Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-27713488-20180327004110/@comment-4627860-20180426102514

Unknown from what I can tell. Two general possibilities:

1) Whatever is behind the Chosen spared him.

2) Something about him allowed him to survive.

Which can further broken down into two possibilities I've seen brought up:

1a: The hidden power is worried about being studied or turned against humanity. Someone quitting therefore doesn't warrant the same response.

1b: It furthers their plans somehow. Possibly with Tyna, possibly with Simon, possibly with someone or something else.

2a: By rejecting the power, he loosened it's grip on him.

2b: Whatever about himself allowed him to break free of the mentality of the Chosen also protected him from the negative consequences.