Rudra tried his best to keep Mahrez occupied in the fight. Apparently the demon commander was not expecting his troops to fall prey to the Elite defenses so easily and wanted to intervene on several occasions, however he just could not get past Rudra.
Rudra displayed uncanny strength infront of a vastly superior opponent as he held his ground against all odds and was not pushed back at all.
Mahrez felt that maybe it was because the duo was in air that his anti-gravity skills gave him the edge needed to compete with his superior power. Hence he decided to take the fight to the ground.
However to his shock, Rudra proved to be even more agile on the surface as his battle prowess increased significantly.
Mahrez could not understand how a human still at tier 4 could compete on equal terms with him , as such a phenomena was just bizzare in his opinion.