Chapter 118 - Giganto v2

Theoric reflexively put up his skin barrier as he was lifted off the ground by the unknown giant green scaled monster that had burst through the ground with a loud roar, standing at 60 feet tall, it's angry yellow eyes darting around at everyone before settling on the one trapped in its hand.

It then began to squeeze, trying to crush him to death.

Theoric not happy with being attacked by another creature would have been suspicious if it wasn't for Anna telling him back when they first met, about how they hunt her for her blood.

Theoric grunted as he felt the creature's squeeze begin to strain his barrier, calling out- "A friend of yours Anna?"

Anna understanding his frustration was also beginning to question if this was normal, the strangest part was she didn't know what any of these creatures were,- "I don't know!" she yelled back in defeat, she wasn't happy about not knowing something.

He quickly provided more energy to his barrier before it started to crack while attempting to communicate to the creature,- "Is there something you want? Can you even speak?" He asked while trying to add more energy to open the hand and free himself, but the creature was no pushover as it held him in a death grip preventing him from adding any more energy as it all went to preventing it from cracking.

"Tell us what you want, there is no need for bloodshed," he said in an attempt to speak with it one last time before things got ugly while trying to wiggle his arm into a better position so he could get enough leverage to push himself free.

Giganto only roared at him in response, bringing his other hand up, squeezing him with both hands now causing Theoric to gunt again in irritation as his efforts were backtracked thanks to the other hand.

Anna stepped up and took charge as she looked for any weak points in the scale armor- "Io, aim for the eyes! Nina, Holland, go find cover, Sigyn, do what you can." yelled Anna as she took out her mother's bow to help Io which she was holding onto until Nina who wanted nothing to do with it, asked for it back.

"I can help!" said Holland reluctant to leave.

Anna gave her a quick glance- "Are you crazy, the monster may not be able to take your scream, but neither can we... You can be our secret weapon if things don't work out, but for now please stay back and let us take care of this."

Holland liking the sound of being a secret weapon easily agreed, though she still wished she could help,- "Come on Nina, let's go find cover."

Nina seeing Anna wield her bow in order to help fight was feeling extremely conflicted at the moment as she let Holland drag her away.

Io and Anna released arrow after arrow at the Monster's eyes who squinted at first before he brought one of his hands back to help block the incoming projectiles. Sigyn in the meantime called upon her powers, a green aura enveloping her arms as she raised them, making the plants underneath the creature erupt out in a frenzied overgrowth, climbing up its legs.

Feeling its leg's becoming trapped, it made the mistake of trying to lift one and break out, only to trip and fall forward dropping Theoric.

Anna yelled- "Good, Sigyn now's your chance to subdue it!"

Sigyn feeling extra motivated tried her best to wrap the creature up, but Giganto had other plans as he used his claws to easily move earth out of the way, quickly disappearing under the ground.

Anna- "Damn, who would have thought it could move through the earth so easily with that size, be on your guard."

Theoric first thought about taking to the skies, but seeing how happy Sigyn was to help, he thought of another solution- "Sigyn, can you use your plant powers to tell us where he is?" he asked, delighted to see her unafraid and happy to help.

Sigyn gave a grin as she said- "Leave it to me!"

Sensing the many plants and roots around, she was able to tell where the creature was through a combination of vibrations and shifting earth that the roots picked up.

They all felt the ground rumbling as the creature moved around beneath them, but they had no clue the exact position until Sigyn yelled- "Anna Watch Out!"

Anna didn't hesitate to jump dodge away, just missing the giant green hand breaking through from where she last stood.- "Thanks Sigyn!" She yelled back, knowing she would have been in trouble if not for her timely warning.

Theoric briefly enjoyed the sight of Sigyn's blooming smile and the teamwork of his women before getting back to work.

Seeing the creature angrily peeking out at Anna with its one arm still in pursuit of her retreating form. He formed energy chains and sent them to wrap around the extended arm in an attempt to capture the creature.

Io seeing the creature going after Anna, wasted no time in locating its eyes peeking out, and began to fire her remaining arrows.

Distracted by the arrows once again trying to poke its eyes, Giganto closed them not noticing the chains now wrapping around its arm.

Theoric then tightened the chains around the creature's arm and then began to pull the creature out of the ground.

With no more arrows, Io retreated to a safe distance, meeting back up with the other two ladies who were waiting off to the side as Theoric continued to pull, but now free from arrow shots, Giganto now saw what was pulling it and brought its other arm out of the ground with an explosion of dirt as it swiped with its claws, severing the chains that held it.

With nothing but shrubs and grass around, Sigyn saw her chance as she took out her seeds and threw them over. Tree's, roots, and vines surged out in a torrent of plant life, completely engulfing the arms

Anna now at a safe distance turned back around and started another volley of arrows thanks to the magical bow never running out, creating them with each pull of the string.

Giganto roared furiously in resentment at having to close its eyes again as it struggled to free its arms. It then willingly climbed out of its hole, ripping up the plant life out of the ground though still wrapped snuggly around its arms.

Theoric concentrated on strengthening the energy chains around its arms, binding them together even tighter as the creatures lifted them and slammed them down into the ground causing a localized earthquake as the ground shattered upon impact, blasting out dirt and debris.

Splitting his focus, Theoric flew up, Lifting Anna and Sigyn in energy as the ground collapsed beneath them while trying to maintain the bindings on the creature.

Suddenly without warning, the creature jumped, flying right out of the smokescreen it just created.

Surprised by the turn of the events, Theoric dropped all focus on the creature's arm bindings as he poured all the energy he could for their own protection. Bracing for impact as he watched the creature raised its arms ready to slam into them.

With some quick thinking, Theoric managed to split the bindings and push the arms out wide making them just narrowly miss as they passed by on the outside, but they couldn't avoid everything as Giganto's body still came crashing into them.

Anna and Sigyn were now screaming as they all came crashing back down, body-slammed by the creature.