Drake, who looked like he had been in a completely helpless state just a few moments ago, was actually waiting. Earlier when the Armored Alligator had attacked him his hand had been broken in several places.
Such an injury had taken a long time to heal so it was obvious how bad it was. If it were another Mage, their arm would probably have been rendered completely useless for the rest of the survival trial but Drake didn't need to wait thanks to the healing ability of the Virgo constellation.
The wolves did not know this however, they only knew that his hand had been broken and they turned that weakness into something they could capitalize on to take him down. So Drake waited for his arm to recover. The moment it was healed he purposely made a feint that he had slipped with his footwork to trick the wolf he had identified as the commander of this squadron into attacking.
It took the bait and he killed it.
