Metz completed his spell and span around, catching sight of his opponent through the solid rock with his magic eye. He seemed to have re-equipped himself, which was a little surprising, Metz was fairly certain he launched the weapon behind him into the lake when he let go of it. He assumed there was some unnatural method by which he was able to retrieve it, or maybe the man was just an excellent fisherman, who really knew. He was however standing awfully close to Metz, and was evidently waiting immobile to cut down on making any sounds and hoping Metz would relinquish his own protection. Metz considered the situation for but a moment, before deciding on his next course of action. 

He began to weave the same spell as earlier, aiming to create an earthen circle beneath his immobile foe’s feet. The circle would only manifest itself when he relinquished his finite mana into the earth, so outwardly there was no real sense of anything happening unless one could sense magic being used. Even if that were the case they would only see it manifesting in Metz weaving hand, rather than his target.

Metz casted for about four seconds, obviously intent on judging if his opponent would choose to move regardless. If he didn’t then there would be little stopping him from unleashing something truly nasty. The element of surprise involved in Metz specific form of elementalism was always his main advantage, he was hoping to use that here.