Use your strategic knowledge

Even when a enemy uses magic he is not invincible. Magic has it's limits. And for this reason you find it hard to believe, that a powerful witch like Keylara the dark would waste her strength to shoot lightning bolts at the walls. It is also strange that the first lightning bolt was absolutely accurate and at a greater distance. The witch should be much closer now. Nor does it use stronger or area-wide spells.

You get the idea that the flashes only serve as a distraction. Your archer already begin to shoot at the first attacking orcs which run towards your walls with loud battle cries. Only a few orcs with bows shoot back. This would be suicide if Keylara didn't has a plan. Then you suddenly notice that the castle gate is the weak spot in your defense. With her magic Keylara could easily tear the gate out of the socket.

“The archers should build two rows,” you explain to the captain, “the first row will continue decimate the enemies. The second row will aim at the gate. Trust me, the witch will destroy it as soon as her soldiers are here.”

The captain nods and gives orders to the soldiers. The order to split the archers causes a little confusion but they do as you told. And soon they see that is was the right choice. As the first orc arrives the gate a new lightning bolt drives into the gate ans turn it to ash. A large number of orcs enters the courtyard and gets peppered with arrows before a single one makes it more than five meters.

The next wave of enemies, mostly goblins this time, has to face your spearmen. But goblins are small and weak. Maybe they were planned to support the orcs in battle after they entered the courtyard. But the orcs are dead and the goblins follow. You only lose a hand full of men. Most are not even dead but injured.

The third group of enemies is a mixed one. Orcs, human bandits, goblins and a few renegade elves. This time the enemy is better organized. Orcs with huge shields and the elves with their magic protect the others. Humans and goblins are hard on your people. And the flood of enemies is not going to end.

To make things worse the witch really has some tamed monster in her her army. A creature with the body of a spider but hands like a crab tries to enter the courtyard through the gate. Which takes a small time because the creature is big like a hey wagon.

You found yourself in the middle of a battle with the chances against you. You must decide to flee or fight. And if you fight, who?