129: Turning Around the Situation

Turning Around the Situation

Meanwhile, Michael also had entered Cuba's sky as the pilot and co-pilot could see the magical beasts.

"General Michael, we have spotted the horde of magical beasts." 

Michael quickly rose from his seats and went to talk to the pilot. "Are they fighting on the hill?"

"Yes. Although they're surrounded by magical beasts, they're not at a disadvantage. I can see a few special ones, but are we going according to the plan?" 

"Go according to the plan. We have a number here and don't have enough time," Michael answered after pondering for a while. Michael signaled his assistant to take care of the preparation. 

They were flying inside a military cargo plane. With Graham family's reputation as well as Ethan's, they managed to acquire five military cargo planes capable of carrying a hundred people at once, while seventy-five of them were paratrooper soldiers. In other words, almost four hundred soldiers could immediately join the war and start the evacuation.

"But, Sir, we've spotted a huge number of flying beasts around the hill. We're afraid we can't get too close to them."

Seeing the battlefield's condition, Michael pondered for a moment before saying, "Get us as close as possible and drop there. After that, land the plane on the military base and be prepared to take off again."

Following his words, a certain communication was captured by the radio.

"This is Hercules, asking for communication with the general. Please respond." 

The communication alarmed the pilot as he searched around before finding a military cargo plane behind the magical beasts. It was a bit far, but he was somehow still able to find them. "Sir… We got in contact with another group. Although it's barely, we can see them coming from our ten. We have yet to confirm their number. They are asking to talk to you, Sir."

Michael closed the phone and quickly entered the pilot cabin. He put on the headset that the pilot gave him and said, "Michael's speaking."

"Brother, we've confirmed the protector. Father and Sir Ethan are fighting against her. Father's order is to evacuate the kid. However, we can't go to your position."

"Bryan, huh… Our priority is the kid. With your direction, you should be on top of the middle army. Drop there since Michelle and Tasha are there according to Sanders. After that, ask the middle army to head to the right army while the soldiers of your group head to the left army." Michael didn't give a complicated command.

"Understood. I will also ask some of my men to escort Michelle and Tasha to the military base and get the general idea from the commander in charge."

"Good luck." Michael took off his headset and headed back to the soldiers. They had a massive preparation and were ready to jump off the plane.

Michael quickly grabbed his equipment. A few seconds later, the door opened. 

"The sky is clear to drop off."

As soon as the signal to drop was given, the soldiers began jumping off the plane. Following them, the soldiers in the other four planes also dropped.

…

On the battlefield, not only Kai, but all the soldiers present also heard the roaring of the airplanes' engines. They took a glimpse of the military cargo planes in the sky.

Sarah swiftly used this chance to encourage the soldiers. "Listen up, soldiers. Our reinforcements have come. Use your all in these few minutes, we will win this battle!"

"Yes, Ma'am!"

The soldiers got pumped up knowing that this battle would end up in their victory as soon as their reinforcements arrived.

On the other hand, Kai could only frown as his ears picked up a distress sound.

"One battle on the sea, big reinforcements for the middle army, and one reinforcement on our left." Kai retreated from the battle as he formulated the plan. 

He knew that the reinforcements on his left would surely come and take him away. However, the distress signal from Michelle's grandfather made him hesitate. 

Knowing that the situation became pretty bad on Nathan's side, he had no choice but to man up and turn the situation around. 

As he thought about the plan, their reinforcements finally came.

"Attack!" 

Boom! Boom! Boom! A few elites quickly used big magic to trounce the magical beasts as they entered the left battlefield.

They swept the magical beasts on the hill before climbing the hill to help the soldiers that had a hard time dealing with the sea creatures.

With the battle having turned into a stalemate, the general, Michael, appeared before Kai. 

"Kai, where's your group? We need to have you and your group retreat from this battle." Michael instructed as soon as he came. 

"A mermaid? A protector?" Kai glanced at Michael with doubt.

