95: Second Mission (Part 3)

Second Mission (Part 3)

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. They did this so Kai could check the condition ahead with his ears.

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

Since it would be very obvious, they shouldn't 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 didn't 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 came from the south and found nothing. We need to cross the river first if we want to go to the north. I checked the water's condition to make sure that there were no magical beasts in the water anymore, so the enemy base is unlikely to be there since they would need a helicopter or a boat to cross the river, making them very noticeable.

"There's a river on our left called Tapajos. We can make it 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's still 10 PM, so we still have time to search," Kai explained.

"All right, the west it is." She nodded as she created another teleportation magic circle.

Sadly, they didn't find anything suspicious along the way despite being careful not to miss anything.

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

"We do. This is also why I suggested searching to 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's along Pindobal and Amaranai. And this is what confuses me…"

"Confuse you?"

"According to the map, they basically can't go north or west because they're blocked by the river. Not to mention, 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 felt that we would be able to find some sort of 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.

"Checking those places won't cause us to lose anything besides an hour or so anyway," Tasha said.

"All right then, let's go there after we search these three areas." Kai agreed.

They then proceeded around carefully. As they had expected, they didn't find anything. Because of that, they decided to go in the opposite direction according to Tasha's intuition.

And there, Kai was shocked. He could hear the sound of two people. They decided not to teleport again and closed in on foot. Out of his expectation, Kai found around eight people in the area.

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

"How much area can your Insulation Room cover?" Tasha asked.

"Since I've gotten back ten percent of my power, I can cover around fifty meters."

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

Kai pondered for a moment before saying, "I can be the bait while you snipe them.  set up an Insulation Room beforehand so the others wouldn't be able to hear it. They're not in the air right now and are quite a distance apart, so I doubt they'll be able to see my barrier."

"Are you sure?" Tasha worried.

"Yes. I can use my Lullaby to distract them. Besides, I have confidence in my close combat abilities." Kai nodded. "We can retreat with your space magic anyway."

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

Kai nodded and began making a magic circle, creating a map. "We're 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 a sniping position. "All right. I found a good position."

They then disappeared, each going toward their own positions.

Kai was using his instinct and his sharp 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 man from the enemy side shouted and the woman 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 noise. The man even uttered, "Take care of him first, there might be anoth-!"

Before he could finish his words, he felt something coming from their side targeting the woman. Sadly, his reaction was a bit slow because of Kai's magic, unable to stop her head from being pierced by Tasha's lightning arrow.

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 man quickly raised his spear, blocking Kai's two swords.

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

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

Kai used his powerful strength to stop his spear.

He was surprised that a little kid could have so much power, but his spear was still sharp, so Kai couldn't 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 seized that chance and took action.

He sliced the man's left hand while continuing to slash toward his body.

"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, causing his spear to spin.

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

The man immediately kicked him in an attempt to create distance, but Kai predicted it with his hearing.

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

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

"Ptui." He spat at Kai, which was then dodged. "I never thought I'd lose to a brat like you!"

"That's right. You lost, so please give me the information I need," Kai said nonchalantly.0

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

"So let's play a quick game since I don't really have time. Every time you refuse to answer, I'll stab you with my sword just like I did earlier. Let's see whether you'll break or die first," Kai said with a smile resembling a devil's.

With Kai commencing his words, the man constantly screamed. Even so, not a word came out of his mouth, making Kai sigh. Tasha also came over after realizing he had died. Kai looked at Tasha and told her, "No clue. Looks like we'll need to target the weaker ones and hope they'll tell us something."

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

"This aside, we're going to fight against the second party before killing the last group."

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

"No. We still have to kill that group. They have their means to communicate with each other. I'm afraid if we don't take them out fast, they'll 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.

"All right then. You're the leader, after all." Tasha nodded.

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

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