An odd, keening laugh erupted from under the cover of the smoke.
"AHAHAHA! YOU NEARLY GOT ME, YOU BASTARD!" The smoke cleared out, revealing a badly damaged barrier of darkness that surrounded the mage. The barrier was badly damaged, cracked beyond belief from the effect of Kasuyi's Day Lance.
Within the barrier, the form of the mage came clear. He was grinning so widely that his skin appeared to stretch just to properly cover his face. The purple scarf that was tied on the lower half of his face just happened to have been blown off, revealing his badly damaged lower face. It appeared as though the skin had been shared off by immense heat, or acid.
"Do not stare at my face so blatantly, you scoundrel! This is the result of my gains in magic. Not every spell works out well." The man scowled, quickly pulling out another scarf from his spatial ring and using it to wrap his lower face again.
