"Kh." The more he tried to comprehend the language or the tone, the more his veins on his head bulged.
"Kai Carter!" General Sanders shook his body, calling back to reality. He could not find the reason why Kai suddenly looked like he was possessed, but it made his heart skip a beat. His father and Nathan Graham had entrusted his safety to him, so him acting like that made him sweat.
"Ah... General, sorry I was too focused." Kai shook his head, regaining his composure.
Seeing how he ca back brought him peace of mind.
He went around him, observed him from top to bottom, and asked, "What just happened to you?"
Kai didn't answer straight away. He thought for nearly a minute before saying, "I'll ask you sothing strange first."
"Sure, ask ," General Sanders said with a serious expression.
"Do we have any people in our north? I an above the ocean."
"Above the ocean?" He expected so strange questions, but this one truly toppled them. He recalled every mission and transport around this area before shaking his head. "As far as I know, no."
Kai fell into silence once more before saying, "General knows about my hearing, right?"
"Yeah. I have been inford."
"Actually, I have heard two... people (?) or whatever, talking in a strange language. Most importantly, according to my ears, one of them talked in the sa frequency as a human voice, but another one talked in a dolphin's frequency, around 30,000 to 40,000 Hz. Unless you have my ears, you won't even understand."
"Wha-" He stared at him with empty eyes for nearly a minute. After coming back to reality, the general didn't say a word. Instead, he nodded as a gesture for Kai to recount his story.
Kai hesitated for a mont, then honestly said, "The dolphin voice felt like a male voice while the other had a female voice. They are located in our north around four-kiloter ahead."
General Sanders crossed his arms, recalled sothing in his mind and asked him another question. "What is the limit of your hearing? I an, the frequency?"
"Normal humans can hear 20 to 20,000 Hz, but I can hear 0.5 to 100,000 Hz." Kai fell into silence after answering him. In fact, because of this hearing frequency, he could use the Echo Location magic. He tried to reproduce their tone in human language, hoping Sanders would understand. "They talk like this, 'Lkkndit,' and 'Sclaa kita moar' or sothing along the line."
He tried his best to reproduce it but fell short.
"This might be bad..." General Sanders scratched his head, thinking about how to deal with this. He looked at Kai, one of the most important lives in this base and grabbed his shoulder.
"Prepare your luggage as you will go ho tomorrow."
Kai was stunned by that order, furrowed his eyebrows, and asked to confirm if he heard it right. "I need to go back tomorrow? What do you an, General Sanders?"
Sanders realized the importance of Kai's hearing ability and thought about how to secure his safety first. He took his communication device out of his pocket and checked the schedule before saying, "You and your team will go back tomorrow as soon as the reinforcents arrive."
Without waiting for Kai to respond, he walked away from him and started typing sothing.
...
In Graham Family's Manor,
The two old n, who were relaxing by playing chess, got interrupted by the sudden high-pitched sound from their communication device.
"Sorry, it's mine." Nathan grabbed the communication device beside him before another squeaking sound startled him.
"It's mine this ti." It was the sa old man from yesterday, General Sanders's father, Ethan. He also opened his communication device, halting the ga for a mont. "My son is calling ."
"My son too." Nathan was surprised as he exchanged looks with Ethan, feeling sothing wrong.
"Son, why do you call ?" Both of them picked up the call and asked at the sa ti.
Like father like son, Sanders and Michael answered at the sa ti. "Father, we have an ergency!"
"Wait, wait, wait. Calm down and tell what happens?" They really besties as they answered with the sa line.
"That has appeared, and they will attack my (Sanders's) base."
"!!!" Their eyes t and realized how important this information was. According to the way they called him, Sanders would surely know more, so Nathan decided to hang up his call. "Ethan is in front of , and his son is calling him. I will listen to their conversation rather than having a confusing discussion with you."
Ethan placed his device on the table and activated the speaker so Nathan could hear their conversation. "I am in Old Nathan's house, tell what you an by 'that' has appeared!"
"This..." Ethan looked at Nathan and nodded.
