Raising A Few Wives in a Beast Apocalypse

"I'm not sure how to feel about this..." Raya spoke to herself softly.

The sandworm was clearly close to the end of its road. However, she was also mostly out of mana.

And without her physic, duking it out was pretty much out of the question. No, it was definitely out of the question.

It was like wanting to hit a cracked rock with an egg. The rock would still win, easily too.

So, Raya was out of options. She still had a little mana left, but it was only good for one more decent attack or a few weak ones. So, she had to use it wisely or it would end terribly for her.

Which would be a shame after coming so long. The loss wouldn't be a letdown just to her, but it would also be a letdown to Mrs C. After all, the lady said she believed in her. As for whoever talked Mrs C into organising the trial, she didn't care too much. She was a little curious but not too much. If the entity cared not to appear in front of her, she wouldn't care either.

Anyway, the sandworm didn't delay any longer. It seemed to have gone into rage mode after the injury. Which was understandable as it had literally lost a part of its head.

It was so enraged that it didn't dive into the sand like it usually would. Then again, diving into the sand with such an injury was basically asking to make it worse and possibly die because of it.

Its instincts always worked with self-preservation at their core. So maybe that's why it just charged forward instead of diving into the ground first like it normally would.

It opened its slightly disfigured mouth as wide as it could. It was clear it wanted to finish Raya in one gulp. It could sense her weakness from her dwindling aura. It was clear that she was at the end of her road.

And it also wanted to go recuperate. So the battle couldn't be dragged on any longer. A sentiment Raya resonated with.

With that said the sadworm quickly slithered its way toward Raya. It was upon her in a few seconds from the many metres away it had been. Who knew that it would be so fast even above ground?

Speaking of which, the ground had actually lost a few layers thanks to Raya's domain attack. Close to two kilometres of soil had been destroyed. Which was quite impressive since it was done by an AOE attack. It had levelled the whole plane equally.

After all, the Earth Dragon's concentrated and buffed attack had only managed to reach three kilometres.

Sure it wasn't specifically targeting the soil and that extra kilometre wasn't easily achieved, but still, Raya's show of strength was outstanding.

If she had carried out a concentrated attack she probably would have reached that level too.

In fact, her breath attack could have reached that if it hadn't spent most of its energy breaking through the sandworm's defence.

Although the spot it hit looked cleanly cut, it had taken quite a significant amount of effort to carry it out.

Anyway, Raya was laser-focused on the sandworm from the moment it steered, so, she was prepared for anything that it was going to throw at her.

Since the dumb beast was coming at her head-on then she was going to stake it all on one counterattack. She slowly opened her mouth as her remaining mana gathered in it.

That's right, she was going to end it with one more breath attack. However, this time it wasn't a space element beam. It was something else, something pure but dangerous. Something which could end it all instantly.

Pure white light had formed an orn in her mouth. She was locked and loaded...

The very instant the beast reached one metre away from her. Raya let it go. All the energy she had left in her body was released at once...

"ROOOOOOOAR!" A beam of pure white light accompanied the loud roar and charged deep into the sandworm's readily opened mouth.

It was nowhere near as strong as what she could release at full power but it was effective enough to...

BOOOOM!

The energy which got trapped in the sandworm's body by its hard exterior it could not breach exploded within the beast.

As we all know, one can have the strongest defence in the world, but it's only in cultivation worlds in which their internal organs are as strong as the exterior.

Unfortunately for the sandworm, it wasn't in a cultivation world. It was in an apocalyptic world where such things were rare if not nonexistent. This meant it was screwed. This was proven by how it slumped to the ground immediately after the internal explosion.

The creature which has terrorised Raya for a significant amount of time was... Dead. There was no coming back from such a hit.

It seemed that while Raya had more misfortune between the two from the get-go. It was the sandworm which was more unfortunate in the end. It's crazy how life worked...

