It took a couple minutes to realize what it was, but it was a kind of established dispel field, which would fight against any spell casting done by someone that didn't know the field's 'sweet spot,' or at least that was what it felt like to him. And for a mage, being the only one that could cast, that was quite an advantage. He took his time, but not too much, his adrenaline already kicking in as he kept not finding the mage waiting for him, meaning he had likely been either dragged off, or was entertaining himself with the gold dragon. He knew Aurelia wasn't dead, she was far more valuable alive to continue to produce alchemical and magical reagents for the mage, but she might not like being his spell component bitch. Especially not if trapped in her humanoid form. The important thing was to find her before the mage did something messy and permanent to her.