(143) However, DeRod turns to be a deeply unwise ruler not only because he was incapable of taking decisions considering what would make their country advance, but also because he seemed to be devoid of emotion and intelligence.

This was the fearsome, feared DeRod; he was a giggling old man, an old buffer, naughty, like a child.

When DeRod became ruler, he had substituted both colleges for military instruction, so that all the economic resources in the community would be directed to the army.