Raising A Few Wives in a Beast Apocalypse

On the opposite side of the planet...

"Well... That's a place I'm definitely not going" The R5 goblin spoke to itself. It had been busy eating the arm of a human when it felt a chill down its spine.

Similarly ranked beasts worldwide sensed it and had the same reaction. They all decided to stay away from that area.

Which was good news for the humans there... If they survived. Not to mention that R4s and lower only felt a great sense of danger without knowing which direction it was coming from. So, the danger was only reduced slightly.

.....

"Tsk... That old thing might really succeed in coming back to life this time. Unfortunately, we can only watch... If only there was someone strong enough to end it before it regains any of its power. Unfortunately..." A deep voice spoke from the void.

It was actually the voice that confronted Iris before. For such a Being to take notice of the green figure. The situation had to be quite dire. After all, Ares' possession of Mest or his attempted assassination of Muku didn't even appear on the Being's radar.

Other Beings in the void also took notice of the figure's emergence. Like the first Being, they also couldn't do anything about it. It had been completely undetectable before that moment.

If they had known sooner, they might have been able to send some of their servants to deal with it. However, those servants couldn't do anything now. It was too late. The world might be doomed.

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Back at the NL Base...

"Finally... After so long. I'm back" The green figure's feminine and calm voice sounded in the room.

While its words seemed to be those of joy. There was no happiness in the tone at all. It was as if the Being was an emotionless robot which tried to express emotion. However, it was unsuccessful.

Its features were still hidden behind the green light. The only change was how it was no longer floating in the air. At has landed down as it spoke.

The moment its feet touched the tiles. Faint cracks appeared on them before slowly recovering. It seemed they weren't placed there just to beautify the place.

Very likely, if they weren't there, the ground would have been corroded away. Just from coming into contact with the figure.

"Well done my children... Especially you William. I very much appreciate this vessel you provided me..." The figure spoke while caressing William's cheek.

"Anything for you My Queen... However, I was wondering when I'll receive my reward" William replied in a fervent voice. Especially when he mentioned the part about the reward.

"Right... I did promise to rejoin you with your partner... As did I the rest of you. Bring them to me" The figure spoke calmly.

Hearing her words, William and the rest of the people present became even more excited.

One R3 Earth Elementalist in the room snapped his fingers soon after. The moment he did. The wall a distance away opened up widely. It seemed, there was a hidden room in the hidden room.

Which surprised Muku and Chloe. They hadn't been able to sense anything different about that wall from the others. The Earth Elementalist must have been a rather skilled one to pull off something like that.

While Muku was silently praising him as he looked on. Some weird glass-topped coffins rolled out from the room.

The moment they did. The duo felt a chill go down their spines. The situation had suddenly turned into a horror movie.

"Mother?!" Chloe suddenly exclaimed in surprise while looking in the direction of the coffins. She hadn't seen her mother for so long that she could barely remember her face. However, the moment she saw her body in the glass coffin. She knew who she was right away.

The sight shocked her into a still state. Her mind was instantly bombarded with an overwhelming amount of emotion. She felt faint for a moment. To the point that she almost fainted. That showed just how heavily impacted by the sight she was.

Muku was trying to make sense of what she just said. So, he couldn't figure out what to say to her. Was the lady in the coffin really her long-deceased mother? How was she... Not a skeleton in some grave somewhere?!

As Muku thought about such things. A light bulb went off in his mind. With everything that was going on, and everything that he heard. He might have figured out what William's motivation for doing what he was doing was.

It looked so obvious from where he stood. Yet, it also seemed impossible. It couldn't be possible, right?

Could William be just a brokenhearted man who had made a deal with the dev... Monarch, to bring his wife back?

He was so smart, why would he fall for such a thing? Shouldn't such things be impossible? Everyone knows you can't bring people back from the dead... Then again, Emily... Well, whatever, he'll find out what was going on soon enough.

