Chapter 207: A Warfare Prodigy

"Boom Boom Boom!"

A series of explosions echoed through the beach as many magical beasts were utterly destroyed by the land mines.

"The first wave of land mines has exploded. We manage to kill one hundred and fifty sea creatures." The report came right after.

"Go according to the plan. We will only charge after all five waves have exploded," Kai instructed them.

The commanders went to their positions as they waited for their turn to come. The sound of explosions began filling the battlefield as they saw how the landmines blasted the giant sea creatures into a few parts.

At the same time, it also dyed the sand with their red blood and filled the air with the pungent scent.

The third line of defense. Exploded…

The fourth line of defense. Exploded…

Last line of defense. Exploded…

"Sir, we have killed around six hundred magical beasts with five of them and somehow slowed their advance. At the very least, we are only outnumbered eight to one. Are we going to attack them?"

"Wait!" Kai shook his head while waiting for the magical beasts to reach deeper according to what he envisioned earlier. "I am going to send the signal later."

"I understand."

The suspense was killing the soldiers as they were wondering when they would start charging to these magical beasts.

Kai narrowed his eyes and focused his ears, trying to calculate their number and position.

After around thirty seconds of waiting and planning, Kai opened his eyes wide.

"Move out!" Kai shouted toward the soldiers as they made their way toward the magical beasts like a spear. Three hundred soldiers were penetrating the enemy rank in a single line while the others were holding the rest to make sure no one passed them and entered the city.

As soon as he ordered the army to rush, Kai ran with speed far faster than the rest, making a distance a few meters from the soldiers. The soldiers were gasping as they never saw it coming. For a student to lead a charge into thousands of magical beasts, only an insane student would do it. Yet, there was a strange sensation in their heart that somehow energized them as they kept running toward the magical beasts.

"Kill them all!" Kai roared as he reached in front of their ranks and slashed his swords, cleanly splitting the huge crab into four.

Once again, the soldiers were shocked. They might need one minute or so to kill a single magical beast, but the person in front of them actually managed to do it in a single swing. What kind of power was that?

When they thought about it, Kai already entered the enemy ranks before the soldiers realized they would need to do the same.

On the other hand, Silva took a deep breath and howled.

…

One minute earlier.

*Rumble Rumble!*

The rumbling sound of the ground, followed by the breaking waves, resounded across the battlefield. The soldiers started clenching their weapons tighter as they watched the magical beasts emerging from the ocean.

"They have come." Kai took a deep breath as he ordered the commander. "Because we don't have too much space, we will use the general strategy of the front line. First, we are going to penetrate their ranks from the middle before eliminating the left and right sides while using the wall to our advantage. Then, we will retreat and do the same strategy again and again. As for the proportion… I will split the army into three groups. The middle army will have three hundred people, while the left and right armies will have one hundred each."

"We understand." The commanders nodded before one of them asked. "B-but Sir, if the left army and right army are going to hold the army, we need the middle army to have the most piercing power. Who will be the ones actually commanding the middle army?"

"Isn't that obvious?" Kai smirked.

…

Remembering the question in their heads, the commanders clenched their weapons even tighter. Never would they expect that a student could say that, but the face of Kai was still implanted strongly in their mind and might not be able to fade away.

It was a face full of conviction and confidence. Kai looked at the three of them and said, "It shall be me!"

It sent a shiver down their spines even until now. Gillian and Alec might end up as the commander of left and right armies respectively, but for Silva, who followed Kai; he was trembling, not because he was afraid, but because he was filled with excitement.

"Soldiers! Your commander is only a student but still leading in front of us. Are you sure you can have a student to do all of this? Can you even call yourself a soldier? If no, then hear me!" Silva raised his glaive and swung it with his strongest strength, crushing a sea creature's carapaces. "Kill them all!"

"Ooh!"

The roar from women and men shook the battlefield. They wouldn't lose to a student was what they thought as they wielded their weapons and started killing the enemies faster than they had ever done in their entire career.

In the front, Kai's lips raised, happy with the current development. He was risking his life to inspire the soldiers.

"Shadow Slash!" A dark wave cut two sea creatures beside him as Michelle landed next to him. "I know that you are forced by the situation to do this, but I think you shouldn't penetrate too deep."

