Raising A Few Wives in a Beast Apocalypse

Despite the pain, it amazed Muku how all the elements had unique ways of hurting him.

You'd think pain is pain no matter what, right? Well, it turned out to be untrue. Muku had experienced so much pain that he could tell that it was different even if it had the same intensity and seemed the same on surface view.

He didn't know how he felt about being so sensitive to pain. It made him feel dirty in some way. Like he was a seasoned masochist or something. Fortunately, he didn't enjoy the pain. So there was still hope for him.

Anyway, Beast Aura like the elements before it, hurt him in its own way. I wasn't intense like fire, methodical like ice or violent like lightning. If he had to describe it, he would say that it was vicious and wild.

It invaded his body and went wild, ripping up his insides left and right. And of course it hurt like hell. The way it behaved, was almost like it was venting all of the grievances Jade had toward Muku.

Of course that wasn't true. Muku was just thinking too much because of the pain.

Anyway, around three days later he was finished with all three levels of Beast Aura. He couldn't wait to see the look on Jade's face when he tanks her Beast Aura without being injured when the time comes.

Unfortunately for him, the scene might be different from what he was imagining. After all, he was only resistant to green Beast Aura. And even then. Resistance wasn't immunity. He would still get hurt after the element's intensity passes a certain threshold.

But that wasn't worth worrying about. After all, as long as the caster is below R5, then he is pretty much immune. And that was without using mana. So it was his win for the most part.

With that said, he moved on to the blood trial. Unlike the trials before, the blood trial was a pool of blood which replaced the floor.

He quickly understood what was going on. So, he jumped his bald and almost naked self into the pool.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

An inhuman scream sounded soon after as Muku's head popped out of the pool and he tried to swim out. Unfortunately for him, the blood seemed to be alive. It was fine until he tried to get out.

The moment he did, it tightened around his limbs and locked him in place. He couldn't move at all. He was completely submerged soon after and couldn't even scream.

Fortunately for him, being Rank Four meant that he could go for days without breathing. Hell, he could probably reach a month if he had mana.

So, he didn't have to worry about the lack of air killing him. He could suffer in peace. The blood from the pool invaded his body and corrupted the body in his body.

He felt the grips around his limbs disappear. However, there was nothing he could do at that point. His body had been completely taken over. But since there was no master, it just stood still as his insides were wrecked.

His skin and blood had long turned red and they hurt like hell. He could feel them slowly failing. Fortunately, the weird energy got into the mix soon after which halted the process.

If not, he would have eventually been turned into a puddle of blood after everything else in his body had dissolved by the corrosive blood. Just like all of Audrey's victims.

Before he felt that her ability was kinda horrifying. But it was only then that he understood how horrific and even beyond that it was. He had thought that the victim's consciousness would get wiped out the moment their blood was corrupted. After all, their eyes always looked soulless.

It was now he realised that, that wasn't the case. The poor fellows were wide-awake. They just couldn't do anything. Not even showing emotions through their eyes. All they could do was just experience the horrible event of having their bodies dissolved as they felt it all. The physical and emotional pain were the only things they had until the moment they eventually died when they were fully dissolved.

What was even worse was seeing their bodies being used by their enemy even when they were slowly and painfully melting away.

He should have known that anything which involved blood corruption wouldn't be a good thing. Even if a goddess-level beauty was the one using the ability.

Then again, just the fact that the victims end up as blood puddles should have been a telling sign... But whatever, such is life. Everyone's luck is different, and who knows what ruthless acts those beasts did before they were caught by Audrey? So maybe it was their bad karma catching up with them.

As for those who think it's okay for beasts to be cruel since their beasts... That does not make sense actually. After all, they are as sentient as humans. So if they do more than they have to do. Like carrying out a massacre for the fun of it, then they deserve to pay for their sins.

It was different from animals and those mindless beasts like sandworms. They operated on instincts most of the time. So their brutality is understandable as it's not a conscious choice.

Anyway, such philosophical questions weren't Muku's problem. All he cared about was passing the trials and moving on.

He also swore to himself that he would never ever tell Audrey what her ability actually does to her enemies. The softhearted lady would definitely give up on it and never look back. Even if it meant disadvantaging herself.

After all, like Muku, she thought that the ability pretty much killed the victims the moment they were corrupted. So they won't suffer too much pain.

For that reason, she liked using it as a way of showing mercy. Which was quite ironic since it was literally the worst torture she could expose her victims to.

It was really just a case of a gorgeous, kind and innocent vampire queen applying her good nature in the wrong situation.

If she found out the truth, it might break her. And Muku would always choose his girls over the world. Hell, if he had to destroy the world to save them, he would do it quite easily.

He never understood the concept of sacrificing your loved ones for strangers. Even if there's only one loved one Vs a billion strangers. To him, quantity can never beat quality...

Anyway, four days later he finished all three levels. He could be wrong, but he felt that his looks improved a bit more after every trial. Like he was going through a painful Beauty Spa treatment.

He didn't linger too much on those useless thoughts since he had better things to do. Though he had to admit that he secretly felt great about it. One had to know that the man was a closet narcissist. Of course, the girls were well aware of his narcissism. There were times he couldn't hold it back in front of them...

With that said, Muku moved on to the last trial... He looked at the area in front of him with slight dread in his eyes.

He was looking at a murky dark green gas which was swirling around in front of him. If one didn't know what it was, it didn't look like much. However, Muku knew what it was. That's why he was scared.

That gas was concentrated poison from the one and only Baneful Healer. That stuff could mess you up. It could erase your body, make it decay, make it explode, make it spasm, weak, uncontrolled and a whole bunch of other fun things.

It made one wonder why the element belonged to such a sweet girl like Hope. She was no different from an angel to Muku. Unfortunately, she could only be an angel of death because of her deadly element.

Sure, her healing element decreased the dangerous aura around her. But the things her poison could do were still undefeated. She was definitely the worst enemy anyone could have.

Anyway, since Whisperless Death or the purple has which targeted the mind weren't present, Muku was able to defeat his fear and proceed.

If Whisperless Death was present, there was no way he would have taken the trial. Not after the video he saw. He dared not tackle that force without mana and all his cheats.

That's right, to him, it wasn't just a spell anymore, it was a force like no other.

He was surprised by how he was able to calmly look on when Hope used it in front of him before.

Then again, seeing and experiencing were two different things.

With that said, Muku entered the poisonous gas's range. His body was instantly immobilised by the element. Which he was pretty much used to by that point. And for the second time. He fell forward and kissed the ground.

And for the... who knowa what number, he was consumed in pain's painful grasp.

He felt weak, hot, cold, numb, in pain, hungry, like vomiting, dizzy and a whole bunch of other clashing experiences. They all happened at once in different parts of his body as the poison went wild in his body. It was like it wanted to make him experience everything it could do to him.

While he could say the pain wasn't as serious as the elements before. It was still the worst experience he had.

And he was sure that the pain only seemed less because there was a bunch of other things going on.

Fortunately, he was close to the end...