[@TheHangedMan][hider=Exam]The figure frowned from under his cloak, she was faster with her spells than he thought. His ranking of her rose by the second. The man rose a hand in and placed it in front of the fireball as his puppets relentlessly made more and more spells of both defense and offense. A single red rune glowed on his hand, seemingly carved into his flesh. The fireball was sucked into the rune as though it was a vacuum. He stared at her haughtily, "[b]What a reckless style of fighting, how much longer can you keep it up I wonder?[/b]" he asked as he watched her blood continue dripping onto the ground. Layers of protective magic were forming around him, it looked like he planned to wait her out, or else he was planning something more. Meanwhile far above runes slowly formed in the air, forming a circle around Meruin much further below, perhaps she would sense them, perhaps not.[/hider]