117: War

War

Kai and his group walked toward the meeting room.

In there sat a few men and women waiting for the general to come.

Jack quickly rose from his seat, walked toward Kai, and deliberately put his hand on Kai's shoulder, acting like a buddy. "You heard it yesterday. General Sanders has officially raised this man's status as our temporary advisor. Though the highest command will still be in General Sanders's hand, as long as the general doesn't cut in, you guys should follow his orders."

When they were about to express their discontent and disapproval, General Sanders walked in, smacking the book on his hand to the back of Jack's head.

Smack!

"What are you doing?"

Jack froze upon hearing his voice. He turned around and smiled while stroking the back of his head. "Oh, General. I'm just introducing this little guy to the others, nothing more."

General Sanders rolled his eyes, pushed Kai forward, and reintroduced him. "This is Kai Carter, and he will take command of our entire army. I have a few reasons for this, but you all should know that there is no way that I would put a newbie in command without enough good reasons. If you trust me with your life, follow this kid's instructions, because the next war will be a big one."

"Yes, Sir." All of them instantly rose and saluted him.

Sanders nodded and turned his head toward the members of Lion Group before looking at Kai. "Our plan has not changed. Buy enough time until reinforcements arrive. If we have passed our limit, immediately order a retreat."

"Understood."

"All right, go to your position. The enemy will arrive in about an hour and a half."

They gave another salute before leaving the room.

Sanae carried Evan like baggage and flew to the sky while Tasha and Michelle teleported to the middle army, leaving Kai alone in the middle of the reserve army.

It was still 4 AM. Darkness still enveloped the sky sheltering them, and the cold air created tension in the atmosphere.

Kai took a glimpse of the soldiers' expressions. Most students from the Military Academy tensed up, knowing that the sea creatures would come in an hour. On the other hand, the elites were joking with each other, like bonding in the army.

He took a deep breath before looking to his right, finding Sanders a few meters away.

Without needing to organizing his words, Sanders said a line he always used when leading the army. "The path you have chosen is a path of sacrifice. And it is by overcoming these trials that you will grow stronger. There is no such word as we are stronger, or they are stronger. Only the victor is the stronger one. Now it is time to etch our name as the stronger one today. Good luck to you."

"Yes, Sir." Kai saluted Sanders, who walked away after saying his piece.

Not long after, the soldiers took their position under Sanders's instructions. He didn't know why, but the scene in front of him looked like traditional warfare in the past, except the weapons were magic weapons, and they had guns instead of bows.

Kai stopped planning and relaxed his mind.

One hour later.

Kai slowly opened his eyes, sensing the footsteps of a horde on the shore. He rose from his seat, put on the radio that was connected to the three commanders and Sanders, and informed, "They have arrived. The middle army will see them in around three minutes."

"!!!"

…

In the middle army.

Jack laughed abruptly, glanced at Tasha and Michelle, and smirked. "Your boyfriend is truly ridiculous."

Tasha made a smug smile while Michelle pointed her finger at Tasha. "She is his sister."

"We're not blood-related, so it's safe." Tasha snorted before glaring at her.

"Though I want to joke around with you guys a bit more, it seems that we need to finish our business first." Jack shook his head helplessly as he walked toward the soldiers.

They positioned themselves outside the city to become an anchor point before using the city to kill the magical beasts. The fighters positioned themselves into a few rows of V-shaped lines consisting of two hundred fighters each.

According to Jack's plan, it was the best ratio to split the enemy. The very front layer would certainly take serious damage while the layer behind them would act as a reserve to fill the hole if someone dies. The two others were ready to flank the enemy from the right, preventing them from going to the right army after a certain number of magical beasts.

As for the gunners, they were there to support the main fighters. Although a few of them could use their magic, it was better for most of them to use their magic power to shoot their guns as doing otherwise would only waste their magic power.

Michelle stared at the gunners and fighters. She could think like this because of their current situation. If Kai went into the military academy, he might certainly become like them. Although Kai's prowess wouldn't let him die like cannon fodder, the potential of his death was still high.

