The Magician of Sound

A few minutes earlier, Kai was explaining his three steps.

"First, I want Michelle to get past them and arrive on the opposite side of us. After that, split the enemy's line into two. Just leave the front to four hundred or so to make them quicker to kill," Kai explained.

Hearing this, she frowned. "But… that won't stop the enemy from advancing. The dark fire won't do any damage to them."

Kai shook his head. "No. It's only to mark our battlefield. After that, make a huge wall with your shadow on that side. Magical beasts would think it is a wall that can't be crossed even though it is just a weak wall in reality."

"Mark?"

"Yes." He nodded. "I want to split the battlefield into three, the front, middle, and rear, thus leading to the second step. After you make the wall, Sister will go to the middle of the enemy and teleport them up high to create a wall that will split the battlefield again.

"However, I want the fighters to fill this hole to create a wall that prevents the rear from going to the front," Kai explained as he drew his plan on the ground. He drew something akin to a worm that was split into three.

The front and middle only had 400 magical beasts each while the rear had a thousand magical beasts.

"The last step will be for the gunners to kill the entire middle line. Because of Michelle's giant wall, all they will think of is to rush toward you, but they would mostly be wiped out without reaching here since we'll be quite a distance away.

"If the middle army commander is capable, I'm sure he would make his troops make a frontal assault. Within ten to twenty minutes, we should have killed every single magical beast in the front group and the middle group.

"Then, with our combined forces, we can destroy the rear more easily." Kai finished telling his plan.

The others could also picture how the battle would progress. This filled them with confidence.

"This might be a bit harsh for the fighters that hold the rear, but…" Kai glanced at Tasha. "If Sister can teleport the magical beasts again and again, our loss should be minimal."

"Indeed." She nodded.

Suddenly, the commander placed her hand on his shoulder. She asked, "Hey, why don't you enlist in the army? With your brain, I am sure you can become a great commander."

He closed his eyes while shaking his head. The biggest contribution to this was his hearing ability. Without it, he wouldn't be able to grasp the entire battlefield. He also heavily relied on Tasha's and Michelle's abilities, so there was no way for him to utilize this in the normal army.

"That's a shame." She sighed in disappointment before glancing at her soldiers. "All right. You heard the plan, to your positions."

***

"Fire!"

The gunners immediately rained the magical beasts with bullets. Because Michelle's black flame blurred the vision on the front while their left was blocked by a black wall, the gunners completely got all the attention of the middle group. The beasts started charging toward them.

On the contrary, the middle commander looked at the battle with shock. Furthermore, the original plan was to attack them while the left army made a pincer attack.

What was in front of him was not an ordinary surprise attack… Nonetheless, he managed to grasp a basic idea of this plan and took out his big sword before coming to the front.

"All soldiers in the middle army. The left army has come to our aid with the entire army. We can't let the left army be the star of this battlefield. All troops, charge!" He roared as he charged at the very front.

"Ooh!" The soldiers were filled with energy, especially when seeing their commander lead in front of them.

The fighters turned into killing machines and started butchering the beasts with all their energy while the gunners provided cover fire.

Seeing how the middle army started their charge, Kai decided to join the battle. He looked at the commander, telling her what he wanted to do. "Commander."

Noticing the situation and Kai's intention, she narrowed her eyes. "Are you going to join the battle?"

"Yes. I'm going to help our fighters." Kai nodded.

"All right. I will command the gunner group and eliminate the middle group. We will immediately help you as soon as we finish them… together with the other army," she said.

"Yes. Thank you." Kai saluted as he made his way toward Tasha.

He looked at Tasha's condition and discovered that nothing abnormal had happened.

He pulled his swords and released his killing intent before starting his killing spree. He had rested his strength by commanding soldiers from the rear this whole time. All of it was for this.

He cut through his way with brute force, killing all the magical beasts in his way, arriving at Tasha's position in just a few seconds.

