130: End of the Battle

End of the Battle

The situation turned pretty serious after Kai's rallying cry. He just wanted to boost the army's morale, though many of them didn't recognize him.

Only the reserve army realized his identity and roared with high morale.

"Oh!"

The shout spread around the battlefield. Even though they didn't know why they were cheering, they just followed the roar before realizing the meaning of the information from earlier.

It gave them hope to win this battle.

Without wasting their time, they killed the magical beasts one by one.

The situation brightened a little as around a thousand gunners suppressed the flying beasts. The soldiers that Michael brought were also no joke. They had begun pummeling the magical beasts from one side to create a wall as Kai instructed Michelle.

As soon as the wall was created, they quickly moved around and attacked them from another side.

Kai could finally let out a breath of relief. Not only had the soldiers done their best, but his Lion Group also fought bravely. It was a shame that Ayaka didn't participate in this war since she could have learned a lot of things.

...

After a few minutes, Kai could hear two noises, faster than sounds, flying toward them.

It happened in an instant as a few explosions occurred behind the enemy's lines.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The soldiers only knew that the explosions were from an ally, and a few seconds later, two fighter jets flew above them.

The soldiers cheered once more, and this time, it was far louder than the cheers from Kai's rallying cry. 

Although he didn't care about it, it still slightly hurt his feelings. 

Michael appeared beside him and patted his shoulder. "This is the battlefield. You need the rank and the official recognition of the army and soldiers, especially if you want to get help to rescue your little sweetheart in United Asia. Even if the government doesn't support you, the army here might."

Kai could only nod his head. "I know. We need power to grasp everything. I'm not someone who wants to achieve big things, but I don't mind supporting Michelle to achieve them. After all her wishes are fulfilled, I'll just retire and enjoy my life."

"Haha… I shouldn't teach my soon-to-be-born child something like this so that he'll be able to lead the family well." Michael laughed abruptly, patting Kai's shoulder a few times.

Kai shrugged before saying, "The baby is still one month old, you're too ambitious. He still needs a few years before you can teach him something like that."

"Hoh… are you saying you want to give me a grandchild first?" Michael smirked, teasing him.

Kai only stared at him with a poker face. He had no intention of replying to him.

Michael sighed and apologized. "Sorry, it's a sensitive topic for you, right. Well… considering Ria Ross's skill, it's only a matter of time."

Kai sighed and changed the topic.

…

Meanwhile, the middle army was having a surge of morale. Not only had Tasha started killing the magical beasts like crazy, but their reinforcements also came at the right time.

They quickly controlled the situation.

"Tasha." Bryan came to her after dealing with the magical beasts. Jack also ran toward them, asking for an order.

"Sir Bryan." Tasha nodded, putting down her bow.

"You're the commander of this army, right? Bring the middle army to reinforce the right army. My army will go to the left army and help the reserve army." Bryan nodded.

"Sir Bryan, I wish to follow you. I believe the reserve army will need my bow." Tasha looked at him with a severe expression. She had been preserving her magic power this whole time. Despite having used teleportation magic a few times, she had yet to exhaust her magic reserve. She could still fight one more battle to help the reserve army.

Although he wanted to reject her, it was true that having more people would be good. He called out loud, "Albert!" 

The third son of the Graham family quickly appeared. He briefly glanced at Tasha before looking at Bryan.

"Change of plans. I will lead half to the reserve army while you lead the rest to the left army. Brother Michael is there too, so there should be no problem."

"All right."

Both armies moved in unison. It took only two minutes before they could finally the reserve army. 

Their situation certainly didn't look very good considering how they needed to hold a few thousand flying beasts with four hundred people.

They might have killed more than a thousand magical beasts, but half of their soldiers had already died in battle. Even Sanders was frustrated seeing this scene.

On the other hand, he could only keep this up without giving any complaints because the left hill was more important than this place. 

A few hours passed, and he began to wonder when Kai would sound a retreat. Although he didn't know Kai that well, he still knew that Kai would never choose the worst possible action. 

