127: Turning the Situation Around

Turning the Situation Around

At the same time, despite telling them that the situation was under control, Kai and Sarah actually still had trouble killing the octopus.

Kai leaped toward the octopus and struck forth with his two swords. The swords managed to touch the octopus skin, but it slipped away from it.

"Tch." Kai narrowed his eyes, thinking about what to do. The sticky mucus that covered the octopus kept making his attacks slip. The same applied to Sarah's attacks, making them somewhat frustrated.

It was a transparent white mucus, but no one would think about anything lewd because of its appearance. Even Sarah's ice was blocked by this sticky mucus and covered Sarah disgustingly instead of lewdly.

Kai had been dodging the sticky mucus from the octopus, but the mucus still covered his swords. However, he could see the difference between his sword and Michelle's shadow sword.

Unlike the sword he always used that might not be usable for this battle anymore, Michelle's shadow sword only had some parts covered in mucus.

'The sword has some kind of resistance against this mucus? But… I still can't cut the octopus.' Kai pondered for a moment while dodging the octopus's attacks. After around a minute or so, he finally got an idea to kill the octopus.

"Commander Sarah, take care of this octopus for a while. I have a plan," Kai shouted and left without waiting for Sarah's reply. Besides, Sarah's personality made him lose hope of waiting for a reply, so he completely ignored her and leaped to Michelle.

"Kai?" Michelle slashed the turtle's feet once more before glancing at him. "What are you doing here?"

He took a glimpse of the turtle's condition. Wounds covered almost its entire body, from the cut wound on its legs and even some crack on its shell. Michelle had been ruthless this entire time. "Can you make me two huge swords? I'll use them for this battle instead of a normal sword."

"!!!" Michelle instantly realized what he was going to do. The magical beasts had some hard shells to crack that a normal sword alone might not be able to cut, so he must be planning to use it to utilize his extraordinary strength.

Unfortunately, she only guessed what he would do after fighting the octopus. As of now, he only thought of it as a weapon that would be able to let him beat the octopus.

Michelle nodded and created two two-handed swords before infusing more magic power into them to add some weight to them. This would surely let Kai utilize his strength. Although he might need to sacrifice his speed a bit, he would gain a considerable amount of destructive power.

He didn't have this idea in the battle of Prince Rupert because there was no need for this type of sword since the battle could be solved pretty easily. However, this battle had turned chaotic, and the number was no joke. Kai seriously wanted to finish this battle as soon as possible by utilizing these two swords.

"Take them." Michelle threw the two swords before the turtle's tail came out of its shell and struck her.

Kai noticed the attack and leaped to the air, grabbing the two swords Michelle thrown mid-air. He landed in front of Michelle and struck the turtle's tail.

"No, you don't!"

Kai gritted his teeth and channeled every ounce of strength in his body before both the tail and him were blown away by each other.

Although Michelle was surprised, she quickly released a follow-up attack by sending a Shadow Slash, running through the shell and arriving at the tail.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

Michelle's attack gave a cut wound on the tail. There were a few wounds there already and the new wound struck a few of them, making it more painful.

Kai felt the heaviness of the shadow swords and nodded. These two swords would give him the power he needed right now.

"You'll be sacrificing around half of your speed to use these two swords, are you sure you're going to be all right?" Michelle asked in worry since this was the first time Kai used something like this.

"It's all right. There's only an hour left before your father arrives from our west. I feel that your grandfather will also come at the same time. As long as we destroy all of these troublesome ones, we can easily hold for an hour." Kai glanced at Sanae and Isabelle. It would seem that their side needed more time.

The A-rank bird might have some wounds here and there, but Sanae also had some injuries on her. Isabelle only needed to snipe them, though the birds would always distract her and protect the bird boss. Even her firepower that could crack open the lobster's hard shell was rendered useless because the bullet would explode the moment it touched the shield bird. In the end, Sanae could only fight the bird alone unless Isabelle could snipe the bird through.

Kai looked back at Michelle. "In any case, I'm going back."

"Be careful."

"You too." Kai nodded before jumping forward.

Sarah noticed Kai's presence and asked, "What is your plan?"

"Can you freeze its tentacles? Even a portion is fine since the sticky mucus will also be frozen. At that time, I'll strike at your ice and cut one of its legs. We might not be able to kill it in one strike, but after losing all its tentacles, it'll be a piece of cake to finish." Kai smiled as he glanced at Sarah.

Sarah sucked a cold breath after taking a glimpse of his eyes. She felt that his eyes were wider than earlier, and it released an aura of ferocious beasts.

