Indigo sat on his cloud, watching the carnage unfold below him, before he closed his eyes. He wasn't quite sure if this was the best idea, pulling out his ace in the hole this early in the game, or if it would be better to wait until Nova was found and identified, or wait until a later battle. Indigo opened his eyes, no, he had to do this. His forces are going to be crushed now, if he doesn't do what he can to save their lives and salvage this battle.
Indigo looked up. It didn't matter either way, he already gave the order. Now he just had to wait.
The minutes passed, and nothing happened. More time passed. Indigo furrowed his brow. Is something wrong? Did his order get intercepted.
The sounds of booming in the distance answered his question. A few long moments passed, before a strange sound started to fill the air, starting off faint before it started ripping over Indigo and the field below him, drowning out the faint sounds of the battle below. Indigo had never heard the sound before, he can only describe it as a strange power wind, but before he could listen to it more, the source of the sound arrived.
Large, white streaks dropped from the sky and impacted the ground in the crowd of alicorns soldiers, and in the next instant, they were engulfed in fire. The flash of fire, followed by the deafening bangs forced Indigo to flinch and cover his face, but in rapid succession the bangs continued. Indigo turned his head back to the carnage, as the explosive barrage finished. He saw the streak of light drop, impact the ground in a burst of fire, which quickly were engulfed in brown as dirt and rock were sprayed into the air, followed by the loud bang as the sound caught up to Indigo's position. Then, one more streak, fire, rock and debris, and sound, and the sound of the battle dropped to complete silence as both sides stopped to figure out what the hell just happened.
Sule's artillery had worked perfectly, as large stretch of battlefield that held the bulk of the alicorn soldiers was now turned to a cloud of dust, obscuring the desolation caused by the barrage.
Indigo watched the battlefield. "Holy crap..."
There was a flicker of light, which drew Indigo's attention to the large energy dome. Soon after, the dome appeared to crack, before it suddenly dissolved into white light. Indigo's eyes widened. "The dome's down..."