Antimatzist wrote: He doesn't die before the Tinto Arc.
Now that you mention it,i believe if you run away during Tinto's Arc then the future of Riou's Army won't be so good.
Basically the full army will be slaughtered,including Flik,Viktor,Shu,Apple...everyone.
for a S2 remake...to have some extra feature about what happens if you run away.