"Yeah!" Sazh yelled out in triumph as the blazing attacks struck true, bringing fire to the dragon's flammable bits. The creature cried in pain, writhing in the inferno it was caught in. A short-lived moment, alas, as the beast so soon thereafter generated some black aura and blew away the flame with its own brand of magical power. Damn, so much for that.

The other fighters in the group didn't hesitate in going to town on the monster, Felt and Archer lashing out with their blades and the vampire siccing his own magical minions upon the beast. While the swords barely managed to scratch at the dragon's hide, that martial artist still thinking she was a cat somehow managed to recover from that poisonous storm and rapidly hacked away at its underbelly. She seemed to be about to make some headway before the dragon swiftly chomped down one of the vampires and smashed the girl into a crater with unrelenting force. Sazh was almost positive she couldn't have survived that.

"Agh, no- dammit-!" the l'Cie swore, angered at the presumed death of a combatant to this thing and torn between fighting it or protecting his allies. Whatever he could throw at the Gore Magala, it could shrug off, it seemed; Sazh even held his doubt about his fire-infused bullets, normally combining stopping power with magical burns to scar on several levels. Putting a hand to his mark, the l'Cie considered summoning his Eidolon... but even then, there was no guarantee she would be their ticket to victory, and with such limited usage, too. Better to be used as a last resort, he decided. Sazh gathered energy with his brand, drew his pistols, and channeled fire energy into a short hail of bullets, pelting anywhere on the dragon's hide he could hit. 

Seeing Felt having to fall back from the assault a bit, Sazh called out to the alchemist, "Hey! Hold still, I think I can give you a bit more edge to that blade!" Assuming Felt cooperated, Sazh concentrated on his brand again, it glowing a light orange with its usage. In the next moment, the pilot flung out his arm, throwing a magical aura into the sword and charging it with fire magic. "Alright, let 'er rip!" Sazh called, hoping a more heated and blazing sword would be of greater effect on this creature.