She deliberately avoided him, doing her best to show some improvements here and there in her fight. She assisted the mage in killing two of the enemies.

Arkan58: Now you finally decide to put some little effort, Eye Candy"

Isabelle didn't reply. The mage soon died after she suddenly used the former as a meat shield.

Though her teammates complained, they still focused on the battle. One more enemy fell, and soon two more enemies died.

Now there were just two enemies for Isabelle's team to kill ...