Raising A Few Wives in a Beast Apocalypse

In the void...

"I'm sorry everyone. I'll compensate you all somehow" The voice from before spoke apologetically.

Before anyone could the others could do anything. It pointed its humongous figure forward.

A clear beam of light flew forward at an inconceivable speed.

.....

Back at the base...

Within less than a billionth of a second. It had broken out of the void and hit Muku on the back. By the time Muku or anyone in the room sensed it. Everything was already over.

They all felt that something had happened. However, no one knew what exactly happened. Nothing happened to Muku after the beam hit him. He couldn't feel anything different about his body.

"Hehe... So, some idiot in the void ignored the rules huh? He's definitely going to regret doing that. The Heavens aren't blind after all. And it didn't even work. In fact, let me kill this brat first to avoid problems" The Monarch spoke as it walked closer to Muku.

It was so arrogant it announced its every move before doing it. Though, honestly, it had the right to be arrogant. Their strength difference was too large after all.

It soon stood right in front of Muku. Pulled its remaining hand back while looking at his chest. Its intent was pretty obvious. It was going to stab through his chest or rip his heart out. Either way, Muku was screwed!

"Bye, now..." The Monarch spoke its final words to Muku and instantly drove its hand forward.

Whoosh!

Stab!

A chest was cleanly stabbed through. The heart was shown on the other side as it beat its last in the Monarch's hand. It was crushed right after.

"NOOOOOOOOO!"

Chloe, who was standing beside Muku, screamed in horror. She couldn't believe what she just witnessed.

She just couldn't take it anymore. She fell unconscious while frozen in place. His goodbye smile was the last thing she remembered before everything went dark.

In her unconscious mind, their many memories together began replaying. A sad tear slid down her closed eyes...

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A few moments again in the void...

The moment the beam reached Muku's body. All the beings in the voice were cut off from being able to perceive what was going on in the outside world.

Which was the punishment given out for the interference. Everyone was included in it. Which was why the being from before apologised to everyone. They won't be able to see what is going on in the outside world for two years. This will definitely give an advantage to the other side.

"We just hope that your gamble pays off..." Multiple voices spoke in reply to the apology.

They could no longer see anything. So, they could only hope that everything works out.

"I hope so too..." The one who made the move spoke in a hopeful voice.

While they could no longer see what was going on. They could still get reports from their subordinates hidden in the world. So, they should find out the outcome soon enough...

.....

Back at the base, in the present...

"Cough, cough... It seems like this is it for me. Please take care of her. And tell her that I'm sorry" William spoke while looking back at Muku from the corner of his eye.

His body then went limp. William, Chloe's father... Was dead.

That's right. It wasn't Muku's chest which was pierced though. But William's instead. He had jumped in between the Monarch and Muku in time.

Which was unexpected by the Monarch. It had been ignoring him and the others since Chloe's attack.

Muku just looked at William's body wide-eyed.

"Well... This was unexpected. However, it still got the job done. So, I won't complain" The Monarch spoke. It then pulled its hand back. William's body fell to the ground immediately.

The Monarch didn't look at Muku any further. There was no reason to care about him anymore. Chloe's mental barrier has already been weakened after seeing her father die.

It has been trying to do that from the beginning. Which was why it had been leading her and Muku along. Exposing things that didn't have to be exposed.

Chloe had held on longer than expected, however. However, she fell in the end. Now, the Monarch could take over her body with little resistance.

As for Muku, he'd be killed off the moment it stopped restraining its aura. It had to restrain itself before it got closer to the weakened Chloe. Otherwise, she'd have died along with Muku before it even arrived in front of them. Which won't be a problem after it takes over her body.

Its current vessel was too imperfect after substituting human life essence with that of beasts. There was a great difference between the two, which William didn't know about. If he hadn't suggested switching things, he might still been alive.

Whether he'd get his dead wife back or not though... That was debatable. The Monarch could only bring the husk back to life. With the memories intact. However, the soul couldn't be brought back. So, William's wife would just be a bio-robot.

Of course, William wasn't told all that. So, maybe it was better he didn't get to see such an outcome. That would have definitely broken him beyond repair.

Anyway, the Monarch slowly reached its hand out to grab Chloe's head. It was time to move along with its plans. Playtime really was over. It had vented enough...

Grab!

