He jerked his hand back, surprised at jamming his fingers against apparently empty air, before using a detect magic spell. At the sight of the level of spells used, he couldn't fully conceal his shock. This was more magic than he had ever heard of outside the capital of the nation, and even there this would be considered gaudy and overdone. He spent the entirety of three detect magic spells examining the cages, before having to admit defeat. He had no clue how to even begin attempting to disable them, let alone how to actually do it. He finally was forced to shrug, and turned to the control crystal, but after another two castings of detect magic, he was still as baffled as he had been. The distances between the center crystal and the naming crystals was enough that unless he dove, he would have no chance of beating them to the crystal, and even with a dive, he would likely lose. He merely shrugged, and took a deep breath, realizing all that magic energy was likely gonna discharge right into the center where he was. He took another breath, before pulling his longsword out, and then smashing the center crystal, the burst of light and energy surprising him even though he was ready for it, and he realized that he had missed any chance for getting even one of them.