To kill Titus in a one-on-one duel was to usurp his position;
to lead an army to kill Titus was also to usurp his position;
to bring a Fleet to destroy Titus's chariot—that is, this Combat Moon—would also allow for usurpation of his place;
in such moments, the infighting of the Iron-Tooth Clan erupted in the most disorderly fashion.
And in the end, Titus did not die.
But it was impossible for him to continue sitting in the position of a great chieftain.
Under his leadership, one-third of the entire Iron-Tooth Clan's main Battle Group and Fleet were destroyed in this battle, and his Combat Moon was ruined as well. The internal rebellion combined with external bombardments had turned this supreme war machine into junk. Titus, too, had boarded a spaceship at the last moment to flee to another vessel that remained loyal to him, narrowly escaping burial with the Combat Moon.
