The Core's Function

By the side, Alena could only shake her head, focusing on her own powers to gain information.

Aria repeatedly went in and out of the battle, only wasting a small amount of her power and stamina each time.

She acted well to make it seem like she was properly contributing and trying her best to fight off the ferocious dragon, when in fact, she was only studying the flame dragon's pattern in order to solidify her winning chances when she finally gets to fight.

Her blows were shallow as to not attract the attention of the dragon too much.

Alena also stood by the entrance of the dungeon, her sharp eyes glaring towards the vicious dragon as she collected information about the creature and relayed it to Aria whenever she returned to 'rest', who nodded as if she wasn't surprised at any of the data Alena gave her.

This was a rather anti-climactic fight.