"I am a king I cannot risk failure, or may all kingdom will crumble. but you're right, he's a one man army... but in a battle there are many variable, the odds favour numbers."
He then points at the pikes on the ouside his walls with impaled bodies- "There are some of the ones who opposed me, some came together in groups, small armies, I didn't had an army at the time, I slayed them all, eventually living alone got bored and I made my brides, so they begged me to stop fighting my battles they worried to much, so I assembled a better army, I have crushed many with my army, it was even easier and safer, as a king I must consider all that."
He pauses for a second.
"He was able to murder Aleera, she was a might fierce vampire, unless I finish him myself I do not see who or how to end him, but this Hades... he taunts me, he's smart, he killed Aleera to enrage me so I would chase him personaly, that means he lusts for the encounter, he as a trick up his sleeve, I do want to fight him, but on my terms, I am not a fool to fall for his trap... I must trap him myself..."