She would have answered his assumption about people not hating it, but the strange creature decided the bait was worth going after. Durzakh spun in place and slammed her staff down to create the line of ice between her and it. Miraculously (because she knew how to spin the spell) the frost that formed did not hinder Merlin's movement despite washing under his feet. She followed this with a deafening roar that drew the creature to her, to the point of ignoring Merlin entirely. Magic, of a sort, to keep it focused not on those who could take it down easily, but on the few who could endure it's attack until it did go down.

"If you know how to use you sword, do so! It will not care about you so long as I hold it here."