Ilyna raised a wall of stone between them, and Gregory's claws smashed into it, shattering the barricades into fragments.
Thankfully she had already moved away from his range and was trying to circle around him with her staff glowing slightly as she prepared another spell.
She swept her staff in a wide arc, and the ground beneath Gregory shifted violently. A wave of earth rose up like a tidal surge, rolling toward him with crushing force.
Gregory had both hands crossed over his face and braced himself. The wave crashed into him, and for a moment he was buried under tons of earth and rock.
The crowd gasped.
But then the rubble exploded outward after a howl from Gregory buried underneath erupted with such force.
He stood back up with eyes glowing like a beast's, and he charged forward on all fours, closing the distance between them in seconds.
