Chapter 59

"We can defeat Lily on the field," Penelope insists, only for Leo to point towards the palace walls.  "The trebuchet are already beginning to turn towards the battlefield, not the witches. Laraxis is going to send massive rocks our way.Besides, look how much of the magical barrier the witches have torn down already. Lily will soon enter into the palace, we should too."  Penelope looks over to the witches on the other side, giving new instructions to a group of her men. "I need twenty men to head for the witches. Try and kill as many as you can. One or two will make even the smallest difference." A group of warriors set off, running around the wave of warriors Lily sent out, charging for the witches as I watch Fiona walk forward, in the way of the charge of the warriors.  The ancient witch stands there, feet shoulder-width apart as she opens her palms and a golden mist swirls around her. Just as our twenty warriors get closer to her, she shoots her