The fact that he missed, with a firearm, at THIS range, meant something was off. He was definitely there, still within truesight range, but he must be using some high end magic form of precog to avoid incoming blows, or some other form of damage avoidance that didn't rely on illusions. "Frost, back off!"<br/><br/>Once Frost moved back, he reached into the ground magically, and used earth to mud under the mage, making the mud as vicious and thin as possible, before reversing the spell and sealing him inside it, hopefully leaving enough above the ground to let Frost finish him.