"History will judge which path led to honor and which led to destruction. We believe the judgment will favor those who maintained their principles rather than those who abandoned them for promises of easy victory."
"Then history will have to wait for the outcome before making that determination," Jinmu replied calmly as he watched the three departing elders reach the assembly hall's main entrance. "Principles that lead to extinction aren't particularly valuable to the people who don't survive to appreciate them."
"Spoken like someone who values victory over virtue," Elder Noe Wonseok said with obvious disdain, his electrical cultivation still crackling around him despite his attempt to maintain dignified composure. "We shall see which philosophy proves more durable when the real testing begins."
They're leaving with their pride intact and their strategic position compromised. Perfect example of how traditional thinking will get everyone killed unless something changes quickly.
