And.

Eboni's stance changed. She brandished her sceptre, holding it out from her as her shining crystal will amplified.

"Don't get cocky," she sneered.

The arena began to tear apart under Ri's feet as massive spikes of crystals threatened to impale her. Eboni had finally switched to an offensive tactic, unwilling to continually look so week.

Ode noticed this immediately. "You stupid bitch. We had a plan!"

Eboni said nothing. She was fully aware that she was throwing everything out, but unlike Ode, she was in this battle and had a feel for what was going on. She knew that if she kept avoiding Ri, she would only be playing into her hand. The only way to tire Ri would have been to make shattering her defenses difficult, but it was clearly much too easy from Ri's perspective! How could Eboni know the reason she couldn't analyze Ri's will was because it was a domineering supreme law?