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Feeling his hair stand on end, Svin leapt backwards. Thanks to his Bestial Magecraft,
he had more than enough speed to outpace even the activation of a Single Action spell.
"Gah!"
Even so, his foot was caught.
One of the magi that had collapsed earlier was grabbing onto his leg. On top of the
collapsed magus' body was a Mannaz Rune.
(Mannaz!)
The name was the extent of his knowledge of the Rune. But that Rune, whose meaning
was "Man," was almost certainly being used to manipulate-
"Sorry. I don't like letting good tools go to waste," Touko's voice felt distant. Despite
standing in the rain, at some point she had lit a cigarette which she now held in her
mouth. "Ugh, tastes as bad as I thought."
Before she even finished speaking, the countless Runes surrounding Svin exploded,
and dozens of impacts blew away both the Phantasmal Wolf and Svin's consciousness.

The Case Files of Lord El-Melloi II, Volume 3, Chapter 2, Part 3