Kobold's chief was a ranged dealer, as said before, and those types were Alex's weaknesses.
Now, Alex could've just let the kobold chief go, or he would have a raged dealer with a rare skill—which has a homing feature as well—chasing after him, ready to strike the moment Alex let his guard down.
The fact that the kobold chief now had its value elevated in Alex's eyes was just another plus to all this.
First of all, the kobold chief would now give 40 coins—the value of the beasts from levels 6-10—upon getting killed.
That was equal to 4 normal level 1-5 beasts, so Alex would of course try to get those coins.
The next thing—the most important one—was...
'How long will it take for you to copy its skill?'
Alex questioned the AI inwardly as he saw the beast scrambling away with the bow hanging on its shoulder and four or five arrows clutched in its fist.
A rare ranked skill.