Staggered was about as good as Signum could hope for in this fight. Without missing a beat, her scabbard is returned to her belt and exchanged for the magical tome.

"Capture Linker Core," Signum instructs the book, only a Storage Device of sorts for now, but one which would shortly be a lot more useful.

"SAMMELN"

And with that, Signum hopes, Negi's magical energy should begin to flow out of him, and add his impressive powers to the Book of Darkness.