The Magician of Sound

"It's over."

The turtle screamed in pain as it flung its head for the sake of removing Kai from his head.

Noticing that the turtle had yet to die, he gripped his sword even tighter to hang on until the turtle died. But the latter seemed to be more powerful than he thought. Despite waiting for half a minute, it was still pretty energetic, making him wonder if he missed his target, the brain?

Since it didn't die, Kai continued his second plan. Due to this swinging head, he pierced the head once more with his other sword, so he could slowly walk to its neck like playing a ski.

It was a bit hard, but Kai managed to reach it half a minute later. He pulled the sword in his main hand and swung horizontally, cutting the turtle neck with his Sonic Sword until the head fell off.

He then leaped on the turtle's back to avoid being launched and watched how the turtle died.

"We are done here. Take off your goggles if you don't want to hurt your eyes." Kai commanded out loud.

The group immediately followed his instruction.

Knowing that the order was a hint from Kai, Ayaka flew toward him and clapped her hand.

A magic circle appeared next to the turtle. Kai and Michelles immediately retreated from that place as Ayaka activated the magic circle.

"Scarlet Explosion!"

Boom.

The explosion engulfed hundreds of monsters. Due to the turtle, they gathered around him quite a bit, so this explosion was the most effective to wipe them out. In a rough calculation, Ayaka just killed around three hundred beasts in a single explosion, let alone the shock wave it produced.

"Two more explosions, and we will deal with the remaining beasts." Kai thought two more would be the most optimal option before he and the others changed their plan.

Ayaka acknowledged his command and immediately released two more explosions in succession.

She simply chose the densest place where many beasts gathered to make it more effective. And she was quite lucky to kill almost seven hundred in three explosions alone. Normally, she could be considered lucky if she could kill five hundred within ten explosions.

The influence that the intelligent beasts were indeed strong. And it was at this time, Kai noticed something more about the intelligent beasts. It seemed the reason they could easily control the beasts around them because they were smart enough to comprehend their language.

Normal beasts respected those who could speak in their language since they could literally talk with them. At the same time, it was a kind of rank among the magical beasts themselves.

Kai wanted to learn about those languages as soon as possible, hoping that this mission could give him a chance for it.

Although he couldn't show it easily to others, it would become handy if he could use it to protect himself during an alone mission.

Nonetheless, Kai needed to end the fight first before he could think of another topic.

Seeing that the beasts on the land remained only a few hundreds, he decided to move to the sky that seemed to have around three hundred flying beasts.

A magic circle appeared beneath his feet and launched him to the sky, specifically toward one of the flying beasts.

He slashed its head, killing it immediately before moving to another target with his Sound Blast.

At the same time, Isabelle and Michelle continued raining these beasts with their attacks to reduce their number.

Ayaka and the others focused on the ground, making sure they finished everything first before helping Kai, albeit they both finished at the same time.

They just fought more than two thousand beasts within an hour. This easily exceeded their record during their mission in Amazon Forest, but it was certainly because they gathered around the turtle and eagle that made them an easier target.

After killing them, he let the others rest first while he took his radio to call the base.

"This is Kai Carter. Over."

"This is Peru Military Base with me, Osland. How can I help you, Sir?"

"On the way, I have gotten a new mission that there are more than two thousand magical beasts standing in our way. It turned out that they were moving toward the base. We have eliminated them since they met us, so please confirm that mission later with the general and send some soldiers to pick their bodies and cores."

"Copy that. I will pass the message to the general. Is there any other message, Sir Kai Carter?"

"Nope. That's all. We will continue on our personal mission. Over."

"Understood. I wish you luck." The guy behind the radio then disconnected.

Kai also turned off his radio and headed back to the camp.

"So, what are we going to do?" Michelle asked while seeing the camp and the mountain of corpses. "Do you expect us to sleep near this stinky blood?"

"Of course not. Tasha, teleport us one hundred meters back along with the trucks and equipment. We will continue our way tomorrow full speed without the Teleportation Magic. That's all. Thank you for your hard work." Kai smiled.

Tasha nodded and teleported them according to Kai's instruction. The stench of the blood that prevented them from sleeping had gone, so they started relaxing themselves to calm their heart down from the earlier adrenaline rush.

The Dark Michelle didn't forget to flirt with Kai until Michelle unsummoned her. The group didn't forget to tease her because they knew about her secret and only stopped after getting another threat from Michelle.

In the end, it took them two hours before they could sleep again. Since it was him accepting the mission, he offered to be on the lookout.

They disagreed at first, but Kai told them that he would sleep on the truck during the day since all of them were awake, so there wouldn't be a problem if he slept since Ayaka or Isabelle could take over.

The next day, they did their usual activities in the morning and immediately packed their equipment to start their journey as soon as possible.

After doing a few things, he then fell asleep. There was no need for replies from the general regarding the horde since they would see it when they arrived here.

The group continued their journey peacefully. There were no magical beasts appearing in their way because Tasha and the others had destroyed them before they reached the truck.

Although the range wasn't as far as Kai's ears, Isabelle kept watching out their surroundings with her powerful eyes, and Sofia tried to see if there was a blaze somewhere that would threaten their group.

Eventually, they reached their destination without meeting another trouble, and Kai had his good night's sleep inside the truck where he could lay down on a sleeping bag since the truck was long enough.

Kai and the group came out of the trucks and took a look at this ruin which was supposed to be their real mission.

They had passed mountains just to arrive here, so it took them quite an effort. However, they couldn't venture inside yet because it was already 4 PM.

"Look at that massive building." Isabelle pointed at the Caral. A giant building that looked like an altar. This place had been dug up once by the archeologist before the apocalypse, but due to the passing time, it began to be covered with sand again.

"No, no. You should focus on that building. We need to go inside and search for every nook and corner." Tasha shook her head. "It will be a long time for all of you."

"No, no. It's a bigger problem for those on the outside. Take a look at its surroundings, there are many magical beasts there. We need to start cleaning those right away." Michelle focused on the magical beasts instead. There were around a thousand monsters surrounding the altar.

Even Kai acknowledged it since he also found more and more in their surroundings. "If they came here together, it would become a bit troublesome."

"So, are we going to set up a camp there right now?" Ayaka asked while glancing at Tasha that could teleport them inside the building territory.

"No, we will camp here because it's a bit far from any monsters around." Kai shook his head. "Still…"

He couldn't help but furrow his eyebrows when he felt something was wrong with this Caral. This place hid something that he couldn't see what it was. In the end, Kai asked. "Sofia, do you see anything right now?"

The group widened their eyes as they looked at Sofia curiously. With Kai asking that question, it meant he was suspicious of something.

Unfortunately, Sofia only shook her head. "Nothing. I think we won't find anything in this place."

"Nothing is absolute before we do it." Kai shrugged.

"So, have you found something?" She asked back.

"Not really, but there is this feeling of missing something. Unfortunately, I don't know what, and I can't even describe it." Kai sighed.

"Is that so? It will be an interesting place then." Isabelle smirked, becoming fired up.

"No, no. Don't start yet. We will make our plan here. First of all, the group will be separated according to the previous arrangement. For the detail, I want you to start clearing the monsters around there and move toward that area." Kai pointed his finger around the field before summoning his radar.

The group saw the radar and found so many magical beasts near them. Michelle and Tommy looked a bit concerned since they would be in charge when Kai and the others went inside.

"We understand." They both nodded.

"Alright then. You will handle the details yourself. Let's build our camp." Kai nodded. "But if I need to say, the circle next to the building is the one getting my attention."

"…" The group fell silent and took a mental note before putting down their equipment again.