[centre][b]First Blow
[i]Maher Adonai[/i][/b][/centre]

Maher smiled slightly as he realised how his spell had effected the gargoyle. The creator had been clever, the hard stone outer shell was reinforced with magic to keep it resistant, the reason his plain water burst had done nothing to it. by the same token however only anti-magic would do nothing but weaken the reinforcements momentarily. both attack and disruption needed to be combined to be effective. If he could rely on his comrades to do the damage he could focus on just saturating the construct with anti-magic, except he wasn't sure how effective that would be since when it was combined with water the effect was more focused with the attack hitting the same location. Alexanders bullet had damaged the shell after his last strike though so his comrades contributing damage as he weakened it was entirely possible with the same combination spell.

He shook his head to focus his thoughts for a moment, the pain of his ribs was starting to let his mind drift. The previous attack had proven effective, now was not the time to play with the formula when the result was uncertain. Maybe he could commission someone back in Renalta to create a similarly reinforced stone shell for him to experiment against... He shook his head again to stop his thoughts drifting. [I]Focus, focus, focus...[/I] he chanted to himself in his mind as he started to repeat his earlier successful spell again. He smiled again as he cast the anti-magic infused water burst, the familiar presence was getting closer, he hadn't seen her yet because he was focusing on the gargoyle but he was certain of who it was now and he offered up a silent prayer to Merlin in thanks.