There was something he could do, though. All he needed was to rise his hand towards the sky, summon the lightning strike, and unless his true power.
That's what he did. The bolt hit him immediately, and the whole area around him, in a perfect circle, was blasted by the sudden change of gravity.
It changed the layout of the city around, crushing what was left of the building. Pressing the rubble into the soil, and lowering the ground level by a few meters in the vicinity.
All the warriors, including Hailwic, suddenly found themselves being pressured by an incredibly strong force. Their weapons fell off their hands, and the three couldn't even move. She, though, was able to pick herself up groaning while pushing her muscles to the limit, utilizing the fury she had to tap into, to make herself strong enough.