Even in the sad state the Mage found himself in her had gone last trick up his sleeve literally. What Elric thought was just the mage flailing about his remaining arm in pain, was in all reality an attempt to get a hidden object to slide down to his hand. While the mage knew that he had a less than zero chance to escape two dragons that even had a bit of backup, he could at least injure the the towering beast before him. In what he thought was sure to be his last act, while amongst the living, the mage crushed the eye that had rolled into his hand while uttering, "Nāga spýja" ( Naga spit in old Norse)' causing a stream of venom to shoot from his hand towards Elric's claw that was about to close around him.
This caused Elric to let out a shrill scream of agony as he temporarily drew his cl
