Chapter 388: First Clash

The shock wave that Kai and his army brought shook the other two armies. They were especially watching how Kai obliterated the enemies in front of him as if they never existed in the first place. He had yet to lose his pace since the beginning.

With Michelle beside him, he perfectly pierced through the enemy rank, opening their formation for the army behind him to widen it.

Kai kept checking the army's progress and watched their movement to know when to give the next order.

At the same time, the magical beasts that were not affected by his charge continued coming closer to the other two armies.

"Now! Split up into two groups and mess them up!" Kai shouted.

The soldiers quickly followed his order and spread it to the left and right. They delivered the shock wave to the side, forcing the enemies who mostly faced forward to collapse.

"Michelle! Give them a big one." Kai smiled while glancing at Michelle.

The latter nodded and slashed her sword to the left and right, releasing her Shadow Slash to these two directions.

This became a signal for Tasha to make her first move.

Tasha appeared with her Teleportation Magic as Kai helped her to fly above the enemies in the front. Since the soldiers spread to the side, only a few people could take care of the ones before them.

Tasha was the perfect solution for this situation. She quickly used her Teleportation Magic and sent those beasts to the sky, turning the weather into magical beasts of rain.

It was a spectacular sight. Most of the soldiers had heard it by now about this phenomenon and felt glad to see it with their own eyes.

Tasha teleported a total of three hundred magical beasts, creating a quite gap in their rank, so the soldiers didn't need to worry about them being attacked from this direction for a couple of minutes.

Seeing the progress, Kai raised his hand before waving it down.

This was the signal for the other two armies. They both shouted at the same time.

"Forward! Decimate our enemies!"

The armies began to move, clashing with the enemies that were only fifteen meters away from them.

As one would expect, it was a one-sided battle. Kai managed to increase their morale by charging from the very front and united the group as a whole.

After fifteen minutes or so, Kai realized that the magical beasts from left and right would begin to surround them, so they needed to gain their distance again.

"Let's retreat!" Kai signaled the army behind him.

"Retreat! We are going to retreat to the hill slowly. Our time is thirty minutes, and defend the hill for two hours." Yuki's shout resounded in everyone's ears.

The three armies acknowledged the order since it came from Kai's signal. They gradually retreated step by step, making their way to the hill.

When they were only two hundred meters away from the hill they passed before reaching the battlefield, Ayaka finally appeared next to Kai.

"Kai, sorry for the wait. I have rechecked everything. We are good to go." Ayaka nodded with a smile.

Michelle, beside him, was confused as to what his plan was that involved Ayaka. But in a fight like this, there would be one thing.

"Good." Kai nodded before looking at someone from his army. He grabbed a random person and instructed him to shout.

"Order from Commander Kai. All soldiers are to close their ears when the count becomes zero! I will count from ten…Ten…Nine…Eight…"

The soldiers were bewildered by this statement, but they kept the order into their hearts and anxiously waited for the count to reach zero.

"Zero!"

The soldiers retreated a few steps back and covered their ears.

"Do it!" Kai looked at Ayaka with a serious expression while covering his ears with Sound Insulation Magic.

Ayaka nodded and activated the Magic Bombs she had planted during the time Kai brought in the first battlefield.

Five giant magic circles appeared in the enemy rank and exploded, swallowing thousands of magical beasts.

Boom.

Boom.

Boom.

A series of explosions echoed, and the soldiers could see what just happened. They thought since there wasn't an explosion anymore, the situation was under control, so they hurriedly took their hands off their ears and began their attack with higher morale.

What Kai showed, whether his fighting skill, Tasha's weird weather, or even these explosions had pierced through their hearts. Despite following the most reckless order possible, it turned out that Kai had prepared anything to ensure their win and lives.

"Kill those in front of you and retreat to the hill. We will retreat again if the enemies begin to surround us." Kai shouted.

"Uoh!" They roared and killed the magical beasts in their front.

Because of the gap caused by Ayaka's explosions, only around two hundred beasts in the very front, so the group quickly took care of them and retreated to the hill.

