The legends rarely paid attention to the things going on in the city. Their current priority is to give the talented senior who advanced to rank 8 all the help that she could get so that she could safely advance to the rank of an angel.
That goal was why not one of them had it in mind to advance to rank 8 themselves. They understood that they couldn't divide their time and resources on two rank 8s, so they all chose to prioritize the advancement of the one that was already in rank 8.
Their goal has become even more important now that it has become a fact that their neighbor is an angel or has angelic means at their disposal. So they wouldn't have heard about Sir Kris's situation and praised him if he hadn't gone to them.
He went to them to offer to offload some of the work that they were responsible for. He wanted to help them do one particular job so that they would be free to do other things. The job he suggested to take over was guarding the energy spring of the city.
