Just when Magus thought he was getting a handle on the situation, things got crazier.  It seemed everyone and their mother had chosen this place to gather, though Magus had no idea who any of these people were since he couldn't see any of them.  Fortunately, Mimic and Dian seemed unwilling to face so many people at once and began to beat a hasty retreat.

Then, just as Magus thought he was in the clear, things got even crazier.  Suddenly he was being attacked from all sides, though by whom he couldn't tell.  He swung his staff around at each whatever-it-was that attacked him, only for his staff to pass through with little resistance followed by some sort of explosion that assailed his remaining senses in ways he couldn't begin to describe.  Coughing and nearly vomiting from the foul taste each hit produced, he shouted, "What in the world is going on?!"