Reaching an Agreement

Upon hearing Count Carter's words, Turas sat up straight and asked earnestly, "Teacher, do you mean you will continue to serve as the Legion Commander of the Second Legion?"

Count Carter answered just as readily, "Yes, that's exactly what I mean."

Turas smiled and looked at the people sitting on either side of Count Carter. Whether it was Cant, Ribelius, or Gerard and Hulk, none of them questioned the statement; on the contrary, they took it for granted.

Turas knew in his heart that Count Carter had probably already communicated with these people.

He turned to look at Zapar beside him and asked, "Legion Deputy Commander Zapar, what are you thinking? As the Legion Deputy Commander of the Second Legion, you are also qualified to ask questions."

Zapar's mind was in complete disarray at this point. Upon hearing that Count Carter had been reinstated as Legion Commander, his head turned to mush.

When asked that question by Turas, he couldn't say anything.

"Ah, this..., Legion Commander Carter, it is..."

He kept repeating the same things over and over, never directly answering Turas's question. Turas completely lost faith in this person and felt that he had been wasting his time all this time.

Seeing that Count Carter was unharmed, Turas couldn't understand why he had no chance of controlling the Second Legion. Just as Turas was about to get up and leave, Count Carter spoke again.

"This time, I also discovered many hidden dangers within the Second Legion, and I plan to adjust the positions within the legion."

Normally, a legion should have one or two Legion Deputy Commander, right, Turas? Your Sixth Legion is like that too, isn't it?

Turas didn't know why Count Carter asked that question, but he answered truthfully, "I don't have Legion Deputy Commander in the Sixth Legion right now. The previous one was killed by me for poor performance in the battle at the end of last year."

After listening to Turas's words, Count Carter began to think. At this moment, Beck walked over, leaned down and whispered a few words to Count Carter.

Seeing Beck's actions, Turas understood that Beck was reminding Carter that his teacher had not fully recovered and could not remember many things.

"Oh, I see, Lloyd Ironvine?"

He is indeed very difficult to deal with. You are being far too careless to think you can eliminate him with just one legion.

But that's not important. What I want to ask is whether there are one or two permanent Legion Deputy Commander in the legion.

Turas nodded in affirmation of the answer, and Carter was also pleased, perhaps because Turas had suddenly supported his statement.

"In that case, I intend to appoint two Legion Deputy Commander. Zapar's position Legion Deputy Commander will remain unchanged, and Cant will also be promoted to Legion Deputy Commander. Both of you are pillars of the Second Legion, and I hope you can work together to push the Second Legion to even greater glory."

As for you, Turas, I hope you can pay more attention to the affairs of the Second Legion. For the foreseeable future, you will also be serving as the commander-in-chief of the Carn City forces. That should be fine, right?

Zapar was initially very nervous, worried about losing his position as Legion Deputy Commander, since he had already disobeyed Count Carter's orders.

At this point, it would be perfectly normal to strip him of his position, but when Carter mentioned that he was still the Legion Deputy Commander, he was completely stunned.

As for Turas, he was still somewhat taken aback when he heard Carter's words, but he didn't show it on his face and asked a question directly.

"Teacher, so much has happened during this time. The Second Legion is leaderless. Now that you've finally recovered, why do you still want me, an outsider, to interfere? Aren't you worried that I'll cause problems for the Second Legion again?"

"Through this incident, I realized that these problems only arose after the Second Legion, which had always centered around me, left me."

Putting aside others, since the Second Legion was rebuilt, you, Zapar, have been the Legion Deputy Commander, yet you haven't gained the approval of most people for so long.

During my illness, the entire Second Legion experienced various problems; even your direct subordinates Hulk and Gerard, were very disappointed in you.

Upon hearing this, Zapar wanted to stand up and retort, but Turas glanced at him and silenced him again.

Carter continued, "Under normal circumstances, if I, the Legion Commander, were to have a problem, the Second Legion should rightfully make you the new core. But tell me, what exactly did you do?"

During this period, the legion's management was chaotic, various supplies could not be distributed in a timely manner, and the originally well-organized patrol plan was completely disrupted by you.

Even when you were appointing and dismissing officers, you didn't follow any objective and fair standards. You must have taken a lot of money from those Battalion Commander you appointed!

I think what I said was correct, right? I didn't wrong you, did I?

Now, Zapar was completely speechless, sitting there with his head down like a quail.

"However, these things are really nothing. Embezzling supplies and buying and selling official positions are very common within the duchy. I'm not someone who can't tolerate even the slightest imperfection."

However, there is one thing: the Second Legion is currently engaged in combat. Although we rely on natural defenses, there is not much we need to do. We just need to patrol as required and keep up with the defense plan.

As a result of your personal negligence, the original patrols were disrupted, creating a loophole in our defenses, which allowed a Northern Frontier Allied Army to bypass the lines.

If we had followed the normal patrol plan, even if they had found the trails in the Carson Mountains, we would have found a trace of them. So what happened?

The destruction of Haiden City caused heavy losses to our logistics base, the extermination of the Weaver Fern family, and the reprimand of the Second Legion by the Grand Duke. It was also because of this that my condition worsened.

And that Enlek Cavalry Regiment you chose was truly a complete waste of space. He was utterly self-righteous and caused countless problems with the entire regiment under his management. Fortunately, Beck stepped in and took over the regiment in time.

Cough cough cough.

By this point, Carter was quite angry. Although he wasn't completely terminally ill at the time, Zapar was indeed in charge of the main legion affairs. Judging from the results at the time, Zapar did a very poor job, which directly affected the overall evaluation of the Second Legion.

This was something only Turas learned about, and at least he understood why the Northlands Cavalry was able to break through the Carson Mountains last year.

This made Turas realize once again just how unreliable the person he was supporting was.

After a short while, Count Carter's emotions calmed down slightly. "However, I don't intend to deal with you completely today, Zapar, after all, Turas is still here."

I'll give him face and let you continue as the Legion Deputy Commander of the Second Legion, but your power will be divided afterward, and Cant will be there to monitor you, so don't even think about acting recklessly.

"Turas, the reason I appointed you as commander-in-chief this time is because I really didn't have a suitable candidate. Cant is still too young; he hesitated too much this time and didn't make a decisive decision immediately. He needs more time to hone his skills."

"Teacher, aren't you feeling much better now? If it's you, I'm willing to follow your instructions!"

Carter shook his head. "I can't. Although I'm awake now, who knows when I might fall asleep again."

As for this campaign against the Northlands, you should know our mission. I will have the Second Legion cooperate with you, but you cannot use the Second Legion as a stepping stone.

Carter spoke with a strong tone, clearly aware of Turas's actions.

Turas nodded. "Don't worry, teacher. The Second Legion is, after all, Duchy's Direct Legion. I will make good use of it. As for stepping stones, there are more suitable candidates."