Charging for the main gates Drathis shut his eyes covering his face with his arm, bracing for the impact. The soldiers lined up at the main gate stood their ground, shields raised and spears pointed, not wavering.
A static charge of blinding light jolted past him with such heat, he jerked his arm away watching the bolt crackle an intense white hitting the castle’s main gate.
The impact had the gate buckle and the soldiers flying in all directions, the shock wave that was about to them was suddenly absorbed by another charge of power nearing the gate. Drathis pulled the reins of the two horses back trying to prevent them from crumpling up into the damaged gate when the next charge hit it again, exploding it off the wall, sending it crashing into a nearby building.
Drathis cursed st
