Raising A Few Wives in a Beast Apocalypse-Chapter 70: Flexible Beast Aura

Back at the base....

"No fair!, I thought Layla was my only competition on who would make it to Rank Two first, but for Ms Audrey to jump the line like that!". Jade said with a pout on her face.

"Oh, stop complaining; if you weren’t so lazy, maybe you would have reached Rank Two a long time ago". Layla replied to her with an eye roll. After all, Jade had been at 80% for more than a week and even that came due to her emotions.

"Hhm, you might be right...oh hey, I just remembered something; I found a core in one of the lizards; I wonder what skill I’ll get this time?" Jade didn’t disagree with Layla, she was just venting with no real intent behind it. And she happened to remember the core because of it, which she immediately went it get from her bag.

"So, do you think it’s going to increase her PR percentage?" Hope asked Chloe, eyes full of curiosity.

"Hmm, I don’t know, but I doubt it" Chloe replied with uncertainty.

"I’m almost positive her PR won’t be affected. Her situation is unique compared to the rest. Her class doesn’t actually have an element, her beast transformation is her power. So beast cores, which are elemental in nature, can’t affect her potential realisation. But it’s not necessarily a bad thing, after all, her class can likely use skills from any element...well, at least that’s what I think". Layla chimed in, giving her take on the matter.

"I’m back!" Before anyone could say anything, Jade’s voice was heard as she returned.

"I’m surprised you didn’t consume it on the spot when you got it actually... you know what, don’t respond to that, just consume it and let us see.". Muku spoke, like everyone else; he couldn’t wait to see what would happen after she consumed it.

Other than rolling her eyes, Jade didn’t do anything else as she quickly brought the core to her mouth. She also could barely hold herself back. A familiar scene of the core melting into her mouth as soon as it touches her tongue appeared.

Boom!

Immediately after, her aura exploded. Like usual Muku had to contain it. Which wasn’t hard because Jade’s aura didn’t get stronger, she just lost control of it for a bit. Which half confirmed Layla’s theory. A few seconds later, Jade opened her eyes, which she had closed; a smile immediately appeared on her face.

"So, what did you get?" Hope asked.

"Let’s go outside and I’ll show you". Replied Jade as she walked toward the exit.

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Because of the mansion’s awkward sitting position, on top of some rubble, Jade couldn’t try out her new skill inside the gate. She couldn’t help but complain to Muku about when he’ll fix it.

"Now, prepared to be amazed". Jade said with a smug smile on her face.

"Earth spikes!" Before anyone could say anything in response, she cast the skill. A huge five-metre-tall earth spike rose in the group in front of her. It was even bigger than the ones the lizards cast, maybe because of her higher strength.

"Wow!!, but.....why is it green?" Hope was really amazed and then asked the question on everyone’s mind, including Jade herself.

"I have no idea" Jade replied, also looking at the spike with confusion in her eyes.

"Hmm, I don’t think that’s an earth spike...well, it is, but at the same time, it’s not". Muku spoke, confusing everyone. Before asking him what he meant, they took a closer look at the spike, and they finally understood what he meant.

"So after Layla consumes a beast core, her beast aura imitates the properties of the skill within the core. Which makes that earth spike actually a beast aura earth spike?. What an interesting power you have Jade". Layla made her thoughts known. Everyone had long noticed how she’d become a chatterbox whenever something new and interesting was found.

"Well that sucks, and here I was thinking of having all the elements one day". Jade said with a sad look on her face, but her eyes betrayed what she really thought. She was excited to have such a power.

"Well, isn’t that a bit too OP then?". Emily asked an envious look on her face.

"Not exactly, I’m pretty sure she can’t tweak what skill she learned and can only use it in its exact form. Meaning there’s no room for diversity with it like spells. Which I guess can be said to be the difference between spells and skills". Muku chimed in and expressed his thoughts on the matter.

