Hmm dunno thats not entirely true. I mean he is fucking up nonstp, he lost the arch sorceress, he lost the symbiote, his cult is getting impatient with his results.There seems to be some mistake. Rogues disappear into the shadows; ninjas vanish in a cloud of smoke.
Quips aside, I get it. Taron realized the jig was up and used the opportunity to skedaddle when everyone turned to look at Amelia. In an of itself it's a reasonable thing for him to do. The problem is that EVERYTHING he does is just that effortless. He never has to struggle or take a calculated risk, never wonders how the heroes will react, never suffers from a seeming setback, never needs to wait for resources or opportunities, never forgets if he left the iron on at home, you name it - the guy's 100% in control at all times. It's fine to act that way in small doses; it can make him feel dangerously savvy, even. But it gets boring when that's literally ALL he ever does. You stop respecting him as a villain once you realize the author is doing all the heavy lifting.
Trust me, next time we see Taron he'll be assuring an audience surrogate that he never thought the MC would stay in jail and he was only humoring Alaric as part of the super secret, ultra smug plan to use the MC for nefarious ends. 13th verse, same as the first.
And now he agreed to a deal (out of need for money?) which fucked him over and exposed him, doubt hes able to operate as before from now on. Thats a lot of consequences for his actions already to be fair, how is he even supposed to lead his guild from now on?
I thought taron and the rich guy had the coup already staged and are ready to take over but as it looks now, it seems they are just some idiots who underestimated their enemys (luna's location tracking) and lets be real, mc's power ... even if they would have achieved their goal with their little sheme, mc would just have destroyed the palace lol
its just more convienent for the good guys to not have to do that
But i really dont know what his goal even is, if he intends to make the mc stronger and get him allies hes kinda maybe succeding?