The alphas abroad, reorganized preparing for the worst possible scenario, helping the clans to find buses or any means to flee, since the vast majority could not fly.
The devourer lowered and landed on the ruined stadium, letting out a roar that caused an earthquake to destroy the roads, denying them a direct escape route.
The cries for help did not wait. Suddenly they saw that the being was preparing to advance and to their horror, it began to run after them, throwing cars and concrete through the air.
The weight moved the floor causing tremors so that people fell or were seriously injured by debris, destroyed asphalt or fire. His ravenous hunger upset him and he took the first thing he found into his claws.
A small school bus with people inside was to be his first appetizer. Panic and general madness devastated the people who watched from below as the first victims were going to die, who shouted for help.
The devourer, wrapping his tongue around the bus, carried out a tasting while looking for an access to insert his tongue and make his way inside.
Sirens could be heard in the distance, while police helicopters and the press arrived to witness the horror at its finest. The cameras focused directly on the creature, generating terror to those who saw it from all over Johannesburg.
As he was about to swallow the bus, a blue light cut off his arm, dropping the victims into the void. Seeing another macabre ending the calls for help did not stop and to everyone's surprise, the thunderbird held the bus to lower it to the ground.
People ran for shelter when they realized they were safe. Most looked away from the bird that continued to climb until lost in the clouds to cause a storm.
Another roar sounded louder and the devourer who tried to take the bird unsuccessfully set his sights on the few people still standing there. Someone's voice resounded like a loudspeaker guiding with instructions only understandable to a few who did not take long to do what they were asked.
-Those who can form a shield unite and resist until everyone has escaped, we must not let him advance to the capital, the others help the wounded to get out of here-
A blond young man in military uniform stood in what was the parking lot holding a hammer twice his size with rods in a backpack on his back staring at the devourer and next to him was another dusty young man with a sniper rifle.
-I called him and instead of coming to help, he sent you. I will not discuss it for me it is the same who takes me home- Rigel spat after swallowing dust
-Haha how are you cousin! Don't criticize Antares, you know he must keep up appearances. At least he went to get me out of the boring meeting in Shuto to save your butt- Regulus enjoyed going out to play
-Let's leave the greetings for later. Let's eliminate that plague, my girls wait for me-
-After today you owe me a favor. Well here I go, you already know what to do-
Regulus began to run in the air supported by his mana that formed a path of golden brick as he moved forward.
Swinging his hammer, he sliced through the air and landed a blow to the arm of the regenerating devourer. He somersaulted to propel himself, landing on his head and driving in a rod for more blows.
The devourer began to roar from the annoyance caused by dealing with hammer blows and began to move causing the earth to shake with each step he took. With his other claw he was trying to get Regulus out of his head but he started getting repeated shots aimed at his neck.
The beast did not stop and they hoped to reach its weak point to liquidate it, they were only buying time by distracting it.
Rigel scowled and, playing bait, started running through the air to deflect the beast in another direction. He stopped for a moment in the air to create a bazooka, fired a missile that exploded against the neck of the being and ran again holding his rifle, thus, alternating weapons he intended to piss him off.
Regulus found it annoying to move to get to Laura's torso. The devourer's head had many elevations and faults that prevented it from advancing. The tired beast came to a sudden stop and nodded rapidly sending Regulus flying, but he did a half turn to balance his weight and end up landing on the monster's back, where he chose to continue hammering the rods.
The sky began to thunder and the lightning was more and more. The thunderbird was creating a storm on demand as his rider set the stage.
The most daring journalists filmed from helicopters and others preferred to use drones to show the world an uneven battle. People in their homes and on the street who were caught off guard by the sudden night rose to cheer on the warriors on screen.
The security forces for their part, took the injured while they watched the fairies and other magical beings hold a mega shield to protect them from the flying debris and the smoke that covered the visual.
The rishis arrived near the highway where the great majority was watching the confrontation in astonishment. For everyone, the transformation of Laura into a devourer was something impossible and at the same time crazy. The crowd in the stadium witnessed the unusual descent and were trying to explain what they saw.
Hakeem and Artemis, unable to find the Foxes, stood outside the car waiting for the end when they spotted their grandmother whose face, like the rest of the rishis, had been distorted in deep anger. They insisted that she get in the car but she refused, she also wanted to see how the calamity would end.
Everything was confusion and lack of control. People inside cars and those standing in the middle of the highway were crying, screaming, or just looking for hope. Gabriel and Morla could not bear the pressure and sat on the floor. Hakeem approached them walking through the crowd, he just wanted them to join them and find out how they were doing.
-Child, where is Bradley? - Morla was surprised not to see him anywhere
-I called him but he didn't answer, but Arthur sent a message that he would go to help get the remaining people out. He asked us to go home but the highway is congested and nobody is moving forward- Hakeem replied looking in the direction of the beast
- Damn, this is terrible. Sonia, is she okay? How is her egg? -Gabriel was worried
-Arthur said they were fine. Brad would come back when he finished helping ... come with us to the car, the traffic may advance at any moment to get out of here- Artemis helped them up
-Quiet, they will finish with that thing. That daring bitch caused this, but she will pay dearly ...- Zhen was furious
The hateful words shook them. The pair of brothers seemed as if he did not know what was really happening and the rishis had to remain stable amid all the commotion to avoid creating more worries.
**
In the region, the hares turned on the giant screens on several channels simultaneously to follow the minute by minute of the fight. The leaders chose to watch it from Aunt Maggie's room, but when they looked at the emotionless faces of the white rabbits, they knew it was not a good sign. Nobody believed it possible to see something like this before its time.
When one of the cameras focused on the young man with the hammer and the sniper, the shock that the white rabbits got was shocking, because they already knew about the incident thanks to Etoile.
The night before, they were having dinner and in the next instant, Etoile's eyes shifted to a multi-colored prism. Everyone got scared from the table when she started with her prophecy.
-The golden lion will guide the hunter to catch his prey ... in a beautiful Glow of life-
Now they knew that what they longed to know was coming and decided to wait for it.