Defeating those automatons was a bit more... complicated than Ashton would have wanted. Not because they had weapons or armours to challenge him. But because of their exceptional ability to adapt to the fight while it was still going on.
Every time Ashton killed one of them, the others learned from the experience of their fallen comrade and quickly changed their strategy to counter the intruder. For example, as soon as they got aware of Ashton's superior agility, they immediately stopped confronting him head-on.
Instead, they began deploying traps everywhere and no matter how careful Ashton was, he was bound to step foot on one of those, and hellish pain would follow. At least he assumed it would have been hellish pain considering he was still feeling some pain despite [Pain Resistance] was at level 10.
