Before the first crusader managed to reach the fortress, two of the large-scale spells had already been lost.
'Fuck. We need to react or we'll be killed before we can do anything. If any more mage units are killed or lose focus, we won't be able to bring down the miasma barrier. Eishin would never forgive me if this mission failed and neither would I.' The bishop thought, taking a special grade mana regeneration potion.
The bishop spread the light shields again to try to cover as much ground as possible, but the loss of so many shields created too many gaps in his defense. New shields were being conjured as priests recovered and resumed the spell, but it didn't do much to cover so many gaps.