Raising A Few Wives in a Beast Apocalypse

Around four days later, Muku finally completed all three levels of the poison trial. At that point, he was practically a walking corpse.

His body would be returned to peak condition after each trial but still. The mental toll was super high.

Which everyone can understand. The guy had gone through more than two weeks of constant pain. And it wasn't even uniform pain, so he couldn't get used to it.

Despite wanting to do nothing else but sleep. Muku got curious about something. And so, he had to ask.

"Umm, Mom, why is there no water trial or trials of other elements?" He asked Mrs C curiously.

"We'll talk about that after you take a relaxing bath under the waterfall in front of you. And don't worry, I won't peek" Mrs C replied then went quiet.

Seeing that she really wasn't going to say anything else until he bathes, Muku shrugged his shoulders and proceeded forward.

Like she said, he found a waterfall at the end. It was outside the trial corridor. It was surrounded by greenery and looked quite peaceful. Like a slice of heaven. Just looking at it made him feel better.

While still looking around as he walked closer, his gaze suddenly hardened as his steps seized.

An annoyed look appeared on his face as he looked at an unexpected individual in the small lake created by the waterfall.

"What the hell?! How dare you look at me like a piece of gum stuck under your shoe?! Do you want to fight?!" The intruder was instantly angered by Muku's expression and instantly got heated.

However, despite them putting on their most ferocious expression, they still looked cute. Which dispersed any hint of threatening atmosphere they were trying to create.

Seeing the epic fail at intimidation made Muku feel better again. He ignored the little thing and jumped into the lake. He was still in just a pair of underwear so there was no need to restrain himself. And there was no way he was going to remove it in front of the intruder.

His cannonball landed him so deep into the water that he took a while to surface.

When he did, the intruder who wanted to continue their argument paused. Their gaze moved from Muku's face and focused on his head and then back to his face again. Then...

"Pfft hahahahahaha! What the hell happened to you? You look like a potato with a face! Even your eyebrows are gone! Hahahaha. It really is the hair which makes sense people look good huh? Hahahaha. I doubt those girls would still like you if they saw you like this! Hahaha. How I wish they were here. Especially that green-haired one. She would definitely say something funny. Hahahaha. Ah! My chest. Hahaha" The intruder, who was obviously Raya began laughing her a*s off as she looked at Muku.

She laughed until her chest hurt.

Just that alone was annoying to Muku. What made it more annoying was how squeaky her voice was as she was in her tiny dragon form.

"What are you even doing here? Isn't this supposed to be a relaxing pool for me? How is this relaxing?" Muku asked Raya with a dark expression on his face.

"Oh shut up. Just go and stand under that waterfall already" Raya who finally managed to regain control of herself replied while rolling her eyes.

She then swam away from Muku with her cute little feet. She was surprisingly fast despite her small size. In a few seconds, she was as far away from Muku as she could be.

Muku's expression darkened even more. How dare the little brat laugh at him then show him attitude?!

However, he didn't pursue her. He was curious about the waterfall she mentioned. There had to be something special about it for her to specifically mention it right?

Well, that or it was a horrible experience and the hateful Raya was trying to make him suffer... No, even she wouldn't be so ruthless as to laugh at someone, show them attitude then make them suffer. Especially when that person is their soul link.

Speaking of which, he sensed no malice from her or anything weird emotions when she mentioned the waterfall. So it must be safe.

With that said, Muku slowly and cautiously swarm towards the waterfall. His bald head was shining under the fake sun above.

He could swim faster but he still didn't trust Raya despite the soul link feedback. The brat was the type to kill without an ounce of malice after all.

Anyway, he soon reached the waterfall and extended his hand out to touch it. Goosebumps immediately appeared all over his body. However, they weren't because of something bad. It was because of how good his hand felt under the waterfall.

Without a second thought, he dove into the waterfall and spread his arms out while looking up.

It was undoubtedly a dumb move looking up while under a waterfall, but that was only for normal people. Not Rank 4s like Muku. Hell, even if he was a normal person, the waterfall wasn't like the normal, natural ones. Despite the large amounts of water falling from above, he didn't feel even a little bit of the crushing force it should have had.

It was actually quite gentle on his skin. In a few seconds, he had found something else which was different about the waterfall. It was actually relieving him of the mental stress he was under.

It somehow felt like Hope's Hallowed Ground but it felt different at the same time. The waterfall seemed a lot more mystical, gentler and worked quicker. In less than a minute, his mind had already returned to its peak condition.

It felt even better than before. It was like he had just woken up from the longest and most refreshing sleep of his life. Even the tension in his mind from the separation from the girls was dispersed. He still missed them greatly, but this time it felt a lot more bearable.

On top of all that, the water felt simply divine on his skin. It was like he was getting massaged by an angel.

If he weren't a grown man with a lot of control he might have been moaning left and right.

But he dared not let himself go in front of Raya. The little dragon had already seen him in many embarrassing situations and he didn't want to add more.

He could already see her gathering the girls and talking about him until all his face was gone. So he would rather not make that talk even longer.

He couldn't help but curse Mrs C a bit for letting Raya in. There was no way she didn't know what the waterfall did to people.

It was a set-up!

Anyway, despite how good it felt. Muku didn't stay too long under the waterfall lest he really couldn't control himself anymore...

....

A while later...

Muku and Raya were taken out of the "slice of heaven" after Mrs C saw that they had rested enough. There were still things to be taken care of so delaying too much was out of the question.

Anyway, presently bald Muku and Raya were now sitting with Mrs C waiting to receive her always insightful knowledge despite her usual unreliable character.

Speaking of Muku's baldness, he didn't feel too bad about it after he noticed that Raya's fur was also gone from her back. The dragon dared laugh at him when she was also bald. The nerve!

Even worse was how Mrs C refused to regrow their hair. She said that she couldn't do it. Which was obviously bullshit. The lady could bring people back from the dead and she dared say she couldn't regrow hair?!

Hell, if the people she brought from the dead were undead then Muku would understand, but she could bring them back literally.

It was obvious that she either felt too lazy to do it or just enjoyed looking at his potato-head. Knowing her, it was probably both. The old lady really was the worst sometimes!

Anyway, they did linger too long on that topic. There were many more interesting things they could be talking about after all. Starting with...

"Why weren't there more elemental trials? I'm not saying I enjoyed the pain, but still, the situation is quite vexing" Muku asked his previous question.

He chose to start with the lesser questions and get deeper as the conversation progressed.

"You're really curious about that, huh? Fortunately for you, I'm in a good mood despite what you ruined it before the trial" Mrs C replied.

She casually omitted what she had done to Muku and the fact that most, if not all of their problems had her as the source.

Muku being the mature person he was didn't pursue old issues... Actually, he wasn't mature at all, he was just afraid that she would get moody again and refuse to tell him what he wanted to know. There was nothing he could do in that situation.

So, he chose to eat the loss. It was bitter but it had to be done...

"Ahem. Now, where do I start? Oh, right, I guess that's a good start... Now, the reason why there weren't more trials is because of three things actually. One, some elements like Earth deal blunt damage despite being magic, so there's no need to create a specific trial for them since normal physical trials are enough for them. Then..." Mrs C went on to tell Muku the other two reasons why there weren't more trials...