I think Artis has been shouting at Aeric non-stop to just run because he's only level 5.
On the other hand, I can't remember when was the first time the lich said Aeric's level - was it before Artis' first shout? Or after?
Anyway... I... guess I should've seen that coming - that the horizontal slash would not only destroy that ice giant sword thingy, but would also cut the ice dome cleanly in half...
Now they really have to party up.
Ah, another thing: a tentacle landed on the lich's head. Is that tentacle still alive/active? Because then lich is done for. Plus, I wonder if Aeric will get a tiny bit closer to level 6... maybe he'll have another 100 000 exp points to collect out of 54 billion? Anyway, magical attacks or whatnot, I bet he can just kill the lich with the sword.