After deciding to assume that Lucy was okay and to stop worrying about him, Toz had an easier time focusing on the fight with the Blood Fiend. Since they had changed goals from beating the Blood Fiend to stalling for as long as possible, Mindle just kept the Blood Fiend from moving around instead of wasting all of her energy on splattering it.
Mindle still had to expend some mana when defending against the waves of blood that rushed from the Blood Fiend or to smack it and stop it from advancing toward the Alliance of Kingdoms. But with Toz and the other three supporting her, Mindle had quite an easy time, at least for the moment. She was still shrinking with each passing second, and the Alliance was still far from their destination.
However, if nothing happens or no one does anything soon, the battle's outcome wouldn't have changed, despite all their efforts.
