@Doomer i don't think it was
planned, he is a normal person, he made
decisions on spot, based on the
situation, there was no time to
think about anything, if you stop to think about his situation:
- He receive info that the adventurers and soldiers would attack him, them he decides to leave, he
did not planned to fight people on the woods, his plan was to
avoid confrontation and don't kill anyone, his plan failed and he
reacted to the situation, killing people that tried to kill him, he did his best to spare the adventurers that attacked him, but showed no mercy for the soldier, that was
during combat, it was a
reaction, once combat ended, of course he would spare anyone that did not wanted to fight, on the first place he
did not wanted to fight anyone.
- He receive a request to infiltrate the capital and rescue the emperor, the plan was
sneak in, secure the target, and
get out, the weapons he used were non lethal ones, dude used sleeping gas and paralysis needles, he
did not wanted to kill anyone, now that he is running away, and people are being killed to serve as a distraction and he is
on combat he is
reacting again, he did not planned to kill people or spare people on combat, was
not supposed to be any combat, he is just a normal person, reacting to the situation.
Pretty solid writing if you ask me.