The rising pillar of debris climbed into the sky until flashes of lightning crackled through the ash-filled clouds, turning the world into a storm of stone, dust and darkness.
Buildings crumbled. Towers split apart. Anyone unfortunate enough to stand beneath the rain of swords was simply erased.
Such was the chaos of a battlefield.
And once Damon had opened the door to large-scale destruction everyone else followed.
The Temple Knights abandoned restraint. Mages gathered together and moments later the heavens were illuminated by a blinding flash of white. An enormous spell descended from above, engulfing an entire section of the city before detonating with a thunderous explosion that flattened everything within its reach, leaving behind nothing but a massive crater.
Damon smiled within the rolling dust.
