115: Emergency

Emergency

"Kh." The more he tried to comprehend the language or the tone, the more the veins on his head bulged.

"Kai Carter!" General Sanders shook his body, calling him back to reality. He had no idea why Kai suddenly seemed as though he was possessed, but it made his heart skip a beat. His father and Nathan Graham entrusted his safety to him, so him acting like that made him sweat.

"Ah... sorry, General, I was too focused." Kai shook his head, regaining his composure.

Seeing how he came back brought him peace of mind.

He went around him, observed him from top to bottom, and asked, "What just happened to you?"

Kai didn't answer straight away. He thought about it for nearly a minute before saying, "I'll ask you something strange first."

"Sure, ask me," General Sanders said with a serious expression.

"Do we have any people in our north? I mean above the ocean."

"Above the ocean?" He expected some strange questions, but this one truly toppled them. He recalled every mission and transport around the area before shaking his head. "As far as I know, no."

Kai fell into silence once more before then asking, "General, you know about my hearing, right?"

"Yeah. I've been informed."

"Actually, I heard two... people? I hear two individuals talking in a strange language. More importantly, if I'm not mistaken, one of them talked in the same frequency as a human voice, but the other one talked in a dolphin's frequency, around 30,000 to 40,000 Hz. Unless you have my ears, you won't even understand."

"!!!" He stared at him with empty eyes for nearly a minute. After coming back to reality, the general didn't say a word. Instead, he nodded as a gesture for Kai to recount his story.

Kai hesitated for a moment before honestly explaining, "The dolphin voice felt like a male voice while the other had a female voice. The voices came from our north, around four kilometers ahead."

General Sanders crossed his arms, recalled something in his mind, and asked him another question, "What's the limit of your hearing? I mean, the frequency."

"Normal humans can hear from 20 to 20,000 Hz, but I can hear from 0.5 to 100,000 Hz." Kai fell into silence after answering him. In fact, it was because of this hearing frequency that he was able to use his Echolocation magic. He tried to reproduce their tone in human language, hoping Sanders would understand. "They spoke something along the lines of 'Lkkndit' and 'Sclaa kita moar', if I recall correctly."

He tried his best to reproduce the sound, but it fell short.

"This might be bad..." General Sanders scratched his head, thinking about how to deal with this. He looked at Kai, one of the most important lives in this base, and grabbed his shoulder.

"Prepare your luggage. You'll go home tomorrow."

Kai was stunned by that order. He furrowed his eyebrows and asked to confirm if he had heard him right, "I need to go back tomorrow? What do you mean, General Sanders?"

Sanders realized the importance of Kai's hearing ability and thought about how to secure his safety first. He took his communication device out of his pocket and checked the schedule before saying, "You and your team will go back tomorrow as soon as the reinforcements arrive."

Without waiting for Kai to respond, he walked away from him and started typing something.

...

In the Graham family's manor.

The two old men, who were relaxing by playing chess, got interrupted by a sudden high-pitched sound from one of their communication devices.

"Sorry, it's mine." Nathan grabbed the communication device beside him before another squeaking sound startled him.

"It's mine this time." It was the same old man from yesterday, General Sanders's father, Ethan. He also opened his communication device, halting the game for a moment. "My son is calling me."

"My son too." Nathan was surprised as he exchanged looks with Ethan. They both felt that something was wrong.

"Son, what's wrong?" Both of them picked up the call and asked at the same time.

Like father like son, Sanders and Michael answered at the same time. "Father, we have an emergency!"

"Wait, wait, wait. Calm down and tell me, what happened?" They were really in sync as they answered with the same line.

"'That' appeared, and they'll attack my (Sanders's) base."

"!!!" Their eyes met. They knew perfectly well how important this information was. According to the way they called him, Sanders would surely know more, so Nathan decided to hang up his call. "Ethan is in front of me, and his son is calling him. I'll just listen to their conversation. I'm sure it'll be better than having a confusing discussion with you."

Ethan placed his device on the table and activated the speaker so Nathan could hear their conversation. "I'm in Old Nathan's house, tell me what you mean by 'that' appeared!"

"This..." Ethan looked at Nathan and nodded.

