The Magician of Sound

The group was astounded by how fast Nathan actually left the room. It was like he had never appeared.

Kai twitched his eyebrows, understanding the reason. 'He must have sensed the weird atmosphere in the room, especially about the separation of Evan from my group. He doesn't want to deal with it, so he escapes.'

"Anyway, we have a mission right now. According to Sir Nathan, we will only get a hard mission for this month while we can have an easy one in December. Considering the mood of the holiday is coming, I think this is the best scenario for us, so let's work hard to the bone this month." Kai pinched the bridge of his nose, looking very stressed.

"By the way, can I bring him somewhere else for now? I need to have a strategy meeting with this guy." Isabelle pulled Evan closer while asking Kai with a serious expression.

"Sure. If you need me to prepare anything for you, just let me know. After all, Evan is still under my responsibility." Kai nodded.

"I understand. I will notify you if the needs arrive." She slightly bowed her head as a goodbye gesture and dragged Evan outside. Evan could only wave his hand to them and smile weirdly.

"Well, I think we need another planning session, no?" Kai glanced at the girls.

"Indeed." Michelle nodded and opened a map on the table.

Kai brought the document and handed it to the girls.

Ayaka then started the meeting. "This is going to be hard, especially with that thirty thousand points. We have classified the magical beasts from F to SSS. F to D are the most common beasts that we will always encounter. Well, if it's in a pack, a D rank beast will become their leader if it's only a weak pack.

"After that, there is a C rank monster. They are one in every five beasts we encounter. In fact, having a D rank beast as a leader of the pack is very rare because most of them belong to this rank. Unfortunately, they are not counted for this mission, so we shall skip them for now.

"The next rank is B rank beast. Starting this rank, the beast will have at least a smarter instinct as if they can tell if there is any trap or not. Well, unless it's too obvious, they won't find it. Half of their population are usually aloof, waiting for their prey. Half of them are leading a pack and creating a territory. So, you can say that we might need to kill around ten beasts, C rank or lower, just to kill one of them.

"Then, we have A rank magical beast. This is the hard one. To put it in a simple word, this is the upgraded version of B rank beast, but they have the ability to use magic power just like us, making the fight harder. The B rank can do as well, but they are not that powerful to the point you can simply ignore it.

"I think we should make A rank magical beast as our main priority because around two-third of A rank magical beasts recorded should have a pack of their own. And in that pack, there should be multiple B rank beasts… And it might even surpass ten or twenty depending on the size of the pack.

"Lastly, the intelligent beast… This is a special beast that has enough intelligence to control their own pack. From my resource, this type of beast usually appears if they have ambition. I have heard that many of them are actually killing other magical beasts just to control their territory.

"Only B rank or higher can be an intelligent beast, but unlike the normal ones, they are aggressive. The moment someone enters their territory, they will surely come to fight us." Ayaka explained the classification first as the introduction.

"That's when my ears come in handy." Kai nodded. "Unless there is an S rank magical beast that oversees them, they won't make a big group. Even in history, there will only be around ten thousand magical beasts at max, while S rank magical beasts can gather a few hundred thousand magical beasts in their surroundings.

"I want our target to be the territories instead of A rank magical beasts. This way, we can get several A rank and B rank beasts while raiding the small nest or territories. Of course, we will sweep everything in our way."

Sofia frowned and asked, "Should I help you as well?"

"That is good. I can locate them while you are looking at their power level." Kai nodded.

"We are a pretty good match, don't you say?" Sofia smiled, trying to flirt with him before stopping unless she wanted the other girls to scrutinize her. Just one step at a time, she thought.

Kai shrugged. "In any case, this mission won't end unless we kill at least thirty thousand of them, so be prepared for a long two weeks."

"Are you serious?" Michelle glanced at him. "Thirty thousand within two weeks... That is at least two thousand a day. Our group of five needs to kill that much in a day."

Kai smiled and asked, "Are you scared? This means that each of us should kill at least four hundred magical beasts each day."

"Scared? It's definitely a no." Michelle snorted and thought of a good idea. "How about we make a small competition among us?"

"Interesting," Tasha interjected while smiling. "We should count our own kill… Or at least, using the system counter to do that."

"Yes. We will track our own kill and see who has the lowest kill when this is all over. The loser will have a punishment…" Michelle nodded.

"What is the punishment though?" Sofia needed to ask first as she felt it was pretty useless to compete with each other.

Seeing Sofia reacting to this competition, Kai felt the need to step up. He suggested, "How about this… Instead of the lowest kill, we shall decide the prize of the winner. How about the winner can ask the losers anything, of course within logic… I said losers because all four who don't win are the losers. And it's effective for a week."

"!!!" The girls widened their eyes. If they won, they could have quality time with Kai while ordering the other girls to stay away. The most tempted one was Sofia. This was what she was waiting for.

Like this, Kai managed to keep the morale high while manipulating Sofia's interest in using her in this operation. And he didn't forget to add two more rules. "Of course, we won't count anything while we are doing this as a group. One more thing you need to know if you have a heavy injury, you will be ineligible to receive the reward."

"…" The girls fell silent. They precisely knew that Kai added this condition to prevent them from being reckless. But they also knew they couldn't afford to have a big injury just for this. After all, if they were going to spend the rest of the days in the hospital, they wouldn't be able to spend time with Kai alone.

"I need to announce one more thing." Kai's expression suddenly turned grim. The hype from before turned serious. "After A rank magical beast is an S rank beast, but I doubt we will meet them during this operation because the last S rank beast in America Continent is in Alaska. After that, there won't be any Zodiacs, SS rank magical beasts, to oppose us because half of them are us, and the base shouldn't have them roaming around.

"But this doesn't apply to those protectors, or you can say SSS rank magical beasts. There is a chance of them appearing out of nowhere, so I want you to stay alert. Sofia, I want you to keep checking the power level. You have seen their power level, so I think you should be able to sense them even if they are trying to sneak on us."

"I understand." Sofia nodded.

"Tasha, I want you to teleport all of us away as soon as there is a distress message from any of us."

"Alright." Tasha nodded.

"In that case, we need a few pieces of equipment. First will be the radio. It's suggested to not use it while fighting those beasts, but it's fine during an emergency. The second thing we need is a flare. Although we won't split up too far, I think we should have this, so Tasha knows our exact location. She can go to Kai first to scan the area, but I think it will be too late if those protectors appear, hence my reason for this. The last thing will be a tracker. If the first two don't work, you can activate the tracker. It might incite the magical beasts to come to you as well, but we are also able to track you, so hang on until the help arrives."

"I agree with Michelle. All of you should have these three items with you. Even if we need to split up, we need to eat breakfast, lunch, dinner, and sleep together as a team to ensure that all of you are fine. If you are not present, we are going after you," Kai said with a stern tone.

"Do any of you want to add anything?"

"Should we create our own little base just to know where we are going to regroup? It can be moved every day but only once a day." Ayaka raised her hand.

"That is a good suggestion. Killing those many will thin up the area a little bit, so we can go to a denser area. However, I don't want to go too deep because those beasts that we left behind might haunt us together." Kai accepted Ayaka's suggestion. "And the rest?"

The other girls thought for a moment and eventually shook their heads.

"With this, I end the meeting. Three days later, we are setting off, so just relax for another two days." Kai smiled.