"I'm sorry to get in your way, but... I was tasked with the duty of protecting this girl. So, I cannot let you have her..." Just as the Monarch's hand was about to reach Chloe's head. Muku grabbed its hand first and spoke in an emotionless voice.

His aura seemed to be the same. However, his body, eyes and hair were a whole different matter. His whole body was covered by white dragon scales. Two dragon horns had grown on his forehead. His eyes had turned a burning yellow with a vertical slit like that of reptiles at the centre. His hair had turned pitch black and increased in length until it reached his waist.

"Oh?..." The Monarch only spoke one word then...

Bang!

BOOOM!

Muku punched it in the face. It flew back and hit the wall hard. The wall, which had survived everything that happened before, broke under the force of the Monarch smashing into it.

The Monarch's face even caved in a little bit. Its green glow also dimmed.

Bang!

Before the Monarch could make sense of what was happening. Muku was already in front of it. Another punch smashed into its head. Which made it dig deeper into the hole it created.

"Enough!"

BOOOM

The Monarch screamed and released its aura entirely. It was so pissed off that it no longer cared about anything. Even if Chloe died as well. It didn't care.

Its green glow became brighter and brighter until it was blinding. The old Muku would have definitely been vaporised by the glow. However, he stood there completely fine. Chloe was fine as well. Her body seemed to have gotten isolated from the outside world somehow.

"You should have ended me when you had the chance. Now it's my turn. I won't repeat the mistake you made" Muku disappeared right in front of the Monarch's eyes. That time it saw everything clearly.

It wasn't speed which he was using. He was literally disappearing and appearing somewhere else. He was teleporting!

"IMPOSSIBLE! That ability shouldn't be something you have access t..." The Monarch screamed hysterically.

However, before it could finish. It was again punched in the face. From then on, it received one punch after the other. It tried its best to fight back. Which was really hard to do with one hand. So, it kept on getting beaten back.

Its whole body began cracking from Muku's unrelenting attacks. From how things looked. The Monarch would be killed off soon. Which confused all those who were looking on. How did the situation change so much so soon?!

It was literally about to end things. Why was it getting dominated now?! And what do we up with Muku's sudden transformation?! Where was the usual exaggerated event which came with transformations?!

It's like he just breathed and changed forms! That was completely unfair! It was against the script. The Monarch wanted to sue!

"Enough! Get back or I'll end her right now!" Suddenly a snake's... Cough, Abel's voice sounded from a distance away.

He was standing behind Chloe holding a blade to her neck. His legs were shaking up a storm. They started shaking even more the moment Muku looked back at him.

Looking into those emotionless burning yellow eyes made him almost oee his pants. Unfortunately, he had already chosen his side. He could only stick to it until the end. That's right, he was the only one who didn't have his life essence sucked out of him by the Monarch before. Which obviously meant that he had made a secret deal no one knew about.

So, if the Monarch lost and got killed. He definitely wouldn't survive either. Helping the Monarch win was his only way out.

"Go ahead. Try it..." Muku spoke calmly.

"What? You think I don't dare do it? I'll give you a warning shot!" Abel was pissed off by Muku's response. He then slashed at Chloe's hand to show his seriousness.

Bang!

A second later, a hand fell to the ground. Abel confusedly looked at the group. He was wondering how the hand possibly got cut off. He hadn't put that much strength into it after all.

However, what he saw wasn't Chloe's hand on the ground. He saw his instead.

"Hhm? Ahhhhh!" It took him a second to realise what was going on. Then he let out a blood-curdling scream as the realisation and pain finally hit him.

"Attack!" He called out before falling to the ground.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh...

Ten different element spells were thrown in Muku's direction.

It was from Abel's plan B. He had long taken control of the ten R3 guards from the metal door. He had called them inside while Muku was still focused on the Monarch.

He felt fortunate for his cautiousness. Otherwise, he would have been killed off by then.

Muku looked away from Abel for a moment. Of course, with his current abilities, the ten weren't a problem. He dispatched them in less than ten seconds.

He then looked at the spot Abel was before. And, Abel was missing. The snake had already slithered away.

He could probably catch up with him easily if he chose to pursue it. However, the monarch was more important.

He looked back at the Monarch. It was time to finish it off. The moment he did...

Bang!

He was met with a punch to the face. The punch was as strong as his own even.

"Hehe. Time for round two" The Monarch spoke in an angry tone. Muku had embarrassed it way too much. He had to die!

Its body was fully restored. Even the missing hand grew back!....