"Rat-a-tat-tat-tat..."
The bullets spewing from the machine guns fell to the ground before they could even reach the giant, their momentum gone.
An invisible protective barrier surrounded the seemingly motionless giant, reminiscent of the shields on alien warships. Neither bullets nor grenades had any effect on it. Just as heavier weapons were about to be brought in, orders came down to cease fire. Then a van drove over.
Radar and sonar were useless against it, as though they were being disrupted by some invisible interference. By then, some people had calmed down enough to raise their cameras and photograph the giant.
With a buzzing sound like a burst of tinnitus, all the electronic devices went black. The streetlights along the entire road began to flicker, as if everything powered by electricity had gone mad.
The giant remained where it was and did not attack, but its enormous belly and giant palms still filled people with fear.
From the air, Severus, transformed into black smoke, saw this scene. Yet he did not linger there for long before flying toward the military camp. A truck was speeding toward the "Pyramid" inside the camp.
Severus recognized the vehicle. It belonged to a hacker who called himself Baldwin. Beneath the "Pyramid," Monica was riding a small scooter, narrowly evading the pursuit of a Dullahan. Elsewhere, Alessandro was wielding a flagpole against another Dullahan that had lost its horse.
The moment he landed, he pulled his wand from his sleeve and cast a Binding Spell at the Dullahan fighting Alessandro. Snake-like ropes quickly tied the Dullahan up tight, leaving it unable to move.
He then headed toward the other Dullahan. The creature fled as soon as it saw him appear. Severus pointed his wand, and the cars parked on both sides flew sideways, forming a