Kai certainly wouldn't want that, making Michelle very adamant about it. She turned to Tasha. "Though Kai asked us to save our energy, I think a few big moves are fine. Don't you think so?"

"Indeed. The moment they stop the magical beasts from moving to the right army, I'll use my teleportation magic to make it easier.

"In any case, the top priority is to survive," Michelle said with a severe expression. "I don't know what Kai is hiding from us, but it's certainly something bad."

"I agree with you. Though… don't you want to be a hero?" Tasha smirked, teasing Michelle.

Michelle wasn't surprised by her teasing as she had no change in her expression. She looked at Tasha with a small smile. "That's just a childhood dream…"

"How can I never have a dream like that?"

She didn't say anything for a few seconds before taking out her two shadow blades.

Tasha thought that Michelle was going to attack her. Instead, she saw Michelle turn around, walking to the front. "Tasha… I leave my back to you."

A hint of astonishment appeared on Tasha's face. She took out her bow.

It took another minute before everyone could see a horde of sea creatures coming from the horizon. Most of them were giant crabs, snails, slugs, turtles, and octopuses.

After the evolution a few centuries ago, mollusks could travel easily through the sea, and some even gained the ability to live on land for a while, such as octopuses.

Their size came in variety, but the smallest one was around half an average human's height. And this battle was not like the one in Prince Rupert, their one thousand needed to take the full brunt of fifteen thousand sea creatures. This alone would certainly lead to numerous deaths.

Tasha furrowed her eyebrows, raised her hand, and created four lightning arrows. At the same time, Jack raised his Warhammer and roared. "Here they come, soldiers. The fate of this battle depends on our hands. Let us show what we are capable of!"

"Yes, Sir!" The soldiers shouted in unison, shaking the ground a little with their loud voices.

"Gunners, take aim!"

The gunners and Tasha aimed at the very front of the sea creatures, waiting for Jack's order.

100 meters…

50 meters…

Jack had yet to give an order, making the soldiers anxious. It was when the magical beasts were only ten meters away from them that Jack shouted, "Fire!"

The bullets and arrows flew at the same time, piercing through the sea creatures.

They rolled around because of the momentum, moving toward the soldiers. There was a difference of speed between rolling and running, so numerous magical beasts tripped over the gigantic bodies of the rolling ones. Some even needed to walk over them.

This was what Jack wanted as he shouted his second order. "Fighters, use your shields! We will stop their momentum and create the first wall!"

They didn't know what he meant by the first wall, but none of them hesitated. They took out their shields at the same time. The soldiers had been trained with countless drills so that they could obey commands in the shortest time possible.

Besides, with Jack leading them at the very front, how could they not follow his order?

"Here we go! Brace for impact!"

Bam!

The rolling magical beasts were stopped by the soldiers, creating a V-shaped wall and forcing the magical beasts to split.2

"Retreat fifty meters." Jack wanted to utilize those beasts' large bodies as their boulders so there would be no excessive death for the soldiers. Just as Sanders said, Jack might not look like it, but he was an intelligent guy.

The magical beasts instinctively moved around the bodies. Unfortunately, they couldn't see the soldiers very well because of their size, forcing them to move forward to the left and right armies. Meanwhile, a portion of them came back and charged at the middle army.

At this time, Michelle came to the front, waiting for the magical beasts to come their way.

"Soldiers! It's time for us to show our strength. Fighters, make sure you can keep up with me. No need to go to the front, just hold them here. Gunners, help us in the best way possible," Jack gave his last orders before charging to the front with his Warhammer.

The instant he shouted his orders, Michelle appeared right beside him.

"Cheeky Graham family's girl…" Jack smirked as he swung his Warhammer, crushing a two-meters-all crab's shell.

Like him, Michelle's Shadows Slash was strong enough to cut a hard shell, slicing a snail into two. "Damn you, snail, you're supposed to be slow!"

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