The Magician of Sound

Kai and Tasha were on their way toward Santarem, trying to finish their mission as soon as possible.

They traveled with Tasha's teleportation magic and because this was an infiltration mission, each teleportation was only two kilometers away, so Kai could check the condition ahead with his ears.

It took them an hour just to reach this place with teleportation magic. Santarem was a city near the Amazon River, making Kai confused as to where the terrorist would hide.

Since it would be very obvious, they should not make their base right inside the city, so Kai and Tasha proceeded there with caution. It turned out he was right. There was no one inside the city, or at least, he did not hear a single person or magical beast, making it very quiet and creepy.

"No one." Kai shook his head.

"As expected… Where are we going next?"

He took out his device first to check the map. "We are coming from the south and found nothing. We need to cross the river first if we want to go to the north. I check the water situation, so I can be sure there is no magical beast in the water anymore. That's why the enemy base is unlikely to be there since they would need a helicopter or boat to cross the river, making them very noticeable.

"There is a river on our left called Tapajos and we can make it as our anchor point if we search to the west. On the other side, we don't have anything particular until it reaches the coast. So, I think we should search for the west first. It is still 10 pm, we have time to search." Kai explained.

"Alright. The west is it." She nodded as she created another teleportation magic circle.

Sadly, they did not find anything suspicious along the way despite being careful not to leave anything passed them.

They arrived at the edge of the river, sighing. Tasha asked, "Do we have any clue other than Santarem?"

"I have. This is why I also suggested the west." Kai nodded. "There are noticeable areas in our south where there are also a few clues… How do I say this name? Alter do Ca… Chao, Para? Anyway, it is along with Pindobal and Amaranai. And this is what confuses me…"

"Confuse you?"

"According to the map, basically they can't go to the north or west because they are blocked by the river and unless they want to be caught, it won't be a good move.

"If they set their camp around this area, they could only run to the east or south, making it very easy to cross them," Kai explained.

"Is there any report across the river?" Tasha asked.

Kai checked the information he got from the student council president and shook his head.

"I feel we would have some clue if we search that area."

"There are only scattered small islands around the river…" Kai said.

"Well, isn't it perfect to be their base?" Tasha shrugged.

"Are you thinking about an underground base?" Kai shook his head.

"Anyway, we don't lose anything either in checking those places, except an hour or so," Tasha said.

"Alright. We are going there after we search these three areas." Kai agreed.

They then proceeded around carefully, but as they had expected, they did not find anything. Because of that, they decided to go in the opposite direction according to Tasha's intuition.

And in that place, Kai was shocked because he finally heard two humans. They decided not to teleport again and closed in on foot. Surprisingly, Kai found around eight people in the area.

"There are eight people around the area and they are pretty scattered," Kai informed as he pointed his finger. "Two over there, and two over there. The rest are in the same place."

"How big can your Insulation Room be?" Tasha asked.

"Since I have gotten back ten percent of my power, I can make around fifty meters."

"That will be a bit hard, but doable. Assuming they are elites, we need to somehow ambush them."

Kai pondered for a moment before saying, "I can be the bait while you snipe them. In the meantime, the others would not hear them because I will set up an Insulation Room. They are not in the air right now and have quite a distance, so I doubt they can see my barrier."

"Are you sure?" Tasha worried.

"Yes. I can use my Lullaby to distract them and I have confidence in my close combat." Kai nodded. "We can retreat with your Space Magic anyway."

Tasha paused for a bit before she agreed to his plan. "Alright. Be careful out there."

Kai nodded as he made a magic circle, creating a map. "We are going to attack the enemies on our ten first. We can try to get some information from them… probably."

She looked up, trying to see the enemies' actual position before looking for her sniping position. "Alright. I have the position."

They then disappeared, going toward their own position.

Kai was using his beastly instinct and his ears to go through the land. He crept within the darkness as he suddenly appeared from behind the enemies.

As one would expect from elites, they sensed his presence and turned back while Kai immediately used his magic to create a Sound Insulation Room.

"Enemy!" The male shouted as the female took out her radio.

Seeing this, Kai immediately snapped his finger, creating a magic circle that would produce a loud and disturbing sound.

"Kh!" Both of them tried to open their eyes despite this loud sound. The male even uttered, "Take care of him first, there might be anoth-!"

Before he finished his words, he felt something was coming from their side and targeted the female. Sadly, his reaction was a bit slow because of Kai's magic, letting her head be pierced by Tasha's lightning arrow.

"Wha-!" He gritted his teeth as he took out his spear, slashing downwards.

Seeing this, Kai also swung his sword to block his spear while using his other sword to strike at his neck.

Unfortunately, the elite immediately ducked down and swung his spear toward Kai's feet.

Kai jumped and spun his body, striking him again from above. The male quickly raised his spear, blocking Kai's two swords.

"..." Noticing his movement, Kai could see that this man was on another level than the woman. He snapped his finger again and tried to attack at the same time.

Unexpectedly, the man only gritted his teeth, enduring the pain and swung his spear to blow him away.

Kai used his powerful strength to stop his spear.

He was surprised that the little kid had so much power, but his spear was still sharp so Kai could not get close while making a magic circle on his left hand.

"Lightning Piercer."

Of course, Tasha immediately prevented that, aiming at his left hand.

"!!!" The man immediately tried to destroy the arrow with his spear, and Kai instantly took that chance with his insane reaction speed.

He sliced his left hand while continuing his slash toward his body.

"Argh, Sh*t!" The man used the spear handle to block Kai's sword while blocking Tasha's arrow with just the thin spear blade. Unfortunately, Tasha's arrow still held more power than he expected, making his spear spin.

Kai only smiled as his sword slid on the spear's handle, cutting a few fingers that tried to hold the spear.

The man immediately kicked him, so he could make a distance, but Kai had predicted it with his ears.

He simply grabbed his foot to throw his balance and struck his right arm with his sword. The blood immediately splattered around like his left hand. And Kai threw one of his swords to use his left hand to slam the enemy's head into the ground.

"So, care to tell me what do you know…" He looked at him with killing intent.

"Ptui." He spat on Kai though it was dodged. "I never thought I lost to a brat like you!"

"That's right. You lost, so please give me the information I need." Kai said nonchalantly.

"Do you think I will- Argh!" Before he finished his words, he screamed painfully as Kai just stabbed his right thigh while trying to spin his sword to make it more painful. "Nope, you won't tell me."

"That's why let us play a game since I don't really have time. Every time you refuse to answer, I will stab you with my sword like earlier. Let us see whether you are broken first or dying first." Kai smiled like a devil.

After that, he kept screaming without saying anything, making Kai sigh. Tasha also came over after realizing he had died. He looked at Tasha and said, "No clue. It seems we need to target the weaker one and hope they tell us any clue."

"I see." Tasha nodded, not minding about the blood around her.

"Anyway, we are going to fight with the second party first before killing the last group."

"What if we get our information in the next group? Do we ignore the last group and head to their location?" Tasha asked.

"No. We are still going to kill that group. They could communicate with each other and I am afraid if we don't take them swiftly, they will notice and inform their headquarters. If that happens, they will either prepare for a fight or run. I don't want to go through this mission again, so I hope we can finish them tonight." Kai explained.

"Alright. You are the leader." Tasha nodded.

After taking a breather for a minute, they went toward the second group.