"As you might have heard, you can ask Father about it. For now, we should retreat with all the students in the area." Michael shook his head with a severe expression.

To his surprise, Kai shook his head and rejected it. "No."

"I'm not saying this as your father-in-law or Michael Graham, but I am ordering you as a general in the army!" Michael rebuked him with an intense aura.

"I'm not rejecting it because I am stubborn."

"Then what? I'll give you thirty seconds to explain yourself before I bring you back. I'll even use force."

"Sir Nathan and this Sir... Ethan… are having a problem at the moment. They're pressured by this so-called protector. If it goes on like this, I'm afraid they'll lose."

"Even though they're already old, both of them were former highest-ranking generals in the army. I'm sure they'll be able to hold out for a moment."

Kai pondered for a moment before saying, "But if we destroy the magical beasts here, we can make the so-called protector retreat. I could somehow hear around one thousand soldiers as our immediate reinforcements. If it's like this, we can turn the situation around and wipe the magical beasts out within an hour.

"I'm sure that without the magical beasts, this so-called protector will surely retreat to the sea. This is the best scenario. If the situation turns slightly to what I predicted, I'll immediately go to the base and retreat," Kai explained his plan with determination. 

The Graham family had helped him when he almost died in Alaska. Judging the battle's situation, Nathan and Ethan would surely fight the mermaid until the end of the battle since they sent Michael to rescue him.

Kai had no problem picturing how Nathan and Ethan could fight her for one or two hours, but the problem was after that. If the reinforcements had to escort them, the battle in this place would become a bit longer.

At that time, he wasn't sure whether Nathan and Ethan could still hold her back. After pondering for a few minutes, this was the best conclusion he could think of. 

Michael fell into silence. He exactly knew what kind of being the protector was as he had fought one of them when he was in the military. It was a hell fight for him, and despite battling it for a few hours, the protector didn't die. Instead, it ran away after killing a few of the most powerful elites in his team. 

Like Kai, they were blessed with a high amount of magic power and used their magic consecutively. After listening to Kai's words, he fell into deep thought.

"The battle here is only focused on the flying beasts and sea creatures. As long as the elites can hold off the sea creatures for around thirty minutes, the gunners will surely be able to kill the flying beasts. After all, we have around a thousand gunners at the moment. 

"Then, we can help the fighters and elites to rout the magical beasts in this place. Judging from the reinforcement of the other army, they can send half of them to deal with the flying beasts of our reserve army, and the rest can act as pincers from behind. As long as I have Tasha rampaging in the middle army, I can be sure that they'll only need a few minutes to rout the rest before coming in our direction. With-"

Michael raised his hand, stopping him from talking. "All right, I understand your plan. I heard that you took the command of this entire battlefield, is that true?"

"Yes."

"Good. Tell all the armies to do exactly what you planned for them. I will inform the second reinforcements." Michael nodded before taking out the radio. "Bryan, lead our reinforcements to rout the magical beasts there before going to my position. We have a change of plans to get the best result we can hope for. I'll explain it later, so don't ask anything for now."

Without waiting for an answer, Michael switched the line of his radio. "Delta-1 and Delta-2, where is your position? Over."

"Delta-1 here. We will reach Cuba's airspace in two minutes."

"Head to the hill and torch our enemies from the back. Over."

"Delta-1, roger."

"Delta-2, roger."

Even though his face didn't show any changes, Kai was elated. He quickly took out his radio and said, "Commander Jack, I need you to inform my sister that she doesn't need to hold back and send all the magical beasts flying."

Jack also saw the reinforcements in the air, so he complied. "You got it."2

"Soldiers of the left army, it's time for us to turn this situation around. Gunners, let the reinforcements take over and change your targets to the flying beasts. Make sure you don't leave a single flying beast alive. Fighters, coordinate with the reinforcements to hold for about thirty minutes. We will attack the sea creatures with our full force after that!" Kai suddenly shouted to command the army.

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