Travis couldn't see the results of his attack so well but the sudden discharge of heat exploding ahead of his cryo spell likely meant that Roy has responded and countered as a plume of steam spewed almost everywhere from the point of impact. Travis wasn't a genius tactician but through the many run-ins with disciple witch hunters, he figured that Roy would take the opportunity to relocate and attack from a flank. The problem was however from which direction.

Travis frantically looked around for any trace or cues of Roy before the former witch hunter could pounce on him. It didn't take long for him to pick up on the activity that was occurring behind him. Something hard hit the ground followed by hastened footsteps approaching him. He quickly swung around as fast he could with a rune already beginning to form in his hand. However that spell would not come to pass as a billow of crystalline dust engulfed him. Another hunter tactic he was aware of but only after a brief moment after being covered in the stuff. He first found that the still-generating glyphs in front of his hand faded away and another second would go by until he found that Roy was already on top of him and bringing in a swing of his dagger at him.

With no real way to defend himself, Travis tried to desperately evade by forcing as much weight as he could behind him. Whether the maneuver would work or not was still up in the air as he pulled his forearms out to defend himself as a reflex of not wanted to be slashed. It was then at a mere split-second before Roy's weapon could reach him did Travis take note of something dark; pitch-black in fact was the entity that loomed over he and Roy. 

[i]Uh oh[/i].