"I won't do that." Kai smiled, assuring her. "Our morale is already low due to our number difference, that's why I did this. However, I have achieved my goal, so I will match the pace with our soldiers. You should also do the same and make sure we are not surrounded by magical beasts."

"Yeah. How many do you want to kill in this first wave?"

"Five hundred should be enough. The first one should be the highest to let the soldiers know that we can win, so I need to risk it a little bit."

"I understand. I shall help the others then. You should take care of your back too." Michelle nodded as she leaped again.

Kai watched her disappear in the crowd and began moving forward. The advance might be too slow, but the sea creatures also couldn't surround them due to their big size. All in all, he would only get attacked by four magical beasts at once, which he could easily handle.

Twenty minutes passed, and Kai felt they had made enough room to kill five hundred magical beasts. Hence, Kai shouted. "Spread out!"

As soon as they heard his voice, they recognized the order and quickly spread out to the left and right. The left and right army also heard this and began advancing, sweeping the magical beasts.

Those who were standing on top of the tall wall watched this action in amazement. They could see how the armies moved and how they overturned the situation.

The armies cleanly swept the entire magical beasts under their execution zone until Kai shouted again.

"We have finished the first objective. Run as fast as you can and regroup in your original positions. The Magical Beasts shouldn't have the speed to pursue us."

Hearing the order, the commanders also helped with the regrouping process. Kai checked the army with his ears to make sure nothing went wrong before retreating along with them.

"Everything is according to the plan." Silva instantly reported to Kai as soon as they returned to the initial formation.

"Have the injured ones go to the base to recover for their injuries. Although I don't want them to return to the battlefield, we still need them to fight for us." Kai nodded.

"I understand… We all understand. This is a fight for survival." Silva nodded before rearranging the group.

Meanwhile, Kai raised his hand and ordered out loud. "Mow them down!"

As soon as the order was out, a barrage of magic and bullets rained the magical beasts down. All of them were coming from the soldiers on top of the wall.

"You are using this chance to let the soldiers rest?" Ayaka came to him and asked while observing the situation.

"It's only one of the purposes." Kai nodded.

"One of the purposes?" Ayaka narrowed her eyes.

"That's right. The real reason why I do this is to grind those hard carapaces to the acceptable level."

"!!!" Ayaka finally realized his plan. It was true that the giant bodies of the sea creatures were in their way, restricting their movement. "I see. If we do not grind them down, the magical beasts might go to the sides and break the wall."

"Correct." Kai nodded. "Besides, we should be able to rest for two to three minutes, which I think is enough."

Ayaka was astonished by his battle strategy. However, there was also another woman that did find this attractive.

"Ice Spikes." After sending another ice magic, Sofia looked at Kai with astonishment. "This is certainly the way a general should direct the army… No, I am not capable of doing this. The terrain aside, normally, the soldiers would continuously rain them down with magic to make sure they are not pushed back by the magical beasts, especially when the morale is low.

"But he… He put his life on the line to raise the entire army morale while destroying the enemy rank with his extraordinary ability. To think such a man is still in his second year… And he even set up a medical route, supply route, and other routes, making this a temporary fortress.

"Now that I think about it, I only see twenty people going back to the base and ten people dead. In exchange, they managed to kill ten percent of the enemy number… With such morale, he should be able to finish the battle even before the reinforcement comes. What a devil."

Sofia realized the true extent of Kai's plan with a single glance. However, there was one weakness in this plan, and Sofia knew it. "We still have a limited amount of magic power and supply; we won't be able to fight them for long. When we reach the three hours mark, the soldiers will start getting exhausted. I think it's also the time to use his trump card."

Sofia mysteriously glanced at Tasha. She must be Kai's trump card. Even she had heard how she teleported the magical beasts to the sky with her teleportation magic. Hence, Kai's plan would most likely succeed. This interested Sofia more because normal generals would think about holding out for five hours, but Kai actually wanted to end it before the time limit.

She wondered how far he had looked ahead in this battle. Although she didn't want to say it, Kai Carter was indeed a warfare prodigy. And EU Base really wanted this type of talent no matter the price.

Unbeknownst to them, they actually had another problem, not on the battlefield, but in the military base itself.