Liens felt that he might need to understand the background of that general.
What kind of an existence allows him, despite his terrible ability, to still be sent to the position of general by the Glenbagen Family?
Could he be the patriarch of the Glenbagen Family, the current Earl of Glennbergen?
Although Liens had always regarded the Glenbagen Family as an enemy, that didn't mean he would underestimate them.
Judging from his experiences, the Glenbagen Family had no problems, whether in terms of its system, its own strength, or even its economy.
It could even be said to be very powerful; this was evident from the attack on the Pello Family that night.
So, in his opinion, the person leading this family should also be a very wise existence.
He really couldn't believe that the General would be the leader of this powerful family.
Unless, the Glenbagen Family he was seeing now was already in decline.
Yes, in Liens's opinion, if the Glenbagen Family were led by this General, it would definitely go downhill.
Because he simply didn't realize the importance of his status and responsibility.
This responsibility didn't refer to protecting the city or its people.
Rather, it meant controlling the army, making the army loyal to the Glenbagen Family, or at least preventing the army from standing against the family.
In this regard, he completely failed.
Not to mention the title he earned due to his own actions before the Princess Knight arrived—the Incompetent General.
And after the Princess Knight arrived, he even directly stood against the soldiers.
This might have been the result of the Princess Knight's deliberate guidance, but judging from his unawareness or complete indifference, his management level was truly very low.
If the Princess Knight later used her influence to seize control of the army from the Glenbagen Family,
Then for the Glenbagen Family, it would definitely be a huge problem.
Even with the strength of the Glenbagen Family, it would probably be very difficult to contend with the army of a large city, especially a border city like Kara City, right?
Liens pondered in his heart, somewhat uncertainly.
Although he had explored information about the Glenbagen Family many times in the Instance , that family's waters were still too deep.
Time was limited, and most of his time was spent fighting people, so his understanding of the Glenbagen Family's strength remained superficial.
He had written all of this in the "diary" he gave to Ben, such as the number of Extraordinary Ones and their corresponding strength levels. My V#i@rtual Lib$ra-r-y Em#p.ire (**)
He hadn't uncovered the truly deeper things, such as the situation in special areas, the secret of that "contract", and potentially hidden strengths.
Therefore, he couldn't determine how powerful the Glenbagen Family truly was.
However, it was likely that no matter how powerful the Glenbagen Family was, military power should be a very important part of their existence.
So, he found it difficult to understand why that General would "try every means" to push himself against the soldiers.
Or did that General think that status represented everything, and that as long as he had the status of a noble, the status of a general, he could make all soldiers always obey him?
If that were truly the case, he could only wish the other party to continue being so arrogant.
Time flowed by, and soon, half a month had passed .
During this time, Liens didn't change much; apart from his swordsmanship and physical fitness slowly improving, there were no other changes.
However, although he hadn't changed much, the entire Military Fortress had changed quite noticeably.
The soldiers' admiration for Lucrezia grew, and at the same time, their dissatisfaction with General Aboer also increased.
The reason was simple: the General's appearances became more frequent.
He would come to the training ground every day, and anyone who wasn't blind could basically see his purpose.
Because he didn't even hide his covetousness towards Lucrezia.
Watching their goddess being surrounded by a "fat pig" every day, yet being utterly helpless to drive him away,
Any man with a normal psyche would feel extremely frustrated.
And the most evident manifestation of everyone's dissatisfaction with General Aboer was that some people dared to openly insult the General.
Of course, this was always said after the General left the training ground.
Although, whenever Lucrezia heard such remarks, she would punish the speaking soldier by making him run a few extra laps or do a few more sets of training exercises, citing insubordination to a superior.
But this didn't seem like punishment; it felt more like encouragement.
Because in this city, insulting a noble was a crime.
This lenient attitude also led more people to join the condemnation of General Aboer.
In summary, if the support rates of Lucrezia and General Aboer were compared to a party struggle,
Then Lucrezia would win with an absolute advantage.
Back to the main topic.
Today was the start of the mission to clear out monsters outside the city, as promised by Lucrezia to everyone.
From today onwards, such activities would occur every few days until the area around Kara City became safe.
Although Liens didn't want to participate in such a mission, he was still somewhat curious about the rewards Lucrezia mentioned.
So, he decided to wait until the first group returned to see what the mysterious reward was.
Then he would decide whether he should spend some time in the Instance to complete this activity.
In the morning, the teams who volunteered to clear out monsters outside the city left the Military Fortress with Lucrezia.
Before leaving, Gars boastfully declared that he would definitely be the best performer.
To this, Liens could only offer him his blessings.
Because he saw that his three "spy accomplices" seemed to have all participated in this activity.
However, this was also normal.
Whether it was Lucrezia's own charm or their duty as spies, joining the team was a very normal thing.
Conversely, Liens's behavior was abnormal.
So, when they saw that Liens didn't appear in the clearing team, they were very surprised.
They all questioned Liens with their eyes.
To this, Liens had long thought of a legitimate reason to slack off.
That was—he needed to stay behind in the fortress to observe the situation of other soldiers who also remained.
The "monster clearing" team departed in the morning and returned around one or two in the afternoon.
Liens calculated that the total time they spent was approximately within 5 to 6 hours.
Although the time wasn't short, it was within his acceptable range.
At least he didn't need to specifically feign illness and take leave to accumulate enough time for the Instance ; just one night's sleep would be enough.
Now he had to see if Lucrezia's reward was worth him wasting his sword practice time to obtain.
Perhaps because of Lucrezia's existence, there were no deaths in the first team to clear out monsters outside the city.
However, there were quite a few injured people.
From this perspective, "clearing monsters" was still a bit difficult for some soldiers.
"What's wrong? You look so dejected."
Gars only had a slight scratch and was fine.
But seeing his expression, Liens knew that he probably hadn't fulfilled the boastful words he said in the morning.