Liz really wanted to say her brother was in the army and had been captured twice and ransomed back the same way. Being the son of royals hadn’t been the reason either, as his entire battalion had been captured and ransomed back. It happened back when he first joined the army and was only a private. It was also before their parents had passed Tier 35. They would have had zero influence if he had been killed off then.
Admittedly, it was true that wars played a part in population control, but no one wanted to create avoidable animosity and unending blood feuds. Even the Sects, who forbade their rank and file from surrendering, still readily accepted surrender. It was easy profit, after all.
Prince Albert shrugged. “If people stop surrendering at the very sight of the top Pathers, I’d be hap
