[ It would help if he was better at knockout strikes, but alas his skill set is long ranged fighting. ]

Sure, but if they go for my throat, I'm not taking chances.

[ Which is to say, no promises! If it comes to kill or be killed, he would choose to protect himself, nothing personal. It's not out of anger or desire for vengeance. He doesn't even really care about punishing or getting back at the cultists so long as he gets Kaede back safe. It's survival instinct, and he's never felt it more keenly than in this dungeon that gives him the creeps. He readies his gun. ]

I've enough to keep going, but just in case, the next cultist we see I'm swiping their pitchfork!

[ He can fend off the bats by swinging at them and save some bullets. ]