Look, i don't want to kill you. You just want to get out. But you're gonna die anyways if you continue going. The guards at Hotland show no mercy. So you have a choice. Die now, or die later.
...You went for my leg and not my head- I have armor on, big shot. I can't tell if you really do want to spare me or you're just dumb... y'know, I'll take that as a mercy shot.