125: Lion and Eagle

Lion and Eagle

In the US base.

Ayaka was lying on the floor with only a blank look on her face.

"Are you giving up now? You've only died sixty times… Just like I said, your motivation is too weak." The professor looked down on her. Her gaze looked at her as though she was nothing more than garbage. "I've said it earlier. If you don't have a will, it'll be useless if I give you that since you won't be able to get through it."

After enduring such gruesome pain for the past few hours, it was normal for her to be a bit traumatized. She had experienced everything from cracking bones, tearing muscles, to even slow and painful death. At a time, she even started hallucinating about her life and other things, including Kai.

However, hearing her provocation made her hand twitch before her consciousness slowly returned.

It took her a few minutes before she could finally say, "I can continue."

Spitting some blood on the floor, Ayaka slowly rose from the floor while staring at Ria Ross. "I finally realize why Kai doesn't want to meet you."

She pointed her spear at the professor, "And another thing is... I feel like I can get stronger just by watching your movements… even though I'll probably need to die a lot of times."

"Yeah, so die one more time." The professor suddenly disappeared again, kicking her right on the head and cracking her skull.

Not long after, Ayaka was revived and started another battle against the professor.

…

At the same time, on the battlefield.

Her friend, Evan Young, was in the face of death.

"Evan!" Kai used his fastest speed to rescue him. As soon as he arrived, he grabbed him and leaped out of there.

"Bam!" The lobster claw pierced through the ground, killing two fighters lying on the ground.

This was one of Kai's miscalculations in this scenario. He thought that thirty gunners would have enough power to at least slow it down. Unfortunately, it didn't bring any effect to the lobster.

The lobster swiftly moved, not letting Kai and Evan escape.

"Tch." Kai raised his hand and created his Oscillation Shield, preparing to block the claw. If only he had a better stepping, he might be able to get out of this situation with just a single leap, albeit the situation didn't let him do so.

All of a sudden, Kai turned to the left, hearing something from the sky. When the lobster claw was about to hit him, a bullet blasted it from the left. Although the bullet failed to destroy the claw, the force behind it was enough to blow the claw away, giving Kai enough time to escape.

Two kilometers on Kai's left, a helicopter soared in the sky. The helicopter brought five people in it, and one of them was a pink-haired girl who just shot her sniper rifle from afar.

"We need to get there right now, the situation is very chaotic," she ordered the pilot.

"Roger." The helicopter flew straight to the hill before stopping one hundred meters before the hill. "My deepest apologies, but I can only deliver all of you to this point. If I continue, the flying beasts will surely chase me…"

It wasn't as if the pilot was afraid of those flying beasts. He just considered the cost and other things if the helicopter was destroyed.

"It's fine at this point. You can go back to the base after this."

"Roger."

The pink-haired girl then turned to the other four and said, "We're flying to the hill."

"Yes."

They jumped off the helicopter and flew toward the hill. Luckily, no magical beasts were nearby, so they arrived safely.

"To think that you'd also come here…" Kai glanced at the pink-haired woman. "Or do you have a mission nearby?"

"It's a mission nearby. I'm sorry if my presence isn't welcomed. After all, we still have that agreement." The pink-haired woman sighed before saying, "We'll take care of this lobster for you."

"No. I want two of you or at least that shield guy to protect Evan while he heals the soldiers. The rest of you go help the fighters down there and stop the enemy," Kai instinctively commanded them as he forgot they didn't know he was the commander in this place.

"Although we lost to you, this doesn't mean that you can just order us like that." Tommy furrowed his eyebrows.

"He is the commander over here though. The general has officially raised his rank to command the army for this battle." Evan helped Kai in the argument.

Tommy absolutely couldn't believe it and prepared to rebuke him once more, but five hundred military students finally arrived. One of them came to him and reported, "Sir, we have successfully climbed the hill. Our men are attacking the magical beasts right now."

"Split into two groups to take care of the sea creatures and the flying beasts."

"Yes, Sir." The female student quickly left as she knew their situation was dire. Her presence just turned the situation around, stunning the members of Eagle Group.

