary Regiment. Even the fact that Fid had served as the captain of the Moon Shield Mercenary Group before seemed to be known to Vittorio, and Fidel didn't know how the other party knew about it.

"Why do you say those nobles are coming to us?"

"Time will tell," Vittorio didn't say, adding his old-fashioned movements and childish voice, as if a boy was pretending to be joking, "If Captain Fede is going to build relationships with his subordinates and learn about their abilities, I suggest that Captain Phid hold an internal fighting tournament and check if there are any buried talents among the other mercenaries." ”

Vittorio's suggestion was refreshing to Fett, he rarely dealt with the lowest level of mercenaries, these squad leaders were all promoted by the squadron leader, maybe there were really capable mercenaries buried in it. He immediately followed Vittorio's suggestion and put Patrick, who was once a champion gladiator, in charge, and immediately organized a jousting competition within the potato mercenary group while there were no heavy mercenary tasks now.

Within a day, Patrick had reached the ears of all the mercenaries with the news of the internal martial arts competition, and the mercenaries of the Potato Mercenary Regiment were eager to sign up, and even Noor, who was the squadron leader, was eager to try. According to statistics, out of the 1,200 mercenaries, a total of 260 people signed up to participate in this internal martial arts competition, and more than a dozen local civilians and mercenaries from other mercenary groups learned about this and got the opportunity to join after many pleas. Patrick also referred to the rules of the Arena of Honor, and ordered the mercenaries who signed up to compete in the team competition first, in addition to the more than ten non-potato mercenary group participants, the mercenaries of two hundred and sixty people were divided into several groups, each group had to be screened internally, and several winners in the team melee could stand out and enter the final sixteen, and the more than ten "outsiders" would choose one person to enter the top sixteen.

"The prizes should be huge," Vittorio said, "and you have to be part of it, Captain." ”

After thinking about it, Fidel decided to set the first place prize as the enchanted golden shield, while the other mercenaries who won the rank would be rewarded with different gold coins. Fidel also heeded Vittorio's advice and got involved in the "Final Challenge" - the mercenary who won first place could choose to play against Fidel, and if he defeated him, he would receive an additional reward.

"Surely no one can defeat you, Commander, right? Luca, the leader of the cavalry squad, asked Fidd.

"This time only wooden weapons can be used, and the result is not certain!" Jasmine teased.

Soon, the results of the team competition were indicated, and in addition to those unfamiliar to Fidel, the top 16 also included Noor, Winoki, Ligu, and Leonard, while among the more than a dozen non-potato mercenary group participants, an older civilian won the prize.

On the day of the Round of 16 competition, Fidel deliberately spent a sum of money to rent a farm outside the city of Dumu, and because this competition has been publicized by Vittorio, it has won the attention of the citizens of the city of Dumu, and even several local nobles have specially gone to the farm to watch the fighting competition held by the potato mercenary group.

Deputy Commander Vittorio told Patrick and General Superintendent Reeves to put the prize in a prominent place. Sure enough, before the competitive competition began, there were already many people who wanted to join the potato mercenary group to participate in the mercenary selection on the spot, and Reeves did not expect that this internal competitive competition would attract thousands of onlookers, and successfully recruited two hundred more mercenaries, and the actual strength of the potato mercenary group had reached 1,500 people.

A local nobleman who claimed to be the nephew of the lord of Dumu City, Heman, came to watch the match after hearing about it, so Fei De arranged the other party next to him to watch today's game.

The first to take the field were squad leader Leonard and the mercenaries of another potato mercenary group. Leonard has been following Feder from Pool Castle, and although his behavior is not serious enough, he is a master of using a hammer and is incredibly powerful. Since all weapons could only be made of wood this time, he only chose a long wooden sword, and the opponent mercenary held a wooden spear.

At Patrick's command, the two mercenaries immediately rushed towards each other from their respective standings, but Leonard did not blindly rush, he tripped each other's legs with a wooden sword with a bend. And the mercenary immediately jumped up from the ground, relying on the distance advantage of the spear to return the color.

"Captain Feide, your potato mercenary group has been staying in Dumu City for a long time, I don't know what your plan is?"

Feder didn't look at the other person, "I don't have any plans yet." ”

"Why don't you consider helping us in Dumu City?" Herman took the opportunity to shake his thoughts out.

"How can you help?"

"I need some capable and trustworthy mercenaries to help, hehe. He slowly took out a wooden box from his bosom, which contained a ring encrusted with white gemstones.