Draiss rolled his eyes, before slipping in closer, knowing that it would be vulnerable the closer he got, unless that tail had extra joints that hadn't been included in his own. Almost on cue, he had to dodge several lightning fast tail strikes from angles that should have been impossible, revealing it either had the extra joints, or found some way to use magic to alter the path of its stabs. It didn't seem intelligent, but it was fast on its way to pissing him off. He let it drive him back a bit, getting some distance from his children's hiding spot, before casting a balefire beam directly away from the creature. The reason for him backing up was quickly apparent, as a portal opened up behind him, its exit in behind the creature and angled down, attempting to slice its tail off and through the main portion of its body, but not hit anything important.