Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-25319479-20160512105958/@comment-4700229-20160512144843

RexGodwin wrote: Its his own damn fault. The fucking idiot thought it was a great idea to betray and try to kill the godly alien chick from the heavens. he got what was coming to him.

True, but he didn't have much of a choice. He said he was going to execute whoever disobeyed his order, which Kaguya technically didn't do since she attacked the soldiers in self-defense, but he didn't know that so he just stayed true to his word.