The Magician of Sound

As soon as they arrived at the military base and just came out of the helicopter, Kai found someone walking straight toward them.

Two stars on her uniform came into their vision, symbolizing her to be a 2-Star General, which should be known as Major General.

She appeared to be someone in her thirties, almost forties, but they could sense the experiences she had in her life. She must have served the army for a long time, they thought.

Kai and the others immediately saluted, which the latter saluted back.

"Welcome." She then shook Kai's hand while holding down her green hair from the breeze.

"Thank you for having us here." Kai smiled.

"My name is Leona, and I am the deputy commander here. I was tasked to guide you around and satisfy all your needs from my Supreme Commander. Do you want to meet my boss first? Or go to your room?"

"I will meet him first." Kai nodded. "After all, I am here only for a mission. It's best to show my face first."

"Alright. Good." She nodded.

He then turned around, looking at his teammates.

"We can go too if you don't mind unless there is something important." Michelle showed her interest in coming to meet the commander. After all, the commander in this place was someone special.

Even Leona supported her stance by saying, "I believe the commander wants to meet you all. Let me guide you."

Seeing the determinate faces, he finally nodded and followed Leona with the others.

As soon as they reached their destination, Leona opened the door while saying. "General Sebastian. They have come."

The general seemed to be watching the condition outside the window since he kept staring at the window with his back kept facing them.

Kai and the others could see that this general had four stars on his shoulder, symbolizing the same rank as Nathan, Ria, and the others. Considering they were in a warring state, it was easier to get achievement and rank, but it also came with risk, including to remain to stand by on the battlefield for a decade...minimum. At the very least, the government gave enough trust for the generals to handle everything here.

This was reflected by the general's action that suddenly released his killing intent and battle spirit to scare all the eleven kids.

Kai and the others sensed this, but all of them had a stronger mental fortitude than average students, so none of them got affected by it. Kai even closed his eyes as if he enjoyed the feeling.

When the general turned around, he found that his test wasn't effective. However, Kai didn't stop there.

  He gradually opened his eyes and released his instinct that had gotten stronger than ever before terminating every single intent in this room, turning it into complete silence.

Leona and even Sebastian were amazed by this power. Sebastian made a small smile and said, "You little brat. What the heck that Ria Ross made you eat?"

Kai smiled before giving him a salute. "Sir."

"You know who I am, right?"

"General Sebastian, S Rank Ice Magician." Kai nodded with a solemn expression.

"Good. Although we haven't met this whole time, I am glad to meet you now. Your achievement is astounding to the point it made me doubt you, but I guess now is only forty percent left from the original seventy percent."

"Overpraise." Kai shook his head.

"Haha…I think I am still underestimating you, especially the one you released earlier." Sebastian shook his head. "Anyway, let's talk somewhere else. Leona, is the usual room usable?"

"Yes, no one is using it right now." She nodded.

"Then, let's go." Sebastian nodded. Unlike Leona, Sebastian looked even older, might be almost fifties from Kai's perspective. Even so, he still looked gentle and friendly like those in their twenties or thirties.

The general brought them to another room, not far from them. When they entered, there were around a hundred chairs inside with a few seats as special seats in the front.

"Sit first." Sebastian stretched his hand, permitting them to sit while he took the seat near the podium in front. He then placed that seat in front of them and sat down. "So…I have something important to tell you all. This forest is dangerous."

"We know, Sir. Even so, we have a mission to kill magical beasts in the forest." Kai nodded with a serious expression.

"No, no. You don't understand me." He waved his hand left and right. "Do you know the reason why I am stationed here even though I can go to the military base in Argentina?"

The group didn't immediately answer his questions and gave a clear thought about it, showing Sebastian that they were not a rash group.

An idea flashed in Kai's mind and he asked. "Is it the forest?"

"Exactly. The majority of this forest is in Brazil, while we have around thirteen percent in Peru. However, what I want to talk about later is the case in Colombia who has the third largest portion, which is ten percent."

"Did something major happen?" This time, it was Ayaka's turn to ask.

"Yes." He nodded.

"I started my journey all over the base before settling down in this forest that makes me a General. There is one thing that I want to warn you. The magical beasts inside this forest are more amazing than those from outside. Trust me. I have been dealing with them for more than a decade.

"The reason I am here is to control the population here to make sure they don't come out of the forest. I don't know if you know, but we have several S Rank Magicians, but none of them can be deployed to the forest. Do you know why?" He smiled.

"It's to strengthen the defense around the forest," Ayaka answered.

"There should be another S Rank Magician in Colombia…Oh, so that's how it is. The danger is far surpassed my expectation." Kai nodded with a serious expression.

"It seems you have understood this." Sebastian smiled before pointing at the screen behind him. "Leona, can you help me open the progress during that big mission?"

"I understand." Leona nodded. She typed a few things and showed them a ten seconds video.

The video showed a few colors, which were mostly red, yellow, blue and green. The blue, which seemed to be the army, surrounded the green that should be the forest. The yellow indicated the magical beasts while the red was to locate where they fought. In other words, the battlefield.

Kai furrowed his eyebrows.

"In the last mission, the reason we didn't help you were to maintain the stability of the forest. Three S Rank Magicians were dispatched, including me. And we had around three hundred people. How many do you think we lost that day? It was fifty thousand soldiers."

"What?!" Kai widened his eyes, never expecting the situation went out of control. "Why?"

"I don't know. There was suddenly a movement when we were about to join the mission. When I reported the incident, they ordered Ria Ross instead. And your sister was kind of special enough to be considered an S Rank Magician. And the last one was stationed in the North to watch out for the enemy's movement.

"Back then, we were completely baffled by the surprise attack that seemed to be heading in your direction, so I and all people there fought the magical beasts from the Amazon Forest to make sure you were not interrupted." He sighed.

Kai opened his mouth in surprise, and the others also couldn't contain their shock. Kai sighed. "I didn't know it."

"That's why I am telling you right now. Every action will have causes and effects. Unless you are stationed in the headquarters, or we know as the Ministry of Defense. You won't get notified by something like this unless you have someone to inform you there or a problem that might have their interference. Even I don't know anything about the situation in the North.

"We, the field guys, only take care of what we have right now and wait for an order from the central. That's why… Don't fight with the central, or you might get sent somewhere you hate…Just kidding." Sebastian laughed loudly.

Meanwhile, Kai felt this information was very important to him. The fight somewhere might affect other places, depending on the threat level. When he thought this way, the threat of the protectors from the sea became even bigger.

Just with them getting found out by the people, they would start raising their force and head there. The other military bases may get impacted by it as well, due to the lack of soldiers.

Kai realized the complicated welfare and had some thoughts about it. No wonder Ria always won against him in strategic battles on a huge map, especially the one that involved multiple places. She never explained to him, but he could understand it now.

"I see. Thank you for your words, Sir Sebastian. I have found another weakness of mine, and I am glad it's not beyond repair." Kai smiled.

"Is that so? That's good then. You are the future generations that will need to succeed us. If we are too stingy to share our knowledge and experience, the base will slowly decline. That's something I don't wish to see." He nodded with a gentle smile.

"Yes."

"Anyway, back to the topic. Not long ago, we got information from Columbia Base that they found something mysterious. Do you know about the pink dolphin?"

"Yes." Kai nodded since it was one of the wonders of the Amazon Forest.

"They found a Pink Dolphin again despite not seeing it for almost a hundred years. At that time, the soldier reported as if the dolphin was waiting for someone."

Kai and the others frowned, thinking the same thing.

'Protectors?'