Michael didn't really feel like the Berserkers Chieftain thought about what he was doing when he killed Elder Xerx. It would have been much better to interrogate the decaying old man until he died due to unbearable pain.
Not only would that have been a better punishment, but Michael was certain that Elder Xerx had more useful information to share than the prisoner, Mihal.
Unfortunately, he would never find out.
"Don't think too much about it. Berserkers are a very emotional race. Emotions control and strengthen them…or weaken them in certain situations. It is how it is," Kraft Viton tried to reassure Michael as they walked through a long hallway.