Nathan's expression turned dark as he asked, "How are Kai and the others?"

"They're still in the base. Considering how they're coming from the north of our current location, I'm requesting a reinforcement. I've told Michael to bring more reinforcements as a rescue squad. On the other hand, I hope you can come from South Carolina to our base as soon as possible, preferably before noon."

"Good decision. If 'that' really appears, then it's a bad choice to send the kids back right now with their current location. They might even die on the way." Ethan nodded, pinching the bridge between his eyebrows before asking, "Are there any student groups around you? Check it and order them to gather in your base. We can't rescue them in a separate place if they're too far. This battle will surely escalate to something horrible."

"Understood. I will immediately check it."

"At around what time will the magical beasts arrive at your base?"

"Dawn, at around 5 AM."

"Sh*t." Nathan gritted his teeth and slammed the table with a furious expression. "If we attack them carelessly, we'll be the ones who get destroyed. We can only arrive there right before noon, around 11 AM earliest. I can bring two thousand elites with me, and I'll ask the military here to spare some soldiers and transportations."

Sanders exhaled and answered, "I plan to abandon the base if they manage to kill half of us."

"We can build another base if it's destroyed, but it's hard to train soldiers. I'll talk it out with the government after this incident, so you don't need to worry." Ethan assured him.

"Understood."

"I want to ask one thing, is Kai over there? How is his strategic ability?"

Sanders recalled Kai's plan and realized why his father asked that. "He's good. Considering the distance between our four armies, I'll ask him to take command of HQ using his hearing."

"Good. He can buy time as long as he plays the card right."

"Yes." Sanders nodded before falling into deep thought. "Kai's plan requires all of his teammates to move, should I recall them and have them wait inside the base?"

"No. It'll be better for them to be somewhere around you since 'that' is like us and hard to predict. Instead, ask Kai to observe their every move, " Ethan answered.

"All right."

"You just need to hold out for a few hours. Remember, your opponent is as smart as humans and can employ techniques. Because your rank is not high enough, I'm giving you special permission to tell Kai about this, but you need to tell him about it as vaguely as possible. After they're rescued, Nathan or I will explain it to him personally."

"Understood. I will fulfill my duty as the general of this place." Sanders nodded.

On the other side.

"You're going?" Nathan asked with a serious expression.

He nodded. "With how you've entrusted your little Michelle and grandson-in-law to my son and me, It's obvious that I also have to bear responsibility for it. It's been a while since I last fought."

"You're not rusty, are you?" Nathan asked him seriously without having a single intention to tease him. He wanted to make sure not to bring someone useless in this mission, considering how dangerous it would be later.

"Of course not. Still, it seems that we're going to have another opportunity to fight together again."

"Good." Nathan nodded and said to Sanders, "Do your own task well, I'll surely bring you reinforcements before noon."

"Thank you, Sir Nathan." He hung up the call.

As soon as the call ended, Nathan shouted, "Bryan, Albert, get your asses over here right now!"0

The shout echoed through the entire manor, startling many people, especially the two whose names were called. They were relaxing inside the mansion and immediately opened the window near them and jumped out when they heard him, running toward Nathan as fast as possible.

"Father!" It only took them a few seconds to appear in front of him.

"You two are going to assemble all our men and leave only enough to protect the shore. I'll fill you in on the details later."

"What happened, father? Where are you going?" Bryan asked.

"I'm going to our South Carolina Military Base to ask for a few helicopters and others. Anyway, your time limit is dawn." Nathan did not waste another minute and quickly leaped to the outside.

"Understood." Despite knowing that their father would not hear it, Bryan and Albert still answered.

"Do you need my help?" Ethan, who was left behind, asked Bryan and Albert. This South Carolina was not his jurisdiction, so Nathan was more effective in talking to the army. In that case, helping these two men would be better than doing nothing.

"No, no. We are completely fine with the task. Thank you for your concern, Sir Ethan." Bryan politely declined his suggestion and left. "Then, please excuse us."

"Still... Why did they appear at a time like this?" Ethan looked at the sky and pondered for a moment before sighing as he couldn't think of an answer.

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