The conclusion

Rudra was completely on his last legs in this fight now with him only appearing to be strong because Furball was standing side by side with him. 

Following him using the solar beam , there were only 5 Dark Faction rankers left in the isolated barrier , with one of them being critically injured from the solar beam that Rudra had blasted .

Naturally , Rudra did the logical thing by sending Furball to deal with the ranker on his last wings , as the world witnessed the true efficiency of a combat pet in a battle. 

Most people uptill this point , treated pets basically as emotional support animals rather than combat animals . This was because the experience needed to level up a pet was an enormous drain on one's own experience bar . Whereas the overall combat efficiency was questionable at best , with there always being a risk of a permanent death , as pets did die when they hit 0 HP .