The two guards did not last long. Although Azure Sea Breeze was steadily tanking the Boss' attacks, the aggro generated by the high damage output of those guards prompted the Boss to cast its area of effect attacks on them.
The ultimate skills that Lu Li told everyone to save up were being used at this point.
Undoubtedly, these two guards had provided a great deal of assistance. If they weren't there, Lu Li and the others would have gotten wiped a dozen times before they would have been lucky enough to make it into the third stage.
In fact, in the early days, all players needed to go to Marshal Maxwell for help.
He would give the players a few bottles of the resistance potion, though far less than what was given to Hachi Chan, and send guards to help in the fight. The players could choose between Warrior guards, Scout guards or Mage Guards.