Raising A Few Wives in a Beast Apocalypse

Chapter 260: Lifeforce guns!



"Sigh, why are we so unlucky?" Hope lamented after hearing what Andy had to say.

"I guess you could say that..." Layla replied tiredly. She also thought the same as Hope.

"You guess? There's no doubt about it. It's a fact of life! We literally ran away from a Monarch and bumped into another Monarch soon after. After barely beating that one after painful sacrifices. We bumped into another one three months later. Who would have thought that Tactoa was actually an organisation formed before the apocalypse even began?? They have branches all over the country full of Rank Threes. And the best part, they are all led by a Monarch! Ah! I just wanted a calm life until Big Brother returns. Why does the world hate me so much?!" Hope was practically having a mental breakdown a she recounted her unfortunate life.

She really thought that they would only have to worry about getting stronger until Muku came back. Then they would surprise him with their strength. After that, everyone will love happily ever after.

Unfortunately, the world has a different plan. To think it only took a random group of weak individuals in weird clothes to ruin everything!

"Calm down Hope! Things aren't as bad as they seem. We haven't done anything significant to this Tactoa. In fact, only Jade did something. We can just leave right now and not look back. This is her probl" Layla grabbed Hope and shook her to calm her down.

Then she began telling her about her plan to shirk responsibility and dumb it all on Jade. However, a voice cut her off from a distance.

"Hey!" Jade screamed from a distance as she ran over. She was fuming.

"You damn Frosty! You finally showed your true colours today! How could you be so cold? Aren't we friends and companions? How could you even suggest using me as a scapegoat?! You Ice demon!" Jade shouted at Layla angrily while shaking Layla.

Layla let herself be shaken without resisting at all. She was so calm about the whole thing. Almost like she wasn't the one who had just suggested throwing Jade under the bus.

"It's good that you've finally decided to show up. Now we can think of a real plan. I wasn't really going to leave everything to you. After all, the group came here to investigate. Which is something that's directly linked to all of us. So, while it's you who antagonised them and killed a few. Which made the situation worse. It's still a situation we're all involved in..." Layla spoke after Jade vented and stopped shaking her.

"O...oh. Sorry about that. I always knew you were a good person. I totally didn't mean any of the things I said" Jade apologised with an embarrassed expression on her face.

"So I've been upgraded from Frosty to Ice Demon, huh?" Layla spoke expressionlessly.

"Cough. Cough. So, does anyone have a plan" Jade pretended not to have heard it by fake coughing. She then tried to change topics.

Chloe and Hope giggled as they watched the free show. Layla nodded to Jade's words. She didn't want to waste any more time.

"I have an idea. However, I'm not sure how we're going to carry it out. If any of you have a way to make it work, we'll do that. If not, we'll have to think of some other plan. Anyway, the plan is that we should leave the place as soon as possible. We should take the mansion and go. Unfortunately, I don't know how we can move it though. None of us has such abilities, after all," Layla spoke.

"Hmm. I like it. I think I have an idea we can try. I'll help you move it. However, I won't stay with you all after that" Jade replied seriously.

It was actually something she had thought of once. Not because she felt that they'd need to move one day. She just didn't have anything to do that day while spying on everyone from a distance away.

"Is that so? That's great. We'll talk about that after we're finished up here then" Layla replied.

She didn't know how reliable Jade's plan would be. But she currently couldn't think of anything and Jade seemed serious. So she might as well give her the benefit of the doubt.

"Finished here? What else is left?" Jade asked confusedly. To her, Andy had already said everything he could. So, there was no reason to stay there anymore.

"Don't tell me you forgot about the guns again" Layla replied with a deadpan expression on her face. She was already second-guessing her decision to trust that Jade had a good idea. After all, Jade was just way too unreliable.

"Oh, right those. I guess they are important" Jade replied.

Though from her tone. It was clear that she didn't really think too much of the guns.

In her head. The guns might have high attack power. But they were pretty useless when the user was fighting against a high-ranking Evolver. They'd be killed off before they could even blink if the Evolver is serious about killing them.