"I don't care if you don't believe me or whatever. Just follow my orders for the time being until the situation is under control." Kai stared at the lobster that was coming toward him and turned to Isabelle. "Actually, I want you to help me fight this lobster."

"All right." Isabelle nodded her head before glancing at her teammates, "Follow his commands for now."

"Yes." They, including Tommy, could only nod as Evan made a smug smile.

Then, Kai leaped toward the lobster while activating his animal instinct. Isabelle and Evan felt a jolt in their hearts after feeling the wild beast inside Kai. He, who didn't use the animal blood inside him completely in their battle, finally used it in this place.

Seeing this, Isabelle smiled as she turned around and leaped to get a sniping position.

"Oi, Isabelle, thank you." Evan didn't forget to shout, conveying his gratitude.

"He can block it with that shield anyway, so you don't owe me any thanks." She shrugged.

Meanwhile, Kai swung both of his swords toward the lobster, only to get intercepted by its claws. He furrowed his eyebrows and continued attacking him with his sword before he finally noticed that the lobster had the same level of speed as him while predicting with his ears.

If this were a battle between humans, it would be like two people exchanging blows with two swords. It was amazing to see, but it was the worst thing Kai wanted to see in this case.

Kai retreated a few steps back, observing the lobster. Everything looked extremely tough to crack, except its legs. 'I should target its legs first before its body or maybe its arms.'

He took a deep breath before jumping forward.

The lobster sent its two claws toward him, but Kai didn't even flinch. He kept coming toward the lobster without having any intention of blocking it. The lobster thought he wanted to commit suicide, but the claws were blown away by a bullet from the right.

Without even looking, Kai knew that Isabelle was ready to shoot. This shot allowed Kai to dodge the claws and go around its body before striking all the left legs of the lobster.

Its slender legs were like a weak spot, and Kai used his full power to slash them with both of his swords.

Squeak—

The lobster let out a sound as it fell after losing its balance.

Kai didn't stop there. He swiftly looped around and cut down its right legs. The lobster tried to stop him, but Isabella's bullets prevented him from doing so.

The lobster fell to the ground as soon as it lost every leg. Although his hands were a bit numb after finally slicing all its legs, it was worth the effort since they would be able to kill this lobster sooner or later.

Then, he continued to probe every part of the lobster's body to see if there was anything he could cut other than its antennas.

Bam! Bam!

The lobster still attacked him despite having no legs. Even after Kai went around it to evade, it surprisingly could still twist its body.

In the end, Kai struck at the thin part of its arms, but to no avail.

Isabelle noticed Kai's intention and aimed at the part he struck earlier. A magic circle appeared in front of her gun before shooting out a laser.

"Plasma Wind."

Bam!0

"!!!" Kai focused on the strike and was surprised to see that it pierced it. Without wasting a single second, he quickly struck the same spot and shattered its arms. "As expected, her firepower is insane…"

The next bullet also pierced the other arm as Kai shattered it once more. Without legs and arms, Kai and Isabelle barraged it with powerful attacks until it died.

After killing the lobster, Isabelle appeared beside him. "To think I'd need to fight alongside you… Anyway, what should I do next?"

Kai shrugged and cut to the chase. "We don't have the time to chat. If this hill is going down, the enemy will stampede the other battlefields. So we need to hold the hill for as long as possible.

"There are two magical beasts that we need to kill: a flying beast and an octopus. I'll deal with the octopus, you attack the bird. That's all," Kai commanded.

She pondered for a moment, recalling a few hours earlier. They never expected to be contacted not by the school, but by the government. The detail was to head to the Cuba Military Base and wait for further orders.

Not long after flying toward the military base, they were attacked by several magical beasts that were supposed to live underwater. After fighting for a while, they managed to kill them and head to this place. They never expected that this place would be under heavy attack.

Hearing his command, she nodded and leaped toward Sanae to get a better sniping position.

On the other hand, Kai came to Sarah and said, "I'll help you."

Sarah furrowed her eyebrows and stared at him before glancing at the lobster. "Thank you."

"I got a special teammate that could be considered the bane of the lobster." Kai shrugged as he narrowed his eyes, staring at the octopus.

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