Charging in, Alaric wielded his staff in front of him and cast a spell out of it
"Hail Buckshot."
With the spell completed, the end of his staff began glowing and hundreds of pebbles of ice fired off at high speeds.
This was a tier three ice magic spell he had learned from one of his magic instructors at the Guldur spire and had a large area of effect.
This made it impossible for the snow wolf that was his target to avoid the onslaught, and it was quickly pelted by the fast-moving bullets of ice.
However, while they did penetrate its thick fur and piece into its flesh, the overall damage was far less than Alaric had anticipated.
He was certainly not conceited to think that the spell would finish off the already injured beast, yet it was still alive and only bleeding slightly. Albeit from dozens of wounds.