In the audience chamber, Grand Duke Gapar's face was livid.
Though such things were not uncommon among the nobility, they were not matters that could be openly spoken of.
Moreover, he had indeed gone too far. After all, Montero was also a noble, not a commoner, even if he was merely a down-and-out count.
Most importantly, not only was he a noble, he might also have been a God of War—one who appeared among nobles only once in tens of millions of years.
To target such a person was indeed excessive. Once the matter was exposed, even within noble circles, it would look terrible.
"Grand Duke Carterman, are you saying Montero was the one who received a perfect score in the assessment back then?"
"That's right. And Your Majesty, what happened afterward was even more outrageous!"
"Please continue, Grand Duke. I, too, want to see just how outrageous things have become within my Empire!"
After giving Grand Duke Gapar a deep look, Valeri gestured for Carterman to continue.
"Originally, even if his results had been switched with Garian's near-zero score, even if he had merely been assigned to the Imperial Fleet to begin as an ordinary soldier."
"I believed that with Count Montero's abilities, he could still have climbed his way up step by step. But during the assignment process, someone interfered again!"
"In the end, Montero was assigned to the 69th Fleet of the Seventh Legion, serving as a Ship Staff Officer aboard its command ship. It might have seemed far better than becoming an ordinary soldier, but in truth, this was where Count Montero's nightmare began!"
Valeri was also stunned upon hearing this.
With a near-zero score, he had not been thrown straight into the ranks as an ordinary soldier. Instead, he had been assigned to a fleet's