@HaikenEdge, I recall correctly, it's because since he has only recently started production of black powder, and has a limited amount of saltpeter to begin with, he only has a very limited amount of it available for use in explosives, especially since he is reserving most of it for use in the...
@Fim Doubt that he has changed so much as to completely avoid killing. We've already seen him kill two mages since the series began: faceripper, who he exploded the head of (although that was before he met Nephie) and the nameless mage who was working with the bandits he beat up in chapter 3...
You guys bitching about him leaving Barbaros alive are completely misunderstanding the situation. He's not acting like a typical shonen protagonist being naive, like you're calling him out on, he's acting like a fucking prideful, arrogant, typical villain. Which in the context of both the world...
Jesus, all these people bitching about how shit it is on the first chapter alone, about what is essentially a prologue. The story literally hasn't even started yet.
@beperov Really? I'd say that it's the exact opposite. They have had extremely positive effects on each others mentality's, even if a heavy codependence formed between them. Nephie no longer is the completely broken doll she was at the beginning, and Zagan is showing something resembling...