Chapter 862 - Giant’s Rampage Ⅵ (2/2)
Roderic's eyes unconsciously stray to the nearby building that had effortlessly crushed his wife, Eileen. She had not even had time to move except to shove him and Rodney further away from her. After that, she was simply gone without even so much as a spoken goodbye.
Roderic weakly coughs knowing full well that he was going to die soon. He knew that his older brother, Argus, would not be able to properly take care of his child. No, the strongest person to offer protection to his boy would be Reginald Prince, but Reginald had disinherited his daughter, Eileen for her betrayal. Still, he knew that his wife's aunt, Georgine had interfered sufficiently to ensure that no retribution was taken against him nor Eileen.
”Sir?” The veteran Auror asked again.
”His mother is Georgine Prince,” Roderic stubbornly wheezed.
Percius and the veteran Auror both share a glance, but don't remark on the statement. ”Take the child and retreat,” Percius firmly ordered the reluctant veteran Auror.
Nodding his head in acceptance of the reply, Percius gestures to the other Auror to take the sobbing child. ”No, daddy!” Rodney wailed as the veteran Auror firmly pulled him away from his father. ”Daddy!” The little boy wailed as his cries grew dimmer was the veteran Auror hurried away with the child tightly clutched in his arms.
”Thank you,” Roderic gasped, before gurgling more blood. ”You best go on, Auror,” he spat out knowing that there was nothing further the Auror could do for him.
Percius can't think of anything else to say except to nod his head at the dying wizard, before moving forward to try to get a better idea of the giant's next move. He hadn't gone much further when the whistle of something falling through the air can be heard. ”Sonorous,” he pointed at his throat with the amplifying charm. ”Incoming!”
The Auror's within the village seek cover as enormous sacks loaded down with rocks begin to smash into the ruined town. The sacks easily fall open as thick dark poisonous miasma begins to seep into the air. ”Poison!” Roared Percius, before removing the charm.
Pointing his wand at the miasma, Percius shouts ”Ventus,” but inhales some of the poisonous fog at the same time. The poison eagerly dives into his lungs and is absorbed by the blood vessels.
The wind spell shoots a strong jet of spiraling wind from the tip of Percius's wand. Moving his wand, he uses the wind to send the miasma back towards the giants. Such a poisonous fog would be deadly even to the giants despite their enormous size.
Seeing the poisonous fog rise into the air like a deadly serpent at them, Iwara grinds her sharp teeth in fury. ”Cheaters,” she hissed at the poisonous fog returning towards them. She was unable to use her own magic since she had overexerted herself during the crossing. Irked, she roars, ”Attack!”
The miasma would hurt them and weaken them, but it would not be sufficient to kill the giants. The giants eagerly stride forward causing the ground to shake. Through the miasma, the hulking forms of the rapidly approaching giants can be seen. The Auror's with their hastily torn sleeves cover their faces in order to breathe. They would never manage to make their way through the wreckage of the town in time to retreat. Nor could they lead the giants to the exit point where the evacuation of the survivors was still occurring. Instead, the Auror's position themselves to hold their ground for as long as possible for the citizens to reach safety.. The Auror's knew full well that their decision to remain behind would inevitably cost them their very lives.