Raising A Few Wives in a Beast Apocalypse

Everything went silent after the lightning hit.

A lightning bolt as thick as a tree trunk had suddenly struck. It seemed to have come out of the void, hitting the Monarch right on the head, along with a part of its upper body.

It was a full-power attack from an angered R3 Evolver. With a Pseudo-Legendary class. So, it was safe to say that it was definitely a deadly attack.

The shockwaves alone could have destroyed everything in sight if they weren't made from special materials.

Everyone went silent for a moment. They were all stuck in disbelief. Even as they were being slowly and painfully killed. The ten Base residents didn't even think of resisting. The Monarch was that absolute to them. Resistance wasn't even an option. Maybe their minds had long been corrupted by it...

So, for someone to actually attack the Monarch. That was inconceivable to them.

Muku just stood there blankly. One thought stuck in his mind. "We're f*cked" were the words.

Chloe had definitely done the right thing to save her father. While she felt disgusted by him, he was still her father after all.

However, what then? Would they be able to fight the Monarch off and successfully take William away? As he was thinking about that. A scene that disrupted his thoughts occurred.

"I was wondering when you were going to make your move..." The Monarch's voice rang out in the room again.

Smoke had arisen from the impact between Chloe's attack and the Monarch's body. Which had hidden the Monarch's body.

The smoke cleared as it spoke. Which exposed its clearly uninjured body. The Monarch had tanked Chloe's attack and didn't seem to have been bothered by it.

Even from the way it spoke. One could tell that it really didn't feel anything from Chloe's attack.

Seeing the reaction. A cold chill went down Muku's spine. The budding hope that was forming in his mind was instantly dashed. There was nothing they could do to that creature.

And judging by its words. It knew they were there from the start. Was that why it had William repeat the terms of the deal? Was everything just a joke to it?

"Did you enjoy the show? Quite a bold move to actually take a seat and watch while behind enemy forces" The Monarch spoke as calmly as always while looking in the duo's direction.

Muku's fear skyrocketed through the roof. They really had been found out already!

Chloe, on the other hand,, was still riding her anger. She wasn't scared off by the statement. She just hardened her face. Ready to fight it out until the end.

Seeing her father literally getting the life sucked out of him angered her gravely. The attack before was made from instinct. It seemed her anger wasn't satisfied or shaken after the attack failed.

Her eyes started glowing blue... No different from how they got when she went berserk. However, unlike that time. There seemed to be clarity behind the madness. It was a weird sight to see.

Just above the base. Dark clouds were already forming. They didn't form as quickly as they would usually. Which was because of the green smog. However, they had formed enough to be visible to the backup.

Though, even without them. The backup could already tell that there was something wrong. While they were observing from a distance. They noticed a green light escaping from the bodies of some of the base's residents.

All the base's residents they could see, who were mostly Earth Elementalists and guards, suddenly fell to the ground. Then they started screaming in pain while ageing rapidly while greenlight escaped from their bodies. The light then went toward the hole.

The weaker ones died within a few seconds of the incident occurring. All that was left of them were their dried-up corpses. It seemed like the governing law on who died was, "The weaker you were, the quicker you died". Age was no longer equated to life force...

If the backup girls didn't think anything was wrong after that. They would have to consider giving up their brains. Especially after a while before when an unknown chill went down all their spines. They were too weak to identify the source of the chill. However, their guiding light(the dying people) came soon after.

The forming thunderclouds were just the final nail in the coffin.

"Well... It seems the initial plan failed. I guess we should attack now" Layla spoke in her usual cold voice.

Seemingly unmoved by what they just witnessed. The other two were horrified, however. It was only when Layla spoke that they collected themselves a little bit.

"Y...yeah" Emily replied while trying to recover.

"Can you try to burn away that smog?" Layla asked Emily while pointing into the sky.

"Yeah, sure. Let me try my new domain embryo" Emily replied as she closed her eyes.

"Golden Phoenix zone!" She shouted out her domain's name. She was still unfamiliar with it. So, shouting out its name helped a lot in visualising it.

BOOM!

The moment she shouted. Flames exploded out of her and spread in the surroundings. The flames didn't stop spreading until the whole base was consumed.

Unlike Layla's Shadow Domain which focused on distance. Emily's domain focused more on height. She was determined to burn away as much of the smog as she could.

Luckily for her, energy domains were versatile enough for her to literally reach the sky. The abilities of a Rank Three were no joke after all.

"Whoah!"×2

Layla and Audrey couldn't help but make amazed sounds.

Witnessing a sea of flames spread out all around you as well as reaching the skies, was pretty amazing. Especially when you witnessed it all from within the flames.

Emily's ability to only burn whatever she wanted, was shown in full display. The domain made it seem even more mystical.

"Heavenly Flame: Burning Heavens!... Ultimate!" Emily didn't just stop after creating her domain. Which would have slowly eaten away at the smog.

No! She cast a combination of two of her strongest spells. Heavenly Flames, her ultimate spell which could probably burn even Psuedo-R4s if completely unleashed. It was the result of purifying her flames with most of her mana. And Burning Heavens, one of her best-targeting spells

She would have put more spells into the mix. However, that was all she could manage with her current abilities.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Emily's undisputed strongest and most destructive spell to date went off. And... It was a lot deadlier than everyone expected.

They all thought that she'd only be able to get rid of at most half of it. Which wasn't a random guess, but a sound judgement. They had seen how Chloe's destructive lighting clouds were struggling to

The smog was literally erased from existence. Only a clear sky was left in the area. The few trees that were caught within the domain had their tops erased as well.

Despite Emily not targeting the base to get destroyed. The shockwave still took the roof and a few of the top floors off. It was just a normal building after all. The barrier only protected humans from outside attacks created by beasts. So, it did nothing against Emily's attack.

While the others were shocked by the destruction. Emily was horrified. Only one thought was stuck in her mind... "Did I just accidentally kill a bunch of people?!" Tears instantly began flowing down her cheeks.

She had only killed a person once before, after all. And that was by mistake too. When she lost her control of herself when Elsa was about to be defied. However, it was different this time. She was completely conscious of her actions.

She didn't expect it to be so destructive. However, that still wouldn't change the facts. She would still have killed people.

"Hhm... Interesting, but it seems The Smog is weak to flames... Or maybe holy flames? Hey, what's wrong? You don't think you killed people right? I scanned the area before you attacked. Everyone on the top floors was already dead," Layla spoke just when Emily was about to have a complete breakdown mentally.

She casually spoke words which brought Emily back from the brink. Whether it was intentional or not, only she knew.

"Really?" Emily asked in an uncertain voice.

"Yes, you can even ask Mother," Layla replied seriously. She even suggested that Emily ask Audrey if she was speaking the truth or not.

"Yeah, they were all dead already" Audrey agreed unhesitatingly. Whether she and Layla were telling the truth. Only they knew that for certain.

Emily's nerves relaxed a little bit more after hearing Audrey's affirmation. Her domain immediately crumbled down. Both her mental energy and mana had been exhausted.

She fell weakly to the ground immediately. Sitting on her legs while trying to recover. Layla took out a beast core and headed it over. Just when Emily was about to thank Layla, something caught their eyes.

RUMBLE! RUMBLE! RUMBLE!

Like a beast that had been freed. Chloe's lightning clouds began steering. And from the loud rumbling. They were definitely going to witness something amazing.

Chloe didn't disappoint. The clouds began changing shape. Within a little time, they no longer looked like clouds anymore. They looked like giant black hands hovering in the sky.

That wasn't the end of it however, the giant hands began combining as well. Until there was only one even larger hand left.

Everyone held their breath trying to understand what was going to happen next...