At this point, we expect the MC or a side character to rescue the victim at the last second. I have read a few manga stories in which, when this cliché plot happens, the MC decides to let the female character die. In the comment section, the author got death threats and hate, so many people made a bunch of accounts to downvote the manga from 9 stars to 4 stars.I'm actually getting tired of all these last second rescues in any manga. It's used WAY too often and doesn't create any tension anymore. In my opinion this would have been better if she had bumped into him while running through the forest and explained that she was being hunted by the Rock Worms.