From the moment Noelle brought up her plan, Ruvian had already figured out how to optimise it, to push it further than a simple hit-and-run tactic.
He had been watching carefully during Airin's demonstration, not just the spell she used, but the way the Scarix responded to pressure.
It was true that, as a general rule, Lesser Voidspawn lacked higher reasoning. They were creatures driven by instinct, and by raw predatory behavior.
But instinct did not equate to stupidity. Instinct, when honed by survival, could appear dangerously close to intelligence.
And this Scarix possessed a clever instinct!
From the way it fought Airin, Ruvian had noticed subtle choices in its movements. It didn't simply charge the nearest target blindly. But it tested their distance and gauged its enemy.
When confronted by overwhelming force, it disengaged rather than stubbornly pushing through. That alone separated it from mindless beasts.
More telling was what it had done during their earlier clash.
