As Wardance goes into the abandoned steel factory, he is approached by Dr Ogoon’s rouge creation(The Iron Beast) a slither of Lucy Red’s spell takes a hold of Wardance’s thoughts, thus slowing his reaction time. The Iron Beast now in fully active security mode attacks the bewildered king of mages.
As the Iron Beast scans the king of mages it detects his weakened healing factor.
The lingering spell slither weakens Wardance’s healing factor. As Wardance falls to his knees he fighting the spell, The iron beast strikes Wardance on his right arm.