He caught a bit of the hit but at least it would give Nida time to heal himself. Ignis had confidence that his lover knew what he was doing in battle so that didn't worry him. And even if the other got in a bind, well at least he wasn't fighting alone anymore.

They'd fought together before and the advisor had remarked at how good a team they made so he was definitely sticking to that point. So he dismissed his lance and readied his daggers.

The thing's attention was fully on him so he would run the distraction or even go in for the kill..whatever..or whoever this thing was.