Amestina fell silent upon hearing this; she truly didn't feel that Hokkstan's question was offensive.
The people of the Blade Star Realm are indeed ruthless and iron-blooded, but most iron-blooded people share one trait: worship of the strong!
When reason fails, they turn to the blade to make their point, which is why the star realm is named Blade.
However, when even the blade fails, if they persist stubbornly, they're simply courting death.
The Blade Star Realm has clashed with the Military, with the Scavengers, and though headstrong, they retract when they can't win.
So there's the saying: to handle barbarians, you must be more barbaric than they are.
And the Cyan Blade Commerce Association is a business organization; it might risk it all for profit, but there's little need for disputes over pride.
Qu Jianlei's repeated ambushes indeed troubled the Cyan Blade Commerce Association, but the commerce association truly looked down on such ghostly fiend tactics.
