As much as Reidar wanted to keep his attention on the monsters, there was a limit to how much and for how long he could do it. Not because he didn't have the mana, but because he needed to fight too.
The main purpose of getting out wasn't simply to spy on the Church and the War Hounds. It was to level up.
The sight of Aaron dispatching high-level monsters caused Reidar's apprehension to surge.
The gap between them wasn't just about levels. It was about a mastery of mana, of which Reidar had basically no access since he wasn't learning how to use mana, but rather the single spells that skills offered him.
Aaron moved without the System, and his every action needed learning, which made him far better suited than him at killing since he had free rein about what he wanted and how he wanted to do it.
The safety of his parents, Lena, and Jake all depended on his ability to grow stronger, faster. He couldn't afford to be a spectator in his own war.
