Raising A Few Wives in a Beast Apocalypse-Chapter 71: Domains?

"As long as there’s the ground beneath us, water will never be a hard commodity to access." As soon as they got out of the gate, Muku spoke while creating a large hollow cylinder in the air.

Whoosh! Bang!

The long cylinder with a length of about ten metres and a radius of about a metre was thrust into the ground. It sank in so deep that only a few centimetres of it remained visible at the top. Then Muku pulled it out. This time around, its base was covered unlike before, so the soil within the cylinder was taken out along with the cylinder. With that, Muku had created a well within a couple of minutes. Water was already gathering in it, quickly even.

The girls looked on with amazement, they were all impressed. None of them had thought of such a solution. Not because they didn’t know of it, but being so used to a modern way of life, some simple things like digging a well for water are easy to overlook.

"Phew, I’m glad that worked, that could have gone horribly wrong if there wasn’t water on this spot". Muku said while wiping away his nonexistent sweat. As he said, there was always a chance that the groundwater on the spot he dug wasn’t so close to the surface. Luckily for them, that wasn’t the case.

"Wow, good thinking big brother. Now we just have to wait a bit for the water to gather and we’ll be set." Hope enthusiastically praised him.

"Good thinking, indeed". Even Layla praised while the others nodded.

"Crazy how easy having powers makes manual labour. I can’t help but wonder if you would have suggested it if you didn’t have the power to do it other than your physical strength" Jade asked Muku with a mischievous smile on her face.

"No way in hell, I’d rather die of thirst. Do you know how hard it is to dig just a two-metre deep hole with your physical strength, let alone ten?" Muku replied with an eye roll. This little girl clearly had no idea how hard digging holes was for her to even ask such a thing. Hearing his reply, the girls who were expecting him to at least pretend to be chivalrous couldn’t help but giggle. Though his straightforward personality was one of the things they liked most about him.

"Well anyway, it will take a while for the water to gather into a sufficient amount. So let’s head back and do something else while waiting" Muku said as he created a metal dome around the well. Although he’d have to keep on supplying it with mana for it to keep on existing, it was worth it. Maybe when they get stronger they can create things they won’t have to keep on supplying with mana for it to continue existing.

"Uuu! I know, we can try meditation; maybe that will help with our potential realisation or help us gain better control of our elements!". Chloe suggested something she’d seen in anime and read in novels.

"Well, the alternative is playing games on our phones, so we might as well try it out" Layla immediately agreed to the suggestion; playing mobile games wasn’t her forte. Unluckily for her, that’s all Jade and Chloe downloaded along with some anime when they had the chance. Now the internet was gone, making it impossible for her to download what she likes, so meditation didn’t sound like a bad thing to her. She was curious to see if it would really help in some way.

"Sounds interesting, let’s go get it done then!". Jade said while speeding ahead.

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Ten minutes later....

"This is boring as hell!". Jade suddenly called out, interrupting the others who were greatly invested in the practice. Even if they hadn’t gotten any obvious gains, it helped them let go of some of the tension in their mind. Which was already a good thing for them. But apparently, that wasn’t good enough for Jade.

Without opening his eyes, Muku picked Jade up and threw her up the stairs with his telekinesis. Before she could complain, he tossed her phone after her, she caught it and grumpily walked away. Although she complained, she didn’t expect to be thrown out. Now she could only go to her room and play games while silently cursing Muku, as well as the traitors who didn’t stand up for her. So what if it was the tenth time she complained?... In just ten minutes.

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Around fifty minutes later...

[1% of sufficient mana control to create a domain acquired]

"Oh my!" Audrey’s startled voice rang out. Unlike in Jade’s case, the others didn’t ignore her but opened their eyes and looked her way. Seeing their questioning gazes, Audrey explained what had happened.

"Well, this is unexpected, to think we can create domains!" Muku commented.

"Hmm, what if it’s like potential realisation?...like, we need it to evolve to Rank Three?". Chloe made a bold suggestion.

"That’s... actually very possible". Layla commented after thinking about it a bit.

"And we can all thank Chloe for suggesting meditation; who knows how long it would have taken us to stumble upon it otherwise?" Emily said while looking at Chloe with a smile.

"O..Oh no, no need, I was just randomly suggesting stuff; it’s a coincidence, that’s all". Chloe was flustered being the focus of the group like that.

