... Dammit. That didn't work nearly as well as he hoped. Though really anything else he could've done would have harmed NiGHTS in the progress. Magic was never that good at prying people off.

"I can't just leave you here!" and by now Emizel's chances at escaping had probably dropped tremendously anyway. Not that he wanted to run either, his old self would have done so by now, but he ended that habit. Although right as soon as he said that some guards were coming right his way too, but luckily a fireball was enough to keep them back.