This is why hide my strength characters always throw me off of reading, and why the author makes characters say certain things so we won’t feel bad if they get hurt or killed because the MC wants to hide his strength until the last minute. Not to mention MC didn’t even hear them make those comments about him so he had no reason to just watch them die.
You must think I'm locked in here with you, but you're WRONG it is you who's locked in here with ME.