On Earth, instead of taking down whole countries when at war, the strategy was always to simply take down the leader.
Destroying whole armies and millions of people because of the war was unjustifiable as many citizens and innocents would be involved, and it would take too long of a time to find everyone.
Thus, countries simply opted to take the leaders.
Instead of engaging in full-scale wars with entire countries harboring enemies, countries aimed to take out the leader most of the time.
This entire group of students was like a chicken, and Bertus, the leader of the alliance, was the head.
Sure, a chicken can survive for around a minute after its head is cut off.... but what happens after that?
It dies.
Liam knew this better than anyone else.
Growing up in the slums, Liam saw countless leaders killed and replaced during his time... yet the other members of gangs were left unharmed.
They blindly followed their leader.