Nathan's expression turned dark as he asked, "How are my Kai and the others?"
"They are still in the base. Considering they are coming from the north of our location, I am requesting a reinforcent. I have told Michael to bring more reinforcents as a rescue squad. On the other hand, I hope you can co from South Carolina to our base before noon."
"Good decision. If 'that' really appears, then it's a bad choice to send the kids back right now with their current location. They might even die on the way." Ethan nodded, pinching the bridge between his eyebrows before asking, "Are there any student groups around you? Check it and order them to gather in your base. We can't rescue them in a separate place if they are too far. This battle would surely escalate to sothing bad."
"Understood. I will imdiately check it."
"How long will the magical beasts arrive at your base?"
"Dawn, around 5 AM."
"Sh*t." Nathan gritted his teeth and slamd the table with a furious expression. "If we attack them carelessly, we would be the one who gets destroyed. We can only arrive there right before noon, around 11 AM. I can bring two thousand elites with , and I will ask the military here to spare so soldiers and transportations."
Sanders exhaled and answered, "I plan to abandon the base if they have killed half of us."
"We can build another base if it's destroyed, but it's hard to train soldiers. I will talk it out with the governnt after this incident, so you don't need to worry." Ethan assured him.
"Understood."
"I want to ask one thing, is Kai over there? How is his strategic ability?"
Sanders recalled Kai's plan and realized why his father asked that. "He is good. Because of our distance between four armies, I will ask him to take command of HQ using his hearing."
"Good. He can buy ti as long as he plays the card right."
"Yes." Sanders nodded before falling into deep thought. "Kai's plan is using all of his teammates, should I recall them and have them wait inside the base?"
"No. It's better if they are sowhere around you since 'That' is like us and hard to predict. Instead, ask Kai to observe their every move, " Ethan answered.
"Alright."
"You just need to hold out for a few hours. Rember, your opponent is as smart as humans and can employ techniques. Because your rank is not high enough, I give you special permission to tell Kai about this, but you need to tell it as vague as possible. After they are rescued, Nathan or I will explain it to him personally."
"Understood. I will fulfill my duty as the general of this place." Sanders nodded.
On the other side,
"You are going?" Nathan asked with a serious expression.
He nodded. "With how you have entrusted your little Michelle and grandson-in-law to my son and , It's obvious I am also responsible for it. It's been a while since I last fought."
"You are not rusty, right?" Nathan asked him seriously without having a single intention to tease. He wanted to make sure not to bring soone useless in this mission, considering how dangerous it would be later.
"Of course not. Still, it seems we have another opportunity to fight together again."
"Good." Nathan nodded and said to Sanders. "Do your own task well, I will surely bring you reinforcent before noon."
"Thank you, Sir Nathan." He hung up the call.
As soon as the call ended, Nathan shouted, "Bryan, Albert, get your asses right here!"
The shout echoed through the entire manor, startling many people, especially those two, whose nas were called. They were relaxing inside the mansion before they imdiately opened the window near them and jumped out, running toward Nathan as fast as possible.
"Father!" It only took them a few seconds to appear in front of him.
"You two are going to assemble all our n, leaving a few enough to protect the shore. I will fill you the details later."
"What happens, father? Where are you going?" Bryan asked.
"I am going to our South Carolina Military Base to ask for a few helicopters and others. Anyway, your ti limit is dawn." Nathan did not waste another minute and quickly leaped to the outside.
"Understood." Bryan and Albert still answered despite knowing their father would not hear it.
"Do you need my help?" Ethan, who was left behind, asked Bryan and Albert. This South Carolina was not his jurisdiction, so Nathan was more effective in talking with the army. In that case, helping these two n would be better than doing nothing.
"No, no. We are completely fine with the task. Thank you for your concern, Sir Ethan." Bryan politely declined his suggestion and left. "Then, please excuse us."
"Still... Why did they appear at a ti like this?" Ethan looked at the sky, pondered for a mont and sighed because he did not know the answer.
Reviews
All reviews (0)