Bloodline Surging

"What are these people even trying to do?!"

Anna stared at everything unfolding before her in disbelief. The rocket-propelled grenade was practically flying straight through the window of one of the apartments with its lights on.

The tremendous roar carried far into the distance. It seemed to have struck one of the pillars supporting the building, and the entire structure groaned.

"I can't make sense of it either." Anton watched them in confusion. "This is Manhattan, New York!"

Never mind how the wizards would react. What were they thinking, attacking an apartment building in the middle of the city with a rocket launcher?

Were they trying to carry out a terrorist attack?

And all this just to target a single apartment building?

It made absolutely no sense!

Just then, Anton's Lake of the Mind suddenly began to boil. A tremendous sense of terror surged through him.

"Protego!"

He reacted swiftly, casting a Shield Charm over Anna. Before he could even swing his Wand again, the sharp, clear sound of a bullet cutting through the air rang across his Lake of the Mind.

Crack!

In an instant, a golden bullet, longer than a finger—13.8 centimeters—struck his shoulder.

A .50 BMG round of such immense power could tear a body apart in an instant, leaving a wizard no time even to apply Dittany.

And yet, something utterly miraculous happened!

It was, without a doubt, the most miraculous thing Anton had ever experienced since coming to this world!

At the instant the bullet hit him, he felt his thoughts almost grind to a halt. Everything around him seemed to move in slow motion.

Across from him, dust and chunks of concrete sprayed from the building blasted open by the rocket...

Anna turned toward him in horror, her long black hair whipping through the