The Magician of Sound

"I've spotted them." Kai opened his eyes. "They're five kilometers on our ten."

"Really?" Rick was startled as he, who was in the front seat, couldn't see anything other than trees. There was a large dirt road spanning a few kilometers ahead. Kai's direction was pointing at this road, so he quickly shifted their direction.

At first, it was hard to believe that Kai could sense them. But the moment he saw them after flying for five minutes, he was stunned by what he saw. Rick glanced at Kai before observing the fifty Bison in front of them. Although there were two kilometers left, he could see it clearly from above.

"I can get closer up to one kilometer. After that, I can only drop you guys and fly above you." Rick informed them while observing the movements of the visible Bison.

At the moment, they seemed pretty calm as they crossed the dirt road toward their direction.

Kai looked to the side and commented, "The dirt road is huge… but there are trees that we can use as a diversion. I want this mission to be focused on Ayaka so I can grasp the extent of her power. Do you have any objections?"

Although this question was targeted at Ayaka, he also wanted to see the others' reactions since he always led the group. Fortunately, his worry was unnecessary.

"I'll be staying in the helicopter and healing the injured, so I don't have any objections." Evan was the first one to answer.

"No matter your decision, I'm taking the support role with my bow. In fact, I can stay in this helicopter and attack them from above," Tasha said nonchalantly.

"Except for the order of retreat, while you're holding the rear, which is basically suicide, I have no qualms," Michelle answered with a smile.

Ayaka looked down for a few seconds before taking a deep breath. "I'll do my best."

There was a trace of confidence in her eyes, but it wasn't anything near overconfidence. As long as she was careful, this should be an easy mission.

"All right, here's my plan." Kai paused for a few seconds to get their attention. "Ayaka and I will come from the front while Michelle and Tasha will strike from behind on my signal."

"Eh? Are you sure about that?" Michelle seemed to have a little objection while Tasha explained her qualms. "Although they're only C-rank magical beasts, there are fifty of them."

At this time, Ayaka broke her silence, stunning them. "I see. You want to separate them?"

Astonishment appeared on Kai's face before he nodded with a serious expression.

After getting trained by Ria Ross, she managed to learn a few things from her to prevent her from being dead weight. With the same teacher, Ayaka could understand what Kai was thinking at this moment. She saw Kai's nod and began her explanation.

"I'll use my magic bomb to separate them into two groups. Maybe 10-40 or 15-35… Michelle and Tasha will eliminate ten to fifteen bison while we take on the rest."

"In any case, we can use Ayaka's Scarlet Explosion and Firebirds to chip away their number, so don't worry about it," Kai added, assuring the unrest in Michelle and Tasha's hearts.

"If you say it that way, then I agree with the plan." Michelle nodded.

"Sorry, Evan. Although we have you, I want to complete this mission without any injuries." Kai looked at Evan, afraid that he might feel left out.

"Eh? Kai, are you an M? Do you really want to get injured?" Evan looked at him with a weird expression.

"Of course not." Kai wanted to say that he worked hard in the previous mission so he wouldn't feel that he wasn't needed in this group if he didn't have any job in this mission.

"Don't worry. I'm not a petty person. I have the power to heal, but I personally don't like to heal other people. It's better to complete the mission without any injuries." Evan made a faint smile to strengthen his point.

"All right. Time to go." Kai nodded before glancing at Rick, to which he replied with, "You can jump off in three seconds."

Rick asked for three seconds to stabilize the helicopter.

Kai and Michelle opened the door. Ayaka walked toward Kai while Tasha stood beside Michelle.

"Go!"

The instant Kai gave the signal, both of them jumped off the helicopter, falling to the ground at high speed. At this time, a pink magic circle appeared right beneath their feet as Tasha said, "Teleportation."

All of them appeared right on the dirt road, looking at the Bison far away. Seeing how close the helicopter was, the Bison noticed it. Luckily, it would seem that they hadn't noticed the presence of Kai and the others.

Kai instructed, "Ayaka, place the magic bomb in this place. Tasha and Michelle can use the woods to mask your presence and stay there until the magic bomb explodes."

"Sure." Tasha nodded while patting Michelle's shoulder as she created another magic circle. "Teleportation."

