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I don't think he was expecting a nice outcome, but he probably figured the rest of the tribe would at least escape with the information so it would be too late for the emperor even if he found out and punished him. The MC is pretty smart, but the emperor has home court advantage, let's not diss the MC for trying.
Emperor is trash, but let’s not act like MC isn’t in the wrong here. We all know why he betrayed emperor and humanity, but what did you expect Emperor to do when he found out? Comfort him and say: “It’s okay to try to scheme against me and my kingdom and try to kill me”? I'm not going to act like the Emperor isn’t a piece of shit, but this is only happening because MC is too stupid.