Raising A Few Wives in a Beast Apocalypse-Chapter 82: Ending Chloe’s Berserk Mode

"Y-yeah, sure" Audrey replied, just as Muku said. She and her mother’s heart were holding her back. She could have suppressed Chloe with her aura alone but didn’t know if it would anger Chloe even more and make her overdraft herself which would require more time to recover from. As for fighting out with Chloe, she didn’t know how to properly control her strength yet, evidenced by the slight push that threw Chloe away, which was unintentional. So she chose to let Chloe tire herself instead. But Muku had other plans.

The more time Chloe spends in the berserk state that doesn’t care about her body condition, the more self-harm she’ll be causing herself. So Muku came to try and knock her out.

"Steel Cage!" Muku cast a spell that trapped Chloe within it.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Bang!

But the lightning bolts from the sky made quick work of it. And Chloe broke out. Her current state of mind was to attack anyone closest to her, who was now Muku, and so she attacked.

Bang!

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She punched at him but her fist bounced off the air. Clearly, a force field Muku had created. Before she could regroup, Muku grabbed her with his telekinesis and froze her in place.

"Gotcha!, phew!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

"What tha!?... Audrey, quickly lock out the lightning!" Like before, lightning struck down in the area Chloe was in. And for the first time ever, Muku felt his Telekinesis start to falter. Chloe’s lightning bolts were slowly chipping away at it. So he told Audrey to lock out the lightning. Audrey’s barrier had been to keep their auras in but didn’t stop things from outside from getting in.

"Yes, Master" Audrey did as she was told. So now the lightning couldn’t get into Audrey’s barrier from the sky, let alone hit Muku’s telekinetic restraint on Chloe.

Crackle! Crackle! Bang!

Even having her lightning locked out didn’t stop Chloe as she started generating the lighting herself. It was working as well, though not as quickly as the lightning from the clouds. Muku moved quickly, hit the back of her neck and she fainted. The lighting coming from her body immediately stopped as she slumped down. The sky also started clearing up.

"Finally done, what a feisty girl" Muku spoke with a relieved tone while taking Chloe into his hands. She really had caused him some trouble, he didn’t expect that there were actually elements that could affect his telekinesis if they were strong enough.

"Is she going to be okay?" Audrey asked with a worried look on her face.

"Well, it will likely take quite a bit of time with some healing from Hope. We didn’t let her go berserk for too long after all. She should be okay by this time tomorrow." Muku replied while they walked to the others who were looking in their direction with worried looks on their faces. If not for the unconscious Jade beside them, they might have run forward.

"That’s good news. Today really was quite eventful" Audrey spoke in a more relaxed tone.

"Yeah, and super rewarding as well, now I’m the weakest in the group. Hahaha," Muku joked as they reached the others, who rolled their eyes hearing his words. He just defeated a supercharged Chloe and yet dared to say he was the weakest?

"I’m sorry, big brother, I didn’t know this would happen" Before anyone else could say anything, Hope apologised with tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Don’t worry about it; we all know it was a mistake. Just don’t do it again. If you ever get a new idea for a spell, it’s best to try it out on Beasts first. And as for asking for forgiveness, you will have to talk to Chloe about that when she wakes up." Muku replied to Hope with a gentle look in his eyes.

"She should be up by tomorrow morning, so don’t worry too much, okay?" Muku added after seeing the worry in her eyes.

The girl listened to everything Muku said, nodded her head at everything then suddenly fell. She had been keeping herself up out of sheer will. Her head had been hurting since she used her spell, she felt like dropping on the spot but wanted to see what happened to Chloe first. Audrey acted quickly and grabbed her before she hit the ground.

"Is today a fainting day or something?" Muku spoke with a wry smile on his face.

The group then returned to the house, with three boards floating behind them where Jade, Chloe and Hope lay. Audrey wasn’t with them, though; Chloe’s loud display had drawn a bit of attention that she had to take care of. Luckily, it was only half-step beasts and lower that bothered to turn up. The stronger ones had better things to do. So after a while of going around the place killing the beasts, Audrey returned to the mansion. She even brought lunch....and dinner and quite a few other meals after that.

