The Magician of Sound

As soon as the morning came, Kai opened his eyes and rose from his mattress, watching how the other girls also woke up. They had a tight schedule today due to the long journey to cover half of the edge area of this island.

No way would the girls be late today.

"Good morning." Kai greeted them before picking up his toothbrush and leaving the room.

They had the same preparation for today, including the briefing from Carissa. When they waited for Carissa, the latter surprised them. A car gradually appeared in front of them before the window slowly lowered, revealing Carissa\'s face. "Hop on. I will be driving you guys to every single place."

Everyone knew that they would be able to travel faster with this on average and without using much magic power. Hence, everyone came in and sat on the back.

Kai took the front seat beside Carissa as the leader. "Are we going to check every single statue like yesterday?"

"It\'s up to you. I will simply match the timing with you, so if you choose to check every single statue, you can\'t stay too long for one statue." Carissa shrugged before stepping on the gas.

Kai thought for a moment and replied. "I think it\'s better to check everything. I don\'t want to miss a single thing just because of our timing."

"Alright." She nodded before opening the map of the island and driving the car to the nearest statue.

Unfortunately, the statues around the southern part had gone to the town, so they needed to drive for an hour around the coast, trampling the grass in their way.

"Alright. I will use this time to brief you about the normal statues. As you might already know, it contains magic power. However, we couldn\'t detect a difference between the normal statue and the shattered one other than the magic power. Even the materials are the same, so I don\'t know if you can find something."

"That is our job. We will see with our own eyes whether there is a difference or not. You have tested them scientifically, but we are going to check them in another way, hoping to find something." Kai shrugged as he watched the map, noticing that they were close to one of the statues.

Not long after, Isabelle peeked as she pointed her finger to the front. "I can see it."

Kai glanced at her and looked at where she pointed at, only to find nothing. Isabelle\'s eyes were indeed a cut above the rest. Nonetheless, the group tried to steal a peek, trying to see the statue themselves.

It was only a minute later that they could finally see the statue. The appearance was exactly the same if they ignored the broken part in the previous statues. At the same time, this statue stood tall in front of the cliff leading to the sea, facing the land.

Suddenly, Sofia furrowed her eyebrows as she gasped. "No way!"

"Sofia?!" Kai turned around, noticing something was wrong in her tone. The others, especially Carissa, also noticed it and looked at her shocked expression.

Sofia rubbed her eyes a few times, checking whether she saw it wrong or not, but it didn\'t change.

"Do you find anything?" Carissa couldn\'t contain her curiosity and asked.

"I see a blaze from that statue… Although it\'s very small, I certainly see the blaze." Sofia opened her eyes wide.

"What?!" Kai was the first one to shout. After learning about Sofia\'s ability for a month or so, he had speculated the extent of Sofia\'s sixth sense. He even asked her to see something with her eyes to check her ability secretly.

And the result was shocking. The so-called blaze in her mouth only appeared when she saw a living being that capable of thinking. In other words, the change of the blaze and the appearance of the blaze… Everything was there because the mind controlled it.

No matter how weak the living creature is, the blaze would appear as long as they have life in them.

That was why Kai had such a reaction when she said she could see the blaze. He could understand why Sofia was shocked like this.

The group, on the other hand, was completely clueless about this. They glanced back and forth between Kai and Sofia, wondering whether one of them would explain something.

"Sofia… You don\'t mind if I tell the secret of your sixth sense right?" Kai asked her first because he certainly wouldn\'t want to displease her, not only on this trip but also on the rest of the year.

"Ye-yes." Sofia nodded like a robot as she still couldn\'t believe what she just saw.

Kai told them about the living being thingy, and the group fell into silence. It was only a few seconds before they arrived that Carissa could react as she asked. "Is that statue really alive? That is stone you know."

"I know. That\'s why we can\'t believe it either… Unfortunately, the evidence is in front of us, so as much as I want to ignore it, I can\'t." Kai shook his head.

Carissa stopped the card a few meters from the statue and unlocked the car before the group came out of the car.

The first to arrive was Kai, Sofia, and Carissa as they immediately touched the statue, wondering if they could find something.

"Isabelle. Do you see anything different?" Michelle glanced at Isabelle.

"I am afraid, no. There is nothing different from the other statues… At least, in terms of appearance. As for other things, I am not an expert in this."

As they were talking about it, Tasha suddenly walked toward the statue and placed her hand on its belly.

"Tasha Carter?" Carissa furrowed her eyebrows when she saw how Tasha walked and touched the statue like she was possessed.

"Nothing… I am just amazed by this statue. Although I was barely able to sense it, this time I am sure that this guy is related to Space Magic." Tasha shook her head and looked at the statue again, wondering if she could do something with her Sealing Magic.

She had blurted something about Sealing Magic yesterday, and she realized it just now. Luckily, Carissa was too far from them yesterday, so she hadn\'t suspected anything from her Space Magic.

Kai glanced at her for a few seconds before returning to Sofia. "Is there any change?"

"No. The blaze is calm and small like the flame on a candle without any wind around it. This kind of blaze… Usually related to someone who didn\'t think at the moment or mostly asleep. That\'s why I am not sure about this guy."

"Is the statue sleeping right now?" Kai and Carissa frowned, noticing the danger if what she said was true.

They were wondering if they should step back at this point.

Kai tugged Carissa\'s hand and whispered. "I don\'t know if I am just scared, or my imagination goes wild, but it\'s the truth. They probably woke up back when the disaster came and fought the magical beasts… I couldn\'t imagine such a thing, but I think that is the most reasonable explanation from what we gathered so far."

"I don\'t know why, but I have the same thought. Since they have a trace of magic power, do you think they can use magic?" Carissa nodded and asked in a low voice.

"I think so. Maybe they exhausted their magic power in the past, resulting in them in this state."

"It is a possibility. Ugh! I shouldn\'t watch too many movies, but I somehow can imagine a scene in my mind. The stone statues suddenly rose from their positions, made a golem body, and headed to the town. Since the magical beasts are there, the golem wants to protect the citizens according to the tale of this island and fight against these beasts." Carissa scratched her head, embarrassed.

"And because it was hard to fight against so many magical beasts, some were destroyed there while some managed to return to their original place. It might also be the reason why there wasn\'t a single human on the island and their remains…" Kai agreed to her statement as he also felt that way.

"Hmm… Do you want to watch a movie together in the future? I think you and I have a synergy," Carissa glanced and asked.

"Don\'t joke around. I am worried that this type of scene indeed happened in the past, and they are going to awaken because we have unraveled the truth."

"It\'s not that easy to find the truth you know. If not, I won\'t be stuck here for a few years." Carissa shrugged. "Anyway, since we have a lead here. Try to check it thoroughly. Then we will try the second statue to see whether there is a difference."

Kai nodded and placed his ears on the statue\'s belly, only to find nothing. This matter perplexed him again as he glanced at Sofia. \'Is she the clue of this mystery?\'

Kai didn\'t say anything first because he didn\'t want to incite panic or excitement from them. After investigating for half an hour, he suggested moving to the next statue.

Carissa approved and asked the group to return to the car while talking about their plan. It incited excitement and anxiety from the group. On one hand, they were afraid that this would become more troublesome than they were supposed to be. On the other hand, they wanted to see the truth hidden inside these statues.

Suddenly, a sound… a very low-frequency sound at the level it was impossible to be heard by a human echoed.

Such a sound shook Kai\'s heart as he suddenly turned around with a surprised expression. It could garner such a reaction from Kai because it was very weak and creepy because it said.

"Ce…nt…er…"