Inside the military base, the Brigadier General, Abec, was checking the documents and other miscellaneous things before a person came inside the room.

If he weren't occupied by his work, he would realize this person was the one who suggested putting Kai on the battlefield.

He brought a cup of coffee and put it on the general's desk. "Here is your coffee, General. It's really hard work, huh… Working in a base like this."

"Thank you." Abec thanked him while his eyes were still glued on the papers. "Well, how long have you been working in this base? There are many VIPs around this area, so I should do some paperwork for the time we used to repel the magical beasts along with the apology and so on. Even though I want to head the battlefield myself, I simply can't."

"True enough. Luckily, we have Kai Carter this time to lead the entire army. I saw the first truck coming back with a few injured people and asked them about the battlefield situation. Can you believe that we actually killed more than a thousand Magical Beasts in the first few minutes?"

"With our mines? I never thought they would be that effective." Abec shook his head in astonishment.

"I can say it's about sixty percent, but the rest is the result of the first assault."

"How many people got injured?"

"We don't know yet, but according to their speculation, there are no more than fifty people."

"Are you serious?" Abec was shocked as he unconsciously put down his pen and looked at him.

"It's the truth. In addition, we have Evan Young on this base. Most of the soldiers can go back and fight again after he heals them."

Abec lifted his eyebrows as he was overwhelmed by emotion. He was too happy and excited, albeit no matter what he did, he couldn't head to the battlefield right now. "Haiz, I still need to head to the shelter to apologize and finish all the paperwork. It sucks to be stuck in this base."

He drank the coffee to calm his heart and looked at his paper again. "Anyway, I couldn't be happier to see the development. I will just believe in our soldiers."

"That's right. I want to ask General for another thing."

Abec looked at him while furrowing his eyebrows. "I am too busy to answer… But since I am in a good mood, I will answer one of your questions."

"Thank you." The man nodded and smiled. "I want to ask if this base doesn't have you, what will happen to this base… To the VIPs… Or even to the soldiers?"

"What are you talki—!" Abec suddenly spat blood as he clenched his heart that suddenly hurt. In an instant, he looked at the coffee and realized what just happened. "You bastard!"

Mustering the last bit of energy in his body, Abec tried to attack the man, only to be stopped effortlessly. And the last thing he saw shocked him. Unfortunately, his mind already went blank as he fell to the ground, died.

'Hehe… We are the second generation of humans. It's our luck that he found us and granted us this power.' The man smirked as his hand changed into a bear hand with brown fur covering it. He thought, 'Do you know that we are getting offered by an existence that the government has hidden from us this whole time?

'According to that person, we can turn into magical beasts and return back into a human after he learns the secret behind the so-called Protector's blood. Just like how Zodiac was created, I would be the first and strongest second-generation Zodiac.'

He had no qualm about activating the magical beast blood in his body and forced the transformation of his hand like Rizou. After all, he believed he could turn it back after the mastermind fixed him with the Protector's blood. It was also one of the reasons why he decided to do this.

'Besides, I can simply run away from the base and control the magical beasts later… After conquering the human bases, the world has no choice and becomes one of us. Just you wait; this world will once again evolve to a higher level.'

Despite being filled with madness, he still didn't forget about Kai's ability and refrained himself from saying out loud. He kept the excitement in his heart and took out a radio. "Start!"

Upon hearing his order, a few people suddenly turned into a monster as they suddenly made a ruckus around the base.

At the same time, Evan was still healing many people with a complete focus. He only knew that this place was safe, so he had no worry about going all out. Yet, that confidence attacked him at a ridiculous moment.

His instinct suddenly told him about the upcoming danger. He stopped his healing and turned around while raising his hand. And he met a fist at the size of his head, pouncing his head.

"Tch!" Evan tried to stop the attack with his hand, but he ended up blown away because of their strength difference.

*Bam!*

Evan struggled to free himself from the wall and looked at the incoming person. It turned out that the one who attacked him was a tiger with a human build. It was walking with two feet and made his way toward him.

"Who are you?" Evan was panting while asking the question but to no avail. The tiger guy didn't seem to want to say anything and simply charged at him with his fist.

"Don't underestimate me!" Evan slightly adjusted his body to the left and grabbed his limb before using its body weight to throw him.

The tiger was slightly surprised to see him ending up in this way. He had no knowledge about Evan having an ability to fight.

"I might not have much power against magical beasts because of their hardness and weight, but throwing you with my Martial Art alone is enough." Evan clenched his fists and took a deep breath. 'I need to buy time for Kai to notice this. One minute… No, two minutes, I guess. Sh*t. I really wish I could use offensive or defensive magic. I had tried many things, but none of them succeeded. Even if I drown him in my water bubble, that one has a healing effect. Not only will it heal the enemy, but it also allows him to breathe inside that water bubble as well.'

The tiger charged at him again with his fists, but he didn't underestimate Evan this time.

On the other hand, Evan was studying his fighting style before noticing it was the Martial Arts that the army had been practicing. "Why would the army have someone like you? You look like a Zodiac but not one of them… No, you look like a failed Zodiac."

*Roar!* The tiger was angry when Evan said he was a failed zodiac and stomped the person lying on the ground.

"!!!" Evan furrowed his eyebrows and decided to charge at him.

The tiger seemed to read his mind and threw another injured person at Evan.

"Kh!" Evan was surprised and caught the injured person, but that cost him many things. The tiger person didn't waste a single second and struck Evan by striking the injured person. The force was transmitted to Evan as well before he suddenly fell down to the ground, and another punch arrived. "Puah!"

That strike alone broke a few of Evan's ribs while instantly killing the injured person.

"Heal!" Evan immediately regulated the water in his body to heal all his injuries. The human body consisted of up to sixty percent of water, so he could heal himself without summoning a water bubble.

However, the tiger also noticed that Evan had yet to fall unconscious. He grabbed his head and threw him to the wall before his hand gave another push and slammed Evan's head.

Surprisingly, there was a water bubble protecting Evan's head. Evan only thought in this situation was to hold on as long as possible. He was sure that Kai should have heard the situation by now and organized the rescue party. As long as he could buy enough time, he should be fine. 'I will hold on, no matter what.'

Seeing the determination in his eyes, the tiger was enraged.

*Bam Bam Bam!* The tiger was trying to make Evan unconscious by banging his head against the wall continuously. Yet, the healing water bubble that covered his head reduced the impact and healed him in speed visible at naked eyes.

Even so, Evan still felt pain this whole time as blood covered his face. His face started becoming disfigured until it was hard to recognize him.

'Hurry, Kai. I might not be able to hold on for any longer… Ah… I am really pathetic that I can't even last a minute fighting this guy.' Evan gritted his teeth as his consciousness started getting fuzzy.

"What are you doing?" The person with the bear hand appeared from behind and noticed the tiger had yet to bring Evan away. Without saying anything, he realized Evan was still conscious. He suddenly appeared in front of him, punching Evan in the stomach. "You should do this."

The impact was too strong as Evan immediately fell unconscious after spitting a mouthful of blood. "I am sorry, Kai."

The bear guy snorted and thought, 'You won't die just yet. Wait until your friend comes to our base, we will make sure you die together with them.'

…

In the middle of the battlefield, Kai suddenly heard Evan's shout from the military base.

"!!!" Kai abruptly leaped back, halting their advance.

Michelle and Ayaka caught up, frowning. "Kai? What's wrong?"

Kai didn't answer them as he was too focused on trying to figure out what happened. After close to a minute, Kai's expression turned dark as he gritted his teeth. "Are you seriously asking me to fix this problem as well?"