"I seem to have underestimated him." Brad let out a long sigh as if admitting his defeat.

"General?" The officers were confused by his action and tilted their heads.

"He is just a famous person with no credibility to most of us. After all, only a portion of people had seen him in action. With this kind of situation, most of our soldiers wouldn't believe him. And he also brought students who have competitive nature because of their pride…

"He indeed planned to buy time for the soldiers to finish the construction, but he also had a hidden agenda. This is the most important agenda. With his standing and reputation and the fact that the soldiers are gathered from many bases around us in an emergency, their morale is at an all time low.

"Speaking plainly, there is a huge gap between those who know him personally and those who never saw him in action when it comes to their will to fight. Due to that, it would be impossible for them to fight as one army.

"Hence, Kai Carter made the decision to wreak havoc on the enemy line in the name of buying time. However, he also carefully used the terrain to his advantage to reduce his number of casualties. Those who are aware of Kai's fame might have mistakenly believed that Kai really wanted to buy time earlier.

"However, as far as the others concerned, their impression of the earlier battle was of their army being on a relentless one-sided offense in which the magical beasts could not hurt them at all.

"And thanks to that, those, who followed him, have found a new source of confidence. And confidence in themselves corresponds to morale. His soldiers could be considered an entirely different entity compared to yesterday. The moment he shows it to those who are constructing the fort, the confidence will spread even further..." Brad explained the whole situation while covering his face with his hand.

"What?" Most officers stare dumbfoundedly at their general. They couldn't believe that a student could do that.

"We don't need to take care of their own asses anymore. Prepare to intercept the horde. All of you go into your positions." Brad rose from his seat and ordered all officers.

They instinctively stood up and saluted. "Yes, Sir."

…

At the same time, Brad's expectation was correct.

Those seventeen thousand people who followed Kai during the first clash had high morale despite being injured and exhausted. They just never saw someone killing twenty thousand magical beasts while having a thousand as their casualties.

On the battlefield, Kai was watching from the very top of the center hill, watching how the magical beasts began to arrive in their position.

The moment they found humans on the hill, they stopped for once and roared. A series of roars followed right after that, shaking the entire ground.

"What is this tremor?"

"No way!"

The soldiers were in disbelief, but some of them looked at Kai's serious expression that seemed to have predicted everything. They chose to trust him and clenched their weapons, ready to fight according to his order.

Roar.

Roar.

The magical beasts finally charged toward the hill.

Kai had yet to send the order to attack, making people confused, but no one dared to release the first shot.

Yuki came to him and asked. "Commander. Your order."

Kai didn't answer her. Instead, he closed his eyes, listening to the sounds of the footsteps. He could also hear the anxiety of people that were trying to calm themselves down.

When the magical beasts were about to ascend the hill, Kai opened his eyes and raised his hand. "Do it."

Yuki shouted while giving the signal to the other hills. "Do it!"

The next second, a series of explosions occurred on the battlefield, stretching far to the left and right.

Boom Boom Boom.

It was like never-ending explosions, considering they had planted all the explosives they had. Kai chose this as an opening to raise their morale again, making sure the first fight had the biggest impression.

"Uoh!"

The soldiers started cheering when they saw many magical beasts were obliterated by the explosions. After all, those explosions killed around fifty thousand magical beasts in one go. Even if they needed to fight one or two hundred thousand, they needed not fear because they still had their precious air support.

"Fighters. Eliminate those who have gone past the explosions' range and begin climbing our hills. Gunners. Aims those far away. Shower them with our bullets." Kai commanded.

Soon enough, the gunners began to shoot the enemies like how people in the past were raining their enemies with arrows. Meanwhile, the fighters began cleaning the hill from those who managed to penetrate their defense.

It was swept so easily beyond belief. However, the magical beasts kept coming. Even with twenty thousand gunners, not all of them could kill the beasts. Some magical beasts even had a stronger defense that normal bullets couldn't pierce.

Those beasts managed to get into the foot of the hill, starting to climb the hill.

