The two and a half Oligarchs marched along, getting increasingly close to the dragon's hideout. A loud roar reached their ears, signaling to them that something had already started. Lilith continued to bounce happily along on Valentine's shoulder, much to his discomfort. As they grew closer and closer to the dragon, the heat seemed to die down a little, increasing hints of moisture in the air. Even the wind seemed to be quiet, as if the stage was set for a large confrontation. Valentine stopped as they entered visual range, confirming two figures, the dragon, and a slew of other creatures.<br/><br/>Setting Lilith down, he began to enter a battle state. A double edged sword appeared in his hands, but not really for the purpose of fighting. Lilith, though still a little hyper, knew what he wanted to do and frowned. Grudgingly, the blonde princess stuck her hand out and grabbed the weapon by the blade. Valentine pulled the sword out with relative force, but not much- causing a gash to appear on her hand and blood to start flowing out. Being a half-demon, she did possess a quick regeneration ability, so Lilith took the opportunity to draw a magic circle around herself- in blood of course. The sparkle in her eyes seemed to disappear as the excess power was drained through the lost blood, while also letting her be more useful whilst in the circle.<br/><br/>"Valentine. Bow. We will engage the two humanoids. Dragonslayer; You do your job." she commanded, seemingly back to her collected self. She was quite a distance away, the two figures only slightly visible through heat shimmers and dust. An intricate, but quite large bow appeared in Valentine's hand, along with more than enough arrows. The bow seemed quite powerful, and certainly hard to draw for somebody with a slim figure like Lilith. Of course, she was surely not normal. In a few moments, a magically charged arrow (thanks to the circle) shot through the air at an incredible speed, with deadly accuracy. However, the distance was quite far, and the arrow strayed from Rufio's head and towards the impish creature beside him.<br/><br/>As if on cue, Valentine dashed towards the pair with incredible speed for a fully armored man, shield and spear in hand. The pair were actually quite good at battle, despite not having much raw power- they made up for that with tactical positioning and planning.