While it could hear her movements with a surprising amount of clarity, lucentiens could see nothing but darkness, and so it was difficult for it to determine what exactly all of that shuffling was about. The only thing it knew was that she was being careful to not get in range of it, which meant it was going to have to rush toward her instead.

It was just getting to its feet, that one arm still completely limp while the claws of the other dripped with the girl's blood, when the seal hit it. The spell did as it was intended to, causing the monster to fall off balance as some of its energy was drawn out of it.

It stumbled against the wall, its injured shoulder colliding against it harshly. It would have been enough to cause any human to cry out, but the creature was merely waiting to recover from that attack so that it could continue with its own offensive.