Throwing off the pain/paralysis spell effect was simple, it was why he had chosen Aphraels' power over the more combat useful remaining dragon god's. It was still painful, yes, but not the mind destroying one it had been. He didn't look back, instead stomping forward and grabbing Murphy, before trying to magically extract the two of them from the circle. If that was blocked, he tried to physically throw Murphy out of it, before glancing back at the captives to see if they were were able to be rescued. He personally doubted it, but he was going to scream at Murphy for being a 'tard later anyway.