As expected, it is enough to attack indirectly. That tarpit should have been the end, especially for someone wearing armor, but he carried a grappling hook. Is he just the type who over-prepares for everything?
No matter. This is an ideal opportunity to test my magnum opus in-the-making.
"You've been spoiled, assassin. The pathetic stage of magic in this day has made you overconfident. Because the ancients' techniques of defending against magic were lost, there was no longer a need for magicians to complete their studies. Every dabbler could simply excite some mana and expel it toward their target. How pitiful!
"But some of us remember the old ways. We search, we excavate, we appraise, and we preserve what others wouldn't recognize for the treasure it is. Let me show you the fruit of my years of research.
"Labyrinth!"
This original spell summarizes all that I have learned since joining the Order. It surrounds the target with portals, confusing their sight. What does a portal look like? Whatever is on the other side, of course! So, then, what does it look like when the portal's exit looks into its entrance?
The intruder is faced with the appearance of boundless distance in all directions, which his eyes are unable to judge the distance of. Mixed in, there are portals through which I can attack him; these appear to him as images of me.
Now, nowhere is safe, and nowhere is familiar. Will he freeze, or will he thrash?