The roar is startling and frankly impressive, and he luckily is a master at concentration or he could get distracted. He is pointedly not looking at the head chomping, although somewhere in the back of his mind he has seen it and won't forget it.

The Lunae are used to fighting these creatures but perhaps not so many at once, given that they usually can get through this area peacefully. They are also focused on getting the wheel done and protecting the wagon, so the timely intervention by Claude is helpful.

"Everyone go as close to the wagon as you can." The horses and Lunae are already close and since he's unsure if Nanaue will listen to him, he reaches out with a hand and tugs him hard back toward them. That is the best he can do before he focuses his willpower on one of the strongest spells he knows in Academic Magic, his own Chaos too dangerous. A powerful shockwave pushes out to snap the creatures backward, scrambling their wits as well as so they seem dazed.

This makes them vulnerable and probably easier to pick off. "Now, while they're confused," he says, a little out of breath.