Thoughts 2

Right now, Asher could never kill him. The difference between their ranks was simply too great. But if Asher somehow reached even the Grandmaster Rank, things would become completely different. At that point, killing him would probably be far easier for Asher.

Solarius didn't tell anyone about this.

He couldn't afford to show any weakness, especially after the little bit of reputation he still had left. If he openly admitted that Asher's attack had managed to injure his spirit, the others might start looking at him differently.

And when he eventually had to report everything to his father, he wanted to have at least something to show for himself.

Now he had killed the culprits or atleast one body of the culprit behind the incident, then perhaps his father would be slightly less angry with him.

But honestly, Solarius hardly thought his father was even going to care much about these incidents with reputation of Church anymore.