If he stands there mutely without doing anything, then he isn't much of a hero and it will cause a lot of disconnect.
Question should also be, if these beings gave him the power to save the world, but wont let him save his friends, then what is the beings real motivations for giving him these powers? Something is rarely given without some type of agenda attached.
If its an impossible situation, like say the Red Dawn illustration where the protangonists would be a great danger of being killed if they tried to save the townspeople. Then use the friends to convince the hero to runaway, and avenge them.
You've wrote yourself into a corner here with a catch-22 situation, a hero though would try to save them.
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