Just as Rosen had said, the Honor Guard had the authority to disobey Arthur's orders.
As William's personal guard, the Honor Guard obeyed only William's commands. Most of the time, they treated orders from Arthur and Ivan as mere suggestions.
Whenever the Honor Guard judged an order to be inadvisable, they would naturally choose to act independently.
However, the Honor Guard were not merely mindless Super Soldiers who relied on brute strength. On the contrary, every Astartes possessed knowledge, military training, and political acumen at the level of a lieutenant or even a colonel.
Therefore, when facing that fellow named Senge, who kept challenging the Honor Guard's bottom line, they naturally chose to endure it for a while, for the sake of the bigger picture.
If Senge continued pushing his luck, the Honor Guard truly would not mind disobeying their orders and forcibly seizing the Lighthouse by military means.
As for Senge, the man who had immediately come looking for trouble, he was the captain of the Lighthouse City Defense Army. When Charles, the yellow-haired man from the first season of The Cage, seized power, this fellow had been one of his primary supporters.
Still, Senge's decision was understandable. He had been the City Defense Army captain fifteen years ago, and he was still the City Defense Army captain fifteen years later.
His position had not changed in the slightest from beginning to end. For an ambitious man, it was only natural that he would side with someone capable of granting him a higher position of authority.
And this time, the City Defense Army's troublemaking against Arthur and the others was naturally because Senge had received Charles's instructions.
The purpose was simple: to test whether Arthur and the others were easy targets, while also damaging the relationship between Arthur and