He couldn't help but feel respect for William if that really was his motivation. For him to love his wife so much, to the point of doing such a thing. What a real one!

Who cared about the natural order of things and pretty much selling out humanity?

Only heroes needed to care about the world. Everyone else only needed to care about themselves!

As Muku and Chloe were stuck in their chaotic thoughts. The coffins moved forward until they were in front of the resurrected Monarch. William and the others had moved back to give the Monarch and the coffins enough space.

"I will do as promised, for I always stick to my word. However, before that, William. Can you remind me what our deal was again? The original version..." The Monarch looked at the coffins briefly before asking a question.

"Umm, sure? The original deal was that we would help you gather human life essence, and in return, you'd restore the souls of our loved ones as well as make their bodies healthy enough to house them. Thereby bringing them back to life" William felt a little confused as to why he was being asked such a thing all of a sudden. However, he still answered it to the best of his abilities.

"Correct. What about the revised version?" The Monarch asked another seemingly random question.

"Sure. The revised version. What we agreed upon after the apocalypse began was slightly different from the original. We offered to switch human life essence with beast life essence because humans are now almost an endangered breed. And we're still grateful for that. You're truly a benevolent Monarch," William curbed his confusion and replied again.

He even added a little compliment at the end to please the Monarch. It felt rather odd to everyone present to see such a proud man leak someone's shoes so much.

"Exactly. However, there was a little condition I added, right? Can you refresh my mind on that?" The Monarch continued...

"Oh, yes. You said that since we changed a detail about the initial deal. You could also do the same if you wanted to. However, you said that it won't affect our reunion with our loved ones. To which we agreed" William replied seriously.

He was someone who had climbed up from the bottom. So, he knew how to adapt to the situation whenever there was a need for it.

"Correct again. I really like your clear memory" The Monarch replied. Even throwing a little compliment in William's way.

Everyone just silently looked on. Abel had a slight smirk on his mouth which no one noticed. As for why that was, only he would know. The others from the base were just looking on with fervent gazes.

Chloe, on the other hand, had a dark look on her face. She had noticed a certain detail from William's words he didn't seem to care about.

The detail was how he likely massacred an unknown number for a while just to satisfy his own selfish needs. Though she heard that it was for her mother. She still couldn't stomach the act.

His actions disgusted her very much. She was certain that her mother would agree. The humans he sacrificed weren't his to do so. If it was just criminals it would have been slightly better. However, from the way he spoke. He was probably killing people randomly.

His actions were definitely beyond redemption. She couldn't save him from such a thing...

While Chloe focused on that detail. Muku was focused on another. Which was how William seemed to have come into contact with the Monarch even before the apocalypse.

His expression darkened immediately. He could already smell the evil secret society made up of sell-out humans lurking in the dark.

The future would be rather troublesome if his guess was true. They already had enough problems. Yet more kept on popping up.

"Thank you, My Queen" William replied.

"Let's get on with it then. It's time you all are reunited with your loved ones... In death" The Monarch spoke softly. It seemed to have been done with asking questions.

William and the others were happy after hearing the first part. However, they were shocked by the second. Before they could ask for clarification, however...

"Ahhhhh!"× 10.

All but one screamed out loudly. Their body was suddenly attacked by unimaginable pain. They also felt weak and couldn't move. They could barely keep their eyes open as they fell to their knees.

It all started immediately after the Monarch spoke. Light green energy began coming out of their bodies and flew toward the Monarch before disappearing into its body.

"Don't look at me like that... This isn't betrayal. I'm doing exactly what I promised. I'm going to reunite you all with your loved ones on the other side. This is what you get for going against our initial deal... Now, di..." The Monarch stood still as the light green energy, different from its own. Flew into its body.

The energy was actually the life essence of William and the others. The ten were ageing at a visible and quick rate. If nothing changed they'd probably die soon.

CRACKLE!

BOOOOOM!