Chapter 59: City Under Siege

"Kyriax!"

The dragon shrieked as a charge of lightning surged into it from Spark's staff. It bucked and heaved, trying to send him tumbling down. But Sparks remained steady. His feet were charged with static and clung to the dragon's scales like a creeper leech. Pity about the spinning, he thought as his stomach lurched from the dragon's wild thrashing. *Let's hope I don't go down in legend as the puking hero.*

The dragon rolled over in the air, giving Sparks a brief glimpse of the fight below. He winced; things weren't looking well. The Urts were starting to cluster at the palace doors. Another couple of trees had fallen. And the three other dragons by the palace, satisfied that he was being dealt with, were circling around to take another pass at the walls. Sparks needed to get back in the fray and fast.

He cast a glance down at the monster he was riding. His repeated blasts had opened a crack in its scales. A small patch of flesh was visible underneath.