If one is unwilling to fight, it can be converted into wealth—living the rest of their life as a modest rich person is not a problem.
Thus, he held no particular objections to the Alliance's policies. Give effort, and there will be reward—it was already quite fair.
If placed in the Dark Star Region, where a Star Clan constantly looms overhead, most paths of advancement sealed—now that would truly be despair.
This is precisely why so many Wild Beastmasters flock to the borderlands to join the battle, gambling on a future.
Gary Smith asked doubtfully: "Even the Kings can't eradicate it?"
The Kings' Law Power, in theory, should resolve 99.99% of mortal concerns, no?
Yet being wielded by the Elephant Master as a threat clearly suggests there's more to the story.