The Magician of Sound

Kai spun his swords, wielding them in reverse. Because he planned to give this beast to Evan, it would be best to handle this lizard with the back of his sword.

"Shaa!" The lizard roared as it immediately shifted its focus on Kai and Evan.

"Hmm? B rank huh…" Kai took another deep breath and observed the lizard's movements.

It slithered on the ground and faced him from head-on. Its long tongue aimed directly at Kai's head, trying to blow it out.

However, Kai stepped on the ground as hard as he could and slightly bent down before striking it from below. The force pushed the tongue to the air, stopping the lizard's movement.

Kai didn't do anything after that because he considered it a test for Evan. This was the first chance for Evan to attack, and if Evan didn't realize it, he needed to teach him that.

Fortunately to him, Evan had moved to the side and aimed his pistol toward the lizard's head.

'Pistol's bullet might not be a match for Sniper's bullet, but it doesn't mean it is useless. Isabelle said the reason she could give high output damage was due to her aim. As long as I shoot their weakest part and vital areas, they will surely go down without fighting." Evan thought and aimed toward the lizard's left eye.

*Bang!*

The lizard saw this with that big eye and immediately moved to the side to protect to avoid being hurt.

Evan smiled upon watching this as he adjusted his aim before releasing another shoot. This time the bullet hit its eyes, rendering its vision useless.

With this liberty, Evan used his Healing Magic to boost his physical ability to close in before jumping to the top of its head. He quickly struck his fist that had been strengthened by the exoskeleton and created a powerful impact that pinned down the lizard's head to the ground.

This might look reckless, but Evan needed to do it to find the very vital area, the lizard's brain.

His pistol couldn't cut the lizard's neck nor could it blow the head like Isabelle. The only way to fight it was to feel the body's interiors and hit them.

In this particular case, Evan searched for its brain. Using that healing ability of his, he located the brain and aimed his gun again. "Goodbye."

*Bang!*

With another shot, the lizard was still in shock and fell down.

Kai checked the lizard and confirmed it with Evan.

"It's dead."

"That's good." Evan nodded and inspected his surroundings to see whether there were any magical beasts around. It seemed it had become his habit to do this. Or it could be said that was how impactful the near-dead experience he had during his previous mission.

"Don't worry. We won't need to fight for three minutes." Kai assured him before asking, "Was hitting the head your idea?"

"Yes. I didn't have enough firepower to kill that big lizard with my pistol alone, so I chose to sense the brain first by using that shock wave from my fist and my healing ability. This way, I was able to get a good grasp of its position and fired."

"That's a good strategy." Kai approved the strategy before saying. "I see. Let's check it for another two or three beasts before I am going to conclude something small."

"I understand." He nodded.

The two then proceeded deeper. Noises started filling Kai's ears because they got closer and closer to the horde of magical beasts.

Contrary to his expectation, the magical beasts were split into two perfectly, not allowing any magical beasts to slack off or change direction.

It also gave trouble to Kai because if he woke them up, he would be besieged by them." After thinking for two minutes, he suggested. "Unless there is an intelligent beast, we will continue."

"Roger." Evan nodded while following Kai right behind him.

"Hmm… We are going to the left." Kai changed direction when he heard something.

Evan didn't complain and kept following him as if nothing happened.

They ran for about thirty seconds before they found a group of horses charging to the front.

"The main army from magical beasts are a bit farther from this, so it should be fine as long as we don't mess it up." Kai nodded.

"I will do my best." Evan took a glance at this group of four horses before aiming at one of them.

Kai didn't say anything and went in the opposite direction.

Seeing the two were coming, the horses tried to make an impossible ninety-degree turn, but it ended up making a curve turn.

Kai took advantage of this and used his Sound Blast to speed up, launching himself to the second horse from the front.

Evan furrowed his eyebrows when he saw Kai doing something like that. Normally, it would mean that he wanted to kill one or two horses in that movement, but the fact that he still used the back of his sword bothered him.

He realized what he was planning and went straight to the horse with his fastest speed. And as he expected, Kai hit the second horse's legs.

The third horse saw the stumbling second horse and tried to avoid it, but to no avail. It tripped and gave Evan's a precious chance.

*Bang Bang!*

Evan, who had made his way over the field, released his shots, albeit barely. "You are asking too much for me…"

Even though he said that, Evan still managed to aim his two shots accurately on each horse's head.

Kai only made a small smile when he heard that before changing his focus to the fourth horse.

Unlike the third one, it had a larger distance from the second horse, so it had enough time to leap over.

Unfortunately, Kai rotated his sword and hacked the fourth horse.

Evan saw this opportunity and released another bullet toward the first horse.

"!!!" Because Kai neglected this one, it had finished turning around and made his way toward Evan.

The expression on his face had yet to change as he calmly looked at how the first horse dodged his bullet, but due to its speed and direction, it could only lift his head, avoiding the bullet from penetrating his brain. It still hit around the head area though, making it look very painful.

Even the horse screamed in pain while still making his way toward Evan.

Evan looked at the horse with a serious expression but remained still as if he had no intention to dodge or move.

It was at this time that Kai finally showed up, beheading the horse.

"You were not going to dodge?" Kai asked.

"I saw you in the corner of my eyes with your sword in normal conditions, so I knew you were going to kill it. That's why I didn't have the intention to move." Evan smiled while watching how the momentum of the horse kept charging at him before falling down two meters in front of him.

"Never mind then. Your field of vision is big despite aiming with your focus, showing that you focus not only on your aim but also a certain degree of your surroundings."

"Thank you."

"And you haven't missed yet. I don't know if your accuracy will remain when we are surrounded by many, so I am going to test it later."

"I will do my best. Due to the use of magic, the guns don't have a huge recoil anymore, so I can aim more stable than ever. There is no gunpowder in the bullet as well, so it should be fine if I keep my head cool… Though, I will be in trouble in facing too many opponents at once."

"Yeah. You need experiences to see which one will be coming first, so you can target them first."

"Exactly." He nodded. "That's why I am trying to get as many combat experiences as possible right now."

"That's good to hear. I will help you in that regard." Kai thought for a moment and asked, "Still, I think you need a bit more firepower, you know."

"I agree, but it's not like I can bring rifles or something similar, right? It will surely drain my wallet after all."

"No, no. There are a few special bullets, right? Although it's a bit expensive, I think it's fine to buy some. I mean, there are some that still use gunpowder inside the bullet, but instead of exploding to give the bullet speed, it explodes after it hits the target to create bigger damage. I think you can use this to give you more firepower."

"Ah! If it's like a rifle, it will be like a normal mode and a grenade launcher mode."

"Yes. The concept is like that." Kai nodded. "That way, I am sure that you will stand a chance against ten beasts simultaneously. If you have gotten comfortable enough with that condition, we can start increasing the number of magical beasts you can handle."

"I see. I will ask Ayaka about the bullets after this mission and prepare myself according to that vision."

"Of course, if you find another good strategy, it's fine to think nothing of these suggestions." Kai smiled.

"Don't joke around. Your advice is one of a kind, especially on the battlefield." Evan rolled his eyes.

Kai shrugged. "Anyway, let's continue killing these beasts. There are around thirty beasts coming from our nine. It's still one hundred meters away."

Evan turned around and found a group of cats. Unlike normal cats, these cats had undergone a transformation. They looked like a tiger instead of a cat.

Still, they could see the difference and deem them as cats.

"Thirty of them. The strategy is the same. I match your movement, you match mine, and improvise." Kai instructed as he jumped to the front, facing the cats.

"Roger." Evan raised his pistol, smiled, and shot.

Bang.