Now that all the ice has been dealt with, Naugus clicks his fingers and he melts back into a form of flesh and blood.

"I used to be the royal mage for the largest and most diverse Mobian kingdom. I did it for nearly three generations of kings no less. No one is a greater mage than I; I can assure you of that." Good thing Verity isn't around to call him on that light bluff. There's one guy who's greater, but we don't talk about him, the pachydermic pest.

The hand is taken and shaken firmly! "Ixis Naugus, sorcerer supreme and master of the elements! A pleasure, I'm sure."