She shook her head and regained her calm. "Understood. I will coordinate with you."

"Follow me." Kai leaped toward the octopus and raised his weapon seeing the octopus slammed one of its tentacles at him.

Bam!

"Tentacle on my left!" Kai shouted at Sarah while holding the tentacle back. The octopus slammed another tentacle at him, but a cold aura came from his left.

"Freeze!"

A layer of ice appeared on one of the tentacles, freezing the sticky mucus and making it look like a ring.

Without hesitation, Kai leaped to the left, dodging the slam of the second tentacle. The octopus sent another tentacle to attack him, but Sarah jumped past him and blocked the tentacle.

Seeing how she worked, Kai had no time to waste and struck at the frozen area with all of his power.

"Ha!"

The sword shattered the ice, and without the sticky mucus covering it, it also managed to slash the tentacle. Fortunately, Michelle also made the two-handed sword a bit longer, reaching almost one and a half meters. It cut the tentacle cleanly from top to bottom.

"Good. We finally made some progress." Kai looked at Sarah and pointed at another one. "We will bring down this octopus in five minutes."

For the first time in her life, she respected someone younger than her. She shouted, "Understood!"

After knowing the way to win, they moved in sync like a pair that had fought together for a few years, albeit only because Kai was aware of her movements through his ears and acted accordingly.

Just like Kai's estimation, the octopus finally died within five minutes as Kai delivered the killing blow.

"This octopus finally died!" He looked at the octopus while sighing.

Sarah saluted before asking a question, "What should we do now, Sir Kai? Should we kill the turtle since it's almost dead?"

"I'll handle the turtle. You go help with the bird. After that, just deal with the rest of the birds since I'm going to help the soldiers with the sea creatures."

Sarah narrowed her eyes for a moment before nodding. "Understood. I shall carry my duty perfectly."

Kai tilted his head in confusion, wondering why she began acting differently. Unfortunately, Sarah already went away.

'With the addition of her, Isabelle will also get a chance to fire, so I don't need to worry about them anymore.' He took a few deep breaths.

Then, Kai closed his eyes for a second before opening them back, revealing sharp eyes before leaping toward Michelle.

"Kai?" Michelle looked at him in amazement while dealing the last blow on the turtle.

Thud.

The turtle fell as Kai finally descended on its back.

"No. I've activated it for a while." Kai shook his head with a smile. "There's actually nothing wrong with this… other than these eyes since I'm only borrowing a little bit of its power. Am I too adamant on this?"

"Nah. Everyone will be like you. After all, if it weren't for me, you wouldn't need power like this." She smiled gently.

"Besides, this power is quite useless since it only increases my strength and instinct…" Kai sighed.

"No. I think it's far more useful than you think. After all, Take a look at Isabelle's eagle blood that gave her those sharp eyes and an additional affinity for wind manipulation. Or even Evan's useful healing ability. All of you got the same level of ability. In fact, you, as the first generation, got a lot more. If you accept the blood fully, your eyes will be strengthened like a normal lion."

"Well… I still have one thing that I'm unsure about if I truly accept it…" Kai said apologetically.

"Hehe… I know you're thinking about me. Since your birthday is coming soon, do you want to go there… Maybe after the new year?"2

"..." Kai pondered for a moment before saying, "Ask me again near the day…"

Michelle didn't push him too far. She knew Kai might not be ready to meet her again, so she nodded. "Okay."

"Still, we need to fight a few thousand beasts while preserving our power." Kai turned back to the monster after catching his breath. "It would seem that we'll need to fight together in close combat. What do you think?"

"Fufu… I'll be in the front, right? It's my dream, after all."

Kai closed his eyes and smiled abruptly. He certainly remembered her dream to be a hero on the battlefield. Although she had matured after a few years as her dream changed from a hero to a powerful warrior of the Graham family, she still had a trace of the past dream in the depth of her heart.

"You've been fighting for me in the shadows and always supporting me. This time, I'll let you shine." Kai smiled as he looked around to see if there was a good spot to strike. All of a sudden, he heard from his left.

Bam!

"Argh!"

"Michelle, that way." Kai pointed his finger before explaining his plan. "We'll close that gap before moving toward the furthest position and chipping away their number. It might be better if we can create a wall of dead magical beasts on the left to restrict the enemy's movements."

"Sure." Michelle raised her sword and slashed downwards, unleashing a black shockwave that struck the gap between the soldiers. "Shadow Slash!"

"Let's go!"

Kai nodded and immediately followed right behind Michelle.

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