Quick thinking had saved both of their hides for that moment, though she did note that the crystal could still be damaged by even those explosives. Maybe if she focused just a bit more on a larger or more condensed blast, it would work to her advantage. Such things were well within her ability, considering that as far as she could see was her turf in this battle. Just enough pressure could break the mouse out from her crystalline hidey-hole. The bigger problem however would be Axel. Now that he had been caught up in her attack as well there wasn't any denying he was now involved, though such a thing could partly be attributed to Eve he could just as well stayed out of it if Iris hadn't gone to his side. Seeing him right his posture after the nice dent he had put in the guild hall she had a feeling about what was to come, as though the air itself had almost become charged the moment he spoke up and allowed his magic power to flare before the both of them. It was that which made her breath hitch slightly in her throat, though she kept her poker face. Even if it was dangerous now, Eve wasn't going to back down until the situation had resolved in some way. If anything her priorities would just shift slightly from being fully offensive to saving her hide a lot more than she had previously needed.

"So you've sobered up at last, Axel." After a bit Iris had followed up with a comment she wouldn't touch upon considering the fact that to her they had yet to even fully start. Or at least that was the case in Eve's perspective. Now though things would be starting to get good. As if to respond to the shift from two-way to three-way melee Eve would take the moment to close and drop her umbrella on the ground beside her. Her left hand would reach out towards Iris as she sought to trap the crystal mage in a sphere of her territory, taking the initiative once more to step things up. With her left hand occupied the right, meanwhile would make an arcing motion that was clearly aimed at Axel as several orbs formed along where her hand had waved before firing off in his direction. Those would explode upon contact, regardless on whether they hit person, crystal, or building.