User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 518: Master Enchant, Review./@comment-125.212.122.49-20170121132827/@comment-125.212.122.49-20170121155035

I don't really expect him to pull off really large-scale spells at this point. It's just that he's been portrayed for quite a while now as a master of various sorts of magic, and it would be such a waste if all that sophistication doesn't even get shown properly.

I dread the notion that August is included in this series simply so that there would be someone who looks like and has the (unseen) reputation of being an old-fashioned 'wise old mage', precisely to suck in people who expect great things from such sorts of characters (myself included).

Even his title of general was wasted, when he could have taken command of soldiers and come up with plans or something.