The conjunction for comparisons is “than”. (“more suited as a chef than as an adventurer”)
The word “then” is principally an adverb (“then he ran”) derived from use as a noun, though it can also serve as an adjective (“my then girlfriend”).
No, you're willfully missing the point. After stopping the assault, he basically just sent the leader skipping away.
No, safety is not first. Many things come before safety. Trying to save face, you're making yourself look awful.
Re-read the story; he effected persistent domination, but did so badly.
(&3) For multiple reasons, he has the element of surprise, and he can repeat the trick.
You have a broken sense of morality and ethics in which you impute transcendent significance to what simply amount to other people. I'm not sure whether the other people about whom you fantasize are the community, the majority, or the state; but it doesn't much matter, because none of these...