For a moment, Verin had frozen in disbelief. A single cold sweat falling from his brow as he quickly heaved himself off of the ground. Though he had been prepared to counter an rapid attack, he was grateful that Rurik had intervened when he had. Even if he had hated the manner in which it had been done. 

[B]"Tch. At least I drew the damned thing out."[/b] As he took up a stoop, carefully maneuvering around the small clearing that had so suddenly become their battle ground, Verin watched as his two comrades engaged the large Wyvern. However, it was only after Chloe had blocked a blow from the Wyvern, that he finally reached over his shoulder and drew Esclarin from it's sheath. Skillfully, he then maneuvered it so that its blade would be parallel to his frame. Holding it within his right hand, arm outstretched, as he shot into a forward sprint. 

His first couple strides was short, and focused on accelerating the movements of his limbs. The next two, long and leaping, as the young mage adjusted his angle of approach. Aiming himself directly at the Wyvern while making sure to keep Chloe between it and himself. Hoping to stay out of it's line of sight. Verin knew they wouldn't win in a slug-fest with such a naturally powerful beast, and for the most part, was sure that his comrades now did as well. Thus, it was his third sequence of movements that set his plan into play.

With an frontal leap, Verin shot forward, and utilizing his magic, summoned forth flames at the soles of his feet. Through them he boosted his momentum while in mid-air. Twisting about as to be upside down as he flew towards the beast, he then slammed Esclarin deeply into the earth below and before him with purpose. The results were instantaneous. With his flames still propelling him forward, Verin brought his feet together and tucked his legs in close to his frame. Just in time for his weapon, which had viciously whiplashed, to swing forward and make contact with the soles of his feet. Uprooting both dirt and stone with it as aided Verin on his way, acting as slingshot for him as he shot a mighty kick against his weapon and pushed off of it. The action caused him to again fly towards the Wyvern, albiet at a more rapid pace. 

He then focused on increasing the output of his feet's flames. Intent on further increasing his speed. Thus, Verin now flew towards the Wyvern at blindingly speeds. Having just delivered a blow to Chloe, the beast was blind-sided, hence could only cry out as it begun to spin in an attempt to intercept the airborne Verin with its tail. It was only at the last second, just as the Wyvern's tail was about to reach him, that the mage then channeled all his focus into surrounding his right arm with his God Slayer Flames. 

The explosion was brilliant. 

While the Wyvern had remained relatively unscathed, having only been momentarily knocked of its balance, causing it to stumble over from its own weight. It was the resulting flash of black light, as well as the heavy concussive force of the attack, that left the creature momentarily dazed. Verin, who had been knocked to the ground by the force of the impact, then struggled to his feet. Breathing heavily as he gingerly clenched his right arm in pain. 

For most mages, even ones with enhancement magic such as Rurik's, an attack like that would have left their arm badly broken and mangled. As the amount of force Verin had just funneled behind it was insane. It was only thanks to the scale-like armor composition of his arm, that Verin had managed not to brake it. However, even that didn't stop it from throbbing immensly with a sharp crippling pain.