Kai and his group walked toward the meeting room.

In there sat a few men and women waiting for the general to come.

Jack quickly rose from his seat, walked toward Kai, and deliberately put his hand on Kai's shoulder, acting like a buddy. "You heard it yesterday. General Sanders has officially raised this man's status as our temporary advisor. Though the highest command would still be in General Sanders's hand, as long as the general does not cut in, you guys should follow his order."

When they were about to put an unhappy expression, General Sanders walked in, smacking the book on his hand to the back of Jack's head.

*Slap!*

"What are you doing here?"

Jack froze upon hearing his voice. He turned around and smiled while stroking the back of his head. "Oh, General. I am just introducing this little guy to the others."

General Sanders rolled his eyes, pushed Kai forward, and reintroduced him. "This is Kai Carter, and he will take command of our entire army. I have a few reasons for this, but there is no way I will put a newbie without several good reasons. If you trust me with your life, follow this kid's instructions because the next war will be a big one."

"Yes, Sir." All of them instantly rose and saluted to him.

Sanders nodded and turned his head toward the Lion Group before looking at Kai. "Our plan has not changed. Buy enough time until the reinforcement arrives. If we have passed our limit, immediately order a retreat."

"Understood."

"Alright. Go to your position. The enemy will arrive in one and a half hours."

They gave another salute before leaving the room.

Sanae carried Evan like baggage and flew to the sky while Tasha and Michelle teleported to the middle army, leaving Kai alone in the middle of the reserve army.

It was still 4 AM. The darkness still enveloped the world, and the cold air created tension in the atmosphere.

Kai took a glimpse of the soldiers' expressions. Most students from the Military Academy tensed up, knowing the sea creatures would come in an hour. On the other hand, the elites were joking with each other, like bonding in the army.

He took a deep breath before looking to his right, finding Sanders a few meters away.

Without needing to organizing his words, Sanders said a line he always used when leading the army. "The path you have chosen is a path of sacrifice. And it is by overcoming these trials that you will grow stronger. There is no such word as we are stronger, or they are stronger. Only the victor is the stronger one. Now it is time to etch our name as the stronger one today. Good luck to you."

"Yes, Sir." Kai saluted to Sanders, who walked away after saying his piece.

Not long after, the soldiers took their position under Sanders's instruction. He did not know why, but this looked like traditional warfare in the past, except the weapons were magic weapons, and they had guns instead of bows.

Kai stopped planning and relaxed his mind.

One hour later,

Kai slowly opened his eyes, sensing many footsteps on the shore. He rose from his seat, put on the radio that was connected to the three commanders and Sander before saying, "They have arrived. The middle army will see them in around three minutes."

"!!!"

…

In the middle army,

Jack laughed abruptly, glanced at Tasha and Michelle, and smirked. "Your boyfriend is truly ridiculous."

Tasha made a smug smile while Michelle pointed her finger at Tasha. "She is his sister."

"We are not blood-related, so it's safe." Tasha snorted before glaring at her.

"Though I want to joke around with you guys a bit more, it seems we need to finish our business first." Jack shook his head helplessly as he walked toward the soldiers.

They positioned themselves outside of the city to become an anchor point before using the city to kill the magical beasts. The fighters made a few layers of 'V' shape position consisting of two hundred fighters each.

According to Jack's plan, it was the best ratio to split the enemy. The very front layer would certainly take serious damage while the layer behind them acted as a reserve to fill the hole if someone died. The two others were ready to flank the enemy from the right, preventing them from going to the right army after a certain number of magical beasts.

As for the gunners, they were there to support the main fighters. Although a few could use their magic, most of them better used their magic power to shoot the gun as it was only wasting their magic power.

Michelle stared at the gunners and fighters. She could think like this because of their current situation. If Kai went into the military academy, he might certainly become like them. Although Kai's prowess would not let him die like cannon fodders, the potential of his death was still high.

Kai certainly would not want that, making Michelle very adamant to it. She turned to Tasha. "Though Kai asks us to save our energy, I think a few big moves are fine. Don't you think so?"

"Indeed. The moment they stop the magical beasts from moving to the right army, I will use my Teleportation Magic to make it easier.

"In any case, the top priority is to survive," Michelle said with a severe expression. "I don't know what Kai hides from us, but it's certainly something bad."

"I agree with you. Though… Don't you want to be a hero?" Tasha smirked, teasing Michelle.

Michelle wasn't surprised by her teasing as she had no change in expressions. She looked at Tasha with a small smile. "That is just a childhood's dream…"

"How can I never have a dream like that?"

She did not say anything for a few seconds before taking out her two shadow blades.

Tasha thought Michelle was going to attack him. Instead, she saw Michelle turn around, walking to the front. "Tasha… I leave my back to you."

A hint of astonishment appeared on her face as Tasha took out her bow.

It took another minute before everyone could see a horde of sea creatures coming from the horizon. Most of them were giant crabs, snails, slugs, turtles, and octopus.

After the evolution a few centuries ago, mollusks could travel easily through the sea, and some even gained the ability to live in the land for a while, such as the octopus.

Their size came in variety, but the smallest one was around half of the human's normal height. And this battle was not like the one in Prince Rupert, their one thousand needed to take the full brunt of fifteen thousand sea creatures. This alone would certainly lead to numerous deaths.

Tasha furrowed her eyebrows, raised her hand, and created four lightning arrows. At the same time, Jack raised his Warhammer and roared. "Here they come, soldiers. The fate of this battle depends on our hands. Let us show what we are capable of!"

"Yes, Sir!" The soldiers shouted in unison, shaking the ground a little with their loud voices.

"Gunners, take aim!"

The gunners and Tasha aimed at the very front of the sea creatures, waiting for Jack's order.

100 meters…

50 meters…

Jack had yet to give an order, making the soldiers anxious. It was when the magical beasts were only ten meters away from them, Jack shouted, "Fire!"

The bullets and arrows flew at the same time, piercing through the sea creatures.

They rolled around because of the momentum, moving toward the soldiers. There was a difference of speed between rolling and running, so many magical beasts tripped over these gigantic bodies. Some even needed to walk over them.

This was what Jack wanted as he shouted his second order. "Fighters, use your shields! We will stop their momentum and create the first wall!"

They did not know what he meant by the first wall but still took out their shield at the same time. The soldiers had been trained with many drills so that they could obey commands in the shortest time possible.

Besides, with Jack leading them in the very front, how could they not follow his order.

"Here we go! Brace for the impact!"

*Bam*

The rolling magical beasts were stopped by the soldiers, creating a 'V' wall and forcing the magical beasts to split.

"We will retreat fifty meters." Jack wanted to utilize these large bodies just to become their boulders, so there was no excessive death for the soldiers. Just as Sanders said, Jack might not look like it, but he was an intelligent guy.

The magical beasts instinctively moved around the bodies. Unfortunately, they could not see the soldiers very well because of their size, forcing them to move forward to the left and right armies. Meanwhile, a portion of them came back and charged at the middle army.

At this time, Michelle came to the front, waiting for the magical beasts to come to their way.

"Soldiers! It's time for us to show our strength. Fighters, make sure you can keep up with me. No need to go to the front. Just holding them here is enough. Gunners, help us in the best way possible." Jack gave his last order before charging to the front with his Warhammer.

In an instant he ordered, Michelle appeared right beside him.

"Cheeky Graham Family's girl…" Jack smirked as he swung his Warhammer, crushing a two meters tall crab's shell.

The same as him, Michelle's shadows slash were strong enough to cut a hard shell, slicing a snail into two. "Damn you snail. You should be slow!"