Right. So the last time Lambert tried harnessing the Athenaeum's magic, it got slapped back in his face like a first draft full of editor's red marks, but it worked for him before, so it's clearly not like it's ineffective.

He just needs to rethink his approach. Against the wince of pain, he looks up sharply at Ignatius and Strange making a break for the surface, and snarls.

"The witcher called on the Earth Spirit to aid him once more! To bind the lord to the ground with chains of stone and mud and leave him to the others!" Maybe being literal will help. In any case, as he speaks, the dirt and stone of the Coliseum floor shifts and then bursts upwards, pillars aiming to wrap around and grasp Ignatius's limbs and pull him back down to the floor.

Whether it takes or not, he doesn't wait to see -- Lambert kicks upward to follow after Strange.