[Rosekitten]

He knew this was coming, no matter how much he had prepared that this was going to happen he couldn't have avoided all of the attacks. He knew that the other wasn't doing this but he couldn't stop it either. At the same time Thalion had no idea what he was suppose to do. Against magic he pretty much was about as useless as they came. Sure he was a damn good fighter but toss magic into the mix and he couldn't or rather had little to no say in it.

The spikes after he figured out the speed they were able to shoot at were avoidable.. well mostly. Though the next attack he knew damn well he wasn't avoiding. His ears went back a little as the creature took shape in the space between Mizuki and himself. "... right.. thats fair.." He muttered under his breath before managing to get himself to move, though out running it wasn't a option and he had no damn idea how to kill it. Though fire against sand was a damn good idea... if he had any control as far as attacks went for his abilities.

This was also part of the reason she wanted these two to fight. She knew Mizuki's abilities and she knew what limits Thalion had. She wanted to see the one who detested magic be forced to the point where he had to or die. It was drawing rather close to that point as this beast could do a serious amount of damage if its strike landed a hit against the other.

His thought was to disrupt the caster maybe it would go away then, but he couldn't get even close to where Mizuki was with this creature. Barely avoiding a swing of the beasts paw Thal found himself ground as it closed in for its finishing blow or so it thought. Thalion hated magic, rather he had his reasons to hate it. Not once had it done him any favors and he was trying to not get to the point where his panic took over and he used it without willing it to be used.

Though that is just what happened as the beast went to strike downwards as a blazing wall erupted from no where causing the swing to be disrupted as the paw that even got near the shield seemed to turn to glass before shattering against the heat from the fire. Sure his first thought it he didn't mean to do that but damn it that saved his ass. Not that he had enough energy at the present time to do anything else besides try to force himself to stand...