The giant beast moved very "slowly," its movements so sluggish that each step took nearly half a minute. Every time one of its enormous feet came down, it felt as though it had stomped on everyone's hearts.
Everything inside the supermarket that wasn't secured rattled with each of the beast's footfalls, and dust kept sifting down from the ceiling.
Although only the few people standing by the windows or entrance could see this, almost everyone felt that disaster was upon them.
"What on earth is happening?" someone finally asked in a trembling voice, unable to contain his fear.
But no one could answer him. Almost everyone, Nick included, lost the ability to speak at that moment.
As the beast slowly approached, its immense body gradually came into clearer view. Countless "Pterodactyl" monsters like those everyone had seen the night before last kept taking off from and landing on its body, like flies hovering around rotting meat.
"Horton (Nick), what should we do?" Kurt asked hoarsely.
What should we do? Give that thing a pedicure? Nick had no idea what to do either. Just one of its feet was bigger than the building they were in. Even if Ultraman Tiga came, he would probably have to fire beams at it from far away.
How about getting myself a spaceship and dragging a high-strength steel cable around those six long legs to trip it up?
That was how the rebels in Star Wars had dealt with the Empire's AT-AT walkers, anyway.
Just as everyone stood dumbfounded, an ominous shriek suddenly rang out. Countless fireballs erupted across the beast's body, and only a moment later did the thunder of the explosions reach them.
"It's the army!" Martin's excited shout had barely rung out before more explosions drowned it out.
With the rumble of