Letting the enemy think that it's winning before you suddenly turn the tables.
It is a commonly used strategy to inflate the enemy's confidence while making yourself look vulnerable.
Alex had been using that since the start.
He had to make the Kobold chief feel confident enough to be able to use the abilities it had to the maximum proficiency.
Only then would the AI be able to copy the skill better.
Alex was pretending to make it look like he wasn't aware of what was happening around him, while also making his dodges look like a coincidental or lucky mistake.
The kobold chief, on the other hand, believed all of it since it wasn't aware of Alex's night vision.
'One.'
Alex counted the moment he saw the beast using its ability once.
Unlike the time in the forest, where Alex wasn't sure where the arrow was coming from, and where the attacker was, here, Alex knew everything.