The Magician of Sound

"Boom."

The huge explosion blasted five bison into ashes and separated a third of its herd with a wall of fire.

"We have killed eight bison and separated twelve of them with the wall of fire, which means thirty of them are charging at us," Kai reported according to his ears.

"Alright. Should we control those bison in this place while killing as much as possible?" Ayaka asked while pointing her spear at the bison.

Kai smiled as he took out his swords. Like having the same instinct, both of them jumped forth at the same time. 

There were three bison in the first row. Kai struck the left bison's horn to stop his momentum before using it as a pivot point to spin his body in the air.

On the other hand, the bison couldn't stop its momentum, passing Kai a little bit and giving him a precious chance to strike them.

Kai obviously wouldn't let this chance go. With the spinning force from earlier, Kai swung both of his swords to their neck. Due to him spinning clockwise, he struck the right bison from above while another one from below. Nonetheless, their neck didn't have the same hardness as their horns, and Kai's strength was enough to slice their neck.

At the same time, Ayaka also didn't need to use such a trick as Kai. The spear that contained more than half a ton unleashed its true might. She raised the spear high before swinging it down.

The bison wouldn't let her and tilted his head a bit to block Ayaka's spear. Unfortunately, the confidence in their own hard horns became the weapon that killed them.

There was a different concept between Kai striking at his full power with a light sword and Ayaka using her spear's momentum and weight. In terms of the destructive power alone, Ayaka might already surpass him.

"Ha!"

She built all the momentum she could was just for this. The spear that was blocked by the horn quickly shattered the horn along with the bison's head. It didn't stop there. Instead, it continued and struck the ground, creating a small crater on the ground like she pounced the ground with a huge hammer. 

The spear stuck on the ground, but this was Ayaka's target all along. Without a single waste movement, Ayaka pushed the spear's handle to the ground yet again, even though it was already stuck. This acrobatic motion allowed Ayaka to shoot herself to the sky while pulling the spear out of the ground by using the momentum. 

At the same time, a pair of fire wings appeared on her back, allowing her to land perfectly on the ground before running toward the bison at high speed to create another momentum. This was Ayaka's current fighting style after training with Ria Ross, reflecting her new body's capabilities.

Without taking a single breath, Ayaka slammed her spear to the next bison. A magic circle appeared on her hand after killing two more bison as she retreated a few steps. 

"Scarlet Explosion."

"Boom!"

A flash of red light followed by an explosion appeared in the midst of bison rank. It killed another five bison in the process and blasted a few of them toward Ayaka.

Looking at the flying bison, Ayaka made another magic before a net of fire appeared a bit farther from her. The bison, that were charging at her, quickly changed their direction and went around the net, but the ones that were flying had no such luck.

The net caught five flying bison. As expected, the weight of the bison pushed and stretched the net toward Ayaka. Luckily, she had predicted this would happen and created a net a bit farther from her.

She looked at the fire net that started cooking the bison.

"Roar!"

It was at this time, a bison arrived at her right after avoiding the net. However, there was no trace of surprise on her face. In fact, no sign of her flinching in front of this bison. Because she knew…

"Bam!"

A loud sound produced by a kick right on the bison's body was heard. Although Ayaka couldn't see it because of the bison, her instinct could sense there was another presence behind the bison. And that presence was none other than Kai. 

Kai kicked the bison toward the fire nest, hoping for it to roast another one. He glanced at Ayaka's before another bison caught in his scope of vision. Unlike the usual time, Kai didn't shout at her to inform her about the bison. Instead, he trusted her and turned around as he struck another incoming bison from his direction.

Ayaka had no time to thank him as she noticed the presence from her left. She spun around while swinging her spear again toward the bison, killing the bison in one single blow.

It would seem that her power slowly became frightening, Kai thought. Even with his strength, he couldn't shatter the horn like her unless he used the heavy two-handed sword that he used in Cuba's battle. He could only aim at their weak point if he wanted to kill them in a single blow by using his speed and strength.

Happy with improvement, Kai nodded and searched for another opponent.

Meanwhile, Ayaka took a note on the state of this battle. She had killed seventeen bison from the start while Kai had killed eight. It would seem Kai was still superior in terms of close combat because she used her fire magic to kill thirteen out of those seventeen bison while Kai killed those eight with only his strength.

Even so, Ayaka shook that thought off in an instant. Michelle and Tasha should have finished killing those in their side while there were still thirteen bison in their side. She wanted to see how many more bison she and Kai could kill without their help.

Unfortunately, when another two bison charged at her, she realized that her spear didn't have enough length to reach both bison in a single swing. Her quick thinking made her create a magic circle on her hand to shoot a few firebirds while she killed the other one with her spear. It was at this time a female's voice resounded on her ears.

"Lightning Piercer."

An arrow pierced the wall of fire she made earlier and pierced the bison's head. This was Tasha's cover fire to let her focus on the bison in front of her. This didn't make her sad. Instead, she smiled and clenched her spear tightly before killing another bison with her spear's weight.

The magic circle that supposed to lose its purpose still shot out ten firebirds. However, their aim wasn't the dying bison. Instead, the firebirds flew past the bison and hit the two bison behind it.

"Boom Boom!"

The fate of these two bison was the same as those who were hit by firebirds earlier. Ayaka paid no heed to them and killed the rest of the bison with Tasha's assistance. It only took them a minute to kill another four bison, albeit when they saw Kai and Michelle, they already finished their task and was waiting for them.

Kai smiled at Ayaka while Michelle was looking at her mysteriously. 

Ayaka looked at her hand instead of them. She thought, 'This is my current power. Finally… Finally… I can see his back."

She closed her eyes, imagining the scene that she saw previously. It was like a dark world where she constantly chased after Kai. Sadly, Kai left her on the dust no matter how hard she trained. Only after receiving this power, she could finally see his back. She hoped to grab his back when she succeeded in mastering this new power.

"Oi, what are you doing?" Kai's voice echoed in her ears as she abruptly opened her eyes.

"Ah yes," Ayaka replied and began walking toward him and the others.

"How is your condition? I feel a great leap on your power and fighting style." Kai asked with a smile.

"Yes. I am fine. There is nothing wrong with my body or instinct when I killed them or used my power. As for my fighting style, I should thank Professor Ria for this… probably." Ayaka was grateful to Ria Ross, but deep inside, she hesitated whether she was really thankful after that training.

Kai only smiled as he knew what she felt. He decided to change the topic, "Alright. We should clear this up and go home."

"Yes." All of them shouted in unison.

This scene astonished Rick in the helicopter. He could see it clearly from the sky how fifty C rank bison died in their hands within a few minutes. In fact, it barely took them fifteen minutes to clear them up.

"Amazing," Rick exclaimed. "This is my first time seeing a group like this. They only have four people, but their firepower might be greater than all the top 100 groups I had served before."

"Yeah. They are really different from the norm." Evan commented with a smile. He thought with the addition of the new Ayaka, their group was really full of freaks. Two S rank magicians and three zodiacs. This alone would shift the balance of power among the top 100 groups. 

He leaned back on his seat while muttering, "I hope there is no group that will challenge us in a group battle. Well, I am sure you heard this too, right?"

Of course, the 'you' on his mouth was none other than Kai, albeit the latter only smiled because he never had a plan in accepting that as long as they didn't push their limit. 

"Old man Rick, why don't you land around their area? And we can go home after this." Evan said nonchalantly. 

"Haha… Sure sure. It seems I can tell this story to my daughter." Rick laughed before landing the helicopter.