The moment their reinforcements came, it took him only an instant to understand the battle situation better. The situation might not look good, but it was still salvageable.

"Lightning Piercer."

"Ice Piercer."

General Sanders heard the voice in the midst of the battlefield before finding a lightning arrow and an ice spike flying toward the sky, piercing one magical beast respectively.

"!!!" Sanders instantly realized what was happening and shouted, "Soldiers, our reinforcements have arrived. This is the time for us to deal with these flying beasts. Make sure not a single beast stays alive, we will avenge our fallen comrades!"

"Yes, Sir!" They agreed in unison with a smile on their faces. They had been waiting for this moment.

On the other hand, Albert took half of the reinforcements to give a decisive attack on the left battlefield.

...

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The two fighter jets were still bombarding them with the few missiles they had. The missiles were still effective against the magical beasts. However, if they used this in their invasion, they would alarm the magical beasts nearby, and before long, they would swarm them. 

Only at a battle like this could they use fighter jets since they knew no magical beasts would be attracted to it. Besides, with the size of those magical beasts alone, it was certainly not very effective. 

After two more rounds, they came back to the US base. With how costly and not very effective they were, they didn't have many of these things. The US base would rather make more cargo planes and helicopters to send their people conveniently rather than crafting this type of planes, thus resulting in the high number of cargo planes and helicopters that even students would have the luxury to use.

Kai looked to the side and quickly noticed that their reinforcements would soon arrive after the fighter jets finish their bombardment. 

With how the soldiers reacted earlier, he decided not to shout anything again and only muttered to himself. "This is the last sprint…"

...

One hour later.

"Mukta teria piola!" The dolphin suddenly broke its silence in the middle of the battle.

Under the premise that every word from the enemy was equally dangerous and made them unable to obtain more information, Nathan and Ethan attacked her again.

"Water Jet."

"Fire Arrow."

"Tch!" The mermaid clicked her tongue before controlling the water elemental to destroy both attacks.2

"It would seem that I need to go back," said the mermaid as she fixed her red wavy hair. "It turns out that my every move has been predicted… No, I can't exactly say it was predicted with how you all got flustered with every move I made..."

The mermaid could learn about the battle state because the dolphin used its echolocation ability.

The sound frequency of a dolphin ranges from 0.5 to 150 kHz. The lower frequency vocalizations, which are usually less than 50 kHz, are likely used in social communication. Meanwhile, the higher frequencies, or above 40 kHz, were primarily used for echolocation.

In other words, the dolphin could also see the battlefield's movements like Kai could before transmitting everything so the mermaid could decide their next plan. 

"Hmm… Judging from how they kept intercepting me and the fact that you old human talked in a low voice… I see." The mermaid paused for a moment before saying with a smile, "He must have very good ears… to the point he can use the same ability as my pet to locate the magical beasts."

"!!!" Nathan and Ethan turned serious. With just a single exchange with her, she could already figure out Kai's ability. This was truly a troublesome opponent. Her brain might even be higher than those of other protectors. 

"Hmm… Since our position has become a bit closer to the land, I suppose they can hear me from this distance." The mermaid made a smirk as she said, "Humans are foolish creatures, not knowing their death is around the corner. Despite being hit once because of their foolishness, humans still repeat the mistake. O' human, you who can listen to many things that others cannot, can you hear the shrill of this planet? Shall you manage to listen to the shrill of this planet, it would be the moment I invite you to my home to learn the truth."

After saying all those words, the mermaid dove down and disappeared from the sea along with the dolphin. Nathan and Ethan had no intention to chase her. It wasn't like she was fast or anything like that, it was just that the sea was too dangerous.

Unlike magical beasts on land, the number of magical beasts in the sea was even higher. Even before human civilization was overturned, they could only take a glimpse of the wonder.

It was too dangerous for them to venture into the sea, especially when they couldn't even take back the land. Rather than risking their lives for this, Nathan and Ethan exchanged looks before heading toward the battlefield.

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