"Even then, you still deserve the praise; like Emily said, who knows when we would have figured it out? We might even have been stuck at the peak of Rank Two someday, not knowing how to proceed." Audrey chimed in.

It’s something that had been on her mind since she reached Rank Two, actually. To her, getting to the peak of it wasn’t too hard. But what would happen after that? Since they had to realise the potential to get to Rank Two, then there definitely had to be something for Rank Three. Not knowing it had been troubling her a bit. She didn’t say anything to the others since it wasn’t an immediate problem yet so there was no need to worry the others.

"If you say so". Seeing how they wouldn’t give up until she accepted their gratitude, Chloe relented.

"I think enough time has passed by, let’s go and check how much water has gathered". Muku spoke while getting up and heading for the front door. The others got up and followed behind him, they were all curious to see how much water had accumulated.

Even Jade, who had long gotten bored of playing by herself, came down the stairs and joined them. She had been listening to what was going on downstairs since she was kicked out, waiting for this moment, though it took longer than she thought. But after hearing about domain creation when she was eavesdropping, she promised herself to be more serious about meditation next time. She was curious to see what her domain would look like, now she felt even more motivated to quickly reach Rank Two.

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"Wow, all that in so little time!" Hope exclaimed. Around three metres of the well was now filled with pure and clean water.

Muku created another cylinder, though this one was only around four metres. With it, he fetched most of the water and closed up the well again then he and his group went back to the mansion. The large enclosed cylinder full of water floats behind them. The girls couldn’t help but admire how convenient his abilities were.

Inside they took turns bathing, using a metal bucket Muku created. It was rather awkward for the group that has gotten used to a shower but at least it got the job done. Layla even chimed in by creating an ice bucket to cool some of the water for drinking since it was summer and the weather got super hot at times.

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After bathing and eating.....

"So, have you noticed how we have less than a couple of days’ worth of food left? And how all the shops have been destroyed?" Jade asked Muku, an expectant look on her face.

"Sigh, fine, tomorrow we’ll hunt down a beast and try its meat" Muku replied with an exasperated look on his face. This girl sure knew how to be persistent, she even waited for the perfect time to mention it. Their food consumption seemed to be increasing by the day; it was like it would disappear into thin air the moment it reached their stomach. It’s like normal food wasn’t good enough for them anymore.

"Ah, right, that reminds me, what about the base? Are we going to leave it behind?". Hope asked with a confused look on her face. As soon as she did, everyone who was merrily talking with each other immediately went silent. Clearly, no one had thought about it.

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"Umm, I guess so. I’d have preferred to take it with us, but with my current mana, I can, at most, carry it for around three kilometres. Which wouldn’t have been enough even if the world didn’t change, back then we’d have needed to travel at least seven kilometres from Chloe’s information, but now, it’s at least fourteen kilometres". Muku spoke while rubbing his head, feeling a headache coming on. What were they supposed to do now?. If they left it behind, then it would likely be destroyed by a beast. But they couldn’t take it away either.

"I think I can be of help if mana is the problem", Audrey spoke up, leading to everyone focusing on her, wanting to hear what her suggestion was.

"How so?" Muku asked for clarification.

"Well, I’ve noticed that mana and yours seem to be extremely compatible. Maybe because I got my class from your bloodline. Anyway, because of that, I think I can channel my mana into your body so that you won’t run out before we reach our destination. I couldn’t do it last time because I was too weak and wouldn’t have made a difference, but now, I’m pretty sure I can support you for at least double the distance you mentioned.". Audrey explained. What she meant when she said she could help.

"Well, great then! Problem solved!". Jade chimed in, expressing her happiness. It was her idea to make the mansion their base after all, so she definitely didn’t want to ditch it.

"Hmm, that could work, okay, we’ll do it that way then. For now, everyone should go sleep. With Audrey’s blood puppet, we don’t have to keep watch, only if it could last longer". Muku said as he got up, getting ready to go to his room.

"Good night everyone." He said as he walked away.

"Good night to you too". They all replied and got up to go to their own rooms.

"Big brother can I sleep..ah! Never mind. Good night". Hope tried to go sleep with him again, but this time instead of a warning, Chloe struck her with a weak lightning bolt, prompting her to immediately change her statement.

And with that, everyone went to their rooms after blowing out the candles. The only one left awake was the poor giant lizard that would die in a day or two.