“How long?” Called Endarius.
“Moments,” Irmgard replied without turning. “If you had shown any more lassitude, Law wizard, you would not be here in my auspicious company.” Irmgard flashed a grin towards Obrett, and then looked back at the window. “Here it comes. Brace yourselves; try and hold onto something.”
Obrett hardly had time to drop the packs before the tower went dark. The tables jumped, the cupboards shuddered, and the very walls shrieked out in protest at the invasion of a force that seemed able to rend mountains to rubble. The tower endured though, and after a moment of pure agony where evil more primal than any force they had encountered had sought to dominate them, the darkness moved on.
“That was the closest yet,” Irmgard commented as he checked the walls for cracks.
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