The magical beasts horde in their left and right seemed to be slowing down to this explosion as they were wondering what just happened.

Kai took this chance to bring the entire army to the hill and fought with a height advantage. This was especially true for Ayaka and the others from the school. He chose only those who were the best in school, so when he ordered them to release their magic, numerous magic flew down the hill, killing many magical beasts at once.

"Continue! Shoot your magic every five minutes. Make sure you kill at least one of them with your magic or you are suck even though you are in the top 100 groups in the magic school." Obviously, Kai didn't forget to provoke them to raise their fighting spirit.

The students had more pride than the soldiers since they had less experience, so it worked well for the most part. And those who realized that Kai only taunted them decided to act as if they got baited. It was a good order overall as they reduced the burden that the soldiers had on their shoulders.

Kai himself even fought on the foot of the hill alone, showing his Martial Might. No one could dispute that the strongest student in their school was Kai. He alone killed around five hundred magical beasts just by swinging his sword alone, not like Ayaka or Tasha's magic.

Yuki and the others respected his decision and didn't help him down there. Kai said that he needed to do it to inspire the army.

The soldiers felt something rising in their hearts. The person they thought made it through the connection, which obviously came from Brad Matthew's opinion, opened their eyes once more.

His achievement was real. In fact, they really wanted the media to interview them right now so they could tell them how true the information that Ria Ross announced during that speech.

The fight continued for two hours, just like how he promised them to delay the magical beasts for several hours.

They also had the time to retreat from this hill to their fort, which would take at least one hour. The construction should have finished by that time.

…

Two and a half hours later. The army had almost arrived at the fort. Even though they were tired, their morale was pretty high because they could kill many magical beasts during the first exchange.

"Now, run as fast as you can and climb the hill. Make sure you don't get caught with the explosives." Kai shouted. "Tend the injured and recover as much energy as you can during this period. You shall return to the front line in fifteen minutes. Where is my reply?"

"Yes, Sir!" The army moved in one breath, following Kai's instruction with full trust. As much as they hated to admit it, Kai was indeed a capable commander.

Yuki chuckled when she saw how Kai easily gained full control of the vanguard. Ayaka and Michelle saw through Kai's intention during this time and exchanged looks. They could only shake their heads helplessly, knowing that Kai would have done it in a way or another.

They would soon begin their defensive battle with a fully functional natural fort.

…

Meanwhile, Brad Matthew was discussing their battle plan in their tent, especially after Kai brought his army to the front. It would surely affect the overall situation.

"That is the situation. What do you think, General?" One of the officers reported to Brad.

"Our scout?"

"They said there was no chance in the horde direction. They only slowed down a bit, and that's all. We can safely assume that Kai Carter and his army is slowing them down, but not changing the overall situation."

Brad thought for a moment. "I see. That is possible with those ears. As long as he doesn't mess up, I think it's safe to assume that we won't change our original plan."

"I understand. That's a relief since fighting with a fifteen minutes plan will surely have some loopholes."

"Yeah. And how is their movement?"

"He keeps retreating, but according to the scout that keeps track of their battle, they said Kai Carter had claimed twenty thousand magical beasts with only one thousand casualties in which only half of them were dead. The rest could be expected to recover since they have the famous Evan Young in their medic team."

Brad looked at the ceiling while closing his eyes. He was deep in thought, trying to understand Kai's plan.

Suddenly, he remembered what his mentor, Nathan Graham, said to him in the past.

It was a ridiculous one, but when one pulled it off, they would create an army of demons. He opened his eyes and asked again. "How many casualties did his army take yesterday?"

"!!!" The officers tilted their heads in confusion until one of them rose from her seat and reported. "Roughly one thousand."

"One thousand…Only one thousand?" Brad lowered his head with his hand on his chin. "I see, so that's how it is."

"General, do you happen to know what happened?" She asked.

"He…No, I seem to have underestimated him." Brad let out a long sigh.