"I can take care of this area, Sister can go back and rest," said Kai with a serious tone. He noticed that she was slightly out of breath after continuously sending these magical beasts to the sky. Judging from the sounds on the battlefield, there were only about five hundred magical beasts left, and most of it was thanks to her.

She wanted to say she could still fight. However, regardless of how she constructed a complaint in her mind, she ended up losing the argument. Without any choice left, she nodded and said, "Call me back if needed."

"No need. Reinforcements should have arrived by then."

Taking the last glimpse of his back, Tasha finally retreated from the battlefield.

Not long after, Michelle helped them and concluded the battle in less than twenty minutes with both armies' assistance.

At this point, Kai already checked the condition of the last battlefield with his ears. He also noticed that the commander of the middle army was coming toward him.

Looking at the angry look of the commander made him wonder whether he did something wrong or shouldn't have taken control.

The commander blew his expectation away with a salute. "Thank you for coming to our aid. I heard about your accomplishment from Commander Maya. We might have lost half of our soldiers before other reinforcements arrive… Sh*t, why aren't they here yet?"

It was then that Kai realized why the commander seemed so angry.

'So, that's how it is. He's angry at the reinforcements, not me.' Kai nodded his head before saying modestly, "We could win this because the soldiers are strong."

"As you said. I am proud of them." He nodded. "Still, we need to rush into our right army. They might be at their limits already."

"We do need to let the soldiers rest first. Imagine how fatigued our army must be. We won't be able to defeat them, even with our combined army and guns." Kai shook his head.

"Indeed. I will inform the soldiers first. What are you going to do?"

"I will scout the battlefield first."

"All right." He nodded as he walked away. "Soldiers. You can rest for ten minutes. The last battle will be brutal, so try to recover as much energy as you can in these ten minutes."

On the other hand, Michelle sneakily appeared behind him. "Kai… do you think the reinforcements will arrive before we finish the battle?"

"I don't know… considering the timing, they should be able to arrive before the battle ends." Kai nodded as he turned back.

"Still… without Tasha and Ayaka, there are only two of us… You can go rampage and leave your back to me." She smiled.

"Actually… I'm thinking of accepting my identity as a Zodiac. This power has been helping me for so many years, and I can't count how many times this power has saved my life.

"If I truly utilize this power, I might be able to exert twice my power and I'm sure our battle will become easier that way."

"Kai… you…"

"Just look at the three of you. All of you almost killed a thousand magical beasts each. Tasha even surpassed the one-thousand mark.

"What about me? I only killed around two hundred magical beasts. Most of my skills are either support skills or scout skills. The attack-type magic is a double-edged sword that might kill me in the process. So… believe in me." Kai smiled.

"Why are you telling me now?"

"It's because the right army is in terrible condition. I might need to unleash this power completely to win the fight. Of course, we'll retreat if we have to," Kai explained.

Michelle clenched her fists in reluctance, but she finally relented, "I'll make sure the rewards we get from them are worth the effort you put in."

Kai smiled as he knew that by 'them', she was referring to the student council.

After resting, the troops started marching toward the left battlefield. The situation had become too chaotic and the left army had lost half of their number. On the other hand, they only managed to kill 600 magical beasts.

They lost so much because of their terrain disadvantage. Closest to the sea, the magical beasts were concentrating their number on this place.

Furrowing his eyebrows, Kai tried to come up with a plan. Both commanders visited him to discuss their plan.

"We are going to pincer them from here. However, because the situation is not that good, I want you to lead one hundred fighters and fifty gunners to aid the right army. After that, we will make a large-scale withdrawal to get a better terrain before ambushing them. The right army commander should know that position and we shall follow you from the rear." The commander of the middle army instructed Kai.

"Wait, that's too reck-!" Kai stopped Michelle from complaining. Even so, this didn't mean he agreed with the commander's plan.

"Rejoice, everyone. Our reinforcements have arrived." Kai smiled as he heard three helicopters coming this way, telling everyone he had another way to reject the plan.