The Provincial Lord felt that his authority was truly being questioned by all these ants beneath his feet that he hadn't bothered about until now.
It wasn't their fault, it was his own fault for letting them grow bigger and arrogant, leaving them be without teaching them their place.
Other provinces carried out tournaments almost every 10 years in order to kill all the geniuses that popped out on the powers beneath themselves.
He did the same as the rest, but this time he had decided on a different approach, thinking that his province needed a bit of time to actually grow stronger.
Of course, the other reason was that his Mansion hadn't had a proper genius this time, as all those that had good potential had either been killed or were crippled.
