@Saxfire or alternatively he knew that if they attacked they would all die, so he was retreating. This guy is the top ranking holy officer here, so he probably has a sixth sense when it comes to evil.
The senior Paladin told him to resist and let those two die so they could focus on killing her, but dumbass fucking ignored it and tried to save them, now they all die.
@Saxfire No, poking walking nukes is what a fool would do, the dude was very smart to not try to start a fight while there was a risk of one being around.
Also nothing said the witches are evil aligned, hell, we don't even know what the different alignement are since the MC implied there were more than evil and good so maybe there's a nature aligned witch going full poison Ivy somewhere.
Fuck this shit i'm out, fastest chapter i've ever read, I don't want to wait a month and then get a low quality 2 page chapter
Waste Of Time, Do Not Reccomend.