Hearing his words, Jade’s expression went dark; she had assumed that she could use earth element-type attacks now. She quickly put it to the test but, like Muku said, she could only use earth spikes of different sizes and nothing else. All her happiness immediately drained away, her dream of tossing a few spells from a distance was immediately squashed in its infancy.

"Don’t be like that, you can still learn many more skills after all. Maybe one day you’ll burn your enemies with a green flame or strike them down with green lightning and there’s also a chance of stabbing them with green swords". Seeing Jade’s bummed-out expression, Muku immediately tried to cheer her up. And cheer her up he did, her eyes were now sparkling with a dreamy look in them, likely thinking of all the scenarios Muku described to her. The others smiled wryly at how, despite how much they fought, Muku always knew how to bring Jade’s mood up.

"Yeah!, one day I’ll have at least one of all your spells as my skills. Hhmp, I’ll show you all one day that my class is the best out of everyone here". As usual, Jade immediately got smug, prompting the others to roll their eyes, but they didn’t say anything, not wanting to get into an argument with the unreasonable girl.

"Just don’t kill us for it, I doubt humans would have beast cores". Muku said jokingly.

"Like I’d even think of doing such a thing, how would I show off if I killed you then?" Jade replied rolling her eyes in annoyance.

"If you say so....now, Audrey, why don’t you introduce us to your new friend here?". Muku said, jumping from Jade to Audrey in one statement. After hearing what he said, the others immediately shifted their eyes from Jade to Audrey and the blood-red giant lizard beside her that she’d left outside the gate.

"Oh right, it doesn’t have a name; I only created it in the heat of the moment, wanting to see if I could. There’s no point in naming it since it will likely die within two more days because its body can’t resist the blood corrosion for long.". Audrey replied, explaining the giant lizard’s presence.

"Oh, okay, and I guess we never congratulated you for reaching Rank 2, so let me be the first to say, Congratulations, Audrey", Muku replied and congratulated her on her breakthrough.

"Thank you" Audrey accepted the congratulations shyly. Then the others congratulated her as well. Everyone was happy that she broke through, now with her here, they felt more secure about their lives. Especially after she showed them the strength of a Rank Two through her aura. They all knew that even if they grouped up against Audrey now, they’d likely still be killed in less than a minute, Muku included.

"Okay, let’s return and come up with a game plan for the future. Clearly, potential realisation is unpredictable, so we should look into other matters while hoping that we realise it along the way," Muku said as he walked back to the mansion.

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Back at the mansion....

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"So, what’s our next step?" He asked, though he had some suggestions, he’d rather include everyone in the discussion.

"I think it’s about time we visited the university don’t you think?" Jade suggested she had been observing Layla for a few days and noticed that sometimes she seemed to get lost in thought, and a sad expression would appear on her face. She’d quickly cover it up with a smile, but Jade would have already noticed it. And there was only one reason for Emily to be like that, which was the unknown situation of her family. Of course, most of them, including her, also had such sad moments, but for them, they were almost certain that their families were dead, but Emily wasn’t yet, so it ate at her more than the rest.

"Hmm, sure, I also think it’s about time we visited the other safe zone of the city. I’m curious to see if they are as weak as the stadium. We’ll set out tomorrow then" Muku agreed, while the others nodded. Although they hadn’t seen Emily’s sad moments, they had long noticed that her glow seemed to have dimmed down by quite a bit, and they could all guess why.

"Umm...so the water issue?" Chloe suddenly asked something everyone had forgotten. It was almost the end of the day, and they still had no water. As Evolvers, they didn’t need to drink water as much as normal people so it had easily slipped their minds.

"Oh, right! I had forgotten about that; thanks for reminding me. I got the perfect solution for it. Let’s go outside and I’ll show you!" Muku replied to Chloe as he got up and headed for the door.

The others followed behind with curiosity in their eyes, they wondered what his solution was. Was he going to make it rain or something?

Is that why his class was called divine?....