The runes on the disc spun rapidly, and an arcane aura swept across the entire area.
A shadow fell over Patrick, but the Bear God's enormous paw did not make contact with his body.
Screeech! A teeth-grating sound like steel scraping against steel rang out. Sparks flew where Ursoc's enormous claws scraped against the energy disc. If those claws struck someone directly, even a Paladin's Divine Shield would not withstand them.
Ursoc was not at his peak now. The nature energy he had obtained from Vordrassil had allowed him to rebuild his physical body, but that energy had already been corrupted by Yogg-Saron. Ursoc's soul, however, should still have remained pure.
Otherwise, if the world will detected that Ursoc's soul had fallen, all the power bestowed upon him by this world would vanish without a trace. As an ancient demigod, Ursoc's capabilities were beyond question, but the strength he was displaying before Patrick now was far too poor. It was also possible that the demigod himself was locked in an internal struggle against the will of the Old God controlling him, weakening his strength.
In Patrick's memories, Sargeras's defeat had happened just like this. When Lothar and the others raided Karazhan, the strength Medivh displayed had practically overwhelmed Khadgar, Lothar, and their entire group. When Khadgar was the first to attack Medivh, Medivh had shown his sole apprentice no mercy whatsoever. He had opened with a powerful Life Drain, forcibly negating Khadgar's attack and turning him into an old man.
But once Lothar was injured, the situation had become very different. Presumably, seeing his close friend wounded had become unbearable for Medivh, who was being suppressed by Sargeras, and he had begun fighting Sargeras for control of his body. It was at that moment that Lothar and the others had