Look Before You Leap

At this point, you could tell people panicked. You could see in their eyes the mixed feelings of wonder and worry. A few volunteered to see for themselves what the thing actually was, and fight it off if the need to do so arose.  The majority ran towards it, some flew, and a couple took to burrowing underground.
The flyers reached it first, and took a good look at it while circling it. The runners then hid in the bushes, while the burrowers felt the quake from each step.  The thing, sensing sentient life near it, released a heat wave so powerful it had incinerated all those who had approached, leaving the witnesses in awe.  Some started to summon their creatures, preparing for a long fight. A line of Lorerootian archers were set to send volleys of arrows with pinpoint accuracy.  A horde of grasans were sent to test their mettle on the behemoth, with bloodthirsty Chaos Archers behind them.

All failed dramatically as another heat blast burned the arrows and eliminated the approaching enemies. Under orders of Mur, people started fleeing, flustered and shouting.  People sent out elementals and that is where realization came.