The monster in this scenario was the flying head of a woman, which landed and bit down on the mage’s shoulder.

He dodged so that it didn't get his artery, but blood still seeped into the fabric of his shirt.

Despite this, the Clock Tower mage’s did not falter. Or, at least he only winced a little bit.

“Your magecraft is a type of necromancy centered around this shrunken head. It’s closer to Western magecraft than Thought Magecraft. Is this because of the cultural mixing of the Strait of Malacca?”

Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II: The God Devourer; Prologue