For me it's simple:
Aviators are invaluable and difficult to train, yet to this day you can read about their deaths in training.
There's no guarantee once in the air and that's precisely why they do aerial exercises, taking that risk prepares them.
In Sousou no Frieren, you must be accompanied...
@KeiosKod you nailed it.
Notice how Kraft's statue portrays him as a warrior, with his companion being the one wearing the amulet of the Goddess.
He reached his pinnacle when his battle was to save no less than the world. His achievements were then lost in time and he suffered the same fate as...
Killing is too simple, if the Golden Thread can heal anything then make him recover after a fatal injury. Repeat the cycle.
Bonus points if the kemonos use the same shack he used.
But I suppose it's going to be used on Shiki's mother instead, those stories remind me of Mushishi sometimes.