It wasn't that he was gloating over their misfortune.
Strictly speaking, the fate of Redstone Town had little to do with him. As far as this instance world was concerned, he was just a passerby.
He had interacted with the people of Redstone Town, but they had their own destinies.
'Respect the destinies of others, and abandon any hero complex.' This was the basic principle Fang Zhen, a modern man, lived by.
Fang Zhen had told Ande about Baron von Kleist partly because he thought it might unlock clues for the third act of the instance, and partly as an insurance policy for himself.
As someone from Xia Country, he had read too many historical stories of people being cast aside once they had outlived their usefulness.
He had helped Redstone Town get rid of the Kobold menace, but from another perspective, once the Kobolds were eliminated, Redstone Town's need for him would plummet.
