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If Charles had made this statement before his visit to St. Michael Island, at least half of the generals at Menilman's military conference would have cursed, "Idiot!"
Sabastine would have even pointed to Charles's nose and said bluntly, "Get this idiot out of here."
But since Charles's return from St. Michael Island, no one under Menilman dared to underestimate him again.
Menilman had fought many battles, capturing over twenty ships, and had become a classic military case study at major empire universities. Yet Charles, without making any noise, brought back more than a hundred ships, along with seventy to eighty thousand people.
Who would dare to look down on him now?
What earned him the most respect from Menilman's generals was this:
Out of the hundred-plus ships Charles had taken back, he left ten for Ban Lanmalock and did not keep a single one for himself; he gave them all to Menilman.
But no one believed that Charles could have a simple method.
