Sylas had already noticed that the rat knights weren't truly growing stronger every time he attacked them. Their Wills continuously leaked into the surrounding world, spreading across the distorted space like a sensory net, and whatever information returned through that contact was immediately reflected through their bodies with something strangely similar to Telekinetic Martial Arts.
That was why every attack met exactly enough resistance to survive it. The rats weren't adapting after Sylas struck, they were sensing what was coming before the attack properly formed, then using the feedback of the world itself to drag out the level of strength they needed. They were using the attacks they faced as a blueprint for how their bodies should interact with the modern day system and world, as though they had lost the thought processes on how to do that themselves.
