He was not a real saint and only pretended to be so as he wanted to gain some reputation among the soldiers.
In short, he wanted to become their leader.
In the previous battle, he had used a dagger to kill a Fire Crow and soon began to feel significant changes to his body.
There was no doubt that this was a mystical place. Here, he could become as powerful as the man in front of him.
However, the precondition was that he did not die. Thus, he needed to obtain the command of these soldiers to become safer when seeking to gain more strength.
Additionally, although Wei Xiao Bei had killed Loar, he knew that he was in the right, so he was not afraid of the other side killing him.
With an eighty percent guarantee of succeeding, Thomas decided to step out and use Wei Xiao Bei's prestige to make the rest of the soldiers fall under his command.
However, he never imagined that Wei Xiao Bei would approach him.