The Magician of Sound

Under the sun, Kai and the others were engaging two hundred magical beasts that were charging at them.

However, none of them actually let out a sound or give a command.

Kai, Michelle, Nicholas, Eve, and Eva maintained their front, preventing the beasts from reaching to those behind them. Ayaka and Tommy acted as a buffer to see which one they could kill the most while Tasha, Isabelle, Sofia, and Evan killed the beasts one by one.

Isabelle kept sniping the ones coming for Kai because she believed Kai's instinct was the one antagonizing them, so most of the beasts came after him.

Still, there was a doubt in her eyes when they did this.

'That guy is seriously crazy in terms of training. I wonder how his teacher, Ria Ross, taught him? To make this brutal student is not simple.' Isabelle thought, recalling what happened earlier.

…

A few hours earlier.

"There is no one who will command the group today. In other words, we will do whatever we want to do." Kai smiled, stunning every single person in the group.

They just couldn't comprehend his objective in making this rule.

Even Tasha asked him. "Are you serious?"

"Yes. I am a hundred percent serious. This is for the team." Kai nodded with a grim expression.

"We won't be organized then…" Ayaka furrowed her eyebrows before pondering the meaning of Kai's order.

"In other words, today, we will kill the same amount of what we have done every single day for the past week but with three hours less than the normal schedule. At the same time, we won't be talking with each other." Kai explained what he wanted in detail.

"This is absurd." Isabelle slammed the ground. "This will just lead us to a casualty. I won't agree with this."

"There is nothing wrong with the plan." Kai shook his head.

"We can't talk doesn't mean we can't cooperate with each other…Right?" Ayaka seemed to have found the real reason behind his order.

Kai pointed his finger at her with a smile. "Exactly."

"What do you mean?" Everyone stared at Ayaka, wanting an explanation for the whole situation.

"I am not sure myself, but that's what I can grasp." Ayaka shook her head in disappointment. "I think you should explain the reason, Kai."

"Alright then." Kai nodded. "I have several aspects that I want to improve for a group. The first will be individual strength. We are not here to have fun with friends, we are here to fight, so unless the individual strength is good, we won't be able to cooperate at a higher level.

"Second will be the trust. If you can't even trust your teammate to protect your back, then it's pointless to have a group like that. This is what I want to strengthen. I want you to trust them without even talking or commanding the group.

"And this will lead to the third aspect, the coordination. It's easy to get someone to move according to your plan, but it might influence the group just to listen to your order and it will be a guaranteed victory. I don't want this, so I first asked all of you to lead the group.

"With the addition of this condition, you all should observe what the others are trying to do and try to back them up without even the need for words. I believe you all can do it after a few hours, so let's try it. If this is a success, I am sure that the group will be able to move in a single direction without even a command.

"When each person in the group can think the same solution they think the best, they will become even more flexible when the time comes," Kai explained everything to them, ensuring there was no misunderstanding between them.

When they learned the reason, they could somehow agree with his sentiment and thought it could work in the way he envisioned. However, they didn't know whether they could do it within a few hours.

Either way, they would try their best.

"The only time we can talk is when we gather together to discuss our coordination or when we decide the way we will go."

"Alright. We understand." Michelle nodded. "Is there anything else we need to know, Captain?"

"Only one thing. Make sure you are aware of the people around you, and if you think someone is able to cover that up, don't go there. The closest one will be the one backing them up…If they can, that is. Other than that, it's free for all." Kai then looked at them with a serious expression. "Any questions?"

After that, they started their mission for the day in that condition.

Isabelle recalled it and couldn't help but smile upon their first time. It was hilarious and horrendous at the same time.

Because of a few small things, the group started fighting each other, but since Kai banned talking, they could only glare at each other. In the end, Kai smacked their heads to cool them off.

Still, a few people felt comfortable in this situation because they simply had gotten used to it.

As someone who usually helped their teammates from a distance, Isabelle and Tasha always searched for an opening to support their teammates without talking, so this kind of challenge didn't pose too much trouble for them.

But Evan and Sofia had trouble because they couldn't predict where they were going, considering the attack pattern changed when they couldn't talk and acted based on their own judgment.

Not only them, but the people in front were also confused. Mostly because they didn't know who they needed to back up when two people had the same distance, leading to delayed timing.

However, Kai and Nicholas were the ones saving their asses. Kai aside, Nicholas had been the one who took all the blows for the group, so there was no change in his pattern. As long as someone needed his help, he would block the enemies for them.

As for Kai, he kept using his Sound Blast to ensure the safety of his teammates while taunting most of the magical beasts in the area. This allowed the group to start getting used to their current situation.

Kai looked at the numerous magical beasts and used his Sound Blast to penetrate deep inside their rank.

Seeing this, Michelle and Ayaka immediately covered him up by striking their rank from left and right. Nicholas became the focal point to hold the fort while Eva and Eve began stirring the formation head-on.

Bam.

A shoot was released from Isabelle, piercing the head of a beast right behind Kai.

When it was about to drop on him, Kai spun around and kicked the beast to the side, blowing away all the magical beasts on its way.

Michelle, whose path was cleared, found a way to go to Kai, so she immediately picked her pace and sneaked around, finding another magical beast wanting to attack him.

She planned to kill it before it reached her, but a wolf leaped through the group, aiming at her, but the momentum was stopped by an arrow that pierced through its head.

The corpse fell down to the ground, hitting another beast in the process, thus slowing it down.

It was obvious who was the one releasing the arrow. Michelle took that chance and struck the beast in front of her.

When she leaped past the beast, she found Kai's hand over his head as if asking her to grab his hand.

Understanding what he wanted to do, she released her Shadow Sword and grabbed that hand tightly while maintaining her balance. She then formed a sword on her feet and it even made a portion of her legs to be covered with shadow.

Kai then swung her around with that longer reach, cutting down all the nearby monsters that just surrounded him.

After getting that breathing space, he then leaped diagonally to Ayaka's way as if he was trying to cut the beasts that came to Ayaka.

Michelle swung her sword down.

"Shadow Slash."

The sword strike formed a line in which cut down everything on its way.

Kai smiled when he saw that line. It was precisely where he was going, so he acted as a buffer to prevent any more monsters from coming to Ayaka while Michelle helped Ayaka.

It was a brief moment before there was an explosion that decimated the magical beasts.

However, due to their environment, the fire spread in the area and might cause a forest fire.

At this time, ices rained over that area and extinguished the fire over time.

Ayaka gave a thumb up to Tommy before continuing the fight.

Tommy smiled and looked in another direction where the magical beasts appeared because of the explosions.

When he was about to stop them, Nicholas appeared before them and took their attention.

Tommy used this chance to put his hand on the grass and froze the field, trying to slow down their speed.

Obviously, most of them slipped and slid over the ice. Nicholas stopped them completely with his shield, so none of them hit Tommy.

As soon as they stopped on their tracks, Eve and Eva appeared from the sides, obliterating them with the unique coordination that only twins like them had.

Not long after, Kai's group also had done with their portion and relieved the entire situation.

Without even saying anything, they managed to coordinate together in order to defeat hundreds of enemies.

All four, who were sitting on the back, watched all this and felt impressed.

"This is amazing," Isabelle said in amazement.

"Indeed." Tasha nodded her head, liking the current development.

"No talking. I don't want to get smacked again," Evan warned them.

"The battle is almost over anyway." Sofia shrugged.

Kai, who heard all of it, turned around, making all these people tense. However, a smile soon appeared on his face as he said. "Indeed. Everyone is good."