Grieving

After Alex had decided to abandon his teammates and flee when the large-scale wolf pack arrived, he had to go through countless other types of beasts to survive.

Perhaps, choosing to flee was a bad decision on his part. However, if he had stayed back, then he would have surely died at the hands of Adam. Thus, he chose the option that gave him the greatest chance of survival.

And as it turned out, the choice that he had made was indeed the correct one.

Despite having to fight countless beasts single-handedly, and even utilizing the Rank 2 magic scroll that Morden had given him, he had managed to survive, albeit barely.

His body was riddled with ghastly injuries, however, he hadn't died from blood loss yet because the vast majority of his wounds were frozen.

Tearing the magic scroll had not just helped him take care of the beasts, but also injured him because he couldn't properly control the power of a Rank 2 spell.