Kai watched them disappear before turning back to Ayaka. "Are you all right? Can you handle it this time?"

"I'll try." Ayaka nodded with more confidence than usual.

"Still, I'm curious about what kind of spear you requested from your family…"

"Do you want to try it?" Ayaka took off the white bracelet on her right wrist before handing it to him.

Kai stared dumbfoundedly for a few seconds before taking the bracelet. "Summon."

"Kh!"

The moment the spear came out of the shell, he almost dropped it down. Veins began appearing on his hand, never expecting this kind of weight. He looked at Ayaka and asked, "What's the weight of this spear? I need almost all of my power just to swing it…"

"It's 670 kilograms. I wanted it to weigh more, but the technology needed for it isn't available yet." Ayaka looked at the white spear in Kai's hand. It was a simple spear without any decoration, but if one took a blow from this spear, it would be like a blow from a Warhammer. The spear would casually crush their bones.

Kai took a deep breath before he raised the spear and played it around his hand. "As expected. I can't use something like this since my movements will be restricted. My limit is around 250 kilograms."

He remembered the two-handed swords that Michelle gave him in the big war. Though, he also sacrificed some of his speed because of the weight. In fact, he wanted a vibrating sword before the Sound Levitation since it would increase the sharpness. Then, he would be able to cut almost anything.

Of course, he needed to experiment first. An example is if he struck something with his sword, would it cleanly cut the object or would a portion of the vibration be transferred to that object? When he thought about it, the concept itself was a little similar to a chainsaw trying to cut metal. It wouldn't go through in one strike, but would surely leave damage on the metal.

At first, he thought it would cut anything cleanly because he saw various videos about that. The problem was that in all the videos, the weapons cut in slow motion. For him, who needed to fight at high speed, this was a big problem. In the end, he shook the thought off and focused back on the spear.

He handed back the spear to Ayaka and said, "It's really hard to use."

"Ahaha… For me, this spear feels nice. It's like a heavier Warhammer in spear form. Without this spear, I would be the same as a normal girl. It's like I can lift them, but not throw them." Ayaka smiled.

"All right. Tasha and Michelle already took their position, so let's get serious, shall we?" Kai paused for a few seconds before saying, "Use your Firebirds and target them. I don't mind if you only kill one or two Bison, but I want you to certainly kill them. In other words, concentrate your attack on one or two.

"After getting their attention, send another wave of Firebirds to set up a distance from one of them as we retreat a few meters to get a safe distance with your magic bomb."

"Understood." Ayaka nodded before pointing her hand to the Bison.

A red magic circle formed on the tip of her finger as a few birds made of fire came to life. "Firebirds."

Ten birds flew out of the magic circle, making their way toward the bison.

Noticing the presence of a few objects coming toward them, the Bison turned around. However, even though they noticed, Ayaka's Firebirds had already arrived in front of them.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A series of explosions resounded across the region as the ten Firebirds split into three groups and struck three Bison. Surprisingly, it hit the same spot, creating a hole in the bodies of the Bison struck.

Roar! Roar! Roar! The Bison didn't take this lightly as they roared as loud as they could before noticing Kai and Ayaka around a kilometer away from them.

Roar! Another roar came from the Bison at the very front. It seemed as if it was telling its friends to charge at them. The Bison started moving their feet before making their way toward Ayaka and Kai.

Ayaka sent another wave of Firebirds without hesitation. However, the Firebirds that were one meter above the ground suddenly dove and struck the ground right in front of the Bison. These explosions confused those Bison for a few seconds, especially those in the back as they couldn't see Kai and Ayaka's figures when the dust kicked up.

This created a gap between each Bison and gained Kai's approval. "This is good. Let's retreat around thirty meters."

Ayaka nodded and followed him as she sent one last Firebird. Because it was hard to time it, the magic bomb was set for an hour, which was basically a duration impossible for the fight to last for. The purpose of this was so Ayaka's Firebird could explode right on the magic bomb, breaking the barrier that held the magic bomb.

Around two-third had passed the magic bomb while Ayaka's Firebird had arrived. At this time, the Firebird finally exploded, causing a massive explosion.

Boom!