...they potentially could be useful later or they had potential to later take the bloodoath.

If Niji couldn't use you or didn't need you for anything you got to see the Evil Emperor side. Niji was arrogant and ruled the world. I wasn't playing to make anyone feel bad, but I certainly tried to give the impression that everyone else was beneath me.

Yours and everyone elses opinion on 'avoiding those that can kill you' will probably change when you see my pk deaths. I died a lot and took a ####load of risks that sometimes worked out and sometimes didn't. If there was a group of five coming to kill me I wouldn't hesitate to attempt the assassinate on one at the very least.