Many things were happening at once!
The packed earth beneath their feet began to tremble faintly, countless tiny stones rolling across the ground.
A gale began to whip through the air.
The Shire brothers, who looked ready to explode, seemed to become voids of negative pressure, drawing in all the surrounding air!
Harry's anguished roar rang in his ears, but Sirius had no time to get away. He could only shout,
"Don't come over, Harry!"
Sirius wanted to break free of the "ticking bomb" clinging tightly to him, but the man's arms were astonishingly strong, gripping him like iron hoops and leaving him unable to escape!
Sirius could only watch in despair as Hott charged step by step toward Minister Bones.
The chaotic magic made Apparition nothing more than a futile hope.
The Aurors hurled themselves toward Minister Bones one after another while slashing their wands down with reckless abandon, trying to stop Hott from getting any closer.
Yet the dense barrage of spells struck Hott's swollen chest and fizzled out like sparks, utterly ineffective.
Magical barriers rose one after another before Minister Bones, making the Aurors tasked with protecting her breathe a small sigh of relief.
They believed this would surely stop the villager intent on assassination.
But the terror in Kingsley's eyes had not faded in the slightest.
Because he had once faced this kind of "human trap" himself!
He knew just how terrifying the explosion about to unfold before them would be!
It's over!
The same thought that had struck Sirius rose in Kingsley's heart.
The only thing he could do was no different from his subordinates: stand in front of Minister Bones and throw up a magical shield with all his strength, buying her that tiny, faint possibility of being saved!
Amid the roaring wind, Sirius