Like many said, this chapter alone shows the greatness of this manga:
1. It combines quite the macabre setting (necromancy) with top notch comedy
2. It brings back a trait in Marcille's character, the fear of outliving everyone that she loves
3. And finally it shows the true intentions of the...
He probably means that they are not fit to rule the dungeon because they act without seeing the big picture (as he supposedly does).
However all his talk about watching people as his hobby (plus how he also tends to manipulate people) make him look more like a psychopath
He probably has a backstory to back this up (that panel with monsters eating a person), but judging yourself which people deserve to die or not is just a no from me
Using Farlyn again as the center piece of the story was probably set from the start. It doesn't seem that there has been an outrageous deus ex machina (which means the author isn't creating the story as he goes along).
Putting Farlyn in danger does not only set a direction, but also a pace...
I don't think the problem is the direction this is turning, but rather the pacing.
The MC personality took a 180° (90° to be honest, he was getting there), from one chapter to another without any warning.
Aside from that, the series still rocks