Raising A Few Wives in a Beast Apocalypse-Chapter 219: Beast World

In the Beast World...

"Ahhhh!" A sudden panicked yell was heard then...

Thud!

With a not-too-loud thud. The yelling stopped. A slightly audible pained groan is what replaced it.

"Argh. Couldn't it drop me closer to the ground? I mean, come on! That hurt!" Muku complained as he lay on the ground.

He didn't know how long it had been since he was dragged into the crack in space. It felt like forever ago. And just when he was starting to get used to the new environment. He was tossed out. Falling from a few metres above ground.

Which would have been nothing worth mentioning in normal cases. However, his body was still heavily injured. He was taken away before Hope could finish healing him.

{Hey! Stop yelling! Do you want to get us killed?!}

A slightly panicked voice sounded in Muku's head.

"Don't tell me what to do! It's your fault that we're even here in the first place!" Muku snapped at the voice. However, he did it in a low voice.

Signifying that he had taken heed of the warning despite his outward protest. He painfully willed himself up as he spoke. He was already missing Hope. Being in pain for an extended period was not something he was used to.

{What?! Are you seriously blaming me for saving your life?! Do you think I wanted to come here after barely making it out??} The voice sounded again. It sounded very annoyed by his words.

Muku could tell that the owner wanted to throw down with him. Maybe he should first learn more about where they were before making random comments.

As for who he was talking to. It was the dragon he made a soul link with of course.

Unlike what Iris assumed. It wasn't Muku who made the deal with the Higher Guardian. Nor was he the one the Guardian sought out.

The Guardian sought out the dragon from the start. It had sensed it resting in Muku's mindscape. And from its lineage, as well as the soul link with Muku. It knew that the dragon wasn't on the side of the beasts. If it was, it wouldn't have formed a soul link with a human. Even if it's troublesome lineage was ignored.

For that reason. The Guardian offered it a deal. Which made more sense than offering it to Muku.

First of all. Muku knew nothing of Higher Guardians. He also knew nothing of such deals. So, it would be reasonable to assume that if a random voice appeared in a person from The Blue Planet's head. Offering power. They'd immediately think... "F*ck! I'm being tempted by the devil!"

Even if they don't think it's the devil. They'd still not trust a random voice offering power when they need it most. Especially cautious people like Muku.

So, the wise Guardian chose to approach the dragon instead. And, fortunately, everything went according to plan.

After being awakened and made aware of what was happening. The dragon decisively agreed to the deal. Of course, it consulted Muku first.

Who thought about it for a bit. He was hesitant, but after remembering how he was linked to the dragon. He agreed. After all, if things ended up badly for him, they'd end badly for the dragon as well. freewebnoveℓ.com

So, with that. Muku agreed to the deal that gave him the power he needed. And since it wasn't a traditional power-up. There wasn't the usual burst of "Rising Qi" or whatever. It was done in a way, the power seemed to have been there from the start.

Which was why the Monarch was caught off guard and beaten up. Anyway, it wasn't just Muku who felt the backlash in his body.

The dragon was equally affected. Both of them had their power boosted to the limits of their current bodies. Then, they were merged through a soul link skill.

Which gave them the combined power of PR4. That allowed Muku to comfortably battle the Monarch. His power was actually already failing when he brought the door into the mix. He was trying to conserve it at that time.

After seeing how the door could block the Monarch's attacks. He thought it would make good armour. Which would save him the mana he'd have to use for defence. So, in the heat of the moment, he turned it into armour.

However, things went beyond what he was expecting when he did. The weird thing actually boosted his power to MR5!

And that wasn't all. He felt it trying to alter, or more appropriately, to corrupt his personality. Fortunately, his willpower was strong enough to resist.

And since it was helpful in his fight, he kept it on and continued with the fight. The amour really proved useful. Even though he felt like he wasn't using its power properly...

Everything seemed to be going well after that. To the point that he forgot that he had little time left. So, like a kid who had gotten a new toy. He began playing around with it, unaware of the time. And, just when he was finally about to finish it. His time was up and he would been the one to get killed if Jade hadn't shown up.

It would have been the most embarrassing death ever... Well, second most embarrassing death ever. Kazuma will forever be number one¹.

Speaking of which. More often than not. Even in their early days. It has mostly always been Jade who bailed him out of troublesome situations. Maybe he should consider treating her better... Nuh! The brat totally deserved everything she got!

What was also worth mentioning was the teleportation ability. Which even the Monarch was surprised by. It was as uncommon as the Monarch made it out to be. At least for beings below R10. Almost none could use it. And all those who could. They would always shake the world in their later years.

That information was unknown to Muku though. If he did, he'd be smiling from ear to ear for lucking out when he made the soul link with the dragon. He thought its abilities were just a little bit more special than the rest.

Which was understandable when his team had someone who could come back from the dead. Someone who could ignore defence. Someone who could poison your mind. Someone who could pretty much use every element available if they had the core for it. Someone who could upgrade a house like it was a game. Two people who could summon fairies. Someone who could corrupt you by scratching your skin. Someone who could freely use their element under a Monarch's domain without any specific buffs.

Then their leader! Muku himself, someone who could gaze you out of existence. So, yeah... Maybe teleportation wasn't too special after all.

"Okay, I'm sorry for saying that. Thank you for accepting the deal. Anyway, you're more familiar with this place. What should we do next?" Muku apologised to the dragon. He then asked what their next step should be.

While he had taken the leader position from the beginning of this whole apocalypse thing. He wasn't against stepping back when there was someone else more qualified to present.

And in the unfamiliar Beast World, the dragon was the more qualified individual. So, he immediately gave the reins to it.

{Umm, firstly we should determine how far deep into the forest we are. Then, based on that information. We'll determine how hard we need to try to hide. Everything else we'll figure out after that. Insuring our weak lives takes priority} The dragon laid out the plan.

Muku, who preferred being cautious while in an unfamiliar environment, was on board with the plan.

He was thinking that his and the dragon's meeting was truly fate. They were both cautious to a fault when the situation was uncertain. Though for the majestic and all-powerful dragon from lore to be so cautious. It was kinda disappointing...

Then again, it was just a Rank Three for the time being. So, it's not so majestic behaviour could be ignored.

"Hhm, I like that plan... How are we going to do that though?" Muku expressed his agreement and then asked the next question.

"Well... Unlike your world. The gravity here isn't uniform. There's also the mana density. However, that's not as absolute as the gravity. Anyway, the stronger the gravity. The deeper in were are into the forest. Just use your word's current gravity level as a gauge. Its gravity, after reaching level 2, should barely be equal to the outermost areas of the forest. So, if you feel anything beyond that. We're deeper than we'd hope to be..." The dragon clearly explained things to Muku again.

He was starting to like it more and more. Having a partner who gave off such a reliable aura was always a good thing.

"Oh okay. Good plan. Just one problem though. I don't think I feel any gravity pull at all. Like, I feel very light. Even lighter than I would feel on the Blue Planet. Is that weird? Well, it's obviously weird, but how weird?" Muku asked.

It was actually something he had noticed a while back. At that time, he just thought that it was how the Beast World works. However, it seemed to not be the case from the dragon's words.

{Hhm? That's weird it shouldn't be like that. Let me come out and see}... Ah!"

Bang!

The dragon replied. Then in front of Muku's shocked eyes. A white light came out of his body and turned into a mini dragon.

Before he could make sense of what was happening. The mini dragon screamed and fell on his chest hard...