He can't...
He can't...
He simply can't...
He cannot let Clyde die just for him to survive
He doesn't want to never see that man again
He wants Clyde to be safe, perfectly safe
But why?
It's easy to just go and lived in another place. Even if Ryden were to become a fugitive, with his prowess, it would not be hard for him to live quite lavishly
Even if the Empire were to send people to kill him, unless he was facing an army with a large number of soldiers, Ryden can still defeat them or at least flee
He was not a feared wargod for nothing. It can be said that although he cannot destroy the entire Empire on his own, as long as the Empire does not mobilize almost all of its military might, they also could not kill Ryden
As such, the option of living in some Kingdom is very tempting. In fact, Ryden alone might have the power to raze an entire Kingdom on his own if he were to be careful