"I will need the authority to temporarily command any allied troops that is not under me, your majesty, in order to start a well coordinated operation."
This is the first time that someone has made such a request before in front of the Caesar, and it came from a relatively junior commander that has just been exempted from the guilt of losing the artillery equipment from his old superior Fisnik. Even the scribe responsible for recording down a minute halted his quill and looked up in bewilderment at this overly confident young man, shook his head and continued recording down this interesting event in his papers.
"You know what you are ordering for, Maximos?" Antonius smiled and asked, for he is just being curious at this assertive young man.
"Yes, your majesty, all for victory."
