Raising A Few Wives in a Beast Apocalypse-Chapter 145: Living Cloud?

"Now that I look at it, the vegetation around here is way too lush and big" Jade commented calmly while looking at the fight.

"How are you so calm about a huge plant about to eat two LR2 beasts?!" Emily exclaimed. Sometimes she really couldn't understand how Jade's mind worked. Just when you'd expect her to be excited or something like that, yet there she was, calmly looking on.

"Why wouldn't I be calm? I mean, there were already Venus fly traps before this. Animal-type beasts mostly look like beastified versions of animals we already knew, so I already expected that plant-type beasts might appear soon" Jade replied matter-of-factly. She was even surprised as to why Emily was acting so exaggeratedly.

Hearing her, the others immediately went silent. They didn't expect such words from her. It was something they would expect from Layla but never Jade. That's when it struck them, they had forgotten that Jade was also in the school's best class. The girl usually acted so much like a muscle-head that they forgot that she was actually very smart.

"Why are you all looking at me like that?" Jade asked seeing the weird looks the others were giving her.

"No... Nothing. Anyway, I think I'll take this fight. After all, you and Hope already had your chance. Our leader also had his chance while it did end up badly" Emily quickly changed topics not wanting Jade to discover that they had indirectly questioned her intelligence.

"Well duh, why did you think I'm standing here and not there punching that plant?" Jade replied while rolling her eyes. Even Muku and Hope related with her reply. They both also wanted to try out fighting a plant-type beast, but sadly they had their chances.

"Oh... Right. I'll get to it then" Emily replied. For some reason, she started feeling like she was the one with a questionable intelligence level.

After that, she immediately ran closer to the three beasts in the long grass. She didn't try to be quiet because plants don't have ears so they can't hear... Right?

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As for the other two beasts, they were busy fighting for their lives. So there was no way they'd care about some random human running toward them. The two beasts were a large buffalo-like creature with canine teeth and claws instead of hooves, its fur a pale grey colour.

The other one was a large brown cat-like creature, a bit smaller than the weird buffalo; it had spikes on its back that went down from its neck to its tail.

Both had various cuts on their bodies that didn't seem to be from the plant. So it was safe to assume they were good at fighting before the planta got involved.

Whoosh!

"Oh my!" Emily exclaimed in shock as she froze; a long, thick vibe was quickly heading her way.

Bang!

While she had been right in guessing that the plant couldn't hear her. She didn't know that it didn't need to. It was extremely sensitive to anything that came toward it from the ground.

This is because its roots were spread all over the area below ground. So anything that stepped foot in that area wouldn't escape its notice. It was also the type to attack first and then ask questions later. Which made its attacks seem random, so Emily didn't even get a chance to react before the vine was in front of her face.

Luckily for her, Muku was obviously the fight. He quickly shielded her with his telekinesis and the vine smashed hard into what seemed to be clear space.

"I thought you'd know better than to judge these creatures based on what we know from earth creatures!" Muku shouted in a slightly rebuking voice from the back. It's reasons like that why he never liked the girls to go out without him.

While they were strong and could take care of themselves most of the time. They sometimes made big mistakes, the type of mistakes that could get them killed instantly. So he wanted to always be there to overlook the situation.

"Sorry! And thank you!" Emily shouted back feeling slightly embarrassed.

"It's all fault! Making me seem so reckless! I'll show you..." Emily angrily addressed the giant Venus fly trap-like beast as it took back its vine.

The creature didn't attack again, maybe it had sensed some danger or whatever reason. Its pull on the two beasts had also weakened. It also seemed to be... Sinking into the ground!?

"Oh no you don't! Golden Meteorite!" Emily immediately attacked when she noticed it retreating into the ground. A huge golden fireball instantly appeared above the plant beast and fell on top of it.

Bang! Boom!

The huge golden fireball hit the beast right on top of its large "head" and exploded on impact. The two beasts were also caught up in the explosion even though they were still a few meters away from the impact point. Again the others were reminded how destructive Emily was.

The plant-type beast was immediately wiped out of existence. In its place, a large hole that went deeper than they could see was left. Of course, it was completely created by Emily's attack; it was likely already there, and Emily's attack just opened it up.

The two beasts that had survived the plant had miraculously also survived Emily's attack. Though they were severely injured and couldn't even get up to run away. They had already given in to their fates at that point. They weren't even struggling to survive anymore.

"Hehe, that's what you get for embarrassing me" Emily spoke as she worked towards the hole. As for the 2KP she got from killing the plant, which turned out to have been an MR2 beast, she didn't even care. It wasn't anything impressive compared to what Hope or even the other two got.

What she was interested in was the large hole she had exposed. As for the two beasts, she would also put them out of their misery. However, she wasn't too excited about that either since they were just LR2s with minimal KP.

The others also came to join her. They then walked through the mostly burnt-away grass together towards the hole.

Caw!

Suddenly a loud bird cry was heard from the sky. The group all looked at the direction the sound was coming from and all their eyes immediately widened.

"Metal fortress!" For the first time, Muku didn't simply use his Telekinesis for group defence. Well, he did use it, but he used his metal element on top of that.

Which was understandable because what he saw was straight-up frightening. It was a living black cloud that covered at least half a kilometre in length.

Of course, it wasn't actually a living cloud. It just looked like one. While, in fact, it was thousands upon thousands of craws that were swarming forward together.

Astonishingly, they were mostly Half-step R2s with a few lower-ranked R1s. There didn't seem to be even a single R2. This was why Muku chose to just defend themselves instead of wasting their mana on something that didn't benefit them at all.

He wasn't sure whether it was a good thing that they weren't R2s or not. That was because if they were R2s, then the benefits would have been immeasurable for the whole team. They would likely even reach the peak in one battle.

The problem, however,, was whether they would be able to live through such a battle. After all, their mana was very finite, while the crows seemed endless.

The crows headed directed towards Muku's group. The area was soon enveloped in black. Everything that got in their path was destroyed. The two unlucky beasts that were still clinging on to life were devoured within seconds. Only their bare bones were left. It was as if they had long been dead to the point that all the flesh rotted away.

Clang! Clang! Clang!....

One after another, the crows hit the metal dome under which Muku and the girls were hiding. This continued for almost five minutes before the crows gave up. They had noticed that they weren't doing much damage to the dorm. They weren't even able to leave visible marks on it.

Such was the difference in strength. They were just lucky that Muku's group chose to be smart rather than waste their mana on them; otherwise,, they would have probably been massacred on the spot.

Jade was even itching for a battle, but Muku stopped her. Though her battle intent still leaked through the dome. It might have even been the reason why the crows quickly gave up and continued their plundering journey. They had sensed that they shouldn't mess with whatever was below the dome.

"Well, that was certainly an interesting experience" Muku spoke after dispelling the dome.

"It would have been even better if you had used your Telekinesis instead of your metal so that we could see what was happening" Jade spoke in a slightly complaining voice.

"Yeah, I could have. Unfortunately, that would have been a waste of mental energy that would be more useful in moving the mention," Muku replied calmly. Completely unaffected by Jade's words.

He was still looking around the area which had been a mini forest before. It had all been flattened by the crows. Even some of the trees were knocked down by the large crows while most were stripped of their leaves.

It was only then that he could vaguely see that the area might have been a park before the apocalypse. To think the change was already so great in some areas...

"Whatever, are we going to check out the hole or what?" Jade moved on to the next matter. The crows were just small fries in her head, after all.

"We are, but let's go check on the others first. We'll move the mansion closer and explore the place together" Muku replied as he lifted everyone with his Telekinesis and flew back toward the mansion...