Layla rolled her eyes at Jade's noncommittal reply. She chose to ignore her for the moment.

"You. Tell us about the guns. How are they made and how do they work? Are they different from normal guns in other ways that aren't the energy they shoot?" Layla asked Andy about the guns.

She refused to touch them or let the others touch them before understanding them fully.

"The headquarters call them lifeforce guns. Only the one they are bound to can use them. And once one is bound to the gun. They will lose any and all Evolver capabilities they might have. In return, they will get firepower which can kill even the strongest R3s if they can catch them off guard. Many others and I felt that it was a good trade-off since we had useless Random Classes. For that reason, only R1s have these guns. And we were all offered R3 beasts as deal sweeteners. Nothing will happen if someone else touches another person's gun. It won't explode or work. Other than what has already been mentioned. There are no other differences between it and any other gun. I can make mine explode if I want to though. It takes some time which is why I wasn't able to do it..." Andy spilled everything. He even added stuff he wasn't asked.

"...Well. Okay. I guess they are useless to us then. However, I wonder why they are called lifeforce guns? That seems quite random" Layla spoke out loud.

"We were told that the name comes from how we trade our lifeforce for every shot. It's said that the guns are somehow connected to the Monarch who leads us. And we gain access to his power through the guns. As long as we have lifeforce. We can use his power. The negative effect of the trade is that we age rapidly due to it. I'm actually twenty. However, we feel it's worth it to have power which has allowed us to kill R3 beasts despite being R1s. Even if it was by luck" The chatty Andy spilled everything again.

"What! You're twenty?! You look at least forty!" Jade suddenly exclaimed in shock as she looked at Andy.

The kid really looked like a middle-aged dude who had experienced quite a bit of life's struggles. Chloe and Hope who had been standing close to one of the guns took a step back.

They looked at it like they were looking at the most vile thing in the world. Lightning was even crackling on Chloe's body. She was ready to destroy it on the spot. Such a thing should never exist.

If Muku were present he would have rolled his eyes while thinking that they were overreacting. He didn't know how much girls value their youth and beauty, after all.

"Will anything happen if we try to destroy the guns?" Layla asked as she also gave the guns a look of disgust. Even if she didn't have her talent and was only a R1 Evolver with a Random Class. She would never use such a thing. She'd rather die. And the other girls would probably die with her...

Well, like they say, "One man's best case scenario is another's worst"

"I do not know. No one has ever tried to destroy them in my presence" Andy replied. A smile was still plastered on his face. His face was probably painful from smiling by that point. But he didn't stop. A testament to Hope's creepy methods.

"Okay... Let's just bury them. I don't see a need to risk it. He said only the bound user can make use of their gun, after all" Layla spoke to the others.

"I support that" Hope seconded her.

"Me too" Chloe followed.

"Well. If that's what you all want" Jade also agreed.

"What about him?" Chloe asked while pointing at the creepy-looking Andy.

"You can kill him if you want. Or just leave him to any beast that will pass by after we're gone. He can't do anything other than tell the truth and smile now" Hope replied.

"Umm. Let me put him out of his misery" Layla was the one who replied. She felt that it would be too much to leave him alive like that.

And so, with a wave of her hand, Andy was encased in a clear block of ice. She then snapped her finger after that and the ice shattered into countless micro particles which were carried away by the low breeze. With that, Andy was dead and gone without leaving any traces behind

"What OP ice!" Jade exclaimed as she came back from burying the ten guns.

The four then left the scene and headed in the direction of the mansion.

When they were around a kilometre away. Jade suddenly stopped.

"Why did you stop?" Hope asked.

"I'm curious" She gave a brief reply then she shot a Beast Aura fireball into the air. The ball flew in the direction of the base ruins. And soon it hit the place where she had buried the guns.

Then, the concentrated energy exploded. Just when the others were about to complain....

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

"Oh, shih!" Jade screamed then grabbed the other three girls with giant BA claws and flew up and away and her fastest speed.

Behind her, a dome of exploding pitch black energy had formed and it was close to catching up...

She regretted her decision. Why had she forgotten that curiosity already killed a cat before??

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