Seeing all the meat she brought using a few corrupted beasts, Layla couldn’t help but grumble a bit. All the mana she’ll have to use to keep all of it from rotting. Even though beast meat didn’t rot nearly as quickly as normal meat, it would still rot within a few days if not kept on ice.

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"So Layla, what do you think about Chloe’s strength?" Muku spoke trying to make small talk. They had just finished their late lunch since Emily had to recover a bit before she could provide the fire to cook the meat. It was another bird’s meat so no one got any hidden attribute points.

"I think she might very well be the strongest of us who have Pseudo-Legendary classes, at least for now. As long as she can display the same amount of power she displayed while berserk on a normal day that is" Layla gave her unbiased opinion.

"Really, that’s surprising; I thought you’d at least say you’re about equal or something like that", Muku replied, completely surprised.

"I’m not as arrogant as Jade. If Chloe managed to land a hit on my mother who’s a whole rank higher, then she’s definitely the strongest. Not to mention she could struggle out of your Telekinesis, which I can’t do," Layla explained herself. Hearing her, the others thought that what she said made a lot of sense.

"Yeah, Chloe is too strong, I’m not sure if I can resist her lightning with my fire. Especially when it’s so thick and raining down". Emily also conceded, admitting being weaker than Chloe, at least for then.

"What about Hope’s new spell, "Baneful Ground", she called it? What do you think of that" Muku asked another question to continue the conversation.

"Too dangerous" Emily answered with a trace of fear in her eyes.

"Should never be used on allies" Layla also gave her reply.

"Haha, yeah it definitely is something else. But I feel that it’s going to be one of her most useful spells; as for being powerful, that’s already been decided without a doubt," Muku replied while laughing. Though he really believed that the spell would eventually show its magnificence, his gut feeling told him so.

"If you say so. Also, what’s our next course of action?" Layla replied and asked a question of her own.

"Other than getting stronger?" Muku asked a question of his own.

"Does that even need to be planned?" Layla replied with another question.

"Good point, then I’ve got nothing" Muku finally gave his answer. They’d basically done everything they had set out to do before, so the only thing he felt was left was to get stronger.

"I’ve got an idea, what if we go out and help Elsa evolve tomorrow if the others are up by then?" Emily chimed in.

"Oh, right! The little lady still hasn’t evolved yet. I guess we can do that; we don’t have anything else to do anyway," Muku replied after thinking about it a bit.

"But we haven’t seen any unranked beasts for a while, though" Layla poured cold water into their plan.

"You’re right! What should we do? Should we just use rank one beasts?. Will that work!?" Muku exaggeratedly replied.

"I’m not going to use my little sister as a test subject for such a thing!" Emily immediately interjected.

"Then what do you propose?" Muku asked her.

"We’ll just have to look for them. The people from the university travel around the place, right? So maybe they know where we can find them close by," Emily told them her plan. She had actually been thinking of it since morning. The idea of her sister being defenceless didn’t sit well with her, especially after the circumstances she found her in. So she wanted to remedy it as quickly as she could.

Elsa, who was sitting quietly beside her while listening on, immediately hugged her to express her gratitude. Even a little girl like her understood that she needed to have her own strength in the current world instead of relying on Emily for everything. Supporting Emily whenever necessary rather than holding her back sounded a lot better to her. Plus who wouldn’t want powers?

"Okay, if that’s what you want, we’ll do it. I wanted to visit them again anyway. This time we’ll be real neighbours since we’ll be taking the mansion with us." Muku replied with a smile.

....

Around 8 o’clock PM.....

"Thank you, sis", Elsa spoke while lying next to Emily in their shared room. She appreciated how Emily asked the others to help her evolve. Their room was dimly lit. Muku had gotten solar panels and batteries from the mall before but was too lazy to set them up throughout the whole place. It was a mansion after all. And they still had a lot of candles anyway.

"Don’t worry about it, you’re my little sister after all..... Also is there something you need to tell me?" Emily replied while holding Elsa closer.

"They didn’t make it". Elsa only said one statement but it was enough for Emily.

And so, like that, the two recently orphaned sisters cried themselves to sleep. Two precious faces they will never see again flash in their minds, along with all the happy memories they will never share again...