Why drag it out? Just hit them with some CS gas grenades and/or beanbag rounds to disable them with less-than-lethal force if you don't want to kill them, surely they have mages that specialize in healing magic.
Also, for kidnappers and thieves to keep calling these two thieves for trying to rescue their friend is pretty audacious.
I dunno man, MC used rubber bullet to knock out the knights, yet bro didn't use it for the mages whose proven more than once being more nuisance to his journey......
those bunch do know pain, they are not civilian either, it won't take their lives, and MC's skill can easily change between live-bullet and rubber-bullet too...
IMAGINE IF YOU JUST PAINTED THE WALLS WITH REDBEAN PASTE AND ONE HE 8MM GRENADE THEN YOU WOULDNT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS SHIT BUT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~ YOU CANT HARM ANYONE EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE ACTIVELY TRYING TO TAKE YOUR LIFE.
dumbass sack of shit, mc needs to go read GATE