Raising A Few Wives in a Beast Apocalypse-Chapter 55: Half-step Rank Two!

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"Well, seems the cavalry has arrived...a bit late, but here still. So much for keeping a low profile...." Muku said while looking at ten PR1 giant lizards that were fast approaching.

"Should we go meet them halfway?" Layla asked getting ready to get into action. The others girls also getting ready.

"Normally yes, but not this time. Sorry girls, but due to the commotion, we have to leave here quickly. So I’ll take care of these ones alone. We can’t stick around too long, lest we draw in more than one half-step R2 and lose our lives". Muku said before speeding forward.

The incoming lizards were likely the lizard king’s underlings that came to assist it. It seems the lizard king was not only more powerful than the rat king but had stronger subordinates as well.

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Chloe wanted to assist, but to do that she’d have to use the "lightning coat" to be fast enough. Remembering how it went down the last time, she gave up the idea, he could handle it alone anyway.

As Muku sped forward, he held out his hand to the side and a huge sword like the one he used to kill the giant lizards when he took care of the punk gang appeared. It was the perfect weapon them in his opinion, of course, these ones were a bit stronger and bigger. To which he responded by making the sword even bigger than before.

"With my current strength, this should be quite easy.... Shooting Start Sword!" Muku shouted out the name of his spell at the end of his sentence, and the giant sword in his hand flew forward.

Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash! Bang!

[36 kills left.....]

Muku’s sword managed to kill four lizards before it was stopped by the fifth dye to lack of enough momentum. Each lizard actually gave 6 KL, not too different from the MR1s but he wouldn’t complain about it either since there were just enough for him to meet the kill count!

"If one isn’t enough, take two!". As soon as his words fell, two more swords formed and flew forward. This time none managed to block and were all wiped out. It was so easy to kill them off because after the death of the first four, the rest tried to flee, making them easy pickings for Muku’s sword. It seemed, these lizards only go berserk for their mate and not any member of their race. That or the PR1s were whimpy after gaining more intelligence. Well whatever the reason was, it only made things easier for Muku and he wouldn’t complain. As soon as the last beast fell.....

[Kill count met. First condition for evolution to Rank two fulfilled. Last condition left: Realisation of 100% potential. Currently at 50% realisation. Individual has successfully stepped into the "Half-step Rank Two" stage]

When the IA prompt ended, Muku’s aura exploded out. It kept on increasing, reaching middle stages, then peak and then beyond it. Right now he was outside of the gate and the girls couldn’t see him because of the wall since he’d gone a bit to the side while fighting.

"Oh no!, Not another half-step!!". Hope screamed. Although they’re team had successfully killed two of such beasts already. She knew that the lizard king was only so easily dealt with because of Jade’s outburst of potential. Otherwise they would likely still be fighting it at that moment. So the appearance of another so soon was really not something she wished for. But to her dismay, the aura she was sensing was definitely beyond peak tier.

The rest of the girls also had uneasy looks on their faces. None of them wanted to face another R1 king-tier monsters. But like Hope, they were also sensing it, just outside the gate too.

"Muku is still outside!". Emily screamed out in fear, not even noticing that she didn’t call him "sir" like usual. Though in the heat of the moment, no one noticed it either.

"Oh no!, big brother!". Hope also screamed in panic after realising it, her heart tightening in fear. She didn’t want to lose her new family only a feel days after getting him.

"Let’s go assist him" Layla said as she prepared to run forward with no hesitation and ready to stake her life on the line. But her hand was suddenly grabbed by someone and she was pulled back. Before she could explode on who did it. A calm voice rang out leaving not only her, but the other three girls shocked.

"Calm down, Mast...Mr Muku is fine. Can’t you sense that it’s his aura out there and not a beast’s?". Audrey spoke, she was the one who grabbed Layla’s hand, her other hand was holding Jade in place on her back. And she subconsciously almost called Muku "master" due to their new relationship, but managed to stop herself or the situation would have gotten really embarrassing for her. Luckily for her none of the girls seemed to have paid attention to it. Their minds were still trying to process what she said.

"Is it really him?". Emily spoke, still unable to believe it. And as if to answer her question, the source of the aura walked in through the gate and it really was Muku.

"You..". Layla wanted to say something before she was interrupted.

"We don’t have the time, lets get out of here, I sense something we definitely don’t want to meet coming out way." Muku said after interrupting Layla. After his break through to half-step R2, he sensed an overwhelming aura in the distance. And it seems the aura sensed him as well as it was now approaching their direction. So he quickly ran into gate and took Jade from Audrey and started running in the opposite direction of the aura. Of course the others followed after him.

He even suppressed his own aura to reduce the chance of being tracked. Inside he was feeling really shocked, even after reaching half-step R2, there was actually still a beast in the city that could make him feel so small!?. He did sense another beast above PR1, but it seemed to only be as strong as him so he ignored it, completely focusing on the overwhelming aura. It made him feel like, even if he joined forces with the two half-steps his group killed, they’d likely still lose!. So he did what any rational person would do, grabbed his group and split.

...

Boom!

Twenty minutes after Muku’s group left, the familiar monster made it to the battle scene. It didn’t even look for the gate and directly broke through the mansion’s surrounding wall. And it seemed so effortless, like it was going through a sheet of paper, yet it was a large wall made out of rocks and concrete.

This time though, there was a look of confusion in its eyes, it couldn’t sense were the new half-step beast it sensed went. This was a first for it, as it could always tell were the strongest beasts in the city where at all times, just felt like it wasn’t time to eat them yet. But this time a beast manages to escape it’s senses, this angered it greatly, anger now visible in its eyes. Who wouldn’t be pissed if their food tempted them with its scent and then ran away?.

As for why Muku managed to escape the beast’s senses, it was because he had wrapped his whole group in a telekinesis bubble that didn’t let any aura leak out. He had also erased their presence around the mansion area before leaving. Although he felt like he was just being paranoid, he didn’t know that his paranoia saved them.

.....

"So are you going to tell us what happened? And why we left in such a hurry". Emily asked after they ran a few kilometres away and were now resting in some random mansion. They were still in the privileged area, so mansions were everywhere.

"Just take my word when I say, of we had stayed, there was no escaping death...and why are you suddenly talking so informally to your teacher?". Muku said the first part seriously then caught on to the way Emily was now speaking and asked while looking at her with confusion, she was usually hus most respectful student after all, even more so than Layla and Chloe.

"Well this is how I am going to speak from now on, we’re no longer in school, so I don’t see why I need to still call you sir when we’re now companions instead of teacher and student". Emily said with a serious expression, clearly not going to back down from her new position, surprisingly everyone greatly as they wondered what brought in the sudden change.

They were not wrong to assume, something happened that caused her to change, it was earlier on when she thought she’d lose Muku when they mistook his aura. Although it was clearly cleared up, she realised that they’re current lives weren’t as guaranteed as before, so if she held back too much, who knows if she’ll suddenly die without even making her feelings known to Muku. Which would be an eternal regret to her even after death. So she took her first step to making her feelings known, making Muku realise that their roles weren’t the same as before.

Chloe and Layla narrowed their eyes a bit while looking at her, seeing the fire in her eyes. They then looked at each other, both of them had realised what Emily was trying to do. A fire started burning in their eyes as well, they refused to fall behind, and thought, if she was going to do it, they will do it as well. Audrey just looked on, a wryly smile on her face, she didn’t know what to do in such a situation as a mother figure to all these girls.

"Whatever floats your boat I guess". Muku replied nonchalantly, as for whether he understood what Emily was trying to do, only he knew.