Liens and the other two did not respond to Alfred, merely watching him warily, while taking advantage of this rare intermission to quickly recover from their injuries.
Leaving aside the other two, even Liens, who could sense killing intent to predict an opponent's attacks in advance, sustained serious injuries during the battle to intercept Alfred.
After just a few exchanges, Alfred had a general understanding of Liens' ability, but he did not adopt the method of absolute power and speed suppression used by Earl Bard.
Instead, through his powerful swordsmanship, he forced Liens to choose to receive his attacks even if he predicted their trajectory, because not receiving them would have more severe consequences.
As a result, Liens was hit almost as many times as the other two, and coupled with his relatively weaker defensive capabilities, his injuries were actually the most severe.
