Yzeira's action took Oz by surprise. It was more spontaneous than he was expecting. He twisted out of the way of the twin lasers as best he could but the one grazed his side and the other cut into his left shoulder drawing blood. Neither were fatal but they would likely slow him down.

	Atlas extended an arm so Oz could land atop the palm and look downward at Yzeira. The tyrant was stubborn and already carving out a more stable position. He seemed to be unaffected by Oz's manipulation of gravity so long as he was within his barrier. Whatever was under or around that barrier made it dangerous to even approach. With that barrier in place maintaining this level of gravity distortion didn't hold much point but it had at the least taught him about his opponent. Oz released control. The world turned back, vertical becoming a proper horizon. Dust, sand and dirt settled and the water in the distance that had been affected lapped back onto the shore in huge waves.

	Atlas hauled itself out of the ground, placing Oz down and standing at full height. So Yzeira required time to charge significant attacks. But he didn't need significant attacks to hurt Oz. Oz just needed to keep at it. Atlas summoned its own hammer and began advancing on Yzeira's zone. The patriarch's zone of control was only getting bigger with his new addition of more orbs.

	Oz himself moved so that he wasn't lined up with Atlas anymore and summoned several momentum gates in succession in front of himself. There's still more tricks to try.