Raya slumped to the ground right after the beast. Though unlike it, which had died, she slumped down due to exhaustion.

"Despite everything, that was quite disappointing. I expected more from that thing..." Raya spoke tiredly however, it was easy to sense the joy in her voice.

She disappeared from the pocket dimension spoon after that. Obviously, because of Mrs C, there was no need to delay after all.

.....

Back in room zero.

"Congratulations Little One, I knew you could do it" Mrs C congratulations Raya with a motherly smile on her face.

"Hehe. Thank you" Raya replied while laughing sheepishly.

"Don't feel too proud of yourself brat. She told me that she locked away some of the beast's skills. So you didn't actually beat it at its strongest. It wasn't as cool as you think it is" Muku, the shade thrower struck.

His words salty as they could be. Was he jealous that his mother was completing someone else or did he just like ruining Raya's mood?... It was probably a combination of both. And seeing Raya's darkened expression made it all seem worthwhile. He even wished he could go back and redo it but he'd use even more ruthless words.

Raya has had fun at his expense quite a feeling times and he was only returning the favour. So it wasn't anything bad really. She should have kept her mouth shut back then if she didn't want to face his revenge.

Muku was quite the petty person after all. Especially when dealing with those close to him. Which was like the opposite of how he should be doing things but that was his. He liked to settle scores, and settle them he does.

Of course, all this was known to Raya. She knew that he would get his revenge one day. But she never thought the day would come so soon. After all, she was Raya, the practically perfect dragon who always came out on top.

Unfortunately coming out on top wasn't enough to save her this time.

"You will regret this..." Raya replied in a voice laced with poison.

How dare he take his revenge at her happiest moment? She could have stomached it if it were another time, but not currently. Not when her idol Mrs C was involved. How dare he embarrass her like that?

Sure, Mrs C knew everything already as she was the one who sealed some of the beast's abilities. However she hadn't said it, and everything was okay like that. Muku had ruined everything. And that meant war! She was going to make him regret it!

"Oh come on! You literally started it. You've been stabbing me for more than a year. I've only stabbed you once and yet you're already gunning for my life. I didn't know that even female dragons partook in the double-standards movement. Is it something all females do no matter the species? If so, maybe I shouldn't kill male beasts from now on. Those heroes are already doing enough by surviving you and still showing up for work like nothing is wrong. With the way they attack to kill with so much ruthlessness, you'd think there's nothing wrong. But to think they are suffering so much. Then again, it's probably because they are going through a lot that they are so ruthless. I should have known. I should have seen the pain in their eyes. Those poor souls. To all the male beasts I've killed. I'm sorry, I didn't know. Please, brothers, forgive me! I'll do better from now on! I'll avenge you all!" Muku started out decently enough but then he went on and on until Mrs C and Raya were both speechless.

There was one thought in both their minds and that was... {What a drama queen!}

To think Muku was even more dramatic than them. And he even shed a little tear at the end seemingly overwhelmed with emotion. The scene made them think that Muku made the wrong career choice before the apocalypse, he should have been an actor instead of a teacher. He was clearly a natural-born actor!

His level of exaggeration was over nine thousand. He went from expressing his disbelief in how hypocritical Raya was to pretty much forging a brotherhood with all the male beasts he had killed and promised to avenge them. What kind of switch was that? Was he going to kill himself in this act of revenge? After all, he was the killer...

"...Are you done?" Raya asked with a deadpan expression on her face after a moment of silence.

"Tsk. I will not be done until all of you are gone!" Muku replied resolutely like a soldier ready to die for his cause.

"Cough. Cough. While this conversation is interesting and all. I think it's about time we moved on don't you think? Let's start by giving Raya her reward as a way to motivate Muku for his trial" Mrs C interjected before Raya could reply.

Hearing her words, Raya's eyes glowed with happiness then she looked at Muku with the most evil gaze she could master.

Muku felt a chill seeing the gaze. What the hell was she thinking?!