Defy and Mystify
With the inclusion of the Fallen Commander, the situation had devolved from bad to worse.
Gradually picking off one hundred well-versed murderous freaks while reserving his powerful skills was already complicated enough. Now he had to account for a far more frightening nightmare capable of moderating the partially entropic attack patterns of the Fallen Gladiators.
Order was good in some cases.
If read correctly, Kieran could grasp his opponents' rhythm and devise patterns to counteract how they moved, attacked, defended and shifted during combat.
However, establishing order also wasn't in Kieran's favor.
Suppose the Fallen Commander mustered greater competence than it had already showcased thus far. In that case, it could potentially devise a method to disrupt Kieran's rhythm.
Such was the duality of war—fickle and challenging as well as mercurial and paradoxical. The same strengths Kieran wielded could become his weakness.