The multiple reverberations through the ground from all manner of impacts upon it threw Jannik to his face, the grime of the sewer floor, albeit old, causing him to slide along a bit rather than simply impact and stop. While disgusting, when the magus looked over his shoulder to see what had been so rough as to throw him so hard he was glad to have only the muck to worry about. The floor, walls, and ceiling of the sewer that had been beneath the warehouse was now a slurry of molten slag and stone, with bright red and orange-glowing stones acting to form a small cataract of magmatic destruction. Luckily for him, though not for the municipal workers who would no doubt end up having to fix this problem, the impact had sheared a crevasse into the floor of the sewer, causing the liquid rock to seep lower into the earth, rather than chase him down the tunnel.
Still, he could feel the heat from here. He stood and wiped himself off, discarding his jacket after using it to remove the waste from his face and chest, then sighed. he'd survived, but he could still feel Mag fighting. He didn't have a reason to end the fight, but he couldn't do much to support his Servant at this point, as he had no visibility on Lancer.
"I only hope he learned his lesson after wiping out my traps. Can't say that last rune was my finest work, but I'll be damned if I can't say I didn't learn something from it. He can outrun one, but there were hundreds there. Hopefully one or two of them will slip past his guard and give him the impact I had intended." He shrugged and tried to contact Rider through their mental link.
Rider, be careful if you can. I can't see you two anymore, and while I don't doubt that I'll be able to make it out of this sewer quickly enough, I don't really know how far away I'll be once I'm out. I'm in a safe enough position right now, but I'm going to move a bit further on to make sure of it. I know he's only shown that he's got a few tricks to play with, but he's obviously got an endurance that's starting to become aggravating. If things end up looking too badly, just leave. I don't know what impact my last flare of runes will do to him, but hopefully it'll either give you a clear victory, or it'll give you the edge you need to force him to back off and think a bit better about engaging you again.
With his message sent, Jannik looked around. The only real light around him was the dull, angry red glow of the molten material behind him, which gave him just barest amount of light to work with. He sighed, wishing he'd not used up so much mana earlier with the frozen runestones, but pulled just a small amount together to form a net-like rune, trapping light from his surroundings within it to act as a lamp as he moved on. With the orange-red glow cupped in his palm, he raised his hand and stepped away from the ruin behind him, making a mental picture of what direction he was facing relative to the shoreline.
He would be out soon enough, but he didn't plan on going too far for now.
Still, he could feel the heat from here. He stood and wiped himself off, discarding his jacket after using it to remove the waste from his face and chest, then sighed. he'd survived, but he could still feel Mag fighting. He didn't have a reason to end the fight, but he couldn't do much to support his Servant at this point, as he had no visibility on Lancer.
"I only hope he learned his lesson after wiping out my traps. Can't say that last rune was my finest work, but I'll be damned if I can't say I didn't learn something from it. He can outrun one, but there were hundreds there. Hopefully one or two of them will slip past his guard and give him the impact I had intended." He shrugged and tried to contact Rider through their mental link.
Rider, be careful if you can. I can't see you two anymore, and while I don't doubt that I'll be able to make it out of this sewer quickly enough, I don't really know how far away I'll be once I'm out. I'm in a safe enough position right now, but I'm going to move a bit further on to make sure of it. I know he's only shown that he's got a few tricks to play with, but he's obviously got an endurance that's starting to become aggravating. If things end up looking too badly, just leave. I don't know what impact my last flare of runes will do to him, but hopefully it'll either give you a clear victory, or it'll give you the edge you need to force him to back off and think a bit better about engaging you again.
With his message sent, Jannik looked around. The only real light around him was the dull, angry red glow of the molten material behind him, which gave him just barest amount of light to work with. He sighed, wishing he'd not used up so much mana earlier with the frozen runestones, but pulled just a small amount together to form a net-like rune, trapping light from his surroundings within it to act as a lamp as he moved on. With the orange-red glow cupped in his palm, he raised his hand and stepped away from the ruin behind him, making a mental picture of what direction he was facing relative to the shoreline.
He would be out soon enough, but he didn't plan on going too far for now.