In other words, even if they lost the fight, it wouldn't affect them much. But if they insisted on fighting, it's uncertain who would die.
"This Avalon is really rotten to the core,"
After listening to Sofia's explanation, Ligeia scoffed, "Is this what the Knight Nation is like? It really is quite a joke."
"It's all my fault... I'm too old,"
Sofia sighed, "If I were younger, I could solve these problems; or if the Ceremony of Avalon's Shadow were successful, our ancestors would be able to protect Avalon."
"I have a feeling that if Lancelot I were to really come back to life, the first ones he'd behead would be those old Knights at the Round Table Hall."
Ligeia shook her head.
She knew why Sofia was insistent on appointing Aiwass as the Regent.
Essentially, she wanted to prop up Avalon during the transition of power with someone relatively trustworthy like Aiwass.