I love how the previous hero was thinking that he was being compassionate by not killing the literal Evil Dragon, but it is just instead pushing the problem down the road to people less prepared. Ah consequences, you've got to love them.
I don't think you guys who are defending this writing get that while it makes sense for him to act that way externally (he would be killed otherwise), it makes no sense for him internally to be ok with this and/or have no reaction. He would likely die if he acted out sure, but the fact that he...