Ruthren finally got up as he raised both of his arms to manifest a large amount of water up in the air. It seemed as if he wanted to waste time by waiting for Irene to get tired just to make it easier for him. And this was precisely why Damien decided to rile up Ruthren since he saw through his despicable plan.
Irene put up her guard as she signaled everyone to get prepared for the worst, and she herself receded a few feet backward along with her water swan to defend against Ruthren's incoming attack.
But Ruthren hadn't attacked yet, but the amount of water forming above his head was enormous and vast as the imperial army below looked up with looks of fear and awe.
In fact, as moments passed, they only became even more shocked as they saw the water take the figure of some large beast with terrifying fangs.