where the benefit from resetting, every renkar i know is for benefit. either is for uncaping lvl max. or for better starting statpoint and bonus stat point per lvl up. or for unlocking new area. or any of that.
That's not cold at all, if he stops and trying to save him they will die too. And if the Mc resent them because they wanna survive, the the Mc is the bad one. It's not like they feed him to the trap.