C371 Cold will

She was going to attack Evelyn, who was on his back!

If she wasn't going to attack Egil, then it would be difficult for him to judge the angle of the attack when he was dodging the ice pitons.

Especially when some of the ice pitons were formed on the back of Egil and Evelyn, and the attack was aimed at Evelyn. He didn't know what Evelyn was going to do to dodge the ice pitons