God I hate when authors do this BS! "Hey, my character has a few flaws but is otherwise OP. Lets make them completely useless because: plot(lol)." Sorry, I highly doubt there's anyone who enjoys reading a scenario like that. I mean he went through the disgusting basement levels in the Tower of Sunrise, there's no way in Hell he'd actually care about foul smelling liquid to the point that he is running like a coward.