WAIT THIS IS SUCH A SMART THEORY
Right? On the roof in chapter 8, he says they have something terrifying and it flashes to the ML "if he says they will move tonight then they will" - it feels like the ML is keeping the group alive by seeing the future and moving where the horde doesn't go!
All i can say is that the translation is wrong.
It's supposed to be like "you were suppose to kill him this time, that's why i gave you the knife to do so"
See how that makes sense?
It's pretty common sense no?
Can the ML see the future? "You were supposed to die this time" and all the others follow him and do what he says, confident they'll be ok if they listen to the ML. That's a cool twist if so - I wonder why he's so obsessed with the MC, what does he see in his future...