Kai simply gave another order. "Rain them down with your magic. If you can't, don't claim yourself as one of the students from Magic Academy."

After getting his order, the students began showering them with their magic, not wanting to look bad in front of Kai. Obviously, the first ones to attack were those top 100 groups who followed him in the first clash.

It took them half an hour before the entire horde could get closer to the hill. By that time, many monsters had died.

The moment they entered the foot of the hill, they began to spread over the hill and began climbing. The fighters began to descend the hill to stop them while the gunners kept thinning their number as a whole.

Kai looked at this situation while furrowing his eyebrows.

Michelle stood behind him with a serious expression, knowing that he was raring to go. "Now?"

"Yeah. I will go to the right hill." Kai nodded.

"Do we need to change the attack area for the gunners?" Michelle asked.

"I will ask you to do that. Tell the gunners that there will be a line where they can't shoot beyond that. That will be the place where the army I will lead right now to cut the line, allowing them time for a breather." Kai nodded.

"I understand." She acknowledged the command and asked someone to relay the message to the two leaders for the other two hills.

"Sweeping the enemies from right to left before retreating through the left hill and using the center hill for the bridge to cross over to the right hill. That way, we can keep fighting…" Michelle closed her eyes with a frown.

"Yeah. That's the gist of my plan."

"This will be a tiring day."

"Depending on the performance from the first day, we can see how long we are going to keep fighting…" Kai explained his plan, unaware of the fact that the enemies they faced this time were at least double the number they predicted.

In other words, since they predicted they would fight more than two hundred thousand, they would need to fight around four hundred thousand if not five hundred thousand.

It wasn't like Kai's soldiers were immortal. After fighting that long, his number would seriously be reduced, and the fight would take longer.

However, they still didn't know that they needed to fight that long. Kai only kept track of what they needed to do during the battle until he could see the end of the enemy line.

Suddenly, someone rushed toward Kai and saluted. "Commander. The soldiers are ready to be dispatched at your order."

Kai nodded and turned around. "Let's go then. Where is Ayaka?"

"She should be with Tasha, so the gunner division," Michelle answered.

"We grab her first. Let's go." Kai turned around and flew to Ayaka while bringing Michelle with him.

They found Ayaka with Tasha and Michelle, who were busy sniping the enemies.

"Kai!" Ayaka widened her eyes. "Do you need something from me?"

"How is your magic power?" Kai asked.

"!!!" Ayaka instantly realized his plan when asking about her magic power. She looked at the magical beasts and said, "I am ready for two more rounds."

"For now, we will take the initiative and use the first round. Tomorrow will be the second round. I am sorry to put a burden on you, but this is an emergency."

"Don't worry. I won't be tired since I won't really fight if I don't have magic power, but you are going to be more tired than me. Michelle too." Ayaka smiled, assuring him. "You are planning to conserve your stamina for tomorrow, right?"

"Yes. I feel like when our troops are exhausted, it's the time for me to raise their morale again." Kai nodded with a serious expression.

"Then, I will steal the spotlight on the first day." Ayaka nodded.

"Tasha, can I ask you to protect Ayaka? Maybe one or two Teleportation Magic will be enough. Your condition will be a bit harsher during the evening after all. And we still need to fight during the night…" Kai sighed.

"I see. Don't worry. If your plan succeeds, we should be able to deal with at least one hundred and fifty thousand magical beasts in one day and finish in the second day. In fact, we can start helping the other armies that day…" Tasha nodded in understanding.

"Thank you." Alex smiled. "Let's go then. Isabelle, I leave this post on you."

"Okay, Captain…Oops, Commander." Isabelle smirked.

Kai then turned around, leaving with the girls.

Unbeknownst to them, the one in danger was not Kai but someone else.

In the depth of their rank, a monkey looked upon the horde with his hungry eyes, ready to swallow their prey. The same applied to the one next to the monkey, the wildebeest. It had fierce eyes, looking at the horizon as if he could already imagine what kind of prey he would have during this battle.

However, these two were not marching toward Kai's fort. Instead, they walked toward somewhere else.