Under pressure, people break, lose faith, bend their morals, and adopt new methods to cope with their new traumas.
When Chris told his mages to get rid of those people, they didn't obey him immediately, they just started to look at each other wondering what his intentions were.
When he realized their hesitation he just yelled at them saying:" We should profit from the absence of the majority of them, this is our chance to do the right thing, i tried to save you from the burden of killing them, but now any hesitation will terminate us"
"But sir, there are only a few that are worth fighting, the majority of them are incapable of fighting" One of the mages said when he heard Chris's order.
