Equals?

"…That's all your excellency, after Charles followed the demons' movements we decided to leave the other 100 Demon Emperors in Nihari next to the space portal with the 100 Martial Emperors who had just arrived from Gudah, one reason is so that we don't have to walk in a large company everywhere, and the other reason is as an additional protective cover for the space portal if it gets attacked since it's currently our main entrance to Nihari." Old Gu rubbed his hands quickly. 

"…If I understand correctly, you brought over a hundred Martial Emperors from a potentially hostile planet, a planet that has an overlord, and out of all places you landed in